By Caroline Osterman

Meet the rest of the GenomEdge team:

Arjun Bidesi, Founder & CEO
Arjun, MEng ’19, is studying Industrial Engineering & Operations Research. He comes prepared to the startup world with seven years of management consulting and an MBA from the Indian School of Business. In his search for a graduate engineering program, Arjun kept three criteria in mind: the startup ecosystem, course flexibility, and a one-year timeline that combined both technical and leadership curricula. Arjun found the Berkeley MEng program to satisfy all three. “The key is the brilliance of the professors who have lived in this startup ecosystem,” he says, “who not only teach you how to build and run startups, but also infect you with their passion for startups.”“The key is the brilliance of the professors who have lived in this startup ecosystem, who not only teach you how to build and run startups, but also infect you with their passion for startups.”
Dinkar Juyal, Product Lead
Dinkar, MEng ’19, is studying Industrial Engineering & Operations Research. While working in India, Dinkar would spend his spare time reading about the booming entrepreneurial culture of the Silicon Valley. “The idea of breathing life into a research idea and shaping it into a fully-formed product has always fascinated me,” he recalls. Dinkar ultimately decided that the Berkeley MEng program’s intersection of business and technology suited his goals perfectly.“The idea of breathing life into a research idea and shaping it into a fully-formed product has always fascinated me.”
Kaushal Yagnik, Tech Lead
Kaushal, MEng ’19, student studying Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences. After two years of industry experience working as a data scientist in India, Kaushal realized his ambition of making a difference in the world through data-driven solutions. Understanding the importance of a strong business acumen in the startup world, Kaushal sought out a graduate program that would provide this component and accelerate his entrepreneurial goals. “Indeed, thus far, this program has built a good foundation to my technical and leadership goals, and also provided an amazing network of friends — like Arjun and Dinkar — to propel my career,” Kaushal says.“This program has built a good foundation to my technical and leadership goals, and also provided an amazing network of friends — like Arjun and Dinkar — to propel my career.”
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