Aditi Avasthi
Aditi Avasthi | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Notable work | Embiber |
Aditi Avasthi is an Indian entrepreneur who previously worked at Tata Consultancy Services. In 2012 she founded the education startup Embibe, and in 2017 she was named to the BBC's 100 Women programme.
Career
Aditi Avasthi studied Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering at Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology and did her MBA from the Booth School of Business within the University of Chicago.[1] She initially worked at the Tata Consultancy Services, where she worked as a project leader on re-engineering. While there she was one of the winners of an AIMI Young Leaders project, although her application was initially rejected as she was too young.[2]
She founded the startup company Embiber, which is an electronic platform which seeks to improve the results for people retaking exams, such as the Joint Entrance Examination – Advanced.[3] She began the company in 2012 with $700,000 gathered from family and friends, and she received further investments from Kalaari Capital and Lightbox Ventures during the following year.[4]
Avasthi said of her startup, "Running my own business and being able to breathe life into my vision of disrupting the education system using data science and technology makes me more determined to achieve my goals. Patience, persistence and being able to multi-task come naturally to me as well as most women so that is a big advantage when starting from scratch."[5] She was named to the BBC's 100 Women programme in 2017.[6][7]
References
- ^ Saraswathy, M (14 July 2014). "'Embibe' performance improvement". Business Standard. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ Dasgupta, Brinda (5 January 2016). "First Year at Work: Reach out and grab opportunities says, Aditi Avasthi, CEO & Founder of Embibe". The Economic Times. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ Jain, Samiksha (4 March 2016). "They Came, They Saw, They Conquered: 4 Women Who Chose unconventional Fields & Excelled". Enrepreneur India. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ Srivastava, Samar (5 October 2015). "Embibe: A teacher's pet tool". Forbes India. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Gender bias or not there's no stopping for Indian's female startup brigade". The Economic Times. 22 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "Mithali Raj features on BBC's 100 Women list". Times of India. 27 September 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
- ^ "BBC 100 Women 2017: Who is on the list?". BBC News. 1 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.