Milind Kumar
Welcome to my personal digital world!
Milind 101
I'm Milind Kumar — a lifelong learner and human-in-training. I see every day as an opportunity to grow, impact others, and better understand myself as a person.
I try to bring this mindset into whatever I do, whether it's leading teams, building something new, or connecting deeply with others. As a Mechanical & Management Engineering student @ UWaterloo, I'm a generalist at heart and thrive in fast-paced environments where I can work at the intersection of engineering, product, business, and people to drive meaningful outcomes.
Outside of work, I’ve currently been thinking a lot about the bigger questions of life. Relationships, religion, purpose, what I truly value, and more. I'm also a huge athletics fan and love playing and watching all kinds of sports. My favourite type of content is those educational, investigative journalism and explainer-style videos (ex. Cleo Abram, Good Work, Baseball Doesn't Exist, JxmyHighroller, Vox).
Above all, I want to spend my life: 1) working on problems that matter to me with good people, and 2) experiencing whatever the world has to offer along the way!
These days I am:
Working on accelerating scientific discovery with AI @ Revvity (PM intern)
Building a cancer patient education startup @ Brigid (Co-founder)
Creating content on whatever topic appeals to me (written, video, or audio)
Training for the Toronto Waterfront Marathon this fall (my first one)
Projects
Highlights of my favourite personal projects and experiences!
TEDxColumbiaLake Youth Talk
Unique fact about me... I was diagnosed with leukemia at 16. It was the toughest thing I've ever had to go through, but it's also the experience that made me who I am today. Throughout the journey, I used content creation as my emotional outlet, writing blogs and doing interviews for fundraising campaigns. Eventually, I gave a TEDx Talk about that entire journey of tragedy to triumph!
TT-Bot
Worked with friends to make an autonomous table tennis training robot. As a player, I hated when I couldn't work on my game since I didn't have anyone to practice with. So we went through the whole design thinking process and used ROBOTC, a Tetrix kit and 3D printing/laser cutting to create this robot. It could move along the table and serve the ball at different angles, directions, spins.
SpinShooter
Developed a motorized, rotating mini basketball net game for friendly competition and to improve shooting in a fun way. It had an arcade-style design where we used SolidWorks and 3D printing to create the arm-belt mechanism, then soldered the electronics and assembled the final prototype. It quickly turned into a crowd favourite during demo day, and was proof that engineering mixed with fun is the best attention grabber!
Walmart Blue Labs
To tackle agricultural emissions, we created a business plan for Seafeed—a startup using red seaweed (Asparagopsis Taxiformis) as a feed additive for cattle to reduce methane emissions by over 95%. I researched how the seaweed inhibits methane, analyzed competitors, understood how to grow it effectively in aqua farms, and led the creation of a website, video, article, and pitch deck to make our idea real. Won a Moonshot competition for our project!
Cancer Research
While going through treatment, I got curious about the science behind cancer and started researching everything from leukemia to CAR T-Cell therapy to video games as treatment tools. My findings led to a deeper research paper I wrote on a new DNA-based approach to killing cancer cells using aptamers. This work led to a lab tour and an internship offer at the CHEO Research Institute (the same hospital where I was being treated at the time).
Did a consulting challenge with Walmart's Innovation team to design the store of 2030. Our team proposed a health-focused app that that recommends products based on users’ personal health data. We connected with retail experts, looked at case studies, performed cost analyses, user journey mapping, and make mockups. We were a top-performing international team and pitched our idea to Walmart Canada's CEO and 400+ Executives.
Seafeed
Work Experience [resume]
Revvity - Product Management Intern
Working on developing novel AI tools to automate and modernize science labs around the world. Here from May - August 2025, more details to come!
Neutron Controls - Engineering Management Intern
Helped roll out battery management systems, secure bootloaders, and load boxes for EVs. Worked on both mechanical product design and project management across iterative, end-to-end development cycles.
Led community-driven projects that turned youth ideas into real impact. Ran Canada's largest youth impact event. Held innovation training for 250+ youth to ensure they had the tools, mentorship, and support to launch their visions
CHEO - Reserach Lab Assistant Intern
Worked in the Research Institute on the Molecular Biology & Immunology team. Explored how to improve the efficiency of RNA extraction using kits to enhance wastewater-based surveillance of diseases. Presented findings to senior team.
National Research Council - Policy Analyst Intern
Member of KITS (Knowledge, Information & Technology Services). Dove into research and budgeting to help make funding decisions to advance scientific progress. Pitched proposals to federal officials to shape Canada's priorities.
SWRIL - Innovation Coordinator Intern
My Values
I try to embody them often, and the people I connect with best usually have all or the most of these traits:
Open-mindedness → desire to learn new things, open to different perspectives, following your curiosity
Reliability → being someone others can trust, doing what you said you'd do, keeping promises you make
Kindness → being helpful to other people, looking at the world through a positive lens
Empathy → deeply connecting with others, asking questions that people aren't used to answering
Authenticity → carrying yourself in a way that's true to you, not changing based on what others will think
Agency → using free will to get what you want, being a leader, avoiding complacency or entitlement
Marginal improvements → not focusing at the top of the mountain, but at the next step in front of you
Not taking yourself too seriously → people who can make jokes at their own expense are instantly likeable
Humility → being grounded, not carrying around arrogance, maintaining composure in victory and defeat
Competition → as a big sports fan, I loved how it can be used (in a healthy way) to improve focus/progress
Self-Awareness → introspecting, understanding your true strengths/weaknesses, living in line with yourself
Choosing discomfort → chasing opportunities to live outside your comfort zone, not letting fear control you
University of Waterloo
Group Affiliations
Other organizations I've been part of as a member, student, ambassador, organizer, and/or volunteer over the years...
