Aug 2023 – Jul 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos · India

• 1. Working with EY to advise Government of Uttar Pradesh and Government of India on setting up the PM MITRA textile park at Lucknow.
• 2. Creating a detail ESG framework for Lucknow PM MITRA textile park which will be used for all seven PM MITRA textile parks in India.
• 3. Creating a platform for interested investors be it textile / manufacturing players or other type to freely communicate with the concerned state & central government agencies.
• 4. Working with GoUP & GoI drafting the ESG reporting framework for textile sector in India.

Jan 2023 – Aug 2023 · 7 mos · Odisha, India

• I took a break to attend my father who had a bad road accident and was bed ridden for almost a year.

Oct 2021 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• I worked as the Chief Executive Officer of one of the group companies of Trident Group.
• ● I headed the business of Lotus Home Textiles with annual turnover of USD 50 mn & a team of more than 800.
• o Heading the Business of Melange yarn (team size of 550 & annual revenue of USD 30 mn).
• o Heading the Business of cutting, stitching & packing unit that makes bathrobes, sleep wear and lounge wear (team size of 250 & annual revenue of USD 10 mn)
• ● Led the team to form strategic partnership with leading retailers from across the globe i.e. Walmart, IKEA, Target & etc. that involves relationship building and price negotiation.
• ● Managing the legal & finance compliance, manpower deployment and digital transformation of the business.
• ● Worked on expansion of the Melange Yarn plant to double the production (Annual revenue of USD 60 mn).
• ● Managing the compliance of the firm including the ESG compliance.
• ● Worked on creating the Performance Dashboard for enabling better decision making.
• ● Worked on merger of four group companies into Lotus.

Oct 2021 – Jan 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• I worked as the Chief Executive Officer of one of the group companies of Trident Group.
• ● I headed the business of Lotus Home Textiles with annual turnover of USD 50 mn & a team of more than 800.
• o Heading the Business of Melange yarn (team size of 550 & annual revenue of USD 30 mn).
• o Heading the Business of cutting, stitching & packing unit that makes bathrobes, sleep wear and lounge wear (team size of 250 & annual revenue of USD 10 mn)
• ● Led the team to form strategic partnership with leading retailers from across the globe i.e. Walmart, IKEA, Target & etc. that involves relationship building and price negotiation.
• ● Managing the legal & finance compliance, manpower deployment and digital transformation of the business.
• ● Worked on expansion of the Melange Yarn plant to double the production (Annual revenue of USD 60 mn).
• ● Managing the compliance of the firm including the ESG compliance.
• ● Worked on creating the Performance Dashboard for enabling better decision making.
• ● Worked on merger of four group companies into Lotus.

Jul 2018 – Oct 2021 · 3 yrs 3 mos · New Delhi Area, India

• ● Work in Group Chairman’s Office on strategy for Airports, Sports, Urban Infrastructure & Real Estate.
• ● Working with our Air Cargo team at Hyderabad & Delhi Airport to maximize the per day throughput.
• ● Devising the strategy to maximize the Non-Aero revenue of New Delhi & Hyderabad airports i.e. Duty Free, Cargo, Warehousing, F&B, Retail & Advertisements. The top line amounts to Rs. 4,000 Crores per year.
• ● Monetizing the Airport Land (approx. 4000 acres) at New Delhi and Hyderabad.
• ● Devising the strategy for GMR Sports i.e. Delhi Capitals (IPL) & UP Yoddha (PKL) to improve their profitability.
• ● Working with group finsnce team on divestment of USD 1.8 bn in GMR Airports by Paris Airport.
• ● Worked in signing a deal (USD 100 mn) with Asia’s largest Logistics Developer Fund to set up a logistic park.
• ● Worked on divestment of GMR Airport Limited to Groupe ADP with a deal size of USD 1.75 bn.

Feb 2018 – Jul 2018 · 5 mos · India

• Sakal's consulting arm Delivering Change Advisory (I am one of the core member) had been working with The Palladium Group since May 16. In Feb 18, a JV is formed to launch Palladium India. I was the head of delivery.
• ● Heading the City Transformation Office of Pimpri Chinchwad & Thane municipalities. Formulating & executing the overall strategy of the city to achieve economic development with an investment of close to USD 4 bn.
• ● Worked on Smart City Projects (Team of more than 100) with Municipality of Pune, Thane, Nashik, Pimpri‐Chinchwad, Satara & Nagpur. We designed their smart city proposal & ran the Smart City campaign.

May 2013 – Feb 2018 · 4 yrs 9 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

• ● The group had 11 printing presses in Maharashtra. I worked on making the operations efficient & profitable.
• ● Worked with team of more than 200 people who worked on the supply chain management of 11 printing presses that included vertical integration and minimizing idle time.
• ● Creating new business matrix to analyze & monitor profitability per sq. inch for daily Sakal print editions.
• ● Looking after the Group Digital Product Strategy & New Initiatives for different SBUs to improve their P&L.
• ● Worked on establishing an alliance with North America’s largest Media Group.
• ● Creating 4 digital products (Mobile Apps) and marketing the same to make it a standalone profitable SBU.
• ● I headed the operations of Sakal’s Startup Arm (DC Ventures) who invests & operationalize Global Startups.

May 2011 – May 2013 · 2 yrs · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• ● Heading the Sales & Operation of Manipal’s International Business– Leading the business in 17 countries (Team of 50+ people in 25 centers) with topline of approx. USD 8 mn.
• ● Heading the Sales & Operation of Manipal’s Strategic Alliance Division– Leading the with 5 alliance partners (Team of 200+ people in 196 centers across India)with topline of approx. USD 10 mn.
• ● Working with Group CEO on building the overall strategy for investment of USD 100 mn by PE.

May 2010 – May 2011 · 1 yr · Greater Delhi Area

• Education – Part of team in raising USD 1 mn equity investment for a play school startup in south India.
• Highways – Part of team in raising USD 120 mn for the development of 2 national highways projects.
• Real Estate – Part of team in raising USD 20 mn debt for a residential project & USD 5 mn equity for a hotel.

May 2005 – May 2010 · 5 yrs · Greater Delhi Area

• ● Small and Medium Enterprise (Manufacturing) – Worked in the team that specialized in restructuring and corporatizing the SMEs. It involved hand holding the SMEs in executing the operational & financial strategy.
• ● Global Oil Major entering Bangladesh & Indonesia – Part of the team that prepared the entry strategy oil major’s lubricant business. Finalization of quantum of investments (USD 20 million) & phasing the same.
• ● Led the team that worked in setting up of 3 foundry units (Manufacturing) worth USD 3 mn for an MNC.
• ● Led the team that helped a private player to set‐up an SEZ (worth USD 15 million) in north India. It involved finalization of location of the SEZ & the products/services mix.
• ● Business Plan for an Indian enterprise to restructure their business in India by setting up 3 ICDs (USD 5 mn).
• ● British multinational infrastructure player – Helping to enter in power and highways sector in India.
• ● Large NBFC – Advised a large NBFC to buy equity stakes worth USD 30 million in 4 highways & 1 rail projects.
• ● Multiple Infrastructure Players – Devising bidding strategy & raising debt of USD 1 bn for PPP Highways.
• ● Transaction Advisory services to National Highways Authority of India for developing 150 PPP projects.