Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr · New Delhi, Delhi, India · On-site

• As Co-Founder and Lead for Innovation at the India AI Alliance (IAIA), I am dedicated to driving the vision of AI-for-Good by strengthening the global ethical AI innovation ecosystem. My role focuses on engaging stakeholders—governments, industries, academia, and startups—to foster collaboration and scale impactful AI solutions. I lead initiatives to build robust innovation frameworks, incubate cutting-edge ideas, and accelerate AI-driven projects that align with ethical principles and sustainable development goals. By bridging gaps between research, business, and policy, I aim to create a cohesive ecosystem where AI innovation thrives responsibly, empowering communities and addressing global challenges.

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

• I am pleased to take on a pivotal role that blends investor relations, social development consulting, and strategic impact investments with a focus on driving growth in the MSME and Startup sectors. My commitment remains firmly rooted in nation-building, aligning our initiatives with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to foster meaningful and measurable progress. Through a combination of impact audits, data-driven insights, and a deep understanding of emerging sectors, I aim to support and scale ventures that exemplify "Tech for Good." This role provides an opportunity to engage with stakeholders who share the vision of creating a sustainable, inclusive, and progressive future. Together, we will turn purpose into action, and action into tangible change.

Jan 2024 – Sep 2025 · 1 yr 8 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India · Hybrid

• The Global Middas Foundation is a purpose-driven NGO making significant strides in healthcare, education, sustainable ecosystems, and livelihood generation. As a board member, I'm responsible for strengthening the foundation's global networks and partnerships, enabling it to amplify its reach and impact. Additionally, I'm actively involved in the foundation's fundraising efforts, leveraging my expertise to secure the resources needed to scale its transformative initiatives. By leveraging my skills and connections, I'm committed to supporting the Global Middas Foundation in its mission to create a more equitable and prosperous world for all.

May 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 10 mos · Hybrid

• Emerging Technologies Council (ETC) is a not-for-profit industry association and is the apex body for the $245 billion technology industry in India, an industry that has made a phenomenal contribution to India's GDP, exports, employment, infrastructure and global visibility. In India, this industry provides the highest employment in the private sector.
• Emerging Technologies Council is focused on building the architecture integral to the development of the technology sector through policy advocacy, research, education, advisory, community building and training and help in setting up the strategic direction for the sector to unleash its potential and dominate newer frontiers.
• The Emerging Technologies Council (ETC) is a network of groups established to facilitate stakeholder discussion around emerging grid technologies; concepts and trends that are shaping the future of the Web3.0 industry and that will impact the digital transformation.

Oct 2020 – Sep 2022 · 1 yr 11 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

• As a core team member of an USD 15 Million progressive company HQ in Dubai, my role is to establish India operations, build regional alliances and generate sales. My responsibilities include building a cohesive team, creating a distribution channel pan India, secure and allocate resources and finalise an ambitious growth plan for India operations.
• Falcon represents the worlds leading fire suppression product manufacturers from around the world. It has its presence in the Gulf and South Asian regions.
• The company has formidable credentials and count major corporate organisations/Fortune listed companies amongst its elite clientele. It works closely with business consultants, architects and builder associations and think-tanks and is represented on major business chambers.

Jul 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 8 mos · Hybrid

• The Purpose Coalition (TPC) is a non-profit global think-tank conceived to architect a transition towards a purpose-driven economy. Our mission is to build consensus and drive collaborative action among a diverse spectrum of stakeholders.
• Key pillars of our work include:
• Conducting pioneering research in the purpose domain to establish new metrics for success.
• Designing, developing, and implementing actionable frameworks that enable organizations to embed a purpose ethos.
• Building robust quality, audit, and certification models to validate and scale purposeful practices.
• In my role as a Founding Partner, I am actively building an ecosystem of Purpose Leaders and Organizations. We work closely with global business chambers, private enterprises, communication groups, data scientists, academics, NGOs, and brands to collate data, co-create solutions, and deliver actionable insights for a future where business serves humanity.

Jun 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 9 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India

• An industry body, India Blockchain Alliance (IBA) aims to encourage the responsible adoption of blockchain technology by industry and governments across India as a means to drive innovation across all sectors of the economy.
• I contribute to build the knowledge body's presence amongst stakeholders, primarily in the education space. It includes building insights on the global education systems, future-ready career progression insights and advising and collaborating with higher educational institutes on core issues of (a) Blockchain curriculum integrations (b) blockchain based digital economy such as trust, security and privacy and (c) Blockchain based experiential learning initiatives.
• I engage/work with a global network of researchers, thought leaders and solution providers, innovators and policy enablers.

Jan 2018 – Jan 2022 · 4 yrs · New Delhi Area, India

• The Impact Labs add value in the following manner:
• Colleges and Universities have established Labs and Center of excellences in distinct domains as IoT, AI, Robotics et al. These labs allow a student to utilise the best in tech advances and under academic guidance to experiment and put his ideas to test.
• The real gap establishes when the existing labs have to go beyond the ream of academics and touch the real world - the business-worthiness of the idea, impact assessment of the idea, mentoring and access to global experts, critical evaluation of the idea and selection, post-selection mentoring, access to seed funds, VC's and support for prototype development are the vital gaps.
• India STEM Alliance is awake to these concerns and has realised the solution to bridge this critical gap. In association with SocioCharge, an impact entrepreneurship company.
• The Impact labs effectively bridge the gaps between academic excellence and business readiness. It is an ecosystem that enables the student-entrepreneur to access global expertise, mentoring and industry-knowledge to shape his ideas into real world solutions that are supplemented by seed funding, prototyping and market readiness. With advisory and support to reach out to the global VC community.
• These labs can either be stand-alone or built/co-opted as an additional layer on the existing labs.
• India STEM Alliance (ISA) is a peer-group body that conducts research in the STEM domain and supports design, development and promotion‎ of learning frameworks, quality and compliance models and solutions.
• Co-Author of the STEMxcellence audit framework for schools.

Jan 2017 – Jan 2018 · 1 yr · New Delhi Area, India

• Grey Shadows is a boutique perception management company that offers Reputation Risk Advisory, Policy Advocacy and Strategic Growth Advisory.
• I add value in working closely with the apex management in defining sustainability goals, identification of CSR initiatives and project management to meet stakeholder expectations.

Jan 2010 – Feb 2010 · 1 mo

• A financial services JV. Key services include Capital Raising, Asset Reconstruction, Mergers and Acquisitions and Financial Due Diligence.
• Amalgamated as A JV between Credence and Ziksan Enterprises

Jan 2009 – Present · 17 yrs 2 mos · New Delhi Area, India

• As the Founder of Relocity, I lead a premier real estate advisory and brokerage firm, driving innovative solutions for clients across India’s vibrant property market.
• My vision is to redefine real estate advisory by combining market expertise, PropTech, and a client-first approach. Under my leadership, Relocity has delivered landmark projects, including advising A leading Wellness company on wellness townships in India and Nepal, brokering land deals for A Spiritual Mission Foundation’s meditation retreats, and securing a high-value office leases for leading global corporates in India.
• I oversee strategic direction, team collaboration, and partnerships, ensuring seamless execution from site selection to project completion.
• With India’s real estate sector poised for $1 trillion growth by 2030, I am committed to empowering clients with data-driven insights and sustainable solutions to transform their real estate aspirations into reality.

Jan 2009 – Jan 2015 · 6 yrs

• (Credence Human Assets has been merged into Suspire Solutions)

Jan 2007 – Present · 19 yrs 2 mos · New Delhi Area, India

• I lead the 'Infusing Happiness' and 'Happiness Quotient' - two formidable purpose-driven value offerings for organisations.
• Suspire, a services company engaged in assisting business entities since 2007, in reaching out to their stakeholders – internal and external – with their offerings in purpose leadership, mentoring, training, customer retention and employee engagement and has a new model based on the credo seeking to ‘infuse’ happiness amongst stakeholders.
• Suspire aligns its solutions around ‘happiness’ economics – that combines economics with psychology and sociology and lays stress on happiness measures as key factors to be maximized.
• We, at Suspire believe that by maximizing the happiness measures, the factors defining the success or profitability of a company are also maximized. Addressing psychological wellbeing, time use, community vitality, cultural diversity, ecological resilience, living standards, health, education, and good governance would impact the individual capacity to deliver, hence revitalizing the organizations fortunes. These measures would enhance the trust quotient for the organization and strengthen the beliefs amongst stakeholders, thus enhancing value.

Dec 1998 – Jan 2010 · 11 yrs 1 mo

• The first foray into IT consulting way back in 1998.
• Amalgamated with Credence.

Jan 1998 – Dec 2012 · 14 yrs 11 mos

• At a boutique communications firm, I spearheaded the foray into events management and was responsible for chalking out strategies, talent acquisition, business development and delivery.
• Credence Events division is currently a fast-growing full-service events management firm with experience in corporate events, conferences, family days, award ceremonies, product launches, incentive days, company trips, fashion shows etc.
• We also offer innovative solutions in corporate gifting.
• The company has merged into Suspire Solutions

Jan 1998 – Jan 2010 · 12 yrs

• DefenceIndia offers outbound experiential training modules on team building, leadership, analytical abilities et al. I looked after the modules - conceiving the training and innovations, the client interface and was responsible for delivery.
• The training modules have a high quotient of fun and content. Murder mysteries, war games, paint-ball, stage-a-play, script-a-film, make-your-music, learn-a-skill were many innovations that i was credited for, at DefenceIndia.
• DefenceIndia has been merged with Suspire Solutions.