Dr Sapna Poti is the Director, Strategic Alliances in the Principal Scientific Advisor’s Office, Government of India. Her primary role is to promote Scientific R&D and Innovations by setting up Centres of Excellence, supporting Science & Technology Innovation clusters for social impact and addressing industry problems through Industry, Multilateral Foundations, Institutes, Start-ups, and Government channels.Dr Poti is a PhD from IIT Madras with a dissertation in Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP)and has around 30 years of experience in Industry, Consulting and Government.