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Tarun Mehta

Indian, 20, Currently pursuing Integrated B.Tech in Engineering Design and M.Tech in Automobiles at Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai. Waiting for the dream design..

Headline: Entrepreneur
Work status: Full-Time Student
Website: http://www.c-tides.org
Skills: Design, Engineering
Location: Chennai, India
Groups: Breakthrough 2009, Genesis 2008 - IIT Madras, Genesis 2011
Interested in: Advising startups, Brainstorming, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Helping friends, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects
Tags: ases india, breakthrough, c-tides, clean tech, e-cell, genesis, iit, inclusive design, Open Innovation, paniit, sustainable design

WORK EXPERIENCE

Employer: C-TIDES, entrepreneurship cell, IITM
Position: Student Head

Employer: Young Birbals
Position: Member
Description: Part of “Young Birbals”, an upcoming students consultancy group.

Employer: Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai
Position: Academic Projects
Description: 1. Did a morphological analysis for a cycle and a chair as part of a management course.
2. Did a 20X25 QFD for a dish-washer as part of the functional and conceptual design course.
3. Made a design of a wheelchair without wheels (to facilitate staircase climbing) for the initial selection round of Brunel Design Show. Currently working on improving the design.

Employer: Co-Curricular Activities
Position: Experience
Description: 1. Designed and prototyped a machine which can clean and mop a room with a very high number of nooks and corners. The estimated cost of the machine is less than 150$ (in production). It worked on the characteristic of human arm. As we can transfer our power and do not limit it to any single part, similarly the design made it possible for the machine to transfer its power. Currently working on understanding the market requirement for such a product in India.
a. Was finalist for Golden Design Challenge in tech fest of IITM (Shaastra08)
2. Designed a soil analyzer kit.
a. Was finalist for Engenious (held by LRAMP and RIN)
3. I am one of the 50 delegates for the “Stanford Summit” that is being organized in Stanford University this April, on entrepreneurship.
4. Made a robot of a crane for robotics contest (Get A Grip) of Shaastra07.
5. Made a robot for inter-hostel robotics competition.
6. Designed a fountain for the hostel.

Employer: PAN-IIT 08
Position: Coordinator
Time period: December 2007 - November 2008
Description: Coordinator PAN-IIT 08 (global IIT alumni meet) – organized a blind date format elevator pitch for the best Business Plans in the country.

Employer: Qualcomm Innovator’s Challenge(Shaastra 08)
Position: Events Coordinator
Time period: December 2007 - November 2008

Employer: Shaastra 07
Position: Logistics Volunteer
Time period: December 2006 - November 2007

Employer: Saarang 07
Position: Event Volunteer
Time period: December 2006 - November 2007

INFORMATION

Memberships: 1. I am a member of C-TIDES, which is the entrepreneurship cell of IITM. I am responsible for conducting the events, lectures, panel discussions and other programs for it.
2. Was a member of the team, which designed a new fountain for the hostel.
3. Member of the hostel Hockey team
4. Represented my hostel in inter-hostel Dramatics
Awards: 1. Best Student Award (10th standard)
2. Won the General Proficiency 5 times in a row (from 6th standard to 10th)
3. Ranked 1813 in JEE 07
4. Ranked 5013 in AIEEE 07
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