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Master Ji Ki Diary with Abhishek Bhattacharya: मास्टर जी की डायरी - Page 4

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Episode  ·  4 Plays  ·  42:15  ·  Aug 27, 2021

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Abhishek Bhattacharya is a BlockChain pioneer in India. When I say he is a pioneer, there are reasons behind this designation. This boy is 26 and he has been a 3X Entrepreneur, 2x Author, Educator. He is building India's Biggest Blockchain Platform. Currently, he is leading the trendsetter- a unique start-up that works to facilitate the govt and banks in the area of agriculture. Abhishek is a Co-founder at Whrrl and was a Product Owner for the service product at Policybazaar (an Indian unicorn insurance aggregator).   At Whrrl, he’s building India’s first Agri-Fintech Blockchain platform that can save 25-40% of farmers’ income, and protect banks from millions in very regular frauds in the segment of Warehouse Receipt Finance. This integrated mega-platform is currently deployed in 1,400 warehouses across 5 states in India, has over US $500 Mn commodities tokenized on the blockchain, and over US $1 Mn digital loans dispatched to farmers and agri-businesses, with US $330 Mn committed by the partner banks to be routed via the platform. Whrrl has been incubated at IIM Ahmedabad, University of Toronto's CDL, Chiratae Innovators' Program, TheGAIN in collaboration with MeiTy, GUSEC et. al. He is a regular speaker in blockchain and has given 2-day workshops in universities, in an attempt to show students the importance of choosing blockchain as a career path. Apart from that, he has taken lectures in blockchain for 5,000+ faculty, PhDs, and students worldwide. He’s an Educator with ODEM, and a visiting faculty with Amity’s Post Graduate Program in Blockchain Technology and Management. He has also advised the Certified Blockchain Professional (CBP) Course by EC-Council that's present across 145 countries. Lastly, he was nominated for the "Top 50 Tech Leaders" award by InterCon Dubai. He had been invited as a Speaker at one of Europe's biggest Blockchain conferences - Decentralized 2019 in Athens, Greece; as a Speaker at The Blockchain World Forum in Shenzhen, China; and as a Panelist/Speaker with a nomination for Best Crypto Educator in GURUS Awards by Next Block Asia 2.0 in Bangkok, Thailand last year; as a panellist/judge at Govt. of India’s program for startups at IIM Kashipur; and, as a Speaker at the European Digital Week and Global Technology Summit, 2020. https://www.linkedin.com/in/abhib3012/

42m 15s  ·  Aug 27, 2021

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