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Adrash Bhatia

Founder & CEO · RouteBook

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Final-year Computer Science student at Iqra University and founder of RouteBook, a digital intercity bus ticketing platform incubated at IU Core, tackling the 70%+ of Pakistan's regional bus operators still running on paper tickets. Also founded FINSHIELD, an AI-powered banking fraud detection startup selected from 300+ applicants for IU Core incubation and pitched at WSC Startup World Cup and PASHA. Vice President of Iqra University's Entrepreneurship Society, with experience organizing Karachi-level pitching competitions and mentoring fellow students. Building real products with limited resources driven by the belief that Pakistan's untapped markets deserve better solutions

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