Akash Kumar

Co-Founder

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India9 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

5 years of experience in blockchain technology.
Co-founded a successful blockchain community at IIT Bombay.
Expertise in security systems and cryptography.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Blockchain Developer with a focus on security and privacy solutions.

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ManagementLeadershipWeb DesignGuitar PlayingSingingData AnalysisMachine learningMicrosoft WorddjangoangularpythonbitcoinBackend developementAndroid app developement

About

A 5th-year Dual Degree student at IIT Bombay. I like to work on security systems and cryptography. Have been there in the blockchain space for the past 2 years. Now focusing on privacy solutions on blockchain and zero knowledge proofs.

Experience

9 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 9 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 2 mos

Current Experience

Socket

Blockchain Developer

Apr 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 1 mo · Remote

Round finance

Senior Protocol Engineer

Jul 2020 – Sep 2023 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Building an aggregator of digital assets and experiences

Wandx: the multiblockchain dex

Blockchain Developer

May 2019 – Jul 2019 · 2 mos · Banglore, India

Worked on the backend of Wandx DEX for implementing the Basket Protocol.
Worked on AZTEC Protocol to enable confidential transactions on Ethereum Blockchain using zero knowledge proofs.
Worked on the backend systems to develop a complete security infrastructure.

The entrepreneurship cell, iit bombay

Web Manager, E-Cell IIT Bombay

Apr 2018 – Apr 2019 · 1 yr · January 2017 – Present (1 month) Mumbai Area, India

The Entrepreneurship Cell is a non-profit organization run by the students of IIT Bombay that aims at manifesting the latent entrepreneurial spirit of the youth all over India.
We, at E-Cell, host various workshops, speaker sessions, innovative games & competitions for aspiring entrepreneurs and support them by providing necessary resources such as seed funding, mentoring, consultancy and networking.
Initiatives
E-Summit: The annual flagship event, a networking hub for corporates, professionals and budding entrepreneurs from all across the nation
Eureka!: Asia's largest B-Plan Competition as recognized by Thomson Reuters. A one stop shop for ideas -> startups
National Entrepreneurship Challenge (NEC) - Created with the vision to promote entrepreneurship amidst all the campuses in India, National Entrepreneurship Challenge is the first of its kind pan-India competition undertaken by E-Cell, IIT Bombay
The Ten Minute Million: First of its kind competition in India where startups are given an opportunity to pitch in front of investors and receive on the spot funding
EnB Club: Aims to create an ecosystem for the budding entrepreneurs in the institute

Blockchain club, iit bombay

Co-Founder

Jan 2018 – Sep 2023 · 5 yrs 8 mos

After attending ETHIndia in 2018, got excited about blockchain and decided to bring up a blockchain community at IIT Bombay. Me and Tezan, my team mate at ETHIndia, started the Blockchain Club as a part of Web and Coding Club, IITB. Since last year, we have conducted multiple tech talks, workshops, hackathons with a great turnout from the institute and outside of the institute as well.