Param Jaggi
{{Short description|American inventor and CEO}}
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Param Jaggi (born April 18, 1994) is an American inventor{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} and the chief executive officer of Hatch Technologies.{{Cite web|title = Hatch|url = https://angel.co/hatch-11|website = angel.co|accessdate = 2015-11-03}} Previously, he was founder and CEO of EcoViate.{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/on-the-green-route/article5321478.ece|title=On The Green Route|work=The Hindu|accessdate=8 November 2013}} He is known for building Algae Mobile, a device that converts carbon dioxide emitted from a car into oxygen.{{cite web|url=http://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/headlines/20110918-young-inventors-algae-device-may-one-day-revolutionize-air-quality.ece?nclick_check=1|title=Young inventor's algae device may one day revolutionize air quality|last=Meyers|first=Jessica|publisher=Dallas Morning News|accessdate=8 November 2013}} Jaggi was featured in Forbes 30 under 30 in 2011{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/mef45eldh/param-jaggi-inventor-austin-college-tex-17/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120108093353/http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mef45eldh/param-jaggi-inventor-austin-college-tex-17/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 8, 2012|title=Param Jaggi, Inventor, Austin College, 17|work=Forbes|accessdate=9 November 2013}} and 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/mef45jdde/param-jaggi-18/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231173855/http://www.forbes.com/pictures/mef45jdde/param-jaggi-18/|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 31, 2012|title=Param Jaggi, 18|work=Forbes|accessdate=8 November 2013}}
He was named an INK Fellow and participated in the 2013 INK Conference.{{cite web|url=http://www.indiawest.com/news/14209-nineteen-talented-indians-named-2013-ink-fellows.html|title=Nineteen Talented Indians Named 2013 INK Fellows|publisher=India West|accessdate=9 November 2013}} Jaggi was also a speaker at TEDxRedmond in 2013{{cite web|url=http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/Together-We-Can-Change-the-Worl|title=Together We Can Change the World: Param Jaggi at TEDxRedmond|publisher=TED|accessdate = 7 December 2013}} and is on the board of USA Science and Engineering Festival.{{cite web|url=http://www.usasciencefestival.org/about/advisors.html|publisher=USA Science and Engineering Festival|accessdate=7 December 2013|title=Advisors}} In 2013, he was featured in CNN's The Next List.{{cite web|url=http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2013/04/param-jaggi-cnn/|title=Environmental wunderkind and Vanderbilt student Param Jaggi to be featured on CNN's 'The Next List'|publisher=Vanderbilt University|accessdate=9 November 2013}}
Early life and education
Jaggi’s parents encouraged him to pursue science since he was a child. As a child, he pursued projects related to environment and world problems. After completing his education from Plano East High School,{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/green/College-Freshman-Makes-Forbes-30-Under-30-List-136285013.html|title=College Freshman Makes Forbes World-Changers List|publisher=NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth|accessdate=9 November 2013}} he joined Austin College in 2011.{{cite web|url=http://www.austincollege.edu/39560/freshman-named-top-inventor/|title=Freshman Named Top Inventor|accessdate=9 November 2013|publisher=Austin College}} When he was 15, he began working with alternative energy sources and a year later he started working in a lab at University of Texas, Dallas. He has also worked at a patent law office. In 2012, he attended Vanderbilt University where he became a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and earned a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Sustainability and Economics.{{cite web|url=https://www.hercampus.com/school/vanderbilt/meet-param-jaggi-young-ceo|title= Meet Param Jaggi, A Young CEO|publisher=Her Campus|date=January 24, 2013 |accessdate=30 November 2024}}
Inventions
He started working with environmental and energy technologies at the age of 13.{{cite web|url=http://oracletalk.com/meet-9-amazing-teen-cleantech-inventors/|title=Meet 9 Amazing Teen "Cleantech" Inventors|publisher=Oracle Talk|accessdate=9 November 2013}} When he was 14, he built an algae-based bio-reactor. In 2013, he started working on a thermo-voltaic system that would harness wasted heat from the motor vehicle.
= Algae Mobile =
Jaggi built the first model of Algae Mobile, a device that converts carbon dioxide emitted from a car into oxygen, in 2008. He got the idea of building the device when he was learning to drive. In 2009, he filed a patent for it, which was approved in 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.teknovation.biz/2013/07/21/9258/|title=EcoViate team trying to "change the world"|publisher=Teknovation.biz|accessdate=9 November 2013}} Since 2009, he has made different models of Algae Mobile.{{cite web|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/28546/whiz-kids-5-amazing-young-inventors#ixzz2k2tEykHT |title=Whiz Kids: 5 Amazing Young Inventors|accessdate=9 November 2013|publisher=Mental Floss}} In February 2010, he won top prize in the Beal Bank Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair at Fair Park for Algae Mobile{{cite web|url=http://blogs.dallasobserver.com/unfairpark/2011/09/a_breath_of_fresh_air_plano_ea.php|title=A Breath of Fresh Air: Plano East Senior Named One of America's Great Young Inventors|publisher=Dallas Observer|accessdate=9 November 2013|first=Robert|last=Wilonsky}}
In 2011, he participated in ExxonMobil Texas Science and Engineering Fair and qualified to advance to the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF){{cite web|title=ExxonMobil State Science Fair Grand Prize Winners Qualify to Attend International Fair|url=
http://www.pisd.edu/news/archive/2010-11/science_exxonmobil_state_fair.shtml|publisher=Plano Independent School District}} At the ISEF, he won the Environmental Protection Agency's Patrick H. Hurd Sustainability Award for Algae Mobile 3.{{cite web|url=http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2011-08/high-school-inventors-2011?page=0%2C0|title=High School Inventors 2011|publisher=Popular Science|accessdate=8 November 2013|first=Katherine|last=Bagley}}
Personal life
Jaggi is of Indian descent, and currently resides in Washington, D.C.{{cite web|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/nashville/morning_call/2012/12/six-nashvillians-named-in-forbes-30.html|title=Six Nashvillians named in Forbes' 30 Under 30 series|publisher=Nashville Business Journal|accessdate=9 November 2013}} His father, Pawan Jaggi is an entrepreneur{{cite web|title=Science student by day is CEO by night|url=http://www.indianagazette.com/news/home-lifestyle/science-student-by-day-is-ceo-by-night,16777939/|publisher=Indian Gazette|accessdate=9 November 2013}} and serves as the director of EcoViate. His brother, Parakh Jaggi is a Software Engineer and serves as CTO of Climate Benefits!{{cite web |title=Climate Benefits |url=https://www.climatebenefits.com/author/parakh-jaggi}}
Awards and honors
- 2011 - Nominated for Dallas Morning News Texan of the Year.{{cite web|url=http://dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com/2011/10/nobel-laureate.html/?nclick_check=1|title= Nobel Laureate for Texan of the Year?|publisher=Dallas Morning News|accessdate=9 November 2013}}
- 2011 - EPA's Sustainability Award at Intel International Science Fair{{cite web|title=Teen's Invention to Reduce Car Pollution Wins EPA Award|first=Julie|last= Tam|url=http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/green/Teens-Invention-to-Reduce-Car-Pollution-Wins-EPA-Award-122511254.html|publisher=NBC 4 Dallas-Fort Worth|accessdate=9 November 2013}}
- 2011 - Featured in Popular Science 'Top 10 High School Inventors'
- 2011 - Featured in Mental Floss' Whiz Kids: 5 Amazing Young Inventors
- 2011, 2012 - Featured in Forbes 30 Under 30's energy category
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