Ritesh Malik is a medical doctor-turned entrepreneur, angel investor, speaker and philanthropist. He founded Innov8 Coworking in 2015 and scaled the business to over 42 locations pre-COVID. After selling Innov8 to OYO, he now focuses on his philanthropic goals in education, cybersecurity, startup policy regulations, village empowerment and healthcare. He is passionate about supporting early-stage technology companies and has backed over 70 startups in the past six years. He has also been working on the management of COVID-19 in India, leading the vaccination drive for his family-run hospital, Radix Healthcare. Malik is involved in multiple philanthropic initiatives, including as the seed donor and founding team of a 50-acre technology university in Mohali, called Plaksha. He is also the founder, director and executive council member of the not-for-profit initiative ADIF.