“I worked at Western Digital alongside Hrishi. I was in product planning while Hrishi was in Segment Marketing. Hrishi was always easy to work with and had a very welcoming disposition. I could always count on detailed product feedback and notes from various customer meetings Hrishi held, which was especially useful for planning.”
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• Passionate leader driving strategy, innovation, and growth in Cloud, Storage, and…
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To all my #IIT homies and families, join the ever-amazing IIT-BayArea picnic this Sunday. We have a complete entertainment suite and yummy desi food…
To all my #IIT homies and families, join the ever-amazing IIT-BayArea picnic this Sunday. We have a complete entertainment suite and yummy desi food…
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Excited to be at the 10th annual Culture Shifting Summit! Looking forward to a great day here in Menlo Park.
Excited to be at the 10th annual Culture Shifting Summit! Looking forward to a great day here in Menlo Park.
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Social Impact Investor
Kiva
- Present 15 years
Kiva is a 501(c)3 California nonprofit and a micro-finance platform to lend financial access to help underserved communities thrive
• Evaluated 1000s of investment projects and shortlisted over 450 loans to fund higher education and sustainability projects.
• Top 1% lender out of 1.9 million on the Kiva platform
• Funded scholarship for children in India via other India-focused social impact organizations
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Searching for Innovations to Cut Li-ion Battery Costs
Lux Research, State of the Market Report
Early demand for electric vehicles has fallen short of optimistic projections, in large part because of the high costs of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries. Corporations throughout the value chain have invested heavily in the space, and now must focus on strategies for cost reduction beyond simply relying on scale. Here, we take a close look at the cost structure of Li-ion batteries, and consider the innovations that could drive disruptive decreases in cost necessary to spur growth of the the…
Early demand for electric vehicles has fallen short of optimistic projections, in large part because of the high costs of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries. Corporations throughout the value chain have invested heavily in the space, and now must focus on strategies for cost reduction beyond simply relying on scale. Here, we take a close look at the cost structure of Li-ion batteries, and consider the innovations that could drive disruptive decreases in cost necessary to spur growth of the the electric vehicle market. Cathode improvements, along with increases to the state-of-charge (SOC) window and reductions in capacity fade, are the surest route to cost decreases. However, in the most likely scenario, nominal pack cost will fall to $397/kWh in 2020, short of the ambitious goals needed to drive mass adoption.
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Every Last Drop: Micro- And Mild Hybrids Drive a Huge Market for Fuel-Efficient Vehicles
Lux Research Inc.
Many new solutions are vying to displace the petroleum-fuel internal combustion engine and win the future of transportation, including alternative fuels such as biofuels, plug-in electric vehicles, and fuel-cell vehicles. However, all face steep obstacles in gaining widespread adoption. For the immediate future, an appealing set of solutions has begun to emerge, and involves integrating batteries and other energy storage solutions to save fuel in ways short of propelling the vehicle itself –…
Many new solutions are vying to displace the petroleum-fuel internal combustion engine and win the future of transportation, including alternative fuels such as biofuels, plug-in electric vehicles, and fuel-cell vehicles. However, all face steep obstacles in gaining widespread adoption. For the immediate future, an appealing set of solutions has begun to emerge, and involves integrating batteries and other energy storage solutions to save fuel in ways short of propelling the vehicle itself – micro-hybrids and mild hybrids. These technologies represent a huge market opportunity, as they will be used in 39 million vehicles in 2017 and demand $6.9 billion worth of energy storage devices.
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Projects
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Market Research and Business Development for BioVantage Resources
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o Researched customer needs and frame the value proposition for customer segment verticals.
o Generated leads.
o Customized online CRM options for the sales team.
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Market Entry Strategy for Viola Systems Oy, a Finnish Smart Grid startup
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o Analyzed primary market research data for customer segmentation, finding beachhead market, Monitor competitive activity, generation of important leads for partnership and customers.
o Translated market research into the product features.
o Assessed viability of market entry using Financial modeling of the company/competitors
o Presented the Business plan to the industry experts and VC’s. To be used for fundraising later.
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Market Research in Policy and Regulation – Luskin Center and the City of Los Angeles
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o Analyzed CleanTech model reports developed by municipalities throughout North America.
o Researched Federal, State and Local regulations.
o Recommended how Los Angeles can develop its own informative report containing key data sets. These helped the city of LA to implement policies to form CleanTech cluster in LA.Other creatorsSee project -
Web Analytics for SwoopOff.com
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o Conducted Analysis and recommendations on SEO, traffic and click stream analysis, customer engagement analysis, E-commerce Analysis and A/B testing. The report helped the company redesign its website to attract more customers.
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Marketing/Sales Director and Webmaster for Berkeley Stanford CleanTech Conference
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o Implemented targeted marketing to cut marketing expenses by over 70% by using social media marketing using Facebook, LinkedIn, blogs and web analytics data. The event was SOLD OUT a week in advance.
o Analyzed the analytics data to fine tune the effectiveness of marketing campaigns.
o Webmaster: New modular design made subsequent updates simpler.Other creatorsSee project
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English
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Hindi
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Marathi
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Mandarin
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Spanish
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Silicon Valley Forum
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The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE)
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IIT Bombay Alumni Association
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