Mar 2022 – Feb 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Jan 2020 – Present · 6 yrs 3 mos

• The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry introduced the National Startup Awards (NSA) in 2020. The National Startup Awards aim to recognise, reward, promote, and offer exclusive handholding support to diverse startups.
• I have been a jury member on National Start Awards since its inception in 2020 on the following panels:
• 2023 - Jury member for "Rising Star Award and Independent Trailblazer Award"
• 2022 - Jury member for "Education & Skill Development" Panel
• 2021 - Jury member for "Education & Skill Development" Panel
• 2020 - Jury member for the "Urban Panel"

May 2019 – Present · 6 yrs 11 mos · Jaipur

Dec 2018 – Present · 7 yrs 4 mos

• Power Deck is a "Founder Success Platform". In 2018, we started Power Deck as a Pitch Deck and Fundraising Advisory Company, where we used to help growth-stage founders build Investor-Ready Pitch Decks and also help them with fundraising (Seed to Series-A)
• Looking at the needs of the market in the past six years, we have expanded our service portfolio to
• For STARTUPS:
• 📈 Fundraising Consulting
• 🔄 Pitch Deck Consulting and Content
• 🎨 Pitch Deck Designing
• 📣 Storytelling and Business Positioning
• For INCUBATOR / ACCELERATORS / INDUSTRY BODIES:
• 🚀 Investor Readiness and Fundraising Bootcamps
• 🎯 Pitching Bootcamps and 1v1 Pitch Review Sessions
• 📚 Curriculum Design, Course Creation & Delivery
• 💼 Scouting and Program Management
• (Like Startup School, Global Student Entrepreneur Awards, etc)
• We also closely work with over 30+ National Level Startup Incubators and Accelerators, including the top incubators like:
• IIMA Ventures @ IIM Ahmedabad
• NSRCEL @ IIM Bangalore
• InFed @ IIM Nagpur
• IIM Udaipur Incubation Centre
• I-Venture @ ISB Hyderabad
• Jubilant Bhartia Foundation
• Nexus Hub for Startups @ American Center New Delhi
• Nasscom Startups ( previously 10000 startups)
• Wadhwani Foundation and
• Multiple Atal Incubation Centres.

Oct 2018 – Dec 2018 · 2 mos

• This consulting role was a part of "Leap Forward Accelerator" which was the part of INVENT Program which is spearheaded by Villgro Innovations Foundation as the lead Incubator and is supported by DFID, UK Government, and in association with Technology Development Board (TDB), Government of India.
• The objective of the program was to support portfolio companies with follow-on funding and scale-up strategy. The accelerator provided active incubation support to the startups and acted as a finishing school for them while preparing the startups for grants/investments that could come from organisations/ Government Agencies/ Companies/ Philanthropists/ International Agencies and also help them get their pitch decks right.

Jan 2018 – Sep 2018 · 8 mos

Apr 2017 – Dec 2017 · 8 mos

Jan 2017 – Apr 2017 · 3 mos

• IIM Ahmedabad's Centre for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) is one of India's leading centres catalysing the entrepreneurship ecosystem in the country. CIIE was set-up by IIM Ahmedabad in association with the Government of India and the Gujarat Government to provide seeding and incubation support with a focus on technology and mass impact areas. Since 2007, CIIE has accelerated over 500 startups across various sectors.
• My role was to oversee the technology development for an upcoming platform names "Innocity". I was handling overall UI, database structures, project related documentations etc.
• Innocity was a "local on-demand startup accelerator" on which various stakeholder could come and deliver services, solutions and also mentoring to various startups present in the city. The pilot was launched in Jaipur and Ahmedabad

Nov 2013 – Apr 2017 · 3 yrs 5 mos

• Startup Oasis has been set-up at the joint initiative of RIICO (http://www.riico.co.in/) and the Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) (http://www.ciieindia.org/) at IIM Ahmedabad. Startup Oasis is a Jaipur based incubation centre that is developing an ecosystem in Rajasthan to inspire and support students, aspiring entrepreneurs and start-ups to solve persistent problems, develop breakthrough innovations and create world-class enterprises.
• My core responsibilities were :
• 1. Program management and execution
• 2. Managing partnerships with partners and stakeholder
• 3. Creating incubation pipeline and mentoring early-stage startups
• 4. Managing outreach and social media promotions

Mar 2018 – Feb 2024 · 5 yrs 11 mos

• Mentor of Change Program is a strategic nation-building initiative to engage leaders who can guide and mentor students in thousands of Atal Tinkering Labs that Atal Innovation Mission has established across India.
• Areas where a mentor would contribute (but not limited to)
• a) Technical Knowhow: building prototypes,
• b) Innovation and Design: inculcating solution-oriented approach,
• c) Inspirational: leadership and self-motivation, and
• d) Business and Entrepreneurship: encouraging ideas and team building
• e) Sounding board / guide, break stereotypes and bias to bring about mind set and behavioral change

Apr 2017 – Present · 9 yrs

• Codesign Labs is an "on-demand full-service digital design platform" with a full managed curated pool of freelance designers, developers, and copywriters doing cutting edge for clients across geographies. We are working with 100+ clients across 3 continents and have more than 50+ premium freelancers on our platform.
• Other than "Driving the Vision, Strategy and Growth of Business" my core responsibilities are :
• 1. Marketing and Sales
• 2. Technology and Product Development

Jul 2016 – Jun 2023 · 6 yrs 11 mos · Jaipur Area, India

• AngelHack is a global hackathon organisation operating from San Francisco. Its present in over 50 cities with around 100,000 developers in the community. AngelHack hosts an annual global hackathon competition where entrants compete to build, test, and launch new software solutions over the course of a weekend. Angel Hack has organised more than 250+ hackathons across 44 countries and the winner team goes to the Global Accelerator Program called "Hackelerator"
• I manage and run Jaipur Hackthon for AngelHack. Right from raising sponsorship to reaching out developer community to handling operations, I make sure that hackathon runs smoothly.

Oct 2014 – Sep 2015 · 11 mos · Jaipur Area, India

• Unitus Ventures (formerly know as Unitus Seed Fund) is India's leading seed-stage impact venture fund investing in startups innovating for the masses. The fund is based in Bangalore and Seattle and invests in early-stage Indian technology startups, primarily in the healthcare, education and financial sectors.
• I worked with Unitus as a Startup Scout & Consultant for Jaipur and was responsible for building investment pipeline of social impact startups.

Aug 2010 – Jan 2011 · 5 mos · Jaipur Area, India

• NIIT is a market-leading learning outsourcing company that provides managed training services including custom content development and curriculum design, learning administration, learning delivery, strategic sourcing, and learning technology.
• Technologies trained in :
• 1. C and C++
• 2. .NET (C#, ASP, SQLServer)
• 3. PHP & MySQL
• 4. HTML - CSS

Apr 2008 – Mar 2015 · 6 yrs 11 mos · Jaipur Area, India

• Valezco is a Digital Creative Agency that design websites, develop web & mobile applications, create brand identities and handle social media campaigns for clients and partners.
• My responsibilities were to look after marketing and sales and also client management.