Raj Shekhar Singh
Doctorate from University Of California Berkely, BTech in Biotechnology from IIT Kharagpur, Worked on Project Development of Biofuel Productivity Potentials for economic analysis in India, & Potentiality of Hydrogen production by Microbial Fuel Cell.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Full-Time Student |
| Industries: | Biotech, Cleantech |
| Skills: | Engineering, Languages |
| Location: | Berkeley, CA , USA |
| Groups: | Entrepreneurship Cell |
| Visas: | USA , India |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Tags: | biofuels, clean tech |
| Schools: | Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, University of California System - Berkeley |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | IIT Kharagpur |
| Position: | Key academic projects undertaken |
| Description: | • Development of Biofuel Productivity Potentials for economic analysis in India. The Project involves the prediction of Biofuel Productivity in a particular place in India and to develop a gridded version of the data in a GIS system and to assess the impact of economic, social and economic impact due to change in the land use to Biofuel Crop Production. Under Prof Norman L Miller , Lawrence Berkeley Lab , University of California Berkeley and Prof P Sanyal , Department of Geology and Geophysics, IIT Kharagpur
• Potentiality of Hydrogen production by Microbial Fuel Cell (MFC). The project involves the use of electrogenic bacteria to produce hydrogen by using a modified MFC called BEAMR. Under Prof D. Das, Department of Biotechnology, IIT Kharagpur. • Biomechanical Modeling of Human body during long jump. The project involved measurement of trajectory, coordinates of position and velocity components of body joints and Euler angles of limbs of human body during long jump. Under Prof N Dhang, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kharagpur. |
| Employer: | University of California, Berkeley |
| Position: | Summer Internship |
| Time period: | May 2008 - July 2008 |
| Description: | Lawrence Berkeley Lab, Energy Biosciences Institute
Project: Development of Biofuel Productivity Potentials for economic analysis in India. Achievements: The program has led to full scale collaboration between IIT kgp and UC Berkeley with the further continuation of the work done by me. |
| Employer: | National University of Singapore |
| Position: | Summer internship |
| Time period: | May 2007 - July 2007 |
| Description: | Department: Department of Life sciences, Protein Engineering Lab
Project: Purify and Study the Functional behavior of a novel three finger toxin from the venom of sistrurus catenatus edwardsii (South American sand viper). |
EDUCATION
| University: | Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur |
| Time period: | 2005 - 2009 |
| Degree: | Biotechnology, BTech |
| University: | University of California System - Berkeley |
| Time period: | 2009 - Present |
| Degree: | Doctorate |
INFORMATION
| Sports: | HOCKEY
Member of Inter Hostel Team 2006-09. Silver in Open IIT hockey Tournament, 2008. FOOTBALL Member of Inter Hostel Team 2006-09. Vice-Captain of my school Football Team, 2002 Winner of district level football championship, 2002 ATHLETICS Gold in Discuss throw and Triple jump, 2003 Silver in Triple jump, 2004 Bronze in Discuss Throw, 2003 Bronze in 100 meters sprint and Long Jump, 2002 Bronze in 800 meters, 2001 LAWN TENNIS Member of National Sports Organization, 2006-07 |
| Hobbies: | QUIZZING
Gold in Inter Hall Business Quiz, 2007 Gold in Inter Hall General Quiz, 2007 1st Prize in Relic Hunter and Excalibur in Kshitij, 2008 Represented School in International Literary fest odyssey – 2004 in Literary Quiz 1st Prize in Inter School Quiz at district Level, 2002 1st Prize in Annual School Quiz, 2002 1st Prize in School ecology Quiz, 2001 2nd Prize in School Science Quiz, 2001 DRAMATICS Bronze in Open IIT English Dramatics,2006 Silver in Inter Hall English Dramatics,2006-07 Silver in Inter Hall Choreography , 2006-07 Bronze in Inter Hall Bengali Dramatics,2006-07 Bronze in Inter Hall Hindi Dramatics,2006-07 |
| Memberships: | General Secretary social and cultural, RK Hall of Residence 2008-present
Our Hall Performed the best during open IIT competitions. Head, Procurement Team, Spring Fest 2008 Successfully Prepared for a smooth conduction Spring Fest 2008 Assistant Coordinator, Banners Team, Kshitij 2007 Put up all the banners and decided upon the strategic location for the banners for advertisement of Kshitij 2007 sponsors Secretary, Communiqué 2006-07 Started the first ever community in IIT kgp for soft skills development. Secretary, Dramatics, RK Hall of Residence 2006-07 Won the Best Secretary award for the year. General Secretary Social and cultural, MMM hall of residence 2005-06 Conducted illumination in just 5 days and won a consolation prize. Led my Hall to a first time fresher’s representation in all the social and cultural events. Elected Vice-Captain , St. Xavier’s School, Bokaro 2004-05 Conducted the school fete which generated a profit of Rs. 65,000 which was donated to various NGO’s |
| Awards: | • Ranked 1206 in IIT-JEE (2005) out of 300,000 students [2nd highest departmental rank].
• Ranked 2nd in NEC (National Educational Council) in state and awarded full scholarship in the year 2000. • All India Rank 100 in 5th NSO (National Science Olympiad 2003). • Ranked 3rd overall in state and awarded Face to Face inter school scholarship in 2001-02. |
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Subhendu Panigrahi
Indian, majoring in Agricultural and Food engineering. Club Leader of Entrepreneurship Cell.. Believes Entrepreneurship is orgasm of life and would love to have multiple ones.