Aashish

Aashish A. Patil is a Technical Drawing teacher based in Mumbai, India. Best known for his teaching skills among ICSE and engineering diploma and degree students, he also teaches machine drawing and design software. He studied Licentiate Diploma in Mechanical Engineering at VJTI and B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering at BATU, before attending M.Tech in Machine Design at VJTI.

In addition to his independent activity as a freelance teacher of technical drawing, he designs and fabricates unique innovative machines in his workshop. Recently, at the national-level design competition 'Innovate India', his machine was selected for funding by the Indian government’s Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME). He was also selected by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Govt. of India, for his innovative software project.

Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, he had a stint as a design engineer at MSME Mumbai. He also gave an outstanding performance as an intern in the R&D Department at Castrol Technology Center. He was also a part of a team working under the guidance of Padma Vibhushan Dr. Mashelkar (advisor to PM Office), which aims to spread awareness of IP and patents among school students.

His innovative entrepreneur projects have received guidance and funding from Software Technology Parks of India, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India, Entrepreneur Cell IIT Mandi, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, etc.