Pranjul Shah
Computer Science and Engineering graduate from L. D. College of Engineering, with MSc from University of Glasgow, MRes from Glasgow Caledonian University, currently pursuing PhD at DTU-Nanotech.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Website: | http://www.immeasure.com |
| Industries: | Biotech, Computing, Education, Financial, Information Technology, Nanotech |
| Skills: | C/C++, Computer Engineering, Databases, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, English, Event planning, Graphic design, Java, Languages, Marketing, Product design, Retail, Sales, Web design, Web Development |
| Location: | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Groups: | Kauffman Global Scholars/faculty 2010, Venture Cup Denmark |
| Visas: | Europe, India, China, United States |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Consulting opportunities, Finding experts, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Offering Expertise, Patenting my idea, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Starting a company |
| Schools: | Technical University of Denmark, University of Glasgow |
FEATURED STARTUP
Immeasure
Immeasure
Measures multiple protein concentrations for diagnostics
- Startup type: University Spin-out
- Status: Active
- Stage: Prototyping
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Immeasure |
| Position: | Chief Scientific Officer |
| Time period: | January 2009 - Present |
| Description: | Immeasure's new breakthrough technology is bound to provide a new thrush to the stagnant immunoassay market relying heavily on ELISA and chemiluminescence techniques. As the CTO of Immeasure, I am responsible for handling the product development, validation and testing in association with our partners at Danish public hospitals and private research groups. |
| Employer: | Technical University of Denmark |
| Position: | PhD |
| Time period: | December 2006 - Present |
| Description: | Currently I am involved with the Chromosome Total Analysis System project (www.c-tas.dk) whereby I am researching towards developing a fully automated lab on a chip system to sort blood cells and extract chromosomes to enable gene mutation testing on a chip. |
| Employer: | Glasgow City |
| Position: | International Student Coordinator |
| Time period: | July 2005 - July 2006 |
| Description: | Coordinating International students coming to glasgow city: Dealing with freshers issues and arranging for accomodation, transport, airport pickup, etc for more than 25000 students. Also organizing entertainment events and coordinating with the city's local pubs, clubs, restaurants to run a fresher's and orientation week. |
| Employer: | Glasgow Caledonian University |
| Position: | Post-Graduate Officer |
| Time period: | July 2004 - July 2006 |
| Description: | Having been elected as the post graduate officer I was responsible for representing postgraduate students in various committees and events across Scotland. |
| Employer: | University of Glasgow |
| Position: | Research experience |
| Time period: | June 2003 - August 2004 |
| Description: | My research was targeted at alternative micro and nanofabrication techniques based on the soft lithographic principles. The main aim of the project was to study alternative lithographic methods which can be applied to diverse substrates and also provide ability to transfer nanometre scale patterns on curved and 3D surfaces. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Technical University of Denmark |
| Time period: | 2008 - 2010 |
| Degree: | Microfluidic Integration, PhD |
| University: | University of Glasgow |
| Time period: | 2001 - 2004 |
| Degree: | Electronics and Electrical Engineering, MSc |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | Cricket, Volleyball, Football and Swimming. |
| Hobbies: | Reading, Painting, Music and Travel. |
| Memberships: | University of Glasgow
• NIGHTLINE: A confidential, non-judgemental listening service for the students run by the students. Acquired a great deal of confidence dealing with different and difficult situations and enhanced my interpersonal and communication skills. • Glasgow Uni Indian Cultural Society [GUICS]: Committee member of the south- Asian student society organizing cultural and social events to provide a medium for the people to socialize, celebrate and propagate their culture and values. L. D. College of Engineering • Student Committee: Elected member of the student committee working for the student issues and welfare. Organizing social and cultural events. Getting sponsors and managing funds for the student societies and clubs. • Blood Donation Camps: For 3 years once every semester, I organized blood donation camps in the College partnering with the local hospitals and local Red Cross Organizations. |
| Awards: | Universum Engineering Student of the Year 2008: Finalist
mai Bangkok Business Challenge 2009: Winner Venture Cup regional finals 2008: Finalist and Winner Symposium for Biological Research 2008: Most Innovative Project Award Northern Nanotech Europe Conference 2008: Best Poster Award Nano2Life Scientific Meeting 2008: Best Poster Award European Scientific Writing for the Public: Second Place Award Student Leader of the Year 2006: Glasgow Caledonian University Numerous Awards for Science Exhibits, Sports and Extra curricular activities. |
Pranjul's Startups (2)
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Mitra Therapeutics
Mitra therapeutics is a Danish startup commercializing its patent pending ChemiFlux technology for drug testing as a service and product to the pharmaceutical industry and hospitals together with direct sales to private customers.
Pranjul is Following (1)
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GiveAll
GiveAll is a web based positive branding company, allowing customers to discover the corporate social responsibility strategies of companies and gives them an accurate way to meassure their return on investment on corporate social responsibility.
Pranjul's Contacts (10)
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Jose Cerdan
Spanish,35, master in physiotherapy at Gothenburg’s University and studying a master in E-business at itu.dk
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Martin Sørensen
Physics and Nanotechnology graduate from the Technical University of Denmark, currently pursuing MSc.
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Paw Linnemann Larsen
B.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration from Aalborg University, pursuing M.Sc. in Management of Innovation and Business Development at CBS. Currently working as Consultant at Møller & Company and Finance Intern at Procter & Gamble Nordic
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Martin Klint Hansen
-MSc Finance student, pursuing 4+4 research programme in Enterprise Risk Management, ASB, Aarhus University -Winner of Venture Cup 2008 with IMMUTELL -Winner of Bangkok Business Challenge 2008 with IMMUTELL -Kauffman Entrepreneurship Fellow 2009