Jul 2025 – Sep 2025 · 2 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

Feb 2021 – Jun 2025 · 4 yrs 4 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

• Responsible for the 0 to 1 of the Hardware side of the Robotic sytem and Business Development. Onboarded 2 experienced Co-founders, 4 consultants, and 10 Interns in total.
• 1. Sales & Marketing
• Identified opportunities in the Waste Management industry.
• Secured pilots from 6 private MRFs and 1 state government.
• Developed Sales materials for Company Introduction, Unit Economics, Cost Comparison, and Break-Even Analysis.
• Led Marketing from 2023. Developed and executed EcoOrbit’s LinkedIn operations.
• 2. Product Development:
• Responsible for the development of the Hardware side of the Robot System. The Robotic system has an efficiency of 85%.
• Developed an algorithm to integrate the conveyor belt, Vision System, and the Robot from scratch.
• Developed 3 iterations of an End Effector that picks materials with support from a consultant.
• 3. Strategy, Fundraising, and Partnerships
• Responsible for Fundraising Strategy since 2023. Pitched to various VCs, Impact Investors, Angel Platforms, Grant programs, and Accelerator programs.
• Raised ₹11 Lakhs from our friends & family circle in 2021.
• Selected for NITI Aayog’s ANIC Challenge 2.0 with an approved budget of ₹87.5 Lakhs in 2022.
• Secured ₹16.5 Lakhs through the SISF Grant from RICH and ₹2 Lakhs from TSIC Grant.
• Selected for the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs & IIT Kanpur’s SGGFC Grant of ₹20 Lakhs in 2025. Got an opportunity from MOHUA to deploy our solution at 3 ULBs.
• Selected for funding from 1 Industrial Automation-based Venture Studio (VS) and 1 impact-based VS. We didn’t take them due to strategic reasons. Secured initial interests from Impact Investors.
• Pitched and got selected into 1 Incubator and 7 Accelerator programs of T-Hub, NVIDIA, AIC Sangam, AIC ISB, Aspire Labs, IIM Calcutta, IISC, and Bharat Tech.
• Represented EcoOrbit in 3 Demo Days; Won 3 rd Prize at the FLCTD Accelerator Demo Day Pitch in 2023.

Jul 2019 – Feb 2021 · 1 yr 7 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• As an R&D Product Development Engineer, I was
• A) Responsible for
• 1. Handling incoming RFQ's (Request for Quotation) from the sales team.
• 2. Coordinating with major stakeholders on the Technical & Project fronts.
• B) Accountable for communicating the Product cost to the Sales team.
• On the technical front, responsibilities were to Study 2-D drawings and 3-D CAD Models; Prepare BOM &Project Summary reports; Lead Project Kick-off meetings with the stakeholders, and support them with necessary details.
• Stakeholder teams in TE: Sales, Cost Accounting, Tooling, Advanced Procurement, Project Management, and Manufacturing.
• Worked on 9 Localization, 1 Sustenance, and 4 Build-to-Print Projects for Headers, Connectors, Sensors, and Fuse & Relay Boxes. supported teammates in 2 NPD projects.
• Customers of the projects I handled: MSSL, ZF, Bosch, PSA Europe, etc.
• OEM's for the projects I've handled: Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, Renault etc.
• Pilot Project: Got appreciation from the Indian Leadership team for my Connect-a-thon project, which is a part of my onboarding process into TE.
• 1) Benchmarked competitor's products with TE's products and identified the usage of cost-effective child parts in competitor's parts.
• 2) Designed a new concept that is compact and cost-effective.

Jan 2019 – Jun 2019 · 5 mos · Goa, India

• Project: Identification of Unbalanced Mass in Front Loading Washing Machine.

Aug 2015 – Sep 2016 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Role: Software Quality Analyst.
• Manual and Front-End Testing (3 months): Worked on iPhone 7 release for the Client O2.
• ETL Testing: Worked for the Client BCBSNC.