Manav Rathod is a junior studying EECS and Business in the Management, Entrepreneurship, & Technology Program (MET) program planning to graduate in Spring 2021. He is originally from Okemos, Michigan. On campus, Manav is involved in the MET student board, the Metrobot Project, and the Berkeley Artificial Intelligence Research (BAIR), as well as serving as a staff member for various computer science classes. Outside of his various professional interests, Manav enjoys reading non-fiction books about tech, learning about human psychology and philosophy, education, leadership, playing board games, and going on walks around campus with his friends.
First M.E.T. student graduates, a year early
Avanthika Ramesh has more than one “first” under her belt. Not only is she the first student to finish UC Berkeley’s Management, Entrepreneurship & Technology (M.E.T.) program, she’s also the first to finish a year early.
Announcing New Berkeley M.E.T. Faculty Director, Saikat Chaudhuri
The M.E.T. team is thrilled to announce Dr. Saikat Chaudhuri as the inaugural Faculty Director for the M.E.T. Program, after an extensive international search conducted by a committee with faculty and administrators from the College of Engineering and the Haas School of Business.
2019-2020 Program Highlights
Year in review
Entrepreneurial Fellows Program
The M.E.T. Entrepreneurial Fellows Program is a pilot program envisioned by the M.E.T. community and made possible by generous support from the M.E.T. Advisory Board. Each student selected will receive a stipend of $2000/month ($6000 total) for 10-12 weeks of full-time work with an affiliated startup between June and August.
M.E.T. Spring 2020 Programming
We’ve got a full calendar of events this semester. Registration is required for each event.
The Fast Track to Being a CEO-Engineer
Shubham Banerjee is a typical teenager—playing football, losing himself in video games, doing homework—except when it comes to his career ambitions. The high school senior says he’s known for several years that he wants to found and lead a company, to be a “legendary CEO.” The founding part should come easy: At age 13, Banerjee … Continue Reading »
Inaugural class of M.E.T. students prepare to study business and engineering
Growing up in the Silicon Valley, Arvind Sridhar says he always had the feeling that he could change the world. In high school he pursued research in biomedical engineering and worked on tissue regeneration projects for organ replacement, using high-level computer code and programs to analyze his tissue data. On top of that, Sridhar founded … Continue Reading »
New UC Berkeley program aims to fast-track path to Silicon Valley C-Suites
UC Berkeley students take part in an entrepreneurial leadership class, part of a new management, entrepreneurship and technology program at Cal that will give students dual engineering and business degrees in just four years.
Berkeley is #1 school for Silicon Valley tech hiring
Business Insider: Silicon Valley tech firms hire more alumni from UC Berkeley than any other school, including Stanford and the Ivy League, according to a new analysis from online recruiting company HiringSolved.