Rahul have Completed Masters in Engineering Design from Anna University and undergonedesign thinking courses under Jeanne Liedtka and an Alumni of Draper University Silicon ValleyUSA undergone Entrepreneurship programme. Rahul is Trained by NODES Design Thinkingcompany Pune and he is associated with NODES for Design Thinking Training as a facilitator andhe is an Innovation Ambassador of Ministry of Education’s Innovation cell. Rahul has alsoundergone post graduate in Design thinking from Symbiosis Pune. Certified as CEFR level B2 ina test of English Proficiency by British council. He is the Chapter Director of Startup Grind forKanniyakumari which is the worlds largest community of Entrepreneurs and Innovators, he is alsolead organizer of Techstars startupweekend Nagercoil which is powered by Google forEntrepreneurs. He is the organizer of TEDxKanniyakumari and He is an Associate Member andchartered Engineer of Institution of Engineers, and Member of National HRD Framework. He is,Member of 1000 Speakers academy of Public speakers mentored by Sivakumar Palaniappan andMember of Speak and Grow community of Praveen wadalkar. He is the Ambassador of NationalEducation Policy NeP-2020, and has 13+ years of Experience in Teaching, Entrepreneurship andSkill Development Training. He is the Founder and Chief Design Officer of ATESH Labs(Lighting Lanterns Media works private limited) which is the third Design Thinking Startup schoolof Tamilnadu which is incubated at Amrita TBI; recognized by Startup India Mission, and DIPPT.He is also the founder trustee of Silverink Foundation OiiU labs which enables education 4.0 andsupports supportive and collaborative ecosystem in education, entrepreneurship child and womenwelfare. Silverink Foundation is the deployment partner of Microsoft India for deployingGlobal Skills Initiative (GSI) modules and supported by Nasscom Foundation BigtechProgramme in partnership with Techsoup for Non-Profits. Rahul have been awarded with Dr.Abdul Kalam Young Social Activist Award in the year 2013. Design Thinking, creativityeducation, Entrepreneurship Skills, Six hats tool, Lateral thinking, Innovation Thinkering are hisareas of Interest. ATESH Labs is selected for deep monitoring by startup Turkey . He is also ateam winner of Startup weekend Seattle- USA, powered by Google for entrepreneurs and OiiULabs of silverink Foundation is the First runner up of January cohort of Atal Innovation CentreIIIT-Kottayam and he is also an Investor for early-stage prototypes. Rahul is a Certified NLP andEQ Practioner. ATESH Labs is a design thinking firm which uses Design thinking as a tool tosolve multiple problems ranging from Innovation needs to communication skills. He has trainedover 3600+ people across the country.