Bhavna directs the Entrepreneurship Assistance Center, which is a state-funded program offering resources to entrepreneurs in the pre-startup, startup, and growth stages. She is responsible for the program’s business plan training, mentorship assistance, veteran entrepreneur assistance, and technical assistance such as registering businesses and legal setup, applying for licenses and permits, writing business plans, and creating marketing and financial strategies. She is also one of QEDC’s business counselors, specializing in the food industry and working closely with our Entrepreneur Space Kitchen Incubator’s clients. In the nine years she has been here, she has counseled over 600 entrepreneurs in various stages.

Bhavna runs several other programs, such as QEDC’s internship recruitment efforts and is currently launching The Entrepreneurship

Essentials Series (T.E.E.S.), a new QEDC initiative that offers several back to basic specialized business courses.
Bhavna holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Business and Liberal Arts from Queens College. Nigeria-Born, she can speak fluently in English, Hindi, and Sindhi, and is striving to speak Spanish fluently.

You can contact her at BPunjwani@queensny.org