Akshat founded Glazetech Industries Private Limited, a manufacturer and supplier of innovative and "green" building materials and metal facade solutions in 2006 in Jaipur, Rajasthan (India).. Under his leadership the company has grown from 20 to 75 employees, has internally developed new product capability in aluminium, zinc, and. titanium alloys, and currently has an annual turnover of $5 million. In 2008 Glazetech Industries received a nomination as one of India�s Hottest Startups by the TATA Group.. Akshat is a member of the Young Entrepreneurs� Organization and National Entrepreneurship Network, with whom he regularly participates as a guest lecturer at Universities across the country.. Living between India and Italy, Akshat also works in his family business, procuring precious metals and stones from Asia, Africa, and South America and maintaining a supply chain to some of the finest jewelers of Italy. Akshat spent his childhood�in Italy. He was schooled in Padua and attended boarding school at Aiglon College, Switzerland. He has earned his BA, Economics and International Relations from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL, USA) and is proficient in Hindi, English, Italian, French and Spanish.
