Akshita Sachdeva Email & Phone Number

My TEDx Talk (8-years in Assistive Tech) https://youtu.be/v6k7nHZpxc8 Akshita Sachdeva is a first-generation Social Entrepreneur with 6 years of experience in Assistive Tech domain with an expertise in Pitching, Team-building, Business Development, Fundraising, Technology Innovation and User Experience. Recently awarded Residential Fellowship by Washington DC based Halcyon Incubator and DBS Foundation Social Enterprise Grant 2021, Akshita is the Co-founder of Trestle Labs, an Assistive Technology company empowering persons with Blindness and Vision-impairment towards inclusive education and employment. https://youtu.be/_1HYoLYpQjMIn 2021, Trestle Labs was honored with Prosus Social Impact Challenge for Accessibility Award, TiE Sustainability Summit Transformational Social Enterprise Award, ATF Most Impactful Assistive Technology Start-up Award and StartupTN S2G Sandbox for Assistive Technology Grant. Same year, Trestle Labs' innovation, Kibo, received National Award for Best Applied Research/Technological Innovation aimed at improving the life of Persons with Disabilities.In 2020, Trestle Labs represented India at the World Finals of Entrepreneurship World Cup by MISK Global Forum and tGELF. Same year, Trestle Labs won Maharashtra Startup Week and was awarded Tata Social Enterprise Challenge Award.In 2019, Trestle Labs won the Quest for Assistive Technologies by Social Alpha, MPhasis, BIRAC and was recognized as the Best Indian Social Enterprise at the 8th AFI Forum. Same year, Akshita received prestigious Rashtriya Swayamsiddh Samman by JSPL Foundation, was recognized as Best Women Entrepreneur at 8th AFI Forum and won the WEE Foundation Grant, while being a Fellow at UnLtd India and WEE Foundation.In 2018, Akshita received Social Innovator Award by Pune International Centre and Dare to Fly Award by TCS Foundation. Same year, Trestle Labs received NASSCOM Design4India Award and Nidhi Prayas Prototyping Grant by DST Govt. of India.In 2016, Akshita and her team won Jury's Choice Award at Accenture Innovation Jockeys Season 5 for their innovation, Griwaditi - a Point-of-care Cervical Cancer screening device. Same year, Akshita received Star Women Achiever Award by Accenture and Outstanding Achievements Award by her college, Manav Rachna.In 2015, Akshita and her team won Accenture Innovation Season 4 and represented India at the World Finals of Microsoft Imagine Cup in Seattle, Washington for their innovation, Manovue - glove-like device that helps the Blind navigate unknown environments and read text just by pointing their index finger.

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