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INNOVATION ADVISORY:

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• Member — Global Insights Panel Global Insights Panel, MIT Technology Review; Sep 2022 - present

• Jury member: Health-tech track — AIM Smart City Accelerator, Ashoka University; October 2020.

• Sector Advisor – Biomedical Devices & Healthcare, United States India Science & Technology Endowment Fund (USISTEF); 2017 – present.

• Member, Consultative group: Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser to the Govt. of India; June 2019 – 2021.

• Mentor – Health-tech innovation and entrepreneurship – IIT Delhi, Dept. of Management Studies; 2016-2019.

• Director, HITLAB Innovators Summit – India chapter; 2016 – 2019.

• Mentor of Change — Atal Incubation Center, Atal Innovation Mission – NITI Aayog; June 2020 – 2023.

• Mentor of Change – Atal Tinkering Labs, Atal Innovation Mission – NITI Aayog; February – May 2020.

• Committee Member, 8th Indian MedTech Summit, New Delhi, India; December 2014.

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EDUCATION & SOCIAL

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• Mentor (to UG and PG science, technology, and management students)  – University of Manchester Gold Mentoring Programme, United Kingdom; December 2016 – 2019.

• Founding member, Darpan — a performing arts-based fundraising initiative for underserved populations – Udupi, India; November 2010 – present.

• Co-Founder & Head, Blitzkrieg Dance Crew (Finalist, World Hip Hop Championship), Manipal, India; 2008 – 2011.