Community Work

PAQ is a biodiversity-oriented agritech startup that has helped sustain the backbone of my state, Gujarat, by providing beehives to farmers that pollinate crops and promote the growth of healthy food and honey. They also help monitor and track hive health and environment through the sensing technology integrated in these beehives. Since farmers can't afford the beehives, the company has implemented an innovative financial model where they seek donations from individuals and corporates to adopt these beehives, which are then given to farmers free-of-cost. In return, donors receive honey and organic produce from the PAQ network of farms. (projectaq.org)

• Donor Fundraising through CSR — Helped PAQ with the strategy of raising donor funds through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Worked on presentations and other collaterals needed to reach out to local corporates; have reached out to ~15 corporates, targeting funds for 20 beehives.
• PAQ for Youth — Key member of PAQ for Youth programs to spread awareness around the importance of bees for environmental preservation by conducting events in local schools.

Initiated a community healthcare project in memory of my late uncle to address critical medical infrastructure shortages in rural and remote regions of India.

• Partnered with local administrators to fully equip a remote community hospital with essential emergency trauma gear and diagnostic medical equipment, ensuring timely treatment for critical patients.
• Organized a family-led fundraising campaign that raised 2,000,000 INR to fund the initial hospital upgrade and create sustainable medical access.
• Scaled operations by designing a roadmap to identify, fundraise for and supply critical emergency equipment to other under-resourced remote hospitals across India.

Volunteered as a mathematics teacher for primary school children in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for one week — organising and teaching curriculum to 100+ students per day.

• Taught students aged 6–12 with varying levels of experience and confidence, constantly adapting the curriculum and my teaching approach to meet the needs of students with different aptitudes, with the common goal of lifting them to the same standard of mathematics I was fortunate enough to have access to at their age.
• Used logical thinking and public speaking skills to plan, organise and lead a student-focused final showcase of the skills taught by me and fellow volunteer teachers from my high school.