<div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:larger;">'''Serving as a UIF Since: '''Fall 2016</span></div><div style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-size:larger;">'''School: '''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: '''Facilitates workshopsWorks with Enterprise Tech, mentors student project teamsUrban 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: '''Conducts Design Thinking workshops and Helping startups grow their business, enable access to mentors teams via the Innovation & industry experts, conduct events, help create startup pitches and Entrepreneurship centreraise 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: '''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: '''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 an undergraduate student a graduate of Mechanical Engineering at from CMR Institute of Technology, Bengaluru, India. His areas of interest are the aerospace industry He currently works as an Associate at The CoWrks Foundry - a startup accelerator, where he helps early stage B2B startups in India and product designUSA scale their business. At CMRITHe works with a portfolio of startups in Enterprise Tech, he was exposed to the UIF program by his project mentorUrban Tech (with Columbia University & Brown University) and Healthcare (with Yale Institute of Global Health).
Asher is currently involved Asher’s interest with the startup ecosystem started while in and heading two project groups for the past year. In his spare timecollege, where he is often seen discussing varied ideas worked actively to foster a culture of innovation and solutions with his peers and faculty memberscollaboration, before ultimately helping set up the ‘Innovation & Entrepreneurship Center. He has always been known as ’ The center continues to be an enterprising individual active hub for innovation, research and he looks to put this to good useSocial Entrepreneurship.
At 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 is working towards changing the mindset of students to be more innovativewas trained as a University Innovation Fellow in Fall 2016, to take up projects and also change attended the way they approach problems and design solutions for themSilicon Valley meetup in March 2016. He conducts workshops regularly has helped host the March 2018 Silicon Valley meetup and also collaborates with other student organisations on campusthe May 2018 Eastern Hemisphere Meetup as a ‘FAB’. Asher has a wide range of professional interests. He has helped set up an Innovation held prestigious roles such as ‘School Prefect’ and Entrepreneurship centre ( where 'Treasurer' for the focus 'Society of Mechanical Engineers' at CMRIT. In his free time, he is on Social Entrepreneurship) apart from securing funding for student projectsactively 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.
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