Jun 2025 – Mar 2026 · 9 mos · United States · Hybrid

• Spearheaded development of AI-powered tools for frontline insurance broking teams; pilot deployment delivered a 55% reduction in research downtime, freeing brokers from siloed information workflows to focus on high-value client conversations.
• Drove projected USD 3M+ in savings across select branches by embedding AI-assisted decision support into the broking sales cycle, reducing friction between product knowledge and client-facing execution.
• Led internal AI adoption strategy bridging enterprise technology capabilities and day-to-day sales operations — translating complex insurance product logic into intuitive tools for non-technical broking professionals.

Oct 2024 – Jun 2025 · 8 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · On-site

• Led AI-enabled transformation for Air India across MRO operations — driving rollout of AMOS (Aircraft Maintenance & Operations System), redesigning aircraft maintenance rostering, and developing end-to-end workflows to improve operational reliability at scale.
• Architected municipal strategy for BBMP (India's largest municipal corporation) identifying and proposing monetization of underutilized civic assets worth INR 300 Cr., delivering a concrete revenue roadmap for one of India's most complex urban governance bodies.
• Designed an Open Networks-based initiative discovery framework for BBMP, improving cross-departmental visibility and driving a projected 30% reduction in duplication of civic initiatives across Bengaluru's administrative machinery

Aug 2024 – Sep 2024 · 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Co-developed India's technology anti-dumping framework in collaboration with the EU — a policy instrument subsequently accepted by both India and the European Union, directly shaping India's posture on technology sovereignty and import regulation.
• Drove science diplomacy engagements with the Global South and EU to diversify India's research cooperation footprint across climate, semiconductors, and emerging technology governance.
• Produced knowledge assets and policy briefs enabling India's Principal Scientific Adviser to lead high-stakes multilateral engagements on issues including technology dumping, scientific collaboration, and geopolitical realignment in the tech sector.

Dec 2022 – Aug 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

• Digital Public Infrastructure & Open Networks
• Led GTM strategy and cross-market expansion of Open Networks built on the Beckn Protocol across the EU and Americas — engaging institutions including the IEA, European governments, and the Municipality of Amsterdam on live open network deployments across e-commerce, energy, and digital payments. All networks live.
• Infrastructure Transformation — UPPWD
• Delivered end-to-end transformation strategy for the Uttar Pradesh Public Works Department, India's largest PWD managing over 160,000 km of roads across India's most populous state — streamlining procurement, bidding, quality control, and real-time tracking of roads and bridges infrastructure.
• Developed asset monetisation strategy, sub-division merger roadmap, and dynamic logistics monitoring framework; drove ~60% improvement in logistics efficiency across select nodes.
• Aviation — Airstrip Revival & Greenfield Strategy
• Revitalized 7 state airstrips in Uttar Pradesh, achieving 100% operationalisation within 6 months — covering airline prioritisation, slot optimisation, and non-aero revenue activation.
• Developed greenfield airport strategy including financial forecasts, airline prioritisation models, and non-aeronautical revenue frameworks for new airport development in the state.
• Digital Health — ABDM Integration
• Drove adoption of Next Gen health portal, UHI (Unified Health Interface), and Scan & Pay initiatives under the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission (ABDM) — a Government of India scheme — standardising healthcare registries, enforcing open protocols, and enabling enterprise-grade health application penetration at national scale.

Mar 2022 – Nov 2022 · 8 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India · On-site

• Upgraded the Certification Scheme for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (CSUAS) to incorporate Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) clauses — setting quality and safety benchmarks applicable to all civilian drone manufacturers in India.
• Reduced drone type certification time and cost by 40%, achieving India's fastest-ever drone certification at 38 days — accelerating India's pathway to becoming a global drone manufacturing hub.
• Contributed to NITI Aayog's technical committee, co-authoring the model RFP for Drone-as-a-Service procurement and developing healthcare delivery guidelines under the Medicine from Sky initiative, enabling access in remote regions.

Jul 2021 – Jan 2022 · 6 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

• Advised the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) on its landmark corporatisation into 7 Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) — one of India's most significant defence sector reforms — supporting market entry and growth strategy, competition analysis, corporate finance, transaction advisory, and compliance with Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP 2020) and industrial licensing policies, including evaluation of defence offset partners.
• Conducted comprehensive market demand assessment across all 6 nodes of the UP Defence Industrial Corridor (UPDIC) — Aligarh, Agra, Jhansi, Kanpur, Chitrakoot, and Lucknow — profiling industrial investment dynamics and identifying priority sectors for each district to inform corridor development strategy for a projected INR 20,000 Cr. investment programme.
• Co-designed and implemented an Online Single Window Portal for Uttar Pradesh as part of a cross-functional Ease of Doing Business reform initiative — streamlining regulatory compliance across multiple departments, cutting application turnaround time by 50%, and contributing to measurable improvement in the state's DPIIT EoDB rankings.

Aug 2019 – Jul 2021 · 1 yr 11 mos · Patna, Bihar, India · On-site

• 15,000 youth certified — BSDM: Improved Bihar Skill Development Mission by deploying an online training portal, certifying 15,000+ youth and measurably bridging the vocational skill gap across the state.
• 7 crore Aadhaar transactions processed: Assisted development and deployment of Bihar's Aadhaar Authentication Framework, achieving significant reduction in service delivery leakages through secure verification at scale.
• Paperless financial management — CFMS: Supported rollout of the Comprehensive Financial Management System enabling fully paperless financial processes and improving budget and expenditure management across state departments.
• 78,000 farmers reached — Agriculture DBT: Enabled direct cash transfers to 78,000 farmers via Aadhaar-authenticated Agriculture DBT Scheme, ensuring timely and accurate benefit delivery at scale.
• ₹471 Cr. disbursed — Bihar Student Credit Card Scheme: Facilitated development of the online platform for Bihar Student Credit Card Scheme, streamlining loan verification and disbursement for ~16000 students totalling ₹471 Cr. in educational credit.