Achievements
Milestones earned through building, leading, and mentoring.
A record of competition achievements, professional experience, recognition, and business milestones from my journey.
Competition results
Two ETWDC wins. Two different roles.
I led ADIT College’s winning team in 2019, and mentored Team Adway when it won again in 2020. Both are team results, and my role in each is named on its card.
ETWDC 2019 — Winning team lead
Led the team that secured First Prize in Overall Performance and First Prize in the Manoeuvrability Test among 54 competing teams.
- First Prize — Overall Performance.
- First Prize — Manoeuvrability Test.
ETWDC 2020 — Winning team mentor
Mentored the team that secured First Prize Overall and First Prize in Best Design among 101 participating teams nationwide.
- First Prize — Overall.
- First Prize — Best Design.
Team credits: Captain Kishan Joshi; faculty advisor Dr. Nimit Patel.
Recognition
Awards received along the way.
Gujarat-level Science Fair — Winner
Won a science fair at Gujarat level, an early milestone in my interest in engineering and invention.
Gaurav Puraskar
Received the Gaurav Puraskar, presented by a trustee of CVM.
Experience & service
Professional experience and service.
Roles and service, listed separately from the competition results above.
CEAT Tyres — R&D internship
Worked in the Research & Development department under a Senior Manager.
Cyber Expert — Gujarat Government
Served in a cyber-expert role.
Independent Business Support Advisor
Independent business advisory work.
Mentor at iHub
Mentoring role supporting others in their development journey.
Institutional support
Support for the businesses I’m building.
Grant support has been part of our business journey.
Milestones
Business milestones.
From freelance work in 2017 to three registered companies and the brands they hold.
Started freelancing
Began working independently on web and graphic work.
First company and first office
Registered Uminber Designs Private Limited, the company that holds the Uminber brand, and opened my first office.
Swap Automotive Private Limited
Registered the company behind SwapEV.
First workshop
Established my first workshop.
Corpeight Labs, a new office, and Shodh
Registered Corpeight Labs Private Limited, opened a new office, and started Shodh.
Nyxo and Artist House
Started Nyxo under Corpeight Labs, and Artist House as an independent organisation.
Run three companies with a portfolio of brands and public software.Today