Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

• Collectives for Integrated Livelihood Initiatives (CInI) is a not-for-profit organisation focused on transforming the lives of tribal and rural households in Central India.

Dec 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 3 mos · India

• mach33.aero has been created to provide network, capital and entrepreneurial mentoring to deep science and technology innovators in their lab-to-market transition. Social Alpha has been partnering with institutions of national importance, such as CSIR and ISRO, to create a platform for deep science founders, leveraging advanced tech and systems across various problem statements. Initially set up through a joint venture between CSIR-NAL and Social Alpha, the initiative is aimed to address the challenges of building and scaling companies in areas like Space Tech, Precision Engineering, Robotics, AI, Genetics, Advanced Materials, etc., to solve challenging problems and unlock massive opportunities to create positive impact in areas like climate change, human health, food security and overall improvement in quality of life at population scale.

Jan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 2 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Oct 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 5 mos

• Centre for Cellular And Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP) is India's premier incubator with a mandate to enable cutting-edge Life Science Research and Innovation. C-CAMP facilitates Bioscience Entrepreneurship by providing Research, Development, Training and Services in state-of-the-art Technology Platforms. C_CAMP is a member of the Bangalore Life Sciences Cluster (BLiSC) and leverages its partnership with NCBS, InSTEM and TIGS, among other R&D institutions.

May 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 10 mos · India

• Sustainable Energy | Prosperity | Climate Action
• Sustain Plus is a joint initiative of Social Alpha and Selco Foundation, designed to advance SDG 7: universal access to affordable, reliable, sustainable, and modern energy. It is a multi-stakeholder collaborative platform that aggregates philanthropic capital and channels it toward high-impact, scalable solutions that use clean energy to drive development outcomes.
• Anchored in the power of decentralised renewable energy (DRE), Sustain Plus aims to catalyse meaningful social, economic, and environmental impact—from enhancing rural livelihoods and climate resilience to improving healthcare, agriculture, micro-enterprise productivity, and community wellbeing.
• Conceived and bootstrapped by Selco Foundation and Social Alpha, and supported by the Ikea Foundation, Sustain Plus is now evolving into a platform for collective action—enabling capital aggregation, outcome-oriented allocation, programme management, and cross-sectoral knowledge sharing across organisations and geographies.
• By leveraging the innovations, grassroots insights, and deployment learnings of its founding partners, Sustain Plus accelerates the replication and scale-up of proven clean-energy solutions, creating a pathway for long-term prosperity and resilience for underserved communities.

Feb 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 1 mo · India

• Social Alpha Nominee on the board.

Jan 2019 – Oct 2022 · 3 yrs 9 mos

• Board Member, Foundation for Innovation & Research in Science & Technology (F.I.R.S.T.)

Apr 2018 – Mar 2020 · 1 yr 11 mos · India

• Infectious Diseases⎜Innovation Grants
• At Social Alpha, we incubated the India Health Fund (IHF) and provided initial funding and operating support. As the founding CEO and Managing Director, I steered IHF through its formative years, shaping the strategy and operating plan. I also forged global and local partnerships, initiated innovation programmes, and assembled the leadership team, including the CEO and COO, to guide its future.
• IHF endeavours to accelerate India’s progress towards eliminating TB, Malaria, and other neglected diseases through funding innovations. It has been created as a platform to aggregate capital from multiple sources in the private and public sectors and allocate it efficiently to the most promising and relevant innovations to accelerate their adoption by health systems.

Jan 2017 – Present · 9 yrs 2 mos · Bangalore

• Tata Institute for Genetics and Society (TIGS) is a non-profit research institute founded by Mr Ratan N Tata. TIGS aspires to develop health and nutrition security solutions through systematic evidence-based scientific advancements and technological solutions to prevent infectious diseases, improve access to affordable and quality diagnostics and therapeutics, and achieve nutrition security through sustainable agriculture and crop improvement models.

Jan 2017 – Jan 2019 · 2 yrs

• Board Member, Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT)

Apr 2016 – Present · 9 yrs 11 mos · India

• Livelihoods & Prosperity | Health & Wellness | Climate & Sustainability | Inclusion & Equity
• Social Alpha supports early-stage science and technology innovations that address complex social, economic, and environmental challenges. These innovations often carry significant business risk, but also hold the potential to create impact at scale, build new markets, and achieve financial sustainability.
• In practice, however, systemic market failures can make the entrepreneurial journey particularly challenging for mission-driven founders. These start-ups often require support across multiple stages—from problem definition and product-market fit to solution refinement, incubation, pilots and validation, capital access, investor engagement, go-to-market readiness, regulatory navigation, market entry, and scale-up. Social Alpha’s full-stack architecture integrates the R&D ecosystem with communities and markets, enabling structured resource allocation and sustained support across the lab-to-market journey. It is designed to address the challenges of market failure, mission drift, suboptimal scale, and long-term financial sustainability.
• This approach is operationalised through innovation labs, accelerator programs, seed funds, and deployment partnerships. Through these, innovators gain access to sandbox environments and real-world test beds for pilots and validation, along with product management guidance, technical and regulatory expertise, early-stage risk capital, market access, scale-up support, fundraising, policy engagement, and entrepreneurial mentoring.

Apr 2016 – Mar 2023 · 6 yrs 11 mos · Mumbai Area, India

• Institutions⎜Innovation
• As a strategic advisor to Tata Trusts, I spearheaded a multitude of university/institutional partnerships, with a primary focus on research and innovation -
• Tata Centre for Technology and Design, IIT Mumbai (http://www.tatacentre.iitb.ac.in)
• Tata Center for Technology and Design, MIT (https://tatacenter.mit.edu)
• Tata Centre for Development, University of Chicago (https://tcd.uchicago.edu)
• Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, University of California, San Diego (https://tigs.ucsd.edu)
• School of Public Policy, IIT Delhi (http://spp.iitd.ac.in)
• Harvard South Asia Institute (https://mittalsouthasiainstitute.harvard.edu)
• University of Toronto

Jan 1988 – Jan 2015 · 27 yrs · India, Europe, Americas

• This chapter is closed now. In summary - played for multiple industries and markets. CEO, CPO, global leadership roles. Experience across functions - product management, R&D, corporate strategy and business development. Led corporate development, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, restructuring and intense business transformation missions in a global, multi-cultural context. Managed billion-dollar product portfolios, globally distributed operations and several marquee customer relationships. Built new products, platforms, and business lines. Managed strategic partnerships and alliances. Recognised for significant value creation for both public markets and private equity investors. Led Industry Consolidation. PE/LBO Playbook. Turnaround Specialist. Dabbled in Startups as a founder and Investor, both. 15 Investments, 12 Exits, 2 Series B, 1 Series C. Hedge Fund - Risk Arbitrage/Event-Driven Investing. Perpetual risk-taker. Doctrine - Skin in the Game, Integrity, Accountability, Outcomes. New mission - Social Alpha