November 16, 2022
Yashraj Bhardwaj, the co-founder of an infotech company called Petonic, is the first Indian and youngest-ever Garwood Innovation Fellow in the history of the University of California, Berkeley. Bhardwaj is also the only person to have received the award without having a doctorate degree (PhD). His goal is to enhance India’s manufacturing base and move the country into the digital era. Bhardwaj also serves as a member of the Berkeley-NITI Aayog Industry Advisory Council. Yashraj and his brother Yuvraj are 22-year-old twin researchers, ideators and entrepreneurs who have completed 36 research projects and filed 15 patents. Apart from Petonic, the brothers also have an e-waste recycling unit. They received the Karmaveer Chakra Award in 2016 and were nominated for the Padma Shri in 2018.
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