Educational Background:

1. Graduated in 2015 from a tier-1 university in India with a B.E. in EE and M.Sc. in physics with a GPA of 7.05/10
2. During university, was highly engaged in extracurricular activities -
a. VP of Entrepreneurship Cell
b. College Basketball team
c. Founder licensee for University TEDx events
d. on-campus startup for food & merchandise
e. Graduate Research Fellow with MIT Media Lab India Initiative

Work Experience: Overall 9+ years at the time of joining a program in Fall 2025
1. Co-founded a tech product company in the last semester of UG and bootstrapped for 4 years
2. The startup got acquired by Reliance Jio (India’s largest conglomerate)
3. Post acquisition, worked at the company for another 4.5 years scaling engineering operations and product lines
4. Multiple promotions up to Associate Director (M5) with N-2 reporting to Chairman of Reliance Industries
5. Last year I resigned to take a rejuvenation break for 3 months and explore other avenues
6. Travelled across the country for next 6 months, mentoring and pro bono consulting with several tech/non-tech startups
7. Rejoined the same company to setup a new technology vertical as a Director (M6). Setting up 6 new technology teams.

LORs: total 4 available
1. Two very strong LORs from the CEO (MIT Alum) and another cofounder of the above company (worked together as co-founders for 9+ years in the company)
2. Two good LORs from thesis advisor in university and another from a VP at the parent company

Targeting dual-degree programs with MS(EE/CS) and MBA. Post MBA looking to start a new technology company.