Siddharth Rajhans

Co-Founder

11 yrs 3 mos experience
Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

  • Delivered over 600 keynote lectures globally.
  • Co-founded India's first satellite-powered internet startup.
  • Key resource for UGC and top Indian universities.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Multilateral Diplomacy and Public Policy expert with a strong entrepreneurial background in telecommunications.

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Skills

Core Skills

DiplomacyPublic PolicySustainabilityPublic SpeakingEntrepreneurshipSatellite Communications (satcom)Product MarketingProject ManagementWireless TechnologiesBusiness Process Improvement

Other Skills

Multilateral DiplomacyTrainingForeign PolicyEconomic PolicyStrategic Policy DevelopmentPolicy AnalysisLeadershipPolicy DevelopmentEducation PolicyChange ManagementMotivational SpeakingInnovation ManagementSupply Chain ManagementDeveloper RelationsSoftware as a Service (SaaS)

About

Siddharth is internationally educated professional, having a diverse background at the intersection of tech, policy and management. His current work deals in Public Policy - with an emphasis on bringing the power of the SDGs in practice. Siddharth has established a brand for himself as an academic resource person over the last 10 years, having delivered over 600 keynote lectures in tech and management conferences across the world. He is a key resource person for the UGC and has partnered with top universities in India for their Faculty Development programs. He has spoken at all the major academic institutions of India as a guest lecturer, including all the lITs, IIMs, NITs and several central and state universities. Siddharth has served on the Board of Management and studies of many universities, Including, DU, MS University Vadodara, NMIMS, Mumbai and Bangalore, DAVV University of Indore, IIFT Delhi and Kolkata, IMI, Delhi and Kolkata among dozen others. He comes from an innovation background, having lived, worked and studied in Singapore and the United States. He is a mentor and on the board of over 15 startups in India, as an angel investor and early stage mentor. Siddharth has had the patronage of the Former President of India, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, who's legacy he wishes to carry forward, by bridging the industry academic gap and fulfilling the dream of a developed India. In his current work on diplomacy and international relations, he is working on bringing the power of SDG's(Sustainable Development Goals) of the UN to make a positive impact in the lives of Indians and people in the APAC region.

Experience

11 yrs 3 mos
Total Experience
4 yrs 1 mo
Average Tenure
7 yrs 10 mos
Current Experience

United nations institute for training and research (unitar)

Multilateral Diplomacy Expert

Jan 2021Present · 5 yrs 4 mos

  • A world leading expert on multilateral diplomacy, having trained by both - the UNITAR & UNSSC - and excelled within the UN System and at several diplomatic formats - around the G20, inclusion of Tech in Diplomacy and making public policy a more recognised global tool for solving developmental challenges.
Multilateral DiplomacyPublic PolicyTrainingDiplomacy

Unops

Sustainability | Policy Affairs | SDGs

Jul 2018Present · 7 yrs 10 mos · New York, United States

SustainabilityPublic PolicyForeign PolicyEconomic PolicyStrategic Policy DevelopmentPolicy Analysis+4

Apple

Product Manager

Dec 2014May 2017 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Singapore

  • Worked in a technical-managerial role for the iPad, increasing its sales in the APAC region
  • Led and managed the team responsible for the development of "Swift Playgrounds" - the coding platform for Swift, helping develop iPad into an ideal replacement for the notebook PC as per the higher management's vision
  • Gained a lot of recognition in the view of Apple's WWDC conference in 2016. Link:
  • https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/indore/indore-techie-plans-data-centre-for-icloud-in-mp/articleshow/54206368.cms
  • Worked in a cross functional setup, gaining expertise in project life cycle management, resource allocation, budgeting and personnel management skills
Product MarketingSupply Chain ManagementDeveloper RelationsProject Management

Spacify

Co-Founder

Oct 2014Dec 2016 · 2 yrs 2 mos · Singapore, Singapore

  • Co-founded India's first Satellite powered Internet Startup with a commercial base in Singapore.
  • Developed an MVP along with 3 Googlers on making satellite powered internet a reality.
  • Spacify - has been India's first indigenously developed geosciences, satellite imaging and satellite internet startup, with collaborations with SAC, ISRO.
  • Partnered with Digital India & Sanchar Bhavan, New Delhi, the Telecom Ministry HQ of India.
Wireless TechnologiesEntrepreneurshipSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Satellite ImageryInnovation ManagementSatellite Communications (SATCOM)+1

Google

Business Process Specialist

Oct 2013Sep 2014 · 11 mos · Mountain View, California, United States

  • EMEA + Global:
  • Joined as an intern - upon successful completion of which I was finalized as an employee under a one year contract at Google's
  • HQ in California
  • Worked on Google AdSense, putting my data analytics, ad revenue and data monetization expertise to use.
  • Excelled in Google's Summer of Code program, leading to my selection for the internship. Sound knowledge of coding languages ranging from Java, C++, Node.JS, R programming and SPSS
  • Synthesized performance data from wide-ranging sources into cohesive overviews of process performance communicating the needs of ad publishers on the Google platform
Six SigmaTraining & DevelopmentSales OperationsProject ManagementBusiness Process Improvement

Tedx

Keynote Speaker

Sep 2012Present · 13 yrs 8 mos

  • Have established a brand as a public speaker, having delivered over 600 keynote lectures in universities in the India and US. Have given multiple guest lectures at IITs, IIMs, NITs and universities and been a three time TEDx speaker
  • Have taught public policy at FDP (Faculty development programs) in collaboration with the UGC at campuses such as Jamia Milia Islamia Delhi, DAVV University of Indore, MS University Vadodara etc.
  • Have spearheaded a startup, Spacify, with my co-founders to help provide internet access to rural India
  • Have received accolades from state govt of MP and the Central Govt for entrepreneurial endeavors
  • Have received the patronage of PM Shri Narendra Modi, have been invited by Former Telecom Minister Shri Manoj Sinha to the Sanchar Bhavan in Delhi, Shashi Tharoor (who also tweeted about me congratulating my work: https://twitter.com/shashitharoor/status/501267051949092864?lang=en ) and Former President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, who also collaborated with us in our work (https://about.me/siddharth.rajhans)
Public SpeakingEntrepreneurshipLeadershipChange ManagementMotivational Speaking

Education

Harvard University

Master's degree

Jun 2017Jul 2018

United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)

Jul 2021Sep 2022

Kellogg Executive Education

Master of Philosophy - MPhil

Jul 2014Sep 2016

Singapore Institute of Management

Information Technology Project Management

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services

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