Jul 2024 – Apr 2025 · 9 mos

• Meditation and Research Break
• Immersed in meditation study & practice: Tushita (Buddhism, Dharamshala); multiple 10-day Vipassana (Goenka) courses, time with the Ram Dass / LSRF community.
• Researched deeper on the science of Mind, Gut & ANS (Autonomic Nervous System) - Designed & Tracked Daily protocols with HRV as a feedback loop metric- Last Meal times, Breathing cadences, Food Intake & Exercise time.
• Key Learnings & Notes to self:
• . Breath is the fastest API to our Mind and Nervous system.
• . Overindex on Resilience and Discipline as the most important skills to compound on daily.
• . All diseases in our body are just manifestations of the unconscious mind.
• Healing is non-linear—trends > spikes; boring consistent patience > hacks.
• . Wisdom & Creativity arise from a space of non-thinking & direct experience of our Inner Awareness.
• . Direct experience >> second-hand knowledge.
• . Simplicity creates signal—subtract to see what matters.
• . Financial freedom is a mindset problem statement not a numbers game.
• Our gut is an ecosystem of living beings that outdate our evolution, not only a second brain— respect & learn from them.

May 2016 – Jun 2024 · 8 yrs 1 mo · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

• Transforming the online car buying and selling experience

Nov 2015 – May 2016 · 6 mos · Bangalore

• Aqita Neighbourhood aims to build a local marketplace on chat focused on providing small businesses a meaningful online presence in their locality and customers a simple and secure way to discover and transact with local businesses and services across all verticals using just one interface.
• www.aqita.in

May 2013 – Nov 2015 · 2 yrs 6 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Led end-to-end design, development, and commissioning of ITC Sankhya Data Centre—ITC’s first Tier III, LEED® Platinum facility (project value ₹500M).
• IoT & ELV integration: Architected a building-wide BMS/SCADA on the Siemens ecosystem, unifying HVAC, critical power (UPS/DG), fire detection, access control, CCTV, and leak detection into a central command environment.
• Sensor layer (hands-on): Speced, commissioned, and calibrated T/RH, airflow/IAQ, vibration, energy meters, water-leak, door/occupancy sensors; mapped I/O points, set alarm thresholds, and created SOPs for response.
• Gateways & protocol bridging: Deployed and configured IoT gateways / protocol converters; across BACnet/IP, Modbus TCP/RTU, and SNMP for unified monitoring, Analytics and driving 99%+ redundancy.
• Leveraging on this experience, Assisted in Design Development for IBMS system for ITC Green Centre, Large Commercial facility of 2.3 million sq. ft. built up area at ITC Campus, Bangalore (Project Value- INR 6.5 billion)

Jun 2012 – May 2013 · 11 mos · IIT Roorkee

• Led members of Cognizance Central team with overall team of 800+ students for organization of 180+ events such as workshops, guest lectures, & exhibitions with an overall budget of INR 1Cr+.
• Developed Cognizance-2013 into a Socio-Technical festival by framing the events on the theme of ‘Aim Inclusion’, Role of technology in deriving solutions to build an inclusive society.

May 2012 – Jul 2012 · 2 mos · Ahmedabad Area, India

• Strategic analysis of IT/Mobile hardware sector with focused research on upcoming technologies. Investigated the competitive scenario (Porter’s five forces analysis), Competitor analysis, recent developments and innovations in this sector.
• Detailed Technical Due diligence on Clean-tech projects under the $25mn Venture Fund ‘Infuse Venture Fund’ and global sector/pivot analysis and business model analysis in Smart Grid and IT Infrastructure sector.

Dec 2010 – May 2012 · 1 yr 5 mos · Roorkee

• Spearheaded the campaign to enthuse 6000+ students(on campus) via via organizing lectures, workshops and competitions by eminent IIT alumni, and effected an increase in the membership of the IIT Roorkee chapter by over 50%.