Abhinav Shashank
Pursuing BTech in Mechanical Engg at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | AJAX, Business, C/C++, Design, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Fiction, HTML / CSS, Industrial Engineering, Java, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, Marketing, PHP, Public speaking, Sales, SQL, Viral marketing, Web design, Web Development, Writing |
| Groups: | HeadStart Ventures |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Kharagpur Consulting Group, Kharagpur, West Bengal |
| Position: | Principal and Director |
| Time period: | June 2009 - Present |
| Description: | • IIT Kharagpur Consultancy Group – Provides Consultancy to Governmental Technical Problems and also consults industrial problems through a collaborative effort by Professors and Students
Projects (Heading Currently): • Report on Indian Market analysis – Energy Sector • Report on Indian Market analysis – Oil and Natural Gas Sector • Investing in Education - Formulated a model, build investor reports and added new attractive services which would attract investors & customers for an education firm. |
| Employer: | Inexur Ltd (Startup), Kharagpur, West Bengal |
| Position: | Founder and COO |
| Time period: | September 2008 - Present |
| Description: | • Business Plan under review with CII (Confederation of Indian Industry) for a collaborative first hand approach
• Aims to bridge the gap between the SME (Small & Medium Enterprises) Sector, financial institutions and various research institutes. • Proper transfer of technology to the small and medium scale enterprises |
| Employer: | Trane, Idc, Chennai, India |
| Position: | Summer Intern |
| Time period: | May 2009 - July 2009 |
| Description: | o Worked on a market survey of "TRANE in India - Now or Never"
o Further info cannot be disclosed due to NDA o Rewarded a certificate of excellence for the work at TRANE IDC |
| Employer: | ITC Ltd, Kidderpore Kolkata |
| Position: | Summer Intern |
| Time period: | May 2008 - June 2008 |
| Description: | o Worked on the improvement of the HVAC system at ITC Kidderpore.
o Developed a new application for heat load calculations. o Implementation of my project findings have resulted in a proposed saving of INR 8.5 lakhs (US$ 17,000) per annum with a payback period of less than one year. |
| Employer: | Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd, Lucknow |
| Position: | Voluntary Training |
| Time period: | December 2008 |
| Description: | o Basic Insight into CNC Machines |
EDUCATION
| University: | Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur |
| Time period: | 2006 - 2010 |
| Degree: | Mechanical Engg, BTech |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | • Currently part of inter hall Cricket team of Radha Krishnan Hall of Residence (2008).
• Member of School Cricket and Basketball teams. • Trained in the National Sports Organization (Cricket) during 2006-2008. • Currently member of the hostel dramatics team. • Winner of Regional Mathematics Quiz held at Regional Science Center, Lucknow. • Subcommittee Member of Technical Literary Society. Played an important role in the annual magazine of IIT Kharagpur in the year 2006. |
| Memberships: | 1. Core Team Member (25 out of 850 get selected), Kshitij-2008 – Asia's Largest Techno Management Fest.
o Worked on India's Largest Virtual Stock Trading Portal - Woodstock o Introduced a Foreign Exchange Virtual Trading Platform o As an events team member handled 7 events ranging from Technical Paper Presentation to Business Plan Competition and many more 2. Core Team Head, Kshitij 2009 o 15 member Executive Committee for handling Asia's Largest Techno Management fest o Handled a budget of Rs.1 Crore ($200,000) – In co-ordination with a team of 5 – chalked the entire blueprint for the fest. o Brought sponsorship of Rs. 0.9 Million o Introduced 4 new events in Kshitij 2009 as an Events Head o Shifted the focus from being a fest to achieving Industrial Collaborations o Introduced the concept of Academic collaborations – ASME, ACM and ASHRAE Collaborations with Kshitij 2009 o Student Manger for ACM-ICPC (Inter-Collegiate Programming Competition) Regional competition o Project Initiator and Manager for Grand Central - Redesign of the World's Longest Railway Station Final Designs accepted by Indian Railways – Further Designs to be done by the Railway Engineering Team 3. Steering Committee Member Kshitij 2010 o Guiding the team of 15 Core Heads to build Asia’s Largest Fest. o Collaborating ASME with Kshitij 2010 to make Kshitij go international o Prelims planned in Srilanka and Bangladesh 4. Student Chair and Founder, ASME Student Section - IIT Kharagpur o Established IIT Kharagpur ASME Student Chapter o Organized ASME Student Design Competition at IIT Kharagpur o Received special recognition by Director, Education and Professional Development o Introduced ASME IIT Kharagpur Summer Internship Program - 40 Students got internship through this program 5. Member Student District Operating Board - Sector G o Supervisor of Eastern India – Head of all operations in Eastern India 6. Student President and Founder, ASHRAE IIT Kharagpur Student Chapter o Established IIT Kharagpur ASHRAE Student Chapter (First Student Chapter in India) o Initiated India’s largest competition in the field of HVAC at IIT Kharagpur 7. Convener, East India Engineers Conclave 8. Working on developing an NGO to make India a true democracy 9. Working on B. Tech Project under Professor Kanchan Chaudhary - Reinventing Cold Storage Systems - "A project of National importance" 10. Selected for TATA Jagriti Yatra 11. Selected for ONGC program on inculcating Oil and Natural Gas ethics 12. Student Representative in the School Senate, Modern School 2004-2005 13. Member, Technical Literary Society, IIT Kharagpur - 2006-2007 |
| Awards: | Won the Gold Certificate (Top 10%) of 1st National Cyber Olympiad.
Won the 3rd prize at Technex (IT BHU’s Techno Fest) 2003 in Chemistry. Won the 2nd prize at the IT BHU coding competition in Technex 2003. |
Abhinav's Startups (2)
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Inexur
Inexur is an internet startup changing the world by helping the Small and Medium Scale Industries in India to get easy access to Finance, Technical and Management expertise and regular updates about how market changes are to their benefits.
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KCG
Kharagpur Consulting Group (KCG) is a niche consulting group dealing with major financial and intellectual property right cases catering to enterprising industries, NGO's, social bodies and governmental organizations.
Abhinav is Following (1)
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Husk Power Systems
We own and operate village scale (3000-4000 people) power plants in rural India. We use rice husks to power them. Talk to me if you're a talented engineer or manager and are looking to return to India in a high-growth cleantech startup.
Abhinav's Contacts (8)
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Kanav Hasija
Indian Entrepreneur. Strategic Consultant & Principal (Operations & Patents) at KCG.
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