Experience

Lura Health
• United States
• Medical Device
• 1 - 100 Employee
• Product Manager Intern

  • May 2023 - Present


Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship

• United States
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• James R Swartz Entrepreneurial Fellow

  • Nov 2022 - Present

  A highly selective fellowship at Carnegie Mellon University to develop entrepreneurial potential and leadership skills through hands-on experiences, networking, mentoring and courses in entrepreneurship. A highly selective fellowship at Carnegie Mellon University to develop entrepreneurial potential and leadership skills through hands-on experiences, networking, mentoring and courses in entrepreneurship.



Optum

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Corporate Startup Lab Fellow

  • Sep 2022 - Present

  Introducing Product Development and Market Deployment Strategies for Optum Inc and the UnitedHealthcare for the following projects- Project 1: Evaluating and Improving health literacy ML models to introduce health literacy improvement programs via Optum's access patient portal. Project 2: Developing an ML model for implementing value based care for medicare patients in the United States. Introducing Product Development and Market Deployment Strategies for Optum Inc and the UnitedHealthcare for the following projects- Project 1: Evaluating and Improving health literacy ML models to introduce health literacy improvement programs via Optum's access patient portal. Project 2: Developing an ML model for implementing value based care for medicare patients in the United States.



CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute

• United States
• Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2022 - Present

  Teaching Assistant for Human Factors taught by Professor Laura Dabbish. Teaching Assistant for Human Factors taught by Professor Laura Dabbish.



Axolotl.health

• India
• Medical Equipment Manufacturing

• Co-Founder & CEO

  • Dec 2019 - Present

  Supported by Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council, DST; Sequoia Spark India; BITS Pilani Technology Business Incubator; Atal Incubation Center- Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology. Officially Registered under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises & Startup India: Dec 2020 Supported by Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council, DST; Sequoia Spark India; BITS Pilani Technology Business Incubator; Atal Incubation Center- Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology. Officially Registered under the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises & Startup India: Dec 2020



Atal Incubation Centre - CCMB

• India
• Biotechnology
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Social Innovation Immersion Program Fellow

  • Aug 2020 - Nov 2022

  SIIP is BIRAC’s (DST, GoI) and Stanford Biodesign's social Innovation fellowship/award program aimed at creating a pool of biotech “Social Innovators” who can identify needs & gaps within communities and then can help bridge the gaps either through innovative product development or services SIIP is BIRAC’s (DST, GoI) and Stanford Biodesign's social Innovation fellowship/award program aimed at creating a pool of biotech “Social Innovators” who can identify needs & gaps within communities and then can help bridge the gaps either through innovative product development or services



Indus Biotech Private Limited

• India
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Indus Entrepreneurship Fellowship

  • Jul 2019 - May 2020

  CSR grant provided for D.Sole (now DiaCare) an innovative bluetooth enabled device for early diagnosis and prognosis of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy in primary health centers CSR grant provided for D.Sole (now DiaCare) an innovative bluetooth enabled device for early diagnosis and prognosis of Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy in primary health centers



Venture Center (Official Account)

• India
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Entrepreneur In Residence (EIR) Fellowship

  • May 2019 - May 2020

  Government of India fellowship to pursue entrepreneurship and work on innovative ideas crucial for public health- worked on project D.Sole now renamed DiaCare Government of India fellowship to pursue entrepreneurship and work on innovative ideas crucial for public health- worked on project D.Sole now renamed DiaCare



Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Co-Principal Investigator

  • Apr 2018 - Jul 2019

  Endowed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Grand Challenges Exploration Award ($100,000 Grant) for Vaccination Beads: A Visual and Digital Vaccination Record. Our team is using near-field communication tags to transform traditional bracelets worn by infants in India into portable vaccination records that better track migrant communities to promote vaccination coverage. https://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/grant/vaccination-beads-visual-and-digital-vaccination-record Endowed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation: Grand Challenges Exploration Award ($100,000 Grant) for Vaccination Beads: A Visual and Digital Vaccination Record. Our team is using near-field communication tags to transform traditional bracelets worn by infants in India into portable vaccination records that better track migrant communities to promote vaccination coverage. https://gcgh.grandchallenges.org/grant/vaccination-beads-visual-and-digital-vaccination-record



Manipal University Technology Business Incubator

• Research Coordinator

  • Sep 2016 - Jul 2018

  Manipal University Technology Business Incubator (MUTBI) is an initiative of Manipal University for nurturing and developing innovation and entrepreneurial skills among its faculty and students, as well as people of the region. It is one of the 54 TBI's funded by National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB), Department of Science & Technology (DST), Government of India to promote Innovation driven Start-ups in Udupi District. The profile of a Research Coordinator involves: 1. Helping the students to connect with the Student Research Forum and Professors of different departments of Manipal University. 2.Helping students to meet with Venture capitalists and mentors to guide their projects. 3. Maintain a record of various Student Projects and Research activities. 4.Help students in publishing their research in reputed Journals. 5.Conduct events like Innovation Day and Entrepreneurship Summit to create awareness and encourage students. Show less



World Health Organization

• Bangladesh
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern as a Health Trainee-Tanta Government Hospital

  • May 2017 - Jun 2017

  TSSA is one of the oldest students' organizations in Tanta as it was founded in 1969 in the faculty of medicine, Tanta University. Then by the year 1972 TSSA joined IFMSA-Egypt - TSSA became an official member of the IFMSA [International Federation of Medical Students' Associations] which is the official representative for Medical Students at WHO [World Health Organization] and UN [United Nations] As a Health Trainee, I worked in the Biomedical Department of the Tanta Government Hospital. My work profile involved creating Health policies for Universal Health Coverage under TSSA. I was also trained in Installing, adjusting, maintaining, repairing, providing technical support and evaluate the safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of biomedical equipment. Show less



Consortium of Affordable Medical Technologies

• Organizer for CAMTech Jugadathoon

  • Jan 2017 - Mar 2017

  CAMTech’s mission is to accelerate medical technology innovation and build entrepreneurial capacity to improve health outcomes in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs).The CAMTech INDIA program engages key stakeholders in the country’s healthcare ecosystem to support, expand, and bring to scale affordable medical technologies and healthcare-system innovations in India. Jugadathoon is India’s largest healthcare hack-a-thon that took place in March 2017 in five cities across the country.In partnership with Lattice Innovations and GE Healthcare, teams presented their innovations to investors, corporate partners, healthcare organizations and other stakeholders. Show less



Krishna Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) Hyderabad - India

• Intern as a Biomedical Engineer

  • Jun 2016 - Jul 2016

  1. Designing, testing and implementing new medical procedures with a special focus on computer-aided surgery 2. Designing, developing, testing and modifying equipment and devices 3. Liaising with medical, engineering and scientific staff training on the usage of equipment safely maintaining equipment 1. Designing, testing and implementing new medical procedures with a special focus on computer-aided surgery 2. Designing, developing, testing and modifying equipment and devices 3. Liaising with medical, engineering and scientific staff training on the usage of equipment safely maintaining equipment