Jul 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

• Catalyst2030 is a global movement towards accelerating progress towards UN SDGs through the collaboration of social innovators and entrepreneurs, businesses and governments.
• I co-founded the India Chapter in 2021 and scaled a coalition of over 100 social entrepreneurs working to accelerate progress on UN SDGs, fostering collaboration between government, business, and civil society.
• My work at Catalyst2030 entails:
• 1. Chairing the Executive Group that steers the organisation, growth and development of the movement.
• 2. Co-leading two collaboratives - the India Nutrition Collaborative and India Safe and Sustainable Mobility Collaborative, with an amazing group of leaders.
• 3. Being a member of the global geographical governing council at Catalyst2030, facilitating two-way learing and governance between global and India chapter.

Sep 2020 – Jun 2025 · 4 yrs 9 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

• Responsible for bringing to life Vitamin Angels' vision and mission in India, facilitating work with about 100 last-mile partners. This has included providing advice and support to Vitamin Angels to set up the local entity, contract manufacturing of essential micronutrients, building partnerships, in-country advisory and support for reaching the most hard-to-reach communities in India.
• My work entails:
• 1. Leadership and advisory support delivering nutrition interventions to over 5million children and women year on year.
• 2. Developing partnerships to deliver evidence-based nutrition interventions to at-risk children and women.
• 4. Developing strategy and operational plans across the divisions for Vitamin Angels' work in India

May 2019 – Feb 2023 · 3 yrs 9 mos

• A growing coalition of 100+ youth-centric organisations, building a new narrative around youth development to bring change in mindset around rights and duties of young people in India.

Aug 2018 – Feb 2023 · 4 yrs 6 mos

Apr 2018 – Sep 2020 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Catalysing affordable housing for the informal sector

Dec 2016 – Sep 2020 · 3 yrs 9 mos · Bangalore

• Empower is a UK registered social enterprise working to address issues of poverty, community cohesion, well-being & increase access and attainment across all aspects of learning. In partnership with a range of local and national organisations Empower works with individuals to increase soft skills in confidence, motivation, independence and self-management.
• ​Empower has created bespoke programs to help individuals gain relevant employability skills and experience through accredited training, volunteering and mentoring.

Jun 2016 – May 2020 · 3 yrs 11 mos · Bangalore

• Leading Ashoka's vision of Everyone a Changemaker in India towards large scale social impact. Working with those influencing early childhood, young teens and highly-creative social innovators.

Nov 2013 – Jun 2016 · 2 yrs 7 mos · Bangalore

• Developing Ashoka's Team of Teams operation in South Asia (Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Sri Lanka), setting up resources (people and partners) to scale Changemaking across this region. This entails identifying key enablers - social entrepreneurs, corporations, institutions, leaders - that could help create the movement of Change and Empathy that is needed in the region. The role covers day-to-day management and mentoring of programs and assisting them to achieve their individual business-plan targets at Ashoka.

Jun 2011 – Oct 2013 · 2 yrs 4 mos · Bangalore

• Led Strategic Resources at Ashoka India by bringing in strategic partnerships and funding to drive Ashoka's Venture/Fellowship and Venture Collaborative Entrepreneurship programs. These programs include Housing for All, Rural Innovation & Farming, Law for All and Nutrition, supporting Ashoka's Everyone a Changemaker vision.
• As Mentor to the Housing for All team, I help the team to consistently question conventions that prevent housing from happening for the informal sector, identify gaps, and devise market-based approaches to fill these gaps.
• Founder of CoRPS - Concern for Road and Pedestrian Safety. A citizen's initiative tackling with the growing problem of road-deaths. CoRPS will address three key elements:
• Education - developing 'empathy' based road-safety curriculum for school children
• Pedestrian infrastructure - through people-public-private participation

Jan 2015 – Apr 2016 · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

• Part of the mentorship board at Entrepreneurship Cell - IIT Kanpur, to mentor startups supported by IIT Kanpur.

Jun 2012 – Present · 13 yrs 10 mos · Bangalore

• Reducing road deaths and injuries by turning accident black spots into safe zones, and changing the way we learn driving, and get driving licenses, in India. Work revolves around empathy in shared spaces. Also helping organisations improve their road-safety footprint.
• Currently available for:
• 1. Advice on road safety to governments and practitioners on road safety education and black spot rectification.
• 2. Speaking and advocacy engagements.
• 3. Providing successful demonstrations and helping set up road safety pilots in locations with high numbers of road accidents and deaths.

Jul 2011 – Sep 2015 · 4 yrs 2 mos · Bangalore

• Value consulting services to create wealth for the technology SMEs by engaging them with the technology and channel partners, service providers and system integrators.
• First project, called Seniorease, is creating an Assisted Living business-line, offering non-emergency services (elder-proofing homes) to the aged (60-75 years). Mentoring Seniorease to set up the foundation, sign-up useful partnerships and building business at start-up stage.

Jul 2009 – May 2011 · 1 yr 10 mos · Bangalore

• Group of Indian electronics design and semiconductor companies with specific interest in doing business with the UK.

Apr 2005 – May 2011 · 6 yrs 1 mo

• International trade and investment advisory focusing on small and medium scale enterprises in the technology sectors. Work entailed identifying SMEs in India and the UK, preparing them for overseas trade and investment, helping them devise market strategy and approach, and finally setting up partnerships/channels to develop their business overseas. Spearheaded large initiatives including Global Value Chain and the Enabling Innovation India programmes to help SMEs during the global slowdown.

Jan 2000 – Mar 2005 · 5 yrs 2 mos

• UK Govt commercial representative in the state of MP, India
• Assist UK companies in Advanced Engineering and Agribusiness sectors to enhance their competitiveness in Central Indian market.
• Help Indian companies interested in setting up offices in the UK
• Represent UKTI on different commercial programmes organised by the private and public sector in the cities of Bhopal, Indore, Jabalpur and Gwalior, MP

Dec 1997 – Dec 1999 · 2 yrs · Bhopal

• Business Associate (PR), Media Representations, Bhopal
• 48 months of hardcore Sales experience in International Media selling advertisement space and public relations services to the government and private sectors.