Gaurav Kumar
President at Andrew J. Young Foundation
- Role
- President at Andrew J. Young Foundation
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Gaurav Kumar
An executive professional with over twenty years of experience in profit and non-profit sector in technical and leadership roles. Working with Ambassador Andrew Young to incubate new ideas and technologies to feed the hungry, clothe the poor, heal the sick, and set at liberty those who are oppressed. Spearheading social innovations to fight malnutrition and provide food security worldwide with commercial scale Aquaponics farms and extraction of organic plant based protein and amino acids using aquatic plants. Specialties: Transforming new ideas into reality, strategy maps, qualitative and quantitative scientific and engineering research, technical, business and risk feasibility, team building, financial structuring and modeling, risk mitigation, develop operation protocols, project execution, manage large workforce, union negotiations, problem solving, change management. Received Mechanical Engineering dual degree from Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (SCRA), and Birla Institute of Technology, Master\'s in Economics from IGNOU, and M.S. in Mathematical Risk Management from Georgia State University. Significant experience in managing technical and operational aspects of rolling stock assets with impetus on round the clock operation, human resource management and staff welfare. Featured in 500 top leaders in Atlanta by the Atlanta Magazine in 2022, 2023, 2024 Honoree of 40 under 40 by Atlanta Business Chronicle in 2018. Graduate of LEAD Atlanta class of 2013. Programming: Financial Modeling using R, MATLAB, S Plus, Excel.
Experience
President
Apr 2020 — Present
Incubate new ideas and technologies that have the potential to create new jobs, further financial equity and empower people to change the world. Primary focus on sustainable and innovative technologies to provide food security to the growing population and fight malnutrition globally. Conduct in-depth scientific and engineering research on special projects for technical and business feasibility. Oversee and implement plan of risk monitoring and control through qualitative and quantitative risk management modeling for effective risk management of current and future investments.
Education
Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering
Special Class Railway Apprentice (SCRA) - Dual degree
1999 — 2003
Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business
Master's Degree
2010 — 2011
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Master's (First Class)
2005 — 2007
Patna Science College
Intermediate in Science
1996 — 1998
Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
Bachelor of Engineering - SCRA dual degree
1999 — 2003
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