Aravinth Panch

#education #innovation #entrepreneurship #sustainability

Social & Tech Entrepreneur

As a social entrepreneur, empowering underserved communities in the Global South to tackle local socio-economic and environmental challenges through challenge-based learning, grassroots innovation and impact venture building.

As a tech entrepreneur, helping companies to realise their ideas from mind to market by providing 360° consulting services (engineering, manufacturing, media, business, legal & training) with team members in Germany, Sri Lanka and India.

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Experience | Self

araCreate GmbH + Pvt Ltd

Founder | Managing Director • Germany | Sri Lanka | India • 2003 - Present

DreamSpace Academy | DreamSpace Foundation

Co-Founder | Co-Director • Sri Lanka | Germany | India • 2017 - Present

Zerosec Solutions Pvt Ltd

Co-Founder | Co-Director • Erode, India • Aug 2015 - Present

BatchOne GmbH

Partner • Munich, Germany • 2020 - Present

Hybrid 360 Art Tech Pvt Ltd

Partner • Chennai, Germany • 2022 - Present

AsiaBerlin by The Berlin Senate

Ambassador | Startup Diplomacy • Berlin, Germany • 2019 - Present

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Watergenics UG

Co-Founder | Chief Technology Officer • Berlin, Germany • Jul 2019 - Apr 2020

GreenBuzz Berlin e.V.

Founding Member | Partnerships • Berlin, Germany • Feb 2014 - Jul 2017

macsxperts

Co-Founder | Chief Technology Officer • Bengaluru, India • Oct 2015 - Mar 2016

Davinci Medical Academy LLP

Co-Founder | Chief Technology Officer • New Delhi, India • Nov 2009 - Mar 2011

Experience | Investor

Motorskins GmbH

Advisory | Investor • Berlin, Germany • Nov 2019 - Present

Naga Pasumai Pvt Ltd

Advisory | Investor • Batticaloa, Sri Lanka • Dec 2022 - Present

Escape Tours and Travels Pvt Ltd

Advisory | Investor • Batticaloa, Sri Lanka • Jul 2022 - Present

Start Global LK Pvt Ltd

Advisory | Investor • Batticaloa, Sri Lanka • May 2022 - Dec 2022

OceanBiome Guarantee Ltd

Co-Founder | Investor • Batticaloa, Sri Lanka • Nov 2020 - Dec 2022

Trash for Trade Pvt Ltd

Co-Founder | Investor • Batticaloa, Sri Lanka • Apr 2020 - Dec 2022

Experience | Employed

Next Big Thing AG

Head Of Embedded Systems Engineering • Berlin, Germany • Aug 2017 - Jun 2019

Senic GmbH

Head Of Embedded Systems Engineering • Berlin, Germany • Apr 2016 - Jul 2017

smartB Energy Management GmbH

Embedded Systems Engineer • Berlin, Germany • Aug 2015 - Sep 2015

The Jodel Venture GmbH

Systems Architect • Berlin, Germany • Oct 2014 - May 2015

yetu AG

Embedded Systems Engineer • Berlin, Germany • Jan 2013 - Sep 2014

Infosys Ltd

Senior Systems Engineer • Mysuru, India • Apr 2011 - Jul 2011

Tata Consultancy Services

Systems Engineer • New Delhi, India • Oct 2008 - Oct 2009

Experience | Freelance

MotionLab ML GmbH

Advisory | International Partnerships • Berlin, Germany • May 2018 - Present

Orbital Machines Germany GmbH

Advisory | SpaceTech & Investment • Berlin, Germany • May 2021 - Dec 2021

Wunderpen GmbH

Consultant | Motion Control Systems • Berlin, Germany • Dec 2020 - Dec 2021

RSG Group GmbH

Consultant | MIRAI | SportsTech • Berlin, Germany • Jun 2020 - Nov 2020

Assistr Digital Health Systems GmbH

Consultant | Investment & Manufacturing • Berlin, Germany • Sep 2018 - Jun 2019

METR Building Management Systems GmbH

Consultant | Engineering & Manufacturing • Berlin, Germany • Sep 2017 - Jun 2019

Carion Mobility GmbH

Advisory | Partnerships • Berlin, Germany • Dec 2018 - Jun 2019

Bevermann Consulting GmbH

Consultant | Dynamics CRM • Berlin, Germany • 2013

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DesignFarmBerlin - Incubator

Mentor | Hardware • Berlin, Germany • Mar 2020 - Present

Vision Health Pioneers (VHP) - Incubator

Mentor | MedTech & HealthTech • Berlin, Germany • Mar 2020 - Present

Innovation Network For Advanced Materials (INAM) - Incubator

Mentor | NanoTech • Berlin, Germany • Sep 2018 - Dec 2020

The Startup Club - Accelerator

Mentor | EdTech • Milan, Italy • Apr 2020 - Dec 2020

Imagine2030 Mobility Accelerator

Mentor | Mobility • Berlin, Germany • Feb 2020 - Dec 2020

Berlin Startup School - Incubator

Mentor | Hardware • Berlin, Germany • Jan 2020 - Dec 2020

Founder Institute (FI) - Incubator

Mentor | Hardware • Berlin, Germany • Oct 2019 - Dec 2019

Canary Islands Hub - Incubator

Mentor | Mobility • Gran Canaria, Spain • Mar 2019 - Apr 2020

Decelera - Decelerator

Mentor | Social Impact • Menorca, Spain • Apr 2019 - Dec 2019

WLounge - Accelerator

Mentor | Company Culture • Berlin, Germany • Nov 2019 - Dec 2019

Singa Deutschland - Incubator

Mentor | Refugee Integration • Berlin, Germany • Sep 2016 - Dec 2016

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London School of Media and Management (LSMM)

Mentor | Media & Entrepreneurship • UK • Feb 2023 - Current

Nelson College London (NCL)

Mentor | Entrepreneurship • UK • Feb 2023 - Current

Sri Lanka Technological Campus Research University (SLTC)

Advisory | Innovation & Entrepreneurship • Sri Lanka • Dec 2022 - Current

Sri Lanka Technological Campus Research University (SLTC)

Advisory | Innovation & Entrepreneurship • Sri Lanka • Dec 2022 - Current

Sri Lanka Institute Of Nanotechnology (SLINTEC)

Advisory | Biotech & Nanotech • Sri Lanka • Jun 2020 - Current

Technical University Of Berlin (TUB)

Roboticist | DAI-NAMITE Humanoid Robocup • Germany • Oct 2014 - Aug 2015

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Access 2 Perspectives (A2P)

Mentor | Citizen Scientist • Global South • Mar 2020 - Present

Global Innovation Gathering e.V (GIG)

Mentor | Event Organiser • Global South • May 2019 - Present

Global Talent Mentoring (GTM) - Hamdan Foundation

Mentor | Global South Coordinator • Regensburg, Germany • Apr 2020 - Dec 2022

Advanced Material Pandemic Taskforce (AMPT)

Advisory | Nanotech • USA • Jun 2020 - Dec 2021

Just One Giant Lab (JOGL)

Citizen Scientist | Event Organiser • Paris, Germany • Mar 2020 - Dec 2020

Science HackDay Berlin (SHDB)

Citizen Scientist | Event Organiser • Berlin, Germany • Oct 2014 - Dec 2019

Maker Faire Berlin

Maker | Event Organiser • Berlin, Germany • May 2015 - Dec 2019

Spektrum Berlin

Artist | Event Organiser • Berlin, Germany • Sep 2015 - Sep 2019

Education | Academics

Technical University of Berlin

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering • Berlin, Germany • 2011 - 2015

SRM University

Bachelor of Tech in Electronics and Communication Eng. • Chennai, India • 2004 - 2008

ARENA Multimedia

Associate's Degree in Multimedia • Chennai, India • 2003 - 2004

Velammal Matriculation Higher Secondary School

Matriculation Higher Secondary School • Chennai, India • 2003 - 2004

Methodist Central College

Primary School • Batticaloa, Sri Lanka • 1993 - 2001

Education | Research

DAI-LABOR - Distributed Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

Humanoid Robotics • Berlin, Germany • 2014 - 2015

T-LABS - Deutsche Telekom Innovation Laboratories

Biometrics and Deep Security • Berlin, Germany • 2014

DCAITI - Daimler Center For Automotive Information Technology Innovations

Autonomous Vehicle | V2V & V2X Communication • Berlin, Germany • 2013 - 2014

TKN - Telecommunication Networks Group

Wireless Mesh Technologies • Berlin, Germany • 2013

Education | Certifications

TestDAF - Test of German as Foreign Language

Score - 16/20 • Berlin, Germany • 2012

IELTS - International English Language Testing System

Score - 7.5/9 • Bengaluru, India • 2010

EC-Council - Ethical Hacking

White Hat • Bengaluru, India • 2010

CCNA - Cisco Certified Networking Administration

HCL • New Delhi, India • 2009

Skills

Electronics + Embedded + Robotics + Multimedia + Deep Tech

Hardware Design of Schematics, Footprints and Digital & Analog Circuits, Development of Baremetal Firmware, IoT & Embedded Linux, Development of AI, ML, Computer Vision & Motion Control Systems, Design of Graphics & Audio-Visual-Haptic Art Installations, Sensor Design, BioTech, Bioinformatics & NanoTech (Graphene)

Mechanics + Fabrication + Manufacturing

Design of Manufacturable Electro-Mechanical Systems, Additive & Subtractive Manufacturing of Wood, Plastic & Metal, Design for Manufacturing, Assembly, Certification & Cost

Software + DevOps

Development of Desktop, Web, Mobile & Cloud Applications, Deployment of Build, Test, Monitoring & Runtime Infrastructure

Entrepreneurship

Business & Financial Modeling, Investment, Recruitment, Performance Marketing, Networking & Company Culture, Community Building, Mentoring, Empowerment & Sustainability

Leadership

Design Thinking, Product Development Lifecycle, Agile Project & Team Management (SCRUM & KANBAN), Team Building, Goal-setting, Coaching (NLP) & Expectation Management

Recognitions | Grants

Next Generation Founders For Social Impact (DreamSpace)

Lenovo Foundation • USA, India • 2022 - 2024 • 40,000$

Artificial Intelligence For Sustaining Local Peacebuilding (DreamSpace)

Global Communities + USAID • USA, Sri Lanka • 2022 - 2023 • 49,800$

Intercultural Innovation Award (DreamSpace)

UNAOC + BMW Group + Accenture • UAE, Germay, Mexico • 2021 - 2023 • 20,000$

Media and Information Literacy For Peacebuilding (DreamSpace)

IREX • Sri Lanka • 2021 - 2022 • 1.2 Million LKR

Peace Direct Award (DreamSpace)

Peace Direct + Alliance for Peacebuilding • USA • 2020 • 10,000$

Impact Hero

Earth Company • Japan + Indonesia • 2020 •

Global Community Bio Fellowship

Global Community Bio Summit + MIT Media Lab • USA • 2020 •

We-gital Camps (DreamSpace)

Search for Common Ground • Sri Lanka • 2020 • 1.2 Million LKR

Skills For Inclusive Growth (DreamSpace)

Australian Aid • Sri Lanka • 2020 • 5.5 Million LKR

Peacebuilding For Youth And Women (DreamSpace)

UN Volunteers Sri Lanka + UNDP • Sri Lanka • 2019 • 8,000$

Breakthrough Of The Year In Science Engagement (DreamSpace)

Falling Walls Foundation + Robert Bosch Stiftung + Ministry of Education • 2019 • Germany

Erasmus Mundus Scholarship

European Union • Germany, UK, Italy, Japan • 2011 • 48,000€

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Jodel - Location-Based Anonymous Social Media with Content Moderation

The Jodel Venture GmbH • 2014 -2015 • Product

Dentaria - Dental Health Management Tool

Hal9k Capital AG • 2020 • Prototype

Shanti CRM - Marketing Campaign Management Tool

Bevermann Consulting GmbH • 2013 • Product

BP Alaska - Petroleum Vessels & Tanks Management System

British Petroleum - Infosys • 2011 • Product

Boeing - Aircraft Maintenance Records System

Boeing Corporation - Infosys • 2011 • Product

BSNL - Telecom Call Data Records System

BSNL - Tata Consultancy Services • 2009 • Product

Academics LMU - E-Learning Management System

Liaoning Medical University • 2010 • Prototype

Electronic Parts Supply Chain Management Tool

BrokerForParts • 2006 • Prototype

Interactive Anatomy Learning Tool

Moscow Medical Academy • 2003 • Prototype

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GSM DTMF Controlled Two Axes Robot For Fire And Metal Detection

SRM University • 2007 - 2008 • Research

Steganography Message Concealment in RGB Images

SRM University • 2007 • Research

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Branding

Purvottar Consultants • 2007 • Design

Talks | Workshops | Exhibitions

Women in STEM - Diversity & Inclusion

iGEM • Paris, France • 2020 • Keynote

Open Science Responses To COVID-19

Enpact • Berlin, Germany • 2020 • Talk

Innovation Ecosystems Around The World

Technical College • Batticaloa, Sri Lanka • 2020 • Talk

Innovation Ecosystems Around The World

Dreamspace Academy • Batticaloa, Sri Lanka • 2020 • Talk

Innovation Thinking

ESOFT • Batticaloa, Sri Lanka • 2020 • Talk

Emerging Startup Ecosystem Of Uzbekistan

PDL Enpact • Berlin, Germany • 2020 • Workshop

Global Innovation Gathering - Sustainable Making

Chaos Communication Congress 36C3 • Leipzig, Germany • 2019 • Talk

Sustainable Making

Global Innovation Gathering DOTS 2019 • Nakuru, Kenya • 2019 • Workshop

Data • Sovereignty • Democracy and an African Perspective

United Nations Internet Governance Forum 2019 • Berlin, Germany • 2019 • Talk

Co-Creating The Dreams

Relogia 2019 • Sofia, Bulgaria • 2019 • Keynote

Company Culture For Social Responsibility

WLounge • Berlin, Germany • 2019 • Workshop

Breaking The Wall Of Subject Based Learning

Falling Walls 2019 • Berlin, Germany • 2019 • Talk

Hardware Startup - Starting Up The Hard Way

Founder Institute Berlin • Berlin, Germany • 2019 • Talk

Advanced Prototyping - OpenHPI

School Of Design Thinking, Hasso Plattner Institute • Berlin, Germany • 2019 • Talk

The Fuck Ups To The Good Times

The Good Times 2.0 • Jakarta, Indonesia • 2019 • Talk

Motionlab Berlin - The Innovation Hub

The Good Times 2.0 • Jakarta, Indonesia • 2019 • Talk

6th Green And Innovative Economy

Startup Nation Thailand 2019 • Bangkok, Thailand • 2019 • Panel

araBeat + araBot

Maker Faire Berlin 2019 • Berlin, Germany • 2019 • Exhibit

Connecting Asian Origin

Asia Pacific Week Berlin 2019 • Berlin, Germany • 2019 • Keynote

Advanced Material Startups Ecosystem In Berlin

Asia Pacific Week Berlin 2019 • Berlin, Germany • 2019 • Talk

Introduction To Community Innovations

Dreamspace Academy • Batticaloa, Sri Lanka • 2019 • Talk

Motionlab - The Innovation Hub

Canary Islands Hub • Gran Ganaria, Spain • 2019 • Talk

Heart of Uptown with araBeat

Ackerberg MoZaic East • Minneapolis, USA • 2019 • Exhibit

Introduction To Berlin Hardware Ecosystem

Shenzhen Meets Berlin • Berlin, Germany • 2019 • Talk

Motionlab - The Innovation Hub

Global Innovation Summit 2018 • Chengdu, China • 2018 • Keynote

Robotics & IoT Innovations for solving the fundamental Human Problems

Broadband World Forum 2018 • Berlin, Germany • 2018 • Talk

araBeat - Sonification of Heartbeats using Electrocardiogram (ECG)

Gathering for Open Science Hardware (GOSH) 2018 • Shenzhen, China • 2018 • Exhibit

Over-The-Air Update - The Crucial Component of IoT Products

Ethereum Camp 2018 • Berlin, Germany • 2018 • Talk

Learn Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) On Raspberry Pi With Nuimo

TechJam 2017 • Berlin, Germany • 2017 • Talk

Macxperts - Hydroponics Vertical Farm

Krishi Mela 2015 • Bengaluru, India • 2015 • Exhibit

HUMAN ♥ ROBOT

SPEKTRUM Berlin • Berlin, Germany • 2015 • Exhibit

Gesture Recognition For Human-Robot Interaction

DAI Labor • Berlin, Germany • 2015 • Exhibit

Heart Of The City

Vivid Light Festival 2015 • Sydney, Australia • 2015 • Exhibit

Press

31.05.2022 Germany : Global Innovation Gathering (GIG)
23.05.2022 Germany : Global Innovation Gathering (GIG)
26.04.2022 Indonesia : Green School
01.04.2022 Indonesia : Green School
01.03.2022 USA : International Journal Of Infectious Diseases
22.02.2022 Sri Lanka : DailyFT
09.12.2021 Indonesia : Green School
27.11.2021 Sri Lanka : Battinatham
22.11.2021 Global : Wildlabs
09.11.2021 Germany : FU Berlin
12.10.2021 UK : One Young World
11.10.2021 Global : Worldbank
11.10.2021 Global : Worldbank
09.09.2021 Sri Lanka : Adaderana News
09.09.2021 Sri Lanka : DailyFT
09.09.2021 Sri Lanka : Biz Reporter
09.09.2021 Sri Lanka : Business Gossips
09.09.2021 Sri Lanka : Corpcom
09.09.2021 Sri Lanka : DailyFT
09.09.2021 UK : Tech Register
09.09.2021 Sri Lanka : The Morning
09.09.2021 USA : Washington Latest
03.09.2021 Germany : GITA
20.08.2021 Germany : GITA
08.08.2021 Germany : The Building Culture
23.07.2021 India : Biocord Network Summer Conference
23.07.2021 India : Biocord Network Summer Conference
23.07.2021 Germany : One Young World
01.07.2021 USA : Matrix Advisory Group
01.07.2021 Germany : The Building Culture
29.06.2021 Germany : The Building Culture
25.06.2021 Germany : The Building Culture
09.06.2021 India : Mitti Ke Rang
05.05.2021 Egypt : Almasryalyoum News
03.05.2021 Egypt : Cairo Climate Talks
03.05.2021 Egypt : Cairo Climate Talks
03.05.2021 Germany : Global Talent Mentoring
28.04.2021 USA : AMPT Matter Forum
23.04.2021 Sri Lanka : The Morning
20.04.2021 Sri Lanka : Adaderana News
19.04.2021 Sri Lanka : Colombo Page
18.04.2021 Sri Lanka : Sunday Times
16.04.2021 Sri Lanka : Business News LK
16.04.2021 Sri Lanka : DailyFT
14.04.2021 Germany : AsiaBerlin ICTA Sri Lanka
12.04.2021 Germany : Sri Lankan Embassy Berlin
18.03.2021 Romania : Skills Of The Future
28.02.2021 USA : Genscript
25.02.2021 Sri Lanka : Witnessstories
24.02.2021 UK : Vanakkam London
21.02.2021 France : Just One Giant Lab (JOGL)
18.02.2021 Sri Lanka : UNDP - National Youth Dialogue 2021
12.02.2021 Germany : Global Innovation Gathering (GIG)
09.01.2021 Sri Lanka : Good Market
09.01.2021 Sri Lanka : MP. Shanakiyan At The Parliament
09.12.2020 USA : Peace Direct
09.12.2020 Germany : Success Across Boundaries
04.12.2020 Germany : Careables
27.11.2020 France : Les Echos
23.11.2020 Germany : AsiaBerlin
20.11.2020 Germany : AsiaBerlin
18.11.2020 Germany : Bertelsmann Stiftung
15.11.2020 Indonesia : Earth Company
09.11.2020 Germany : Falling Walls
30.10.2020 USA : Growthpreneurs
29.10.2020 France : iGEM Foundation
29.10.2020 France : iGEM Foundation
29.10.2020 France : iGEM Foundation
10.10.2020 USA : Global Community Bio Summit
17.09.2020 Germany : Global Innovation Gathering (GIG)
17.09.2020 France : Just One Giant Lab (JOGL)
17.09.2020 USA : XPRIZE Rapid Covid Testing challenge
15.09.2020 Germany : Vision Health Pioneers (VHP)
31.08.2020 Germany : AsiaBerlin
23.08.2020 Germany : AsiaBerlin
18.08.2020 Germany : Access 2 Perspective (A2P)
18.08.2020 Germany : AsiaBerlin
18.08.2020 Sri Lanka : DailyFT
26.03.2020 Greece : Hackcorona
01.01.2020 Germany : Global Talent Mentoring
01.01.2020 UK : Wellbeing Economy Alliance
13.12.2019 Germany : Falling Walls Foundation
02.12.2019 Bulgaria : ReLogia
25.11.2019 Germany : United Nations Internet Governance Forum
19.11.2019 Germany : WLounge Workshop Circle
8.11.2019 Germany : Robert Bosch Stiftung
8.11.2019 Germany : Robert Bosch Stiftung
8.11.2019 Germany : Robert Bosch Stiftung
7.11.2019 Germany : Science Hack Day Berlin
26.10.2019 Germany : Beautiful Software Awards
28.08.2019 Germany : Hasso Plattner Institute
25.07.2019 Thailand : Startup Nation Thailand
13.06.2019 China : National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Week
30.05.2019 Menorca Island : Decelera
13.05.2019 Germany : AsiaBerlin
28.02.2019 Canary Islands : PLOCAN
16.02.2019 Gran Ganaria : Canary Islands Future Lab
03.01.2019 Germany : Seeed Studio
13.12.2018 China : Global Innovation Summit
04.11.2018 Germany : Science Hack Day Berlin
25.10.2018 Germany : Broadband World Forum Berlin
12.10.2018 China : Gathering for Open Science Hardware (GOSH)
12.05.2018 Germany : Ethereum Camp
20.04.2018 Germany : Next Big Thing
06.05.2018 Germany : Next Big Thing
17.11.2018 Germany : Science Hack Day Berlin
27.09.2015 Germany : SPEKTRUM Berlin
09.06.2015 Australia : VIVID Light Festival
01.04.2015 Germany : Robocup GermanOpen

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