
Education | Communities | Google for Startups Accelerator Mentor (CEE & MENA) | Developer Relations | Former: Google, Polygon, MIT Media Lab (REDx)
Akash has been a part of global communities, startups, upskilling, and innovation initiatives. He has personally seen the impact of his programs on 300,000+ people across 18+ countries. Having worked with teams globally, he has seen the power of sustained, scaled efforts. He has specialized himself in running globally scalable, value-driven programs and envisions building an impactful career around this. Currently, he is empaneled as a Business Mentor for Google for Startups Accelerator, Europe & for his work around mentoring teams, he got invited by the Hon. President of India & the Director General’s Office, United Nations in Geneva. He has coached over 100+ startup founders via several startup accelerators, including Google.Org Impact Accelerator, Samsung, Meta XR Accelerator, Google Campus Startup School-Poland, Asia Pacific Innovation Academy-Beijing, Innodays-Europe, NASDAQ, & Techstars with a focus on Mobility, Edtech, Cleantech & Social Impact space. For sessions & speaking engagements, feel free to DM.
goo.gle
rapido.bike
mit.edu
thecommonwealth.org
udacity.com
polygon.technology
antler.co
India
Contributor
Beckn Protocol
• www.linkedin.com/company/becknprotocol
Sep 2023 - Present
Mentorship & Labs Facilitations (EU, Middle East & Africa)
Google for Startups EU
• www.linkedin.com/company/googleforstartups
Oct 2017 - Present
Chief Curator & Co-Founder
UX Project
• www.linkedin.com/company/ux-project-co
Sep 2017 - Present
Consortium Lab Member
MIT Media Lab
• www.linkedin.com/company/mit-media-lab
May 2017 - Present
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Consulting (Branding, Product, Program & Communities)
Advisory & Independent Consultations
Oct 2017 - Present
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Co-Chair: AI Consortium (Capacity Building Working Group)
The Commonwealth
• www.linkedin.com/company/commonwealth-secretariat
Aug 2023 - Oct 2025
unctad.org
inktalks.com