Prajwal Sabnis

Prajwal S. is a co-founder of Orxa Energies, a high-performance electric vehicle and energy systems startup based in Bangalore, India, since August 2015. Under Prajwal's leadership, Orxa has secured external funding, achieved significant revenue growth, and received acceleration support from Airbus Bizlabs. Prior to this role, Prajwal served as technology lead at Safran Engineering Services from March 2013 to May 2015, overseeing a team focused on competency development, project planning, and internal tools maintenance. Prajwal's academic background includes a PhD in Mechanics of Materials from Mines Paris - PSL and a Doctoral Program in Business Management from Ecole nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. Additional degrees include an MSc in Computational Mechanics from the University of Stuttgart and a BE in Mechanical Engineering from Visvesvaraya Technological University. Furthermore, as a research associate at Centre des Materiaux, Prajwal contributed to the development of a non-linear material model for simulating fracture in high-temperature turbine materials.