Kartik Sharma
Currently pursuing B.Tech degree at Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | Business, English, Entrepreneurship, Industrial Engineering, Languages, Leadership, Management, Marketing, Public Relations, Public speaking |
| 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 |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Aspiring Minds |
| Position: | Campus Ambassador |
| Time period: | December 2007 - Present |
| Description: | ->Working for the improvement of recruitments of students by introduction of a new
examination and creating awareness for the same. |
| Employer: | Corporate Research Division, Bosch Group, Germany |
| Position: | Internships |
| Time period: | April 2008 - July 2008 |
| Description: | ->Worked on the development of a new version of first of its kind MATLAB based tool
“System Finder” for heating systems selection in homes. ->Proposed the forecasting of energy price scenario to make the tool more user friendly; which was highly appreciated by the management ->Incorporated a new feature of using the existing heating system whenever possible, thus making it cost effective. ->Studied the Portfolio Management and Risk Mitigation procedures followed at Bosch ->Was a part of the Jazz group and Table Tennis club at Bosch. |
| Employer: | Technical University of Dresden, Germany |
| Position: | Research Project |
| Time period: | December 2006 - November 2007 |
| Description: | Research Project with Professor under IIT-DAAD Programme |
| Employer: | Human Welfare Cell, National Service Scheme |
| Position: | Secretary |
| Time period: | December 2006 - November 2007 |
| Description: | ->Completely diversified NSS into new fields like Intellectual Property Rights by
organizing a guest lecture on the same, which was highly appreciated; and took initiative by involving faculty and postgraduate students as well in various activities. ->Worked for the Indo-French conference in which students would be acquainted with the higher studies opportunities in France ->Fostered relations with NGOs like “Prathma” for collaborative work |
| Employer: | Social Awareness Cell, National Service Scheme |
| Position: | Joint Secretary |
| Time period: | December 2005 - November 2006 |
| Description: | ->Organized events like Blood Donation camps and motivational lectures for environment
protection and leading a team of around 200 students ->Organized Campaigns for Anti Smoking and Anti-Drinking -> Managed the Fund Raising for Roorkee School for Deaf |
| Employer: | Indo-German Winter Academy |
| Position: | Experience |
| Time period: | November 2007 |
| Description: | Selected to represent IIT Roorkee at the academy and presented a lecture on Flow
through Axial and Centrifugal Compressors. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Indian Institute of Technology |
| Time period: | 2004 - 2009 |
| Degree: | Industrial Engineering, BTech |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | ->Won Gold Medal and Silver Medal in consecutive years at the institute Level
->Was the part of the winning Table Tennis Team in the Inter-Hostel Tournament. |
| Memberships: | · Right to Information Cell (2007-08)
-> Organised the first ever workshop on RTI during national festival of IIT Roorkee which viewed unprecedented audience. I made different attendees representatives of their respective colleges to spread the word for RTI. ->Initiated the RTI cell (first in any IIT at that time) under NSS which would help the students to draft RTI applications and provide guidance ->working to launch an online portal for RTI where sample applications would be uploaded. · One Laptop per Child (OLPC) (2008) -> Organized a guest lecture on OLPC during our national technical festival Cognizance ‘07 ->Formed the IIT Roorkee Chapter of OLPC and working for the awareness of OLPC in the campus by organizing workshops and demonstration of the Laptop ->Currently involved with the OLPC Student India Chapter and working for the awareness at the national level · National Competitiveness in Knowledge Economy (2007) -> Worked for the awareness of Knowledge Economy in India and carried out surveys and their analysis which would be used in the recommendation report to be sent to HRD ministry. · Central Placement Team, IIT Roorkee (2007-08) -> Served as the Executive member of the committee and organized the whole placement procedure ->Created a database of common interview questions which was highly appreciated · JaagoIndia Business Tycoons Contest (2008) ->Was the city topper in the online business and quantitative aptitude quiz |
| Awards: | · Will be awarded the Ignited Minds Research Recognition Certificate which is given to top
10 students from India after many rounds of competition on academic excellence by jury from MIT, USA. · National Semi-Finalist in the Student Navigator Programme of the “Red Rover Goes to Mars Contest” held at ISRO, Bangalore in association with NASA, JPL, USA. · The School topper in Non-Medical department (97%) and awarded trophy for the same. Certificate of Excellence in various Olympiads like National Science Olympiad (AIR-198), Top 10 % in physics Olympiad and appeared for National Chemistry Olympiad · Selected for OPJEMS Scholarship in which the top student from each year of IIT/IIM are selected. |
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Gaurav Parashar
Pursuing BTech in Computer Science & Engineering at IIT Bombay.
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namita bhasin
Currently pursuing Linguistics and International Political Economy at Berkeley and working at St@b (Startup at Berkeley).
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Arindam Mukherjee
Industrial Engg. & Mgmt. graduate from IIT Kharagpur, currently working as Co-Founder and VP, Business Development & Brand Strategy at Green Hat Ventures, Mumbai.
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Rajat Sethi
Dual Degree (BTech & MTech) in Computer Science & Engineering from IIT Kharagpur, recently co-founded Exergy Consortium and is interested in building a sustainable economy through massive scale-up of renewable energy and smart grid technology.