Prahlad Menon
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | C/C++, Engineering, HTML / CSS, Javascript, Languages and Platforms, PHP, Software Engineering, Web Development |
| Groups: | BASES, E-Challenge Competition 2008, E-Challenge Competition 2009, Social e-challenge Competition 2009 [inactive], [INACTIVE] BASES E-Challenge 2010, [INACTIVE] BASES Social E-Challenge 2010, [OLD] Social e-challenge Competition 2008 [INACTIVE] |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | IIT Madras |
| Position: | Intern |
| Description: | I worked on programs using Flash MX 2004 to explain physics through computers, under Professor T.S.Natrajan. |
| Employer: | UNIMA - Aqualma |
| Position: | Intern |
| Description: | Took up an internship in Madagascar this summer on Refrigeration systems and Aquaculture with UNIMA - Aqualma. |
| Employer: | The Murugappa Group |
| Position: | Intern |
| Description: | Selected for an internship with The Murugappa Group when they came to NITK Surathkal for campus placements as Coromandel Fertilizers. Was invited to be a part of their "think tank: as they believed my ideas were marketable and hence wanted to invest in my ideas. |
| Employer: | Mercedes Benz Research and Development, India (MBRDI) |
| Position: | Intern |
| Description: | Selected for an internship for work on design and simulation of power train systems, at the Dept. of Electrical & Electronics, at Bangalore for the summer of 2008. |
| Employer: | MICO Bosch |
| Position: | Trainee |
| Description: | Underwent one month's training at MICO Bosch in the fuel injector pump manufacturing plant. Helped in a project to implement 6 Sigma in the production process and minimise rejects. Also studied the principles of the Bosch Production System (BPS). |
| Employer: | Yuken India |
| Position: | Trainee |
| Description: | Underwent one month's training at Yuken India, a manufacturer of pumps and hydraulic equipment. Participated in the Kaizen event for the improvisation of the existing production system following guidelines of the Toyota Production System (TPS). Preformed 5S audits, created Process Maps and drafted Standard Worksheets apart from performing analysis to check for causes for rejects. |
| Employer: | Gyaan Technologies |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Description: | Have taken up assignments for Gyaan Technologies, from companies including Groove, Austria through V-Ships, and IIGM, India. |
| Employer: | Kaizen |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Description: | At the Kaizen event: I helped implement a new design of mould for the casting of the pump bodies, so as to minimize blow holes and other casting defects. Re-designed the shop floor to minimize people and part movement, so as to optimize cycle time. Implemented supermarkets at specific locations to solve the problem of large lead time of outsourced operations. |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Play Tennis, Table-tennis and Basketball on a regular basis. Trained for tennis from the "Bhupati Tennis Village" at Bangalore. |
| Hobbies: | Passed the 5th grade in Piano Practical and 5th grade in Piano Theory, with distinction, from the Royal School of Music, London.
Studied Carnatic (vocal) music from the age of 5 till I completed my 10th grade at school. Reached an advanced level in Carnatic music |
| Clubs: | Executive member of the following clubs at NITK:
Technical clubs: - Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE) - The Management Forum - The Robotics Club - Selected to be on the team for building a Search and Rescue robot and other minor projects including a robotic arm, an off-road vehicle, etc. Non technical clubs: - Music Club: Joined the club as a pianist but now I play as lead guitarist. |
| Memberships: | Was the President of the Earth Science Association and the Science Association of my school: NPS Indiranagar.
Executive Member of "Mechanical Engineering Events Comittee" (NITK's Technical Festival - Engineer '07). |
| Awards: | - Received Certificates of Distinction (placed at the 99th percentile) in Maths, English and Science in Class 12 in the International Assessment of Indian Schools by the University of New South Wales.
- Won the essay competition conducted by the "Asia Pacific Tele-community" - APT, conducted in 2004. - Won the Gold Medal at Intel Science Talent Discovery fair in 2004-05 for a Novel Method of Improving Efficiency of Solar Cells. Won at the national level (India). -Topper of the 1st year at NITK Surathkal with a cGPA of 9.1. - Won 2nd place at "Shrishti", a paper presentation event focused on "rural development" through innovation, at Engineer 2007. The event was sponsored by BE's John F.Welch technology centre, Bangalore. - Won 2nd place at "Winds of Change", a paper presentation focused on the use of non-conventional sources of energy, at Engineer 2007. - Won 2nd place at Markade - a marketing plan contest held in NITK Surathkal by the Institution of Engineers (IE). - Won 1st place at Blueprint @ Engineer 2008 for my paper "Collapsible Connecting Rod". |
Prahlad 's Startups (1)
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Medicament Catholicon
Medicament Catholicon will be dedicated to providing remote health care services through an online and telephonic platform for speedy and accurate medical advice.
Prahlad 's Contacts (1)
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Paul Joseph
You can read all my stuff and what I do at www.bepauljoseph.com