Siddharth Shah
B.Tech degree from DA-IICT and pursuing MBA at XLRI, Jamshedpur. Co-Founder of Parichay.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Work status: | Full-Time Student |
| Website: | http://www.parichay.co.in |
| Industries: | Cleantech, Lifestyle |
| Location: | Jamshedpur |
| Groups: | iDeas @ Megabucks '09 |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding experts, Finding team mates, Getting press, Growing my group, Helping friends, Helping members of my groups, Internships, Investing in projects, Meeting new people, Partnering with other groups, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Recruiting for my startup |
| Tags: | finance, handicraft, marketing, math, mba, parichay |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | Nokia’s India Strategy |
| Position: | Summer Internship |
| Time period: | January 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Developed Nokia’s India Strategy to enter the Social Networking Domain on mobile phones. |
| Employer: | The Byrraju Foundation |
| Position: | Intern |
| Time period: | January 2008 - Present |
| Description: | Interned with The Byrraju Foundation to develop a project allotment system for the change agents. |
| Employer: | Parichay |
| Position: | Co-Founder |
| Description: | • Co-Founder of the initiative Parichay, a social initiative to promote rural and tribal artisans in India
• Working in the rural/tribal area for livelihood generation, revival of traditional art forms by making products more saleable. • Developed design studios for various art forms in one place, first of its kind in the state. • Nominated for the prestigious Manthan Awards South Asia 2008. |
| Employer: | Kalamandir |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Description: | Initiated work with Kalamandir, a local NGO to promote rural art. |
| Employer: | Synapse 2004 and Synapse 2005 |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Description: | Organized Forage and Hub in Synapse 2004 and Hub in Synapse 2005. |
| Employer: | DA-IICT, Sambhav |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Description: | Gathered funds for the social organization of DA-IICT, Sambhav. Made a movie for the Sambhav which aimed at gathering resources for educating street children. |
| Employer: | Non Uniform Random Sampling |
| Position: | Research Internship |
| Time period: | January 2006 - December 2006 |
| Description: | Designed a mechanism for Non Uniform Random Sampling. |
| Employer: | Reliance Infocomm |
| Position: | Industrial Internship |
| Time period: | January 2005 - December 2005 |
| Description: | Developed a text based BLOGging application for Reliance Infocomm. |
| Employer: | Live projects |
| Position: | Work experience |
| Time period: | January 2004 - December 2005 |
| Description: | • Earning a royalty of 10% from Reliance Infocomm for Prashnavali, mythology based application, accessible to millions of Reliance Mobile Phone users across India. (2005)
• Designed a solution to streamline last mile connectivity for rural telephony, called WiBoNET and determined its business feasibility. (2006) • Designed & Implemented Geographical Information Access System, application for people on the move. (2006) • Designed next generation wireless mobile devices with multiple functionalities. (2006) • Developed a Dispensary Management System for rural needs. It was a part of IBM Academic Initiative. (2005) • Designed and implemented MFarmer for Reliance Infocomm. This application is ready to be deployed. (2004) |
| Employer: | Learning centre at Vedchhi, Gujarat |
| Position: | Rural Internship |
| Time period: | January 2004 - December 2004 |
| Description: | Helped in opening a learning centre at Vedchhi, Gujarat. Created an application for local library at this place. The application is in use as of today. |
PUBLICATIONS
| Papers: | Published a paper in IEEE TENCON 2007 on Non Uniform Sampling. (International) |
INFORMATION
| Hobbies: | Sudoku, Kakuro, Badminton, Swimming, Movie Making. |
| Memberships: | • Project leader for Rural Internship, Project leader for GIAs.
• Hospitality Manager for NWCV, a national workshop. • Teaching Assistant for the 2nd year undergrads for two core courses. • Senior Member, Hostel Management Committee, DA-IICT • Manager, Marketing and Sponsorship, Synapse Sponsorship Committee, DA-IICT. |
| Awards: | • Won the Texas Instruments DSP Design Contest 2006. (National)
• Won the DADP Mobile Developers Contest 2005 conducted by Reliance Infocomm. (National) • Won the INVITE 2005 conducted by IBM. (State) • Amongst the top 2 percentile in IIT-JEE. Got 99.91 percentile in Quant section in CAT 2007. (National) • 1st Runner up in “Marketing Championship” conducted by XLRI. • Batch topper in two semesters in Undergrads. Amongst the top 5 percentile in Undergrads. |
