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Achal kothari

Majoring in Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras

Headline: Entrepreneur
Work status: Full-Time Student
Industries: Biotech, Cleantech, Education, Entertainment, Financial, Health, Lifestyle, Nanotech, Real Estate, Travel
Skills: Business, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Investment, Leadership, Management, Negotiation, Public Relations
Groups: Breakthrough 2009, California Clean Tech Open, Genesis 2008 - IIT Madras, Genesis 2011, Oxford Entrepreneurs, Social e-challenge Competition 2009 [inactive], Social Entrepreneurship and Education Consortium, The University of Minnesota Entrepreneurship Club, [OLD] Social e-challenge Competition 2008 [INACTIVE]
Interested in: Advising startups, Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Employment opportunities, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding team mates, Growing my group, Internships, Investing in projects, Joining a startup, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Offering Expertise, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Providing services to startups, Starting a company
Schools: Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

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3 year student of Metallurgical and Materials Eng.-IIT Madras
member of CTIDES (Centre for technology innovation and Entrepreneurial Support) IIT Madras

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: Young Birbals (Student Consultancy Group)
Position: Team Member
Time period: November 2008 - Present
Description: Students’ initiative to help aspiring entrepreneur with feasibility and market analysis, strategic solutions, concept verification, etc and provide them with mentorship support.

Employer: CTIDES (Centre for Technology Innovation Development and Entrepreneurial Support)
Position: Director
Time period: March 2008 - Present
Description: - In-charge of the Incubation Centre coming up at IIT-Madras to provide guidance and resources to start-ups.
- Ensured effective and timely utilization of the available resources, leading a team of officials and volunteers.

Employer: CTIDES
Position: Organizing Official
Time period: December 2006 - Present
Description: Organized Workshops, lectures, B plan, etc under Genesis regarded as Asia’s largest Social Entrepreneurship and B-plan Competition. Received more than 100 B-plan entries and participation from all over the world.

Employer: Pan IIT- 2008
Position: Student Volunteer
Time period: November 2008
Description: - PanIIT-08, the global conference of alumni’s of all IIT’s that attracted around 3000 delegates from all over the world, with more than 200 speakers distributed along various tracks and session.

EDUCATION

University: Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Time period: 2005 - 2011
Degree: Dual Degree (B.Tech + M.Tech) Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

PUBLICATIONS

Papers: Term Paper
November- 08 Grain refinement
Grain refinement by the addition of master alloy TiBAl (Ti+B+Al) in Aluminium at different
composition was done and the microstructure studied.
April- 08
Inviscid Melt Spinning Technique for production of Metal and Ceramic Fibers
Study of the technique for production of Metal Fibers, using the principles of Fluid flow and
Heat Transfer to arrive at the production rate of the fiber and the temperature variation along
the distance related to the material parameters like melting point, density and viscosity.

INFORMATION

Hobbies: Traveling, Networking
Awards: - Stood amongst the top 1% in the district for Indian Physics Olympiad-05.
- Amongst the 4 Selected (out of 68) to represent school at the National Creativity Olympiad-04, Jamshedpur.
- Amongst the 10 students selected from the district for the national level of Indian Astronomy Olympiad-04.
- Secured first position in the school at the Intra School Chess Competition in Class 6th.
- Secured position in top 10 (out of 160 players) at District level Chess Competition.
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