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<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:larger;">'''Serving as a UIF Since:&nbsp;'''Fall 2016</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:larger;">'''School:&nbsp;'''CMR Institute of Technology, Bengaluru</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:larger;">'''What he does now:&nbsp;'''Facilitates workshops, mentors student project teams</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:larger;">'''What that means:&nbsp;'''Conducts Design Thinking workshops and mentors teams via the Innovation and Entrepreneurship centre.[[File:Asher.jpg|thumb|Asher.jpg]]</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br/></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:larger;">'''Contact him about:&nbsp;'''Facilitating workshops, collaboration, raising funding for change programs, commercial aviation, football (the one where you actually use your feet!) and coffee!</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:larger;">'''Email:&nbsp;'''ashersathya@gmail.com</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:larger;"></span><br/></div>
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<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:larger;">'''Serving as a UIF Since:&nbsp;'''Fall 2016</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:larger;">'''School:&nbsp;'''CMR Institute of Technology, Bengaluru</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:larger;">'''What he does now:&nbsp;'''Works with Enterprise Tech, Urban Tech & Healthcare startups at The CoWrks Foundry - an early stage startup accelerator </span></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:larger;">'''What that means:&nbsp;'''Helping startups grow their business, enable access to mentors & industry experts, conduct events, help create startup pitches and raise funds.[[File:Asher.jpg|thumb|Asher.jpg]]</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><br/></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:larger;">'''Contact him about:&nbsp;'''Anything startups, Facilitating workshops, collaboration, raising funding for change programs, commercial aviation, football (the one where you actually use your feet!) and coffee!</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:larger;">'''Email:&nbsp;'''ashersathya@gmail.com</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:larger;"></span><br/></div> Asher is a University Innovation Fellow and a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from CMR Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, India. He currently works as an Associate at The CoWrks Foundry - a startup accelerator, where he helps early stage B2B startups in India and USA scale their business. He works with a portfolio of startups in Enterprise Tech, Urban Tech (with Columbia University & Brown University) and Healthcare (with Yale Institute of Global Health).
Asher&nbsp; is a University Innovation Fellow and an undergraduate student of Mechanical Engineering at CMR Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, India. His areas of interest are the aerospace industry and product design. At CMRIT, he was exposed to the UIF program by his project mentor.&nbsp;
 
  
&nbsp;Asher is currently involved in and heading two project groups for the past year. In his spare time, he is often seen discussing varied ideas and solutions with his peers and faculty members. He has always been known as an enterprising individual and he looks to put this to good use.
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Asher’s interest with the startup ecosystem started while in college, where he worked actively to foster a culture of innovation and collaboration, before ultimately helping set up the ‘Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center.’ The center continues to be an active hub for innovation, research and Social Entrepreneurship.
  
At his campus Asher is working towards changing the mindset of students to be more innovative, to take up projects and also change the way they approach problems and design solutions for them. He conducts workshops regularly and also collaborates with other student organisations on campus. He has helped set up an Innovation and Entrepreneurship centre ( where the focus is on Social Entrepreneurship) apart from securing funding for student projects.
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As a University Innovation Fellow, Asher conducted regular workshops in Design Thinking both in his campus and at events such as Google Developer Days Asia, Developer Student Club Summit etc. He continues to conduct these workshops for the startup founders he interacts with.
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Asher was trained as a University Innovation Fellow in Fall 2016, and attended the Silicon Valley meetup in March 2016. He has helped host the March 2018 Silicon Valley meetup and the May 2018 Eastern Hemisphere Meetup as a ‘FAB’.
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Asher has a wide range of professional interests. He has held prestigious roles such as ‘School Prefect’ and 'Treasurer' for the 'Society of Mechanical Engineers' at CMRIT. In his free time, he is actively sampling new types of coffee and experimenting with brewing methods, besides reading or watching football.
  
Asher has discovered his passion to be a techno-entrepreneur. The recent events occurring world over have piqued his desire to help the world, and he wants his future endeavours to have a social touch to them. Since middle school Asher has been an avid reader, debater, creative writer which have won him many awards. He is a leader and has held prestigious roles such as ‘School Prefect’.He is currently serving as the 'Treasurer' for the 'Society of Mechanical Engineers' at CMRIT.&nbsp;
 
  
 
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Revision as of 18:01, 4 June 2020

Serving as a UIF Since: Fall 2016
School: CMR Institute of Technology, Bengaluru
What he does now: Works with Enterprise Tech, Urban Tech & Healthcare startups at The CoWrks Foundry - an early stage startup accelerator
What that means: Helping startups grow their business, enable access to mentors & industry experts, conduct events, help create startup pitches and raise funds.
Asher.jpg

Contact him about: Anything startups, Facilitating workshops, collaboration, raising funding for change programs, commercial aviation, football (the one where you actually use your feet!) and coffee!
Email: ashersathya@gmail.com

Asher is a University Innovation Fellow and a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from CMR Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, India. He currently works as an Associate at The CoWrks Foundry - a startup accelerator, where he helps early stage B2B startups in India and USA scale their business. He works with a portfolio of startups in Enterprise Tech, Urban Tech (with Columbia University & Brown University) and Healthcare (with Yale Institute of Global Health).

Asher’s interest with the startup ecosystem started while in college, where he worked actively to foster a culture of innovation and collaboration, before ultimately helping set up the ‘Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center.’ The center continues to be an active hub for innovation, research and Social Entrepreneurship.

As a University Innovation Fellow, Asher conducted regular workshops in Design Thinking both in his campus and at events such as Google Developer Days Asia, Developer Student Club Summit etc. He continues to conduct these workshops for the startup founders he interacts with. Asher was trained as a University Innovation Fellow in Fall 2016, and attended the Silicon Valley meetup in March 2016. He has helped host the March 2018 Silicon Valley meetup and the May 2018 Eastern Hemisphere Meetup as a ‘FAB’.

Asher has a wide range of professional interests. He has held prestigious roles such as ‘School Prefect’ and 'Treasurer' for the 'Society of Mechanical Engineers' at CMRIT. In his free time, he is actively sampling new types of coffee and experimenting with brewing methods, besides reading or watching football.


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CMR Institute of Technology

CMR Institute of Technology Student Priorities

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