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Dhairya Pujara

CEO, Founder
Ycenter
Country or state 
United States
Available to 
Global
City 
New York
Fee 
Languages 
English,
Hindi
Volunteer
Yes

Personal Details

Bio

Dhairya Pujara is the Founder, CEO for Ycenter - a Global Experiential Education organization. Dhairya is passionate about Higher Education and creating and delivering this content globally to universities and reach thousands of students. Participants in Ycenter program have created impactful projects in Africa, India and USA.

Dhairya is the curator for "Global Shaper" chosen by World Economic Forum's Philadelphia Hub Community. He has been a global TEDx organizer, blogger at Huffington Post and a public speaker on entrepreneurship and international development. Dhairya has been invited as a speaker at Wharton, Drexel, Temple, Rutgers, Social Innovation World Forum and more. American Immigration granted him a special category work visa reserved for "an individual of extra-ordinary abilities".

Public Speaker

"Entrepreneurs don't have dream jobs. You have a DREAM or a job. Go for the DREAM" - Snippet from my talk at the Wharton School.

Current position (2)

CEO, Founder

Ycenter

Entrepreneur In Residence

Benjamin's Desk

Achievements (1)
O1A Visa Granted by US Government

In 2014, Dhairya was awarded an O1A by the US Government for his exceptional global contribution through his work in higher education, humanitarian engineering and entrepreneurship.

Degrees (1)
Master of Science
Drexel University
2009 to 2011

Presentations

Presentations (1)
Empathy in Workplace

Dhairya was invited to do a keynote at the 27th annual ebbf conference in Geneva, Switzerland. He shared his story of building a start-up company across 3 continents in 3 years and how he did all of these with one powerful tool - Empathy. He shared the importance of Empathy for going beyond diversity at workplace

Past talks (5)
Role of Open Data in Agriculture Innovation and Entrepreneurship
GODAN G77 Ministerial Conference
Kenya
December 31, 2016
Sustainable Development Goals in Higher Education
United Nations SDG Partnership Exchange
New York
December 31, 2016
Journey of a Global Entrepreneur
Annual Entrepreneurship conference at IIT Kanpur
India
December 31, 2015
Education models for unleashing social innovation
Social Innovation Global Ethics Forum
Switzerland
December 31, 2014
Role of immigration in improving technology and business in US
Technology, Immigration and Business
Philadelphia
December 31, 2014
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Keynote in South Korea
Keynote in South Korea
#ebbfdiversity - The biomimicry rule of diversity - ebbf
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From Philadelphia to Mozambique: an Indian’s journey to create a socially-impactful programme

Books & Articles (5)

Solving Problems that Matter (and Getting Paid for It)
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform,
2015
Leading with Vision: Transforming corporate landscape with design led innovation
Entrepreneurs do not have Dream Jobs
Confessions of a Global Entrepreneur
Confessions of a medical engineer

Expertise (14)

Education
Leadership
Business
Higher Education Business and Startups immigrant CEOs Africa Can India genuinely become a global hub for innovation? Design Thinking business and creativity Social Innovation Social Impact

Reviews

Testimonials (1)
  • I have experienced the pleasure of collaborating with Dhairya both on-stage & off-stage. Ycenter's vision for reshaping global education is authentic. Dhairya and I presented together at National Student Leadership Conference in New York City. He is a passionate & charismatic speaker. As a global educator with knowledge from his education experience across continents, he always speaks from the heart. Your audience & organization will benefit from Dhairya’s genuine energy & qualified perspective.
    Sameer Somal, CFA
    Verified
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Why choose me? 

Born in India. Grad School in USA.
Quit my Corporate Job on first day.
Launched Ycenter globally.

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