Saurabh is the founder of Fun2Do Labs (EdTech Startup). Fun2Do Labs is pioneering a new space in EdTech called 'Transmedia Education'. He has also founded a social initiative called StartupLearn.org.Saurabh was Vice President at Paytm (India's highest valued startup in 2019 and 2020) till February 2021. He was also heading the ‘Paytm - Build for India’ program and also had an active role in startup products, developer relations, social impact / CSR within Paytm. Saurabh also managed the relationships with various industry bodies including NASSCOM, CII, FICCI, PHDCCI, ASSOCHAM, TiE, etc. Saurabh was also managing startup ecosystem relationships for Paytm for more than 3 years. He was also heading Paytm Foundation for 1 year. He was directly reporting Paytm's founder Vijay Shekhar Sharma for more than half of his tenure in Paytm.Saurabh is a Chartered Accountant with a keen interest in technology. Saurabh has authored 2 books on mobile application technology and 1 book on startup best practices. He wrote 'Mobile Phone Programming', which was India's first book on mobile app programming. The book was published in 2003 and was a technical book on J2ME technology.He is the inventor of the PERSONAL PERSISTENT MESSAGING SYSTEM (PPMS) and NEURO SYMBOLIC NETWORK GENERATION AND EXECUTION SYSTEM for which he had got provisional patents.Saurabh has been a speaker at the following places:+ SXSW 2019 and SXSW Edu 2018 in the USA+ BlackBerry Jam Europe in Amsterdam+ BlackBerry Jam Asia in Hong Kong+ Major startup events by governments of Rajasthan, UP and Uttarakhand+ Programs by NASSCOM / FICCI / PHDCCI+ UNESCO MGIEP TECH 2017 education conference+ IIT Delhi, IIT Roorkee, IIT Madras, IIT Bombay, IIT Gandhinagar, IIT Mandi and IIT Patna+ IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Lucknow, IIM Visakhapatnam, IIM Rohtak and IIM Kashipur+ SRCC and many others in Delhi University, Symbiosis, Narsee Monjee, Amity, VIT, SRM and lots of other institutions and conferences+ YourStory.comHe is a charter member of TiE. As a software developer he has been awarded the following titles in the past - 'BlackBerry Elite' and 'Nokia Developer Champion'. Saurabh is an avid reader and has read more than 200 books in the last 5 years.He is also a member of the National Expert Advisory Committee (NEAC) on Innovation, Incubation, and Technology Entrepreneurship, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and ex-member of NASSCOM's Product Council.Read more about this authorRead less about this author