Asitava Sarkar — Director of Engineering

I'm currently a Director at Blinkit working in the growth team. I previously worked as an Associate at McKinsey. At McKinsey, I had the chance to solve business challenges across multiple sectors like technology, banking, healthcare, consumer goods, public services and education. Before joining McKinsey, I interned with the Sharechat product team to build their loyalty program and as a VC intern with Venture Highway. I was a student at IIM Ahmedabad where I completed my MBA in 2022. I interned in Microsoft's Azure product team in the summer of 2021. During my MBA, I was a finalist in 15+ case competitions. Before my MBA, I worked as an Associate in the IT Team of Gartner, building cutting-edge tools for client teams. I graduated in 2019 from IIT Kanpur with a Major in Electrical Engineering and Minors in Computer Systems and Machine Learning. While studying at IIT Kanpur, I interned at Samsung where I worked on commercialization of 5G (in 2018). I worked with 3 startups across sectors and undertook 10+ short research projects during my stay.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a versatile professional with strong capabilities in EdTech, Cloud Computing, and Telecommunications.

Location: Gurugram, Haryana, India

Experience: 4 yrs 9 mos