
Sīkar Area, India

Sīkar Area, India
Startup generalist with experience of starting and working in startups in the web, microfinance and non-profit sector. Learned from failures of 5-6 startup concepts in the education, food and web sectors.
Basic experience in business planning; product conceptualization and development; market research and analysis; financial analysis; recruitment; creating long term strategies; and fire fighting.
Excited about working in companies which use technology to solve problems of energy, development, and financial services.
2005 — 2010 (expected)
Delegate to the 39th St Gallen Symposium
Second runner-up in the Goi Peace prize essay contest from 4000+ entries
Among the top 200 authors(top 5%) in essay competition held by World Bank
Selected for StartingBloc's Global Social Innovation fellowship program at the London Business School
Winner of Mantra leadership award instituted by CEL, BITS-Pilani and Mantra Capital
One of the three youth speakers at the biennial FOTUNE Global CEO Forum
Runner-up at Srijan 2007, a microfinance venture competition
Semi-finalist at Stanford's E-Challenge
Ranked in the top 100 students in the Indian National Mathematics Olympiad.-2005