Karn Manhas
Karn Manhas | |
|---|---|
 Manhas, Annett Rozek, and Navdeep Bains in 2020 | |
| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain | |
| In office May 16, 2001 – May 17, 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Mike Farnworth |
| Succeeded by | Mike Farnworth |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 15, 1976 [1] Orange County, California |
| Political party | BC Liberal |
| Residence | Port Coquitlam, British Columbia |
| Occupation | businessman |
| Known for | Founder and CEO of Terramera |
Karn Manhas is a Canadian businessman, entrepreneur and a former politician, who served as a BC Liberal Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005, representing the riding of Port Coquitlam-Burke Mountain. Manhas was the youngest MLA ever elected in the history of the province of British Columbia.[2]
Manhas holds a Juris Doctor in Law from the University of British Columbia, and a B.Sc. in Biology (Genetics) and Biotechnology from McGill University. He formed a tech consulting firm, Karyon Group, which ended in 2008–2009. In 2012, he was named as one of Business In Vancouver's Top Forty Under 40 business people.[3] He is frequently called to speak on issues of sustainability, including at TEDx and Singularity University in Vancouver.[4]
Manhas is the founder of Terramera, a Vancouver-based ag/bio technology company that develops plant-based products, including organic biopesticides and biofertilzers.[5] Terramera's proprietary technology known as Actigate has garnered recognition both in BC and abroad and has lifted the company onto the 2019 Global Cleantech 100 list.[6]
References[]
- ^ https://www.encyclopedia.com/international/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/manhas-karn-bsc-port-coquitlam-burke-mountain[bare URL]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2013-09-07.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Vancouver's Terramera raises US$45m to 'change the paradigm' on agriculture". Business Vancouver. September 5, 2019.
- ^ "Terramera: Developing Plant-Based Products to Naturally Mitigate Crop Losses". disruptor daily. May 7, 2018.
- ^ Mckenzie, Kevin Hinton & Ryan. "BCBusiness". BCBusiness.
- ^ "It's a Good Thing: Karn Manhas wants to make farming more green". bc business. May 31, 2019.
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