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Saket Vora

American grad student pursuing M.S. in electrical engineering at Stanford. Interested in entrepreneurship, energy, greentech, cleantech, social ventures, politics, film, traveling, data visualization, and cooking.

Headline: Startup Member
Work status: Full-Time Student
Website: http://www.saketvora.com
Industries: Cleantech, Computing, Health, Information Technology, Internet
Skills: Business, Electrical Engineering, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Leadership, Management
Next step: Hope to join or do a startup, ideally in the energy technology space
Location: Stanford, CA
Groups: BASES, BASES Social E-Challenge Alumni Network, E-Challenge Competition 2008, E-Challenge Competition 2009, Energy Crossroads, NCSU 2010 eGames Titan, NCSU EI eGames 2010, 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, Consulting opportunities, Creating a group, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding engineers, Finding team mates, Giving back, Growing my group, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Internships, Joining a startup, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Participating in a competition, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Sharing my projects, Starting a company
Tags: data visualization, energy solutions, high tech ventures, multidisciplinary projects, social entrepreneurship
Schools: North Carolina State University, Stanford University

FEATURED STARTUP

WaterPLUS

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WaterPLUS is a global social venture aimed at providing innovative point-of-use water purification systems based on germicidal ultraviolet LED technology.

  • Startup type: Social Enterprise
  • Status: Active
  • Stage: Prototyping

FULL BIO

American grad student pursuing M.S. in electrical engineering at Stanford. Interested in entrepreneurship, energy, greentech, cleantech, social ventures, politics, film, traveling, data visualization, and cooking. B.S. in Electrical Engineering, NC State University, 2007.

Co-founder of social venture WaterPLUS, which aims to develop a low cost water purification device for the developing world. Our team has entered several social business plan competitions and have won $24,000 in awards.

Co-founder and three-time race director for the Krispy Kreme Challenge, a benefit race for the NC Children's Hospital. Grew the race from 12 people to 1400+ in just 3 years, increased funds raised from $800 to $10,300 in just 2 years.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: Apple Inc., iPod Group
Position: Hardware in System Integration
Time period: May 2008 - August 2008
Description: Worked in the high-intensity Apple iPod hardware group.

Employer: RTI International
Position: Dept. of Commercialization, Business Analyst Intern
Time period: June 2007 - September 2007
Description: Worked in a business analyst role in the Department of Commercialization evaluating a variety of technologies including corporate real estate valuation, workforce retention, and language translation. Created business models, market analysis, pricing and sales forecasting, and strategic partnerships.

Employer: University of Maryland - College Park
Position: REU Intern in Electrical Engineering
Time period: May 2006 - July 2006
Description: Worked with Konstantin Khrustov under Dr. John Rodgers and researched wideband microwave interference on power supplies. Used a traveling wave tube configured as a chaotic oscillator to inject microwave signals into commercial supplies. Project won 1st Place at the concluding Research Fair.

Employer: Progress Energy, Inc.
Position: Distribution Research Intern
Time period: May 2005 - August 2005
Description: Researched ways of optimizing feeder loading in distribution networks. Created an algorithm which factored in environmental, historical, and physical parameters in determining the maximum loading a feeder could support.

EDUCATION

University: Stanford University
Time period: 2007 - 2009
Degree: Electrical Engineering, MEng

University: North Carolina State University
Time period: 2003 - 2007
Degree: Electrical Engineering, BEng

PUBLICATIONS

Articles: Editorial columnist for NC State student newspaper, The Technician.

INFORMATION

Sports: Ultimate frisbee
Hobbies: Traveling, photography, information visualization, film, tracking politics
Memberships: IEEE
Awards: Park Scholarship (2003-2007), a full 4 year merit scholarship to NC State.
Saket Vora Award for Outstanding Student Entrepreneur, 2007 (eponymous)
1st Place in Univ. of Maryland Research Fair

Saket's Startups (9)

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  • Navitas

    Navitas provides an active approach to energy retrofit recommendations

  • PubTube

    PubTube is a Web-enabled tool to allow authors to quickly and easily create and post short audio/video summaries to complement research paper abstracts.

  • Navitas

    Navitas helps you identify the best energy retrofit projects for your home and connects you with the best product and service providers in your area.

  • Lilliwatt

    Lilliwatt reveals the economic value of reducing energy use and helps bring positive change to people, communities, and the environment.

Saket is Following (18)

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  • Driptech

    Driptech makes affordable drip irrigation for small-plot farmers in developing countries.

  • BUILD.org

    Our mission is to provide real-world entrepreneurial experience that empowers youth from under-resourced communities to excel in education, lead in their communities, and succeed professionally.

  • TokBox

    TokBox is a web-based video chat application that lets you connect with your friends in seconds.

  • Social Networks and Water Provision to the Poor

    This is my doctoral thesis project. Quantitative and qualitative methods are used to collect data on 600 organizations that provide water in Argentina. Social network analysis is used to understand how the structure of the network to which thes...

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