Reading the title, I thought you were looking for mentor(s) for your Startup! It would have been a different story.
For programming Mentors/Guides, if you're in Bangalore, Jaaga[1] (Richmond Road) has something or the other at all times. I've met quite a lot of awesome programmers there, hired developers whom I met there. Hasgeek[2] (Indiranagar) also has lots of interesting people in their rather open Office.
The other option is to intern at a Technology-led and/or focused Startup.
It is confusing when you say the mentors didn't have time! I don't think you expect them to schedule out their time to _teach_ you. Do and then ask them to review your code or critique your code.
I've seen a lot of young engineering graduates in India who experience a lack of direction. One person here who I know helps these people out with good mentoring is http://pramode.net/. I've met several of his students and, if they're anything to go by, he does an excellent job.
I've started something similar (http://thelycaeum.in/) to what he does myself. It's a lot smaller. I've currently working with my second batch of students and it's going okay.
For programming Mentors/Guides, if you're in Bangalore, Jaaga[1] (Richmond Road) has something or the other at all times. I've met quite a lot of awesome programmers there, hired developers whom I met there. Hasgeek[2] (Indiranagar) also has lots of interesting people in their rather open Office.
The other option is to intern at a Technology-led and/or focused Startup.
1. http://jaaga.in/
2. https://hasgeek.com/
@k__
It is confusing when you say the mentors didn't have time! I don't think you expect them to schedule out their time to _teach_ you. Do and then ask them to review your code or critique your code.
Recently, there was a nice article on HackerNews - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9396694