Prachi J Vakaria

Managing Director Womanium

Prachi V. lives and works in Washington DC, where she works on Autonomous Vehicles, V2X technologies, digital and shared mobility projects, EV modelling and charging infrastructure in DC, NY and LA. Today, she is building a National Guide for Adoption of E-Mobility, and is helping to establish the E-Mobility portfolio for AES, a Fortune 200 company.

Startup + Innovation:

Previously, she worked with the World Bank and also consulted and mentored three startup companies — 3 of which were acquired by Daimler AG for $100 million in 2014. Thereafter, she served as the Directory of Strategy at RideAmigos, with the company growing 300% year after year.

Today, she sits on the advisory board of startups in the domains of urban air mobility, in-car infotainment, Assisted driving AR/VR, etc. She also mentors companies commercialising innovation from US Federal Labs (FedTech), and can otherwise be found judging startup competitions or serving as a guest lecturer for Entrepreneurship classes for MBA students at GMU.

Industry Leadership:

Prachi chairs committees for the National Academies of Sciences Transport Research Board, and was approached by SAE in 2017 to establish and serve as the first Global Chairperson for the development of new worldwide Digital & Shared Mobility Standards with SAE. She also serves on the advisory board of the International Association of Transport Regulators.

Women + STEM:

Prachi co-founded WOMANIUM with peers from MIT to build the scientific leaders of tomorrow. Since 2017, over 177+ scholarships have been given by Womanium. She was presented an award by the American Federation of Ageing Research for her contributions in training over 720+ PhD and Post-doctoral students globally in the field of computational neuroscience.