Hardik was awarded the NSF scholarship to study MS in Operations Research from the University of Cornell. Having completed the course in the year 2007, he also received the best Master’s of Engineering project award in the same year for his exuberant project on School Bus Routing. This was followed by a job at Capgemini Consulting where he focussed on delivering Telecommunication projects for clients. Currently, he is a Principal at Deloitte Consulting focussing primarily on public sector clients to improve public assistance for the masses across the country.