Yogesh Lakhotia

Yogesh Lakhotia has a diverse work experience spanning multiple industries and roles. Their most recent position was as a Product Manager at Elucidata, starting in October 2021. Prior to that, they served as the President and Co-founder of India Biotech Leaders of Tomorrow from October 2020.

In 2020, Yogesh worked as a Lead Scientist - Product Development at HealthCube, where they contributed to the development and validation of a portable medical device capable of performing 24 tests. Yogesh also collaborated with ML engineers to build an ML algorithm for reading lateral flow immunoassay cards.

Earlier in 2020, Yogesh briefly worked as a Scientific Collaborator at Azooka. In 2019, they were a Microfluidics Engineer at SigTuple, collaborating with robotics and data science teams to develop microfluidic cartridges and reagents for blood tests. Yogesh also engineered a microfluidic chip and biochemical assay device for performing HbA1c tests.

From 2017 to 2019, Yogesh worked as an R&D Associate at Jana Care. In 2015, they co-founded a team for the iGEM Competition and raised over 1 million dollars. Yogesh worked on a synthetic biology project to detect spoilage in milk and meat products and represented their team at the iGEM Jamboree in Boston.

In 2016, Yogesh was selected as a Mitacs Globalink Research Assistant at Université de Sherbrooke, where they focused on synthetic and systems biology for genetic engineering. In 2015, they interned at Tokyo Metropolitan University, studying anaerobic photosynthetic purple bacteria.

Yogesh also gained consulting experience as a consulting intern at Environmental Management Centre LLP, working on a World Bank-funded project on arsenic removal from groundwater in Punjab. Yogesh conducted literature surveys on technology assessment and decision-making tools for waste and water treatment.

Overall, Yogesh Lakhotia has a diverse background in product management, entrepreneurship, scientific research, and consulting.

Yogesh Lakhotia completed their Dual Degree (B.Tech & M.Tech) in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Yogesh attended this institution from 2012 to 2017. Prior to that, Yogesh Lakhotia completed their Senior High School from P C High School Patsa, Samastipur, from 2010 to 2012. Yogesh also completed their High School education from Sri Satya Sai Vidyapeeth, Calicut, Kerala, from 2007 to 2010. In addition, Yogesh Lakhotia holds the Bloomberg Aptitude Test - Silver Certificate of Achievement, obtained from Bloomberg LP. However, the specific month and year of obtaining this certification are not provided.