Apoorv Mangalam

Apoorv Mangalam has extensive work experience in various industries. Apoorv founded the company RoadGods in 2015, where they are currently serving as the CEO. RoadGods is a global brand known for its innovative and technology-smart products for outdoor, travel, professional, and industrial users. Apoorv Mangalam holds 21+ patents for product innovations and follows a user-centric product development philosophy.

In 2018, they joined the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) as a member of the National Committee on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). This special committee is responsible for providing policy recommendations on IPR-related matters from the industry to the Indian government.

Prior to these roles, Apoorv Mangalam worked at Adobe from 2010 to 2016 as a Lead Engineer. During their tenure, they developed several popular features for Adobe Acrobat, including exporting PDFs to other formats, document scanning capabilities, creating accessible PDFs, and editing PDF documents directly within Acrobat. Apoorv also held two US patents and published a paper on document security technology.

Apoorv Mangalam completed their Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Kamla Nehru Institute of Technology, Sultanpur. Following this, from 2019 to 2021, Apoorv pursued a degree in Seed Transformation at Stanford University Graduate School of Business, specializing in Entrepreneurial Innovation and Leadership.