Dhruv Narang, a second-year mechanical engineering major and member of the John H. Martinson Honors Program (JMHP), won the InVenture Prize People’s Choice Award as a cofounder of DoorTix. Dhruv is passionate about the startup space where he cultivates innovative environments dedicated to creating usable tangible products – leading to his founding of DoorTix. 

DoorTix is a ticket-buying concierge service that gets you tickets at the best prices. DoorTix is dedicated to making your ticket buying process easier and lowering your stress throughout the process. Within the project, Dhruv recalls spending countless hours and months refining the project pitch with his team alongside building buzz around DoorTix before the final. He recounts winning the People’s Choice Award as surreal and rewarding as DoorTix saw a spike in users, orders, and partner interests for future scaling. 

Dhruv credits his time in the JMHP as the spark to his passion for building past his academic pursuits. The program's welcoming environment provided him with the support and courage to pursue DoorTix seriously and connect ideas to real-world impact. His JMHP involvement also connected him to one of his cofounders during the Oxford Study Abroad program and the other through mutual JMHP connections. 

Alongside his work with startups, Dhruv was a past member of the Honors Leadership Council (HLC) and is currently involved with Startup Exchange, Student Center Programs Council (SCPC), and Chi Psi Fraternity. 

Dhruv plans to continue scaling DoorTix alongside his cofounders this summer in Georgia Tech’s Startup Launch program. The team seeks to establish DoorTix as the default, intelligent way people buy tickets, focusing on improving automation, expanding partnerships, and growing their user base. The John H. Martinson Honors Program wishes Dhruv good luck as he continues to make strides in the startup space and makes his mark here at Georgia Tech!