“As a Senior Software Engineer at Improbable, I worked directly with Apu for several years - both on the same team and as peers in different teams. Apu is a highly motivated, approachable and empathetic leader. I’ve seen him fill many gaps, working in customer-facing, internal, and management roles across the engineering and product organisation. I was particularly impressed by Apu growth-mentality and drive, which helped him achieve impressive results for the teams he worked in and for the company as a whole. It’d be a pleasure to work alongside Apu again in the future - congratulations to any team that is lucky enough to work with him! PS: he’ll dog-sit for you anytime :)”
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Apu is a VC-backed founder working as CTO @ koodos, and is an expert in technology…
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University of Cambridge
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Won multiple prizes for academic excellence and obtained the highest mark in my college.
Supervised by Dr Richard Turner, I conducted research in computational neuroscience and machine learning for my masters.
Interests: machine learning, computational neuroscience, optimisation, synthetic biology.
Activities and societies:
* Events: Emmanuel College May Ball 2013 (Infrastructure), Cambridge University Science and Policy Exchange
* Outreach: TeamUp, CUED Engineering…Won multiple prizes for academic excellence and obtained the highest mark in my college.
Supervised by Dr Richard Turner, I conducted research in computational neuroscience and machine learning for my masters.
Interests: machine learning, computational neuroscience, optimisation, synthetic biology.
Activities and societies:
* Events: Emmanuel College May Ball 2013 (Infrastructure), Cambridge University Science and Policy Exchange
* Outreach: TeamUp, CUED Engineering Outreach
* Art: Emmanuel College Art and Photography Society Committee, Amateur Drama Club (ADC) Lighting Designer and Chief Electrician
* Sport: Emmanuel Rugby Team, Emmanuel Cricket Team -
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Won several prizes for academic excellence. A-levels: Further Mathematics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Electronics (self-taught), General Studies.
Licenses & Certifications
Volunteer Experience
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Mentor
The Social Mobility Foundation
- Present 4 years
Supporting high-achieving students from low-income backgrounds with their preparations and applications for top engineering courses at university, and for starting their careers after leaving university.
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Mentor
Cambridge University Engineers' Association (CUEA)
- Present 5 years
Science and Technology
Supporting talented and driven engineering students at the University of Cambridge in starting their career and finding the best job for them.
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Team Up Hub
- 2 years
Education
Mentored secondary school children at an under-performing local Cambridge school, helping them improve their science and engineering skills and knowledge, and encouraging further education in STEM.
Honors & Awards
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Product Hunt Golden Kitty Award for Product of the Year (2021-2022)
Product Hunt
Built ProgressBar - a toolbar that shows you how much of your day has passed so you can make time for what matters.
ProgressBar won Product of the Day on ProductHunt and was voted by the startup community as one of the top 4 side projects in 2021 🎉 -
Pioneer.app Finalist (2011)
Pioneer.app
Selected as a finalist in the Pioneer.app startup competition. Ranked 4th in the UK and 20th Worldwide.
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Wallace Prize (2015, 2013)
Emmanuel College
Award for coming 1st in the end of year examinations in both 2013 and 2015.
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Engineering Leaders Scholarship (2013)
Royal Academy of Engineering
A prestigious scholarship awarded to the best engineering students in the UK who are expected to be future engineering leaders and role models. As part of the scheme I received mentorship, support and training from the Royal Academy of Engineering.
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Ash Senior Scholarship (2012, 2013)
Emmanuel College
Awarded both in 2012 and 2013 for excellent academic performance in examinations.
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Pramila Parekh Award for Academic Excellence (2011)
Hymers College
Awarded after achieving the top A-level performances in Mathematics, Physics, Electronics and Chemistry.
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Rowley Mainhood Award (2011)
Emmanuel College
Awarded for outstanding performance in A-level examinations.
Languages
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Spanish
Elementary proficiency
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German
Elementary proficiency
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Hindi
Elementary proficiency
Organizations
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Cambridge University Science and Policy Exchange
Events Team
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Cambridge University Science and Policy Exchange (CUSPE) is a society run by and for early career researchers that aims to build stronger links between its members, industry and government policy-makers. CUSPE attracts researchers from across the academic disciplines (scientists, engineers and social scientists), all of whom have a desire to understand how their own research, or science more generally, fits within a broader policy context. I have helped organise debates, workships and sponsorship on topical public science issues, and I have also had the wonderful opportunity of meeting policy-makers and researchers with an impact on society.
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Emmanuel College May Ball
Head of Infrastructure
-I had the responsibility of organising our college ball with external contractors, the city council, the college and other committee members. The ball was a very large scale event, with roughly 1500 guests, and it was my responsibility to ensure that it goes smoothly logistically and also has creative coherency. I was also tasked with managing a considerable budget.
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