Mar 2022 – Present · 4 yrs · Milpitas, California, United States

Jun 2021 – Dec 2025 · 4 yrs 6 mos · Mountain View, California, United States

• Nothing unites humanity quite like the inspiration and aspiration of Space, and the quest for answering the question "are we alone in the universe?". I am thrilled to be part of an incredible group of people -- scientists, academics, entrepreneurs, and investors leveraging the SETI Institute platform to both "learn" (through multi-disciplinary research) and "teach" (through educational content, seminars, citizen science projects and outreach). Specifically, I am looking forward to building bridges between Silicon Valley (home of the SETI Institute) and the global south (India, SE Asia, Sub-saharan Africa, Latin America). Humbled and honored!

Jan 2021 – Present · 5 yrs 2 mos · Santa Clara, California, United States

• Ushur is an AI-native Customer Experience Automation (CXA) platform for regulated industries including insurance, healthcare and financial services to deeply engage with their customers. Their AI Studio helps enterprises automate workflows, understands the customers needs and helps resolves queries more effectively, efficiently and increasingly, more autonomously. It's a pleasure to be a co-investor here alongside 8VC, Aflac Ventures and Third Point Ventures.

Nov 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 4 mos · Seattle, Washington, United States

• CoreStack is the leader in AI-powered continuous and autonomous multi-cloud governance, compliance and optimization - across public, private, and hybrid cloud environments. Their solution, through a combination of FinOps, CloudOps and SecOps, is the pre-requisite for any enterprise looking to embrace a hybrid or a cloud-only environment. No wonder the company has built a stellar business and reputation with global customers, including the US Government.

Sep 2020 – Present · 5 yrs 6 mos · Global

• Unreasonable focuses on the power of business and finance to drive lasting, scalable change. As of September 2025, the 532+ entrepreneurs in the "Unreasonable Fellowship" have raised more than $21 bn in financing, are shaping trillion-dollar industries, and are uplifting the lives of more than 1.7 bn people. The Unreasonable Group builds community between entrepreneurs, institutions, and investors to profitably solve pressing global problems. They handpick and privately invite the world's most impactful growth-stage ventures into the Fellowship. As an Unreasonable Mentor since 2013 and Board Member since 2020, I am humbled to have the opportunity to help scale the efforts of these history-defining ventures.

Aug 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 7 mos · Palo Alto, CA

• Delighted to have invested in Uniphore, the Business AI leader. The company has been in the AI business years before the term was in vogue. From humble beginning out of IIT Madras, the company has become a Silicon Valley iconic company with thousands of enterprise customers. The company has mastered the domain of composable and sovereign AI stack through enterprise-centric SLMs. Uniphore recently raised its Series F with NVIDIA, AMD, Snowflake and Databricks participating, solidifying the company as a leader in the enterprise AI domain!

Jan 2019 – Present · 7 yrs 2 mos · Princeton, NJ

• Thrilled to join the Board of Vyome (Nasdaq: HIND) after leading their Series D in December, 2018. Vyome Therapeutics Inc. is an innovation-driven, clinical stage biopharmaceutical company based in Cambridge, MA, which has novel platform technologies and a deep pipeline of novel drugs for treating immono-inflammatory conditions, beginning with cancer-related Malignant Fungating Wounds and Uveitis. The company has the honor of ringing the opening bell on Nasdaq on August 15th (Indian Independence Day), 2025.

Jan 2016 – Present · 10 yrs 2 mos · Palo Alto, California, United States

• Iron Pillar is a growth stage investor specializing in enterprise and consumer technology companies building their core products “from India for India and the world”. Since 2016, we have partnered closely with founders to guide their businesses from early growth stage to sustainable enterprises generating $100 million or more in revenue.
• Our approach is to collaborate with founders as a trusted partner, helping them build scalable global businesses with strong competitive advantage and long-term, compounding profitability. We provide strategic and operational support in key areas, including (1) business development assistance in India and global markets; (2) go-to-market strategy support, including access to C-level talent; and (3) facilitating access to long-term capital.
• Our portfolio includes leading companies such as BlueStone, Curefoods, FreshToHome, SEDEMAC, Servify, ToneTag, Flipspaces, Freehand.ai and Uniphore.
• With offices in Bangalore, Mumbai, Dubai, and Palo Alto, we are committed to helping Indian entrepreneurs build globally successful businesses.
• Additional information about Iron Pillar is available at https://ironpillarfund.com

Dec 2013 – Dec 2019 · 6 yrs · Nairobi

• Honored to have been associated with and been on the Board of Dlight, a poster child of a “do good and do well” company. From the time when DFJ seeded the company in 2007 to the Series C that I led until the time I handed over my responsibilities at the end of 2019, I am thrilled to have been associated with Dlight, which has brought, and continues to bring light into the previously unlit lives of over 100 million of people throughout the world. So proud!

Jan 2009 – Dec 2019 · 10 yrs 11 mos · Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Cleartrip is one of the largest online travel companies with presence in India and the UAE. The company has been recognized as one of the most technologically innovative companies in the space with remarkably user-friendly, functionally-rich mobile applications. I led the Series C in 2009 after I fell in love with the product as a customer. It was an honor to serve on the Board of the company for 10 years. With air, hotel, bus, rail and local activities, Cleartrip is the preferred online destination for business or leisure travel needs.

Apr 2008 – Dec 2019 · 11 yrs 8 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

• Attero is the largest environmentally-friendly electronic waste and lithium-ion battery recycling company in India. I had the pleasure of seeding the company based on a powerpoint presentation believing in the team's commitment and the massive market globally. Today, Attero's business has grown beyond e-waste recycling to precious metal refining, electronics refurbishing and most importantly, Lithium-Ion battery recycling. Attero has been recognized for its technology and growth by World Economic Forum as a Technology Pioneer, NASA, among others, as one of the best technology-led waste management companies globally.

Jun 2007 – Feb 2016 · 8 yrs 8 mos · Menlo Park, CA

• Responsible for establishing and managing DFJ's India office. Spent five years on the ground in Bangalore from Summer 2007 until Summer 2012, and have been managing a sizable India portfolio from Silicon Valley over the past several years. Continue to serve on the Boards of Dlight Design, Cleartrip, Attero Recycling, and Bharat Light and Power. Was also involved with DFJ's investments in Komli Media, Canvera, Naseeb and Husk Power. Additionally, between 2012 and 2015, as Business Development Partner at DFJ, was responsible for connecting portfolio companies with Global 1000 Partners, Channels, Customers and potential acquirers, thereby building a strong corporate network.

Jun 1999 – May 2007 · 7 yrs 11 mos · Palo Alto, CA

• Initially as an investment bankers, helped 20 companies raise $130M from VCs, angels and corporate venture arms. From 2002 until 2007, invested in 11 companies ranging from enterprise software, and application security, to network infrastructure, material science and web 2.0. Worked with companies including Kaboodle (Hearst), Simplyhired, Qumu (Rimage), Lefthand Networks (HP), Whitehat Security, Jibe Networks (CTRX), and Puresight (BCGI).

Jun 1998 – Jun 1999 · 1 yr

• Was part of an MIT alumni group including Doug Glen, the CSO, that helped launch Intel Play, a JV with Intel to create tech toys. The charter of the group was to help with strategic planning/road map creation for the company, but also to look for technologies that coud be embedded in toys of the future. As part of the group, visited Dean Kamen, Caltech, MIT Media Lab and design schools to brainstorm ideas and create prototypes.

Jul 1993 – Jul 1996 · 3 yrs · Lexington, Massachusetts, United States

• Itek was a pioneer in high resolution optics and reconnaissance systems, primarily for the US Govt and National Labs. Itek invented Piezoelectrics used in large mirrors/ground telescopes. I had the opportunity to work as part of the team that helped fix the Hubble telescope, and was instrumental in the company's win of a large contract with the UK's DRA. I was also there when Al Gore declassified the "Corona" project, an early spy program during the Cold War.