LET’S FIND OUT ABOUT HER!
WHO IS HARSHA?
CEO & Co-Founder of Ascendance
3 times TEDx speaker & International Conference Speaker
CEO of Startmyname.Com
Diana Award 2019 Recipient
Author of the Makings of A Teenage Entrepreneur Book
VP of Finance, Wharton Undergraduate Entrepreneurs Club
Host of Changing Reality Talkshow
President of ASEL Club, University of Pennsylvania
4.0 CGPA Undergraduate Student at University of Pennsylvania (Ivy League)
Reporter & Podcast Host At The Daily Pennsylvanian
CEO & Co-Founder
of Ascendance
Ascendance is an international youth movement founded by 4 youngsters in 2015. Ascendance empowers today’s youth by enabling them to figure out their passion and achieve holistic success while still attending school.Today, the team is managed by Gen Zs aged 8 to 22 years old.
7+ Years
35,000+ Students Impacted
900+ Schools & Institutions
Check Out My
TEDx Talks
CEO & Co-Founder
of Startmyname.Com
StartMyName.com is a social impact venture that helps offline businesses take their first step online through fast, simple template-based websites. With over 400+ clients in across 4 continents, StartMyName assists in creating individual unique personal brands that builds one’s credibility with their audience and helps those who want to express themselves or their passions online. StartMyName believes that ‘Your Name is Your Identity’.
400+ Clients
4 Continents
Recipient of the
Diana Award 2019
for young changemakers in recognition of
social action & humanitarian work
Established in memory of Diana, Princess of Wales, The Diana Award is the most prestigious accolade a young person aged 9-25 years can receive for their social action or humanitarian work.
Harsha received the Diana Award 2019 for her work in empowering youth across Malaysia through Ascendance, an international youth movement and social start-up she founded and runs alongside her team.
Author
OF THE MAKINGS OF A
TEENAGE ENTREPRENEUR
In 2021, Harsha published her book, “The Makings of a Teenage Entrepreneur”. This book sheds light on the real-life stories of Harsha who, at age 17, founded and grew her own start-up, Startmyname.com to over 400+ clients in 4 continents. Hear the hilarious, inspiring, and occasionally stress-inducing everyday experiences that a teenage entrepreneur goes through while learning the tools you’d need to kickstart your own journey too.
VP OF FINANCE
AT WHARTON UNDERGRADUATE ENTREPRENEURSHIP CLUB
Starting January 2022, Harsha has dedicated herself to contributing at the Wharton Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Club as their Vice President of Finance.
The club cultivates creative thinking among the student body at The University of Pennsylvania with a mission to provide ample resources for student entrepreneurs to pursue ventures during their undergrad years.
HOST
OF CHANGING REALITY
Changing Reality features social changemakers, business owners, artists, top executives, global changemakers, world-class entrepreneurs and inspiring individuals from an array of fields across the world and from the Penn Campus, too who share with the audience more about their industry and field of expertise.
PRESIDENT
OF THE ASCENDANCE ENTERPRISE CLUB AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
The Ascendance Social Enterprise Club at the University of Pennsylvania (ASELxPenn) is a student organization that is focused on developing self-sustaining social enterprises. We help Penn students by empowering them to start and run social enterprises in the fields that they are passionate about through tested growth strategies and connecting them to global resources to learn and develop their ideas.
4.0 CGPA
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT
at University of Pennsylvania (Ivy League)
While running her own business & social enterprise, Harsha still manages to maintain a high-grade point average throughout her Ivy League education at The University of Pennsylvania.