Jan 2025 – Mar 2025 · 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

• Built out Varaha's Founders Office team.

Jul 2023 – Dec 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

• Helped sell carbon credits by pitching business proposals, negotiating, and managing due diligence.
• Helped raise $8.7M Series A from 8 global VCs. Managed investor relations.
• Won $150K prize to implement a novel blended finance instrument.
• Spearheaded recruitment for senior management positions.
• Elevated Varaha’s brand as a panelist and workshop convener at the United Nations ESCAP and FAO in Bangkok, World Bank, FCDO (UK Foreign Aid Office), FICCI (India’s chambers of commerce), and CGIAR (global agri research consortium).

Jul 2023 – Jul 2023 · 0 mo

• Developed a prioritization tool to guide allocation of $200M to youth mental wellbeing NGOs by Silicon Valley philanthropists.
• Managed a mini-project to structure a $2M innovation challenge incentivizing district educational outcomes.

Jul 2022 – Jul 2023 · 1 yr

• Guided the >$250M Environmental Defense Fund’s advocacy by advising agricultural policy reforms in India, USA, China & the EU.
• Co-created a World Bank program to electrify all Sub-Saharan African households by 2030.

Jul 2021 – Jul 2022 · 1 yr

• Shaped an energy company’s global social investment strategy by recommending clean energy-driven technologies & business models in India & Africa.
• Identified climate financing gaps & pathways for P4G to address them in 9 African countries by collaborating with 6 DFIs.

Aug 2020 – Jul 2021 · 11 mos

• Catalyzed the formation of the ‘Cleaner Air Better Life’ working group, the Confederation of Indian Industries’ national initiative to tackle air pollution, by co-publishing a report quantifying air pollution’s $95B annual cost to businesses.
• Crafted pitch-deck and narrative for Indian Institute of Science’s deep-tech start-up incubator.

Jan 2020 – May 2020 · 4 mos · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Designed a data analytics platform to predict climate-induced malnutrition risks in East Africa, launched in partnership with 5 international institutions.

Jun 2019 – Aug 2019 · 2 mos · Dubai

• Designed IT, governance, and operational processes for a federal university.
• Formulated accreditation framework to recognise prior learning for a labour ministry.

Feb 2019 – May 2019 · 3 mos · New York · On-site

• Attended negotiations at UN General Assembly, ECOSOC, and Security Council, wrote research reports and policy memos, and organized cultural events.

Jun 2018 – Aug 2018 · 2 mos · New Delhi Area, India

• Designed and piloted curriculum on nutrition and trained teachers to implement in 5 remedial learning centres.

Jun 2017 – Aug 2017 · 2 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Collaborated with team of 10 consultants on branding and design strategies for 8 global clients including Coca-Cola and ICICI Bank by conducting market audits, semiotic analysis, and identifying global trends.

Apr 2017 – Sep 2017 · 5 mos · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

• Created a 4-page comic strip introducing Hyperloop One technology to Indian audiences by transforming technical information into a region-specific and unique narrative.

Feb 2017 – May 2017 · 3 mos · Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Emirate, United Arab Emirates

• Collaborated with the Design team to create a monthly zine that promotes Visual Arts programs and events in a creative and striking visual format, using drawings and Adobe Illustrator.

Jun 2016 – Aug 2016 · 2 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Created illustrations that were printed on canvases and engraved on tablets; products were sold through an online shopping portal and at Kala Ghoda Arts Festival, Mumbai, attended by thousands per year.
• Designed trophies and badges for corporate clients to be used at events and functions.

Jun 2015 – Sep 2015 · 3 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• Wrote and illustrated superhero cartoon series that was published weekly in nationally circulated Life Positive Junior magazine, to spread awareness about social issues in India.