Ankur D. — Co-Founder

Founder at Rozana.in ,a rural commerce platform, bringing E-Commerce to almost a billion people living in Rural India. We have raised Pre-A series led by 3one4 Capital, IEG and prominent angels like Vivek Gupta (Licious), Manisha Girotra (Moelis) and SK Jain (Sequoia and Westbridge Capital). My personal story is close to that of Dangal, I started my professional career at the age of 4. It all started in early 90's in a forgotten part of the world (back then), i.e. Rural Haryana. I started training for Taekwondo. - With an early head-start, I was already a Pro in Taekwondo by the age of 12. By the time I was in my early teens, I was representing India in International Tournaments. - Later, started my first company at the age of 22 years. It was a cloud based ERP solution to several schools in North India, later acquired by a company. - After the company was acquired I pursued my PhD in Data Science at IIM-L. - I Co-founded Cognito Edge was founded and led to work with several state governments in strategy and mobilization. Worked in over 5 states including states like Odisha, UP, Meghalaya, Delhi, Haryana and others. - Founded, Scaled and Sold majority stake in AI based B2B Logistics Platform. Worked with over 150 corporate customers and made an early exit with selling the company to a US based NASDAQ listed conglomerate. - Worked on several leadership roles in the corporate space and community building. Sustainable start-ups and leveraging tech for scaling an organization is key for success of any 1st generation entrepreneur.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned entrepreneur in E-Commerce and Consulting with a focus on rural markets.

Location: New Delhi, Delhi, India

Experience: 10 yrs 3 mos

Skills

Business Strategy
Data Analysis

Career Highlights

Founder of a leading rural commerce platform.
Successfully scaled and sold an AI-based logistics company.
PhD scholar in Data Science with extensive consulting experience.

Work Experience

Rozana.in

Founder (4 yrs 11 mos)

Fresh Cartons

Founder II Board Member (5 yrs 7 mos)

Shelly's - The Taste of Bengal

Investor II Advisory Board Member (7 yrs 3 mos)

Ebix Logistics (Routier)

Founder II Board Member (3 yrs 9 mos)

Cognito Edge Consulting

Board Member (9 yrs 10 mos)

UTTAR PRADESH POLICE ( ''सुरक्षा आपकी, संकल्प हमारा" ) 1090 Women Power Line

Special Police Officer (5 yrs)

Education

FPM (Doctoral Scholar) at Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow

Bachelor of Technology at Kurukshetra University

Ankur D.

Co-Founder

New Delhi, Delhi, India10 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of a leading rural commerce platform.
Successfully scaled and sold an AI-based logistics company.
PhD scholar in Data Science with extensive consulting experience.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a seasoned entrepreneur in E-Commerce and Consulting with a focus on rural markets.

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Skills

Core Skills

Business StrategyData Analysis

Other Skills

Business AnalysisCC++LeadershipManagementMicrosoft ExcelResearchTeam Management

About

Experience

Rozana.in

Founder

Apr 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 11 mos · Delhi, India

Rozana.in is one of India's fastest growing Rural Commerce platform that leverages Tech and Data Science to cater to unique local demands of 1 billion Indians outside the scope of online commerce. This silent tech revolution is not only empowering the end consumer but also working towards incubating over 10 million tech micro-entrepreneurs all over the country.
We enable micro-entrepreneurs to give wider, innovative and competitive offerings to end users. Our entrepreneurs use the platform to onboard customers, share latest deals and help them place online orders, making last mile delivery efficient.
Aspirations in rural India are on the rise and we are racing against time to ensure the effective delivery of essential services to these areas. Rozana.in aims to empower rural communities of the country and connect them to online commerce through a network of micro-entrepreneurs, and envisions to become the leading P2P rural commerce platform in India.

ManagementData AnalysisBusiness Strategy

Fresh cartons

Founder II Board Member

Aug 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 7 mos · Delhi, India

Shelly's - the taste of bengal

Investor II Advisory Board Member

Dec 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 3 mos · Kolkata, West Bengal, India

Worked with the Promoters on restructuring the company. Worked on marketing and sales strategy. Help company open market and setup distribution network across North India. Represented Shelly's at Gulf Food Festival and worked on expanding the distribution network on the international stage. Met with exporters, retailers and other stakeholders in expanding the Shelly's footprint across the globe.

Ebix logistics (routier)

Founder II Board Member

May 2017 – Feb 2021 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Delhi, India

Routier is a logistics organization founded by a talented group of entrepreneurs from Harvard, MIT, Stanford, IIM, IIT, IIFT, JNU, and St. Stephen's College who envisioned to revolutionize the Logistics Industry. With the backing of Advanced Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence, Routier plans to make global venture which works on improving the unorganized global logistics network. With over a $300 billion market in India, logistics is one of the most vital in industries in India which needs urgent attention.

Cognito edge consulting

Board Member

May 2016 – Present · 9 yrs 10 mos · Delhi, India

Cognito Edge, with our Big Data Analytical services can assist you to maximize efficiencies for achieving
each of these objectives. We can provide you solutions in real time which are data driven for all the problems identified by you based on the data available in structured as well as semi structured and unstructured forms. By analyzing the transactional data we can pinpoint inefficiencies, inconsistency, and fraud and give leads for improving business processes.
We can help you optimize your operations by solutions which take into account the price moves, market changes, regulatory changes etc. in real time for you to always make informed decisions and respond to the markets with agility. We can supplement this by social media analytics which harnesses a wide range of unstructured information in form of tweets, blogs, photos, hash tags, messages, media articles etc across any corner of the globe.

Data AnalysisBusiness Strategy

Uttar pradesh police ( ''सुरक्षा आपकी, संकल्प हमारा" ) 1090 women power line

Special Police Officer

Dec 2015 – Dec 2020 · 5 yrs · Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Worked with Women Powerline, an initiative by Government of Uttar Pradesh to bring about a generational change in the way women were facing harassment in UP. Worked closely with Inspector General of Police and Project Director Navniet Sekera, an ISB and IIT Roorkee alumni. We together worked on strengthening the technology, worked on implemented the 'power angel' mission. Women Powerline won many awards and till date remains one of the most successful community intervention by any police department in India for tackling crimes against women.