Apr 2026 – Present · 2 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• I started People of Product because the product community needed a space that wasn't just about jobs and frameworks. It's about the people behind the products.
• Currently building from zero — community, content, & conversations that actually matter.

Nov 2022 – Nov 2025 · 3 yrs · Sunnyvale, California, United States · Remote

• ◾ Volunteer #1 for the NOT-FOR-PROFIT initiative in the global Product industry
• ◾ Contributing to the collective vision of building "The Product City" on the internet
• ◾ Creating insightful content for the global "Product Management" community
• ◾ Learning from the community of global product leaders in the network and evolving
• ◾ DM to ask how you can officially volunteer along with me ⚡️

Sep 2024 – Mar 2026 · 1 yr 6 mos · India

• ⚡️ From Micro to Macro level of a new industry vertical - Taking care of both in Style 🚀
• ⚡️ Powering new initiatives by building new products in an industry growing at CAGR 31% (2021 to 2025), reaching $1.3 trillion in 🇮🇳
• ⚡️ Working on high-impact programs across people, product, and GTM, driving initiatives from start to finish with the leadership team.
• ⚡️ Bridging gaps between teams to ensure alignment and smooth execution of critical products and projects.
• ⚡️ Identifying opportunities for growth, proactively addressing areas for improvement, and taking lead in implementing solutions.
• ⚡️ Analyzing data to uncover actionable insights and providing clear recommendations to support leadership decision-making.
• ⚡️ Working closely with the leadership to collate information, prepare decks, reports, and other RnD artefacts
• ⚡️ Building efficient workflows and automations to improve processes and scale operations.

Nov 2022 – Oct 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos · India

• ◾ Building innovative Fintech products at one of the fastest-growing NBFCs in India
• ◾ Scale up initiatives - Fibe Axis Credit Card product
• ◾ Embedded finance product initiatives with top SuperApps in India
• ◾ Distribution strategies for PL products by Fibe

Mar 2021 – Nov 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos · India

• ◾ Building BNPL (Buy Now Pay Later) & CNPL (Care Now Pay Later) business verticals at one of the fastest-growing FinTech in INDIA
• ◾ One of the first early team members of a new BNPL business line - Wore multiple hats on the job
• ◾ Managed & closed 80+ deals and aimed to close 150+ deals in the last two quarters of 2022
• ◾ Helped partner companies achieve AOV boost by >20%
• ◾ Grew partner GMV by >30% MoM by powering consumer transactions as their affordability partner
• ◾ Grew the 2 new business lines from 0 to 1
• ◾ Coordinated, Planned & Trained 1000+ professionals in sales teams of 70+ strategic deals
• ◾ Drove the growth of product adoption that resulted in consistent revenue growth
• ◾ Streamlined merchant experience processes & closed deals at scale
• ◾ Collaborated with internal & external stakeholders to execute daily responsibilities
• ◾ Recorded insights to suggest improvements in the product development
• ◾ Prepared the new verticals to transform into a multi-million dollar opportunity at scale in FY23
• ◾ Top deals which I led from cold connect to business activation & scale [full cycle] - Attached below for reference

Dec 2020 – Mar 2021 · 3 mos · India

• ◾ Identified new market opportunities to expand the latest BNPL product line and fuel its growth from 0-to-1 [excludes EdTech vertical].
• ◾ Successfully ventured into 2 new market segments - ConsumerTech & HealthTech Categories.
• ◾ Conducted market research & analysis to fuel the hypothesis & drive the product development activities internally by collaborating with multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• ◾ Interacted with CXOs of more than 100+ ConsumerTech and HealthTech companies driving GMV of >$5M annually each to understand the market need and pain points of B2B2C - BNPL product innovations.
• ◾ Identified opportunities for new product development that became apparent from gaps in the marketplace.
• ◾ Competitor analysis to fuel the internal product innovation cycle for a more impactful market penetration in the BNPL business vertical.
• ◾ Helped strategise solutions for the next steps to enter into new business segments of BNPL vertical.

Nov 2022 – Feb 2023 · 3 mos · Norwood, New Jersey, United States · Remote

• ▪️ Joined forces with a fully remote team of 70 full-time employees of WorkForce Tech powering recruitment firm clients in 85+ countries across the globe with a SaaS product.
• ▪️ Collaborated closely with Technostars Engineering team of 8 tech professionals to ship 3 new innovative product capabilities in productions.
• ▪️ Obsessively understood recruiter's & agency's needs for helping with placements for their prospects by delivering the best product to match their requirements
• ▪️ Collaborated with UX & Engineering teams on a day-to-day basis to build iterative, high-quality products
• ▪️ Owned the product roadmap and collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive new capabilities
• ▪️ Created agile user stories, wire-frames and established key performance metrics for new features and initiatives
• ▪️ Established product acceptance criteria & Reviewed QA test cases to ensure that the envisaged customer benefits are realized
• ▪️ Logged 80+ hours of UpSkillling activity on Udemy to sharpen my Product Management skills in parallel to my daily responsibilities - some certificates are attached below for reference

Nov 2018 – Nov 2018 · 0 mo · San Francisco Bay Area · Remote

• ◾ Successfully graduated from Y Combinator's Startup School 2018.
• ◾ Certificate link attached below for reference.

Aug 2018 – Nov 2018 · 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Remote

• ◾ Shortlisted founder to be a part of Y Combinator's (Invite only) Startup School Program in 2018.
• ◾ The last batch which was only for the shortlisted startup (invite only) founders globally.

Aug 2018 – Nov 2018 · 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area · Remote

• ◾ Shortlisted Founder to execute responsibilities of a Moderator of the Startup Founder's Group assigned.
• ◾ Responsibilities-
• Coordinating and setting the weekly schedule for my group’s office hours.
• Encouraging and driving discussions during group office hours.
• Continually asking the group for input and guiding the resulting conversations.

Feb 2018 – Dec 2020 · 2 yrs 10 mos · India

• ◾ Worked closely with the management of SPPU and the Department of Technology, SPPU to build the startup community network on campus and bring about awareness of the startup industry to the young local community.
• ◾ Helped build startup vision for DST- TEC of SPPU and contributed to its growth from 0 to 1.
• ◾ Directly associated and supported by the Vice-Chancellor and Dean of Technology Department of the Pune University (SPPU) Campus (aka. Oxford of the East).
• ◾ Official certificate signed by the Vice-Chancellor of the University can be made available upon request.

Jan 2018 – Feb 2018 · 1 mo · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

• ◾ Technology Entrepreneurship Development (Govt. Sponsored Certificate) Program 2018.
• ◾ An Entrepreneurship Development Program by MIT School of Technology Management in collaboration with MIT-TBI. Supported by National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board, Department of Science & Technology (Govt. of India).
• ◾ Official certificate can be made available upon request.

Feb 2017 – Jan 2021 · 3 yrs 11 mos · India

• ◾ At Knowmad - We aimed to replace every college campus magazine with our platform on the internet.
• ◾ To make it easy for the local student community to access interest-based localized content & chat with friends from the network without giving away their personal contact details.
• ◾ Raised around $15k angel & grant funding to fuel the research & development from IDEA to MVP stage.
• ◾ Led a team of 3 fresh and 3 experienced engineers - Coordinated between all of them to ship new product versions in Alpha, Beta & Production tracks of Playstore & Appstore.
• ◾ Hands-on experience using JIRA, TRELLO, confluence, Android Studio, XCode, Slack, Adobe Illustrator, Canva, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe InDesign, Figma, AWS services, etc.
• ◾ Conducted user interviews of thousands of students in >50 campus communities across India, Europe, and the USA [1-1 & small group sessions] to get user feedback and understand their pain point/opportunity better to fuel further innovations.
• ◾ Pivoted 3 times with new brand & product positioning in the first 15 months.
• ◾ Launched first MVP with a native Android UI.
• ◾ Pivoted from web-based to first native code for android in Pandemic & then moved on flutter code-base with mobile-first stack to simplify release cycle with a lean team.
• ◾ Conceptualized and designed product UI elements in Adobe illustrator from scratch to provide complete user story and product design support to the enggineering team.
• What was the Knowmad app?
• A global campus stage on the internet for the next billion users, where campus life was without any boundaries and accessible for all in one click.
• ◾ Graduate startup from Y-Combinator's Startup School Program 2018-19.
• ◾ Company Recommended as 'Innovative Startup' by Govt. of India (Department of Industrial Policy & Promotions)
• ◾ A simple landing page to check out - 🔗 https://knowmad.app

Nov 2015 – Dec 2017 · 2 yrs 1 mo · India

• ◾ We were one of the first 3 start-ups officially recommended as an innovative start-up by Science & Technology Park [Department of Science & Technology - Govt. of India], Pune University.
• ◾ Selected founder to enroll in the last batch of invite-only YC Startup School batch of global certificate program mentored by YC community founders in weekly office hours for 10 week-long courses on topics related to product development & startup industry.
• ◾ Top 50 shortlisted startups to exhibit at India Mobile Congress - 2018 in New Delhi. [Awarded a space 100 meters away from facebook's booth]
• ◾ Awarded to be in the list of top 250 apps in India launched on the stage of IMC 2018 by the hands of national and international delegates present at IMC 2018.
• ◾ Top 6 incubated companies at Technology Enabling Center - Department of Technology in Pune University & awarded grant funding support of up to $10k to fuel the RnD efforts.
• ◾ Conducted 30+ classroom sessions & interacted with 800+ students of Pune University to spread awareness of the start-up industry.
• ◾ Earned mentorship by the Dean of the Department of Technology, Pune University on technology aspects of product development.

Oct 2014 – Jul 2025 · 10 yrs 9 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

• ◾ Founded 'Swachh Pune' team, with my Mentor & First Flight Instructor in October 2014
• ◾ Organized volunteer-driven cleanliness, beautification & awareness drives in all parts of Pune city
• ◾ Executed 350+ Sunday activities non-stop every weekend since October 2014
• ◾ Story published in Forbes Magazine in 2018
• ◾ 50+ news articles coverage in leading newspapers
• ◾ 1 TEDx AFMC talk presented
• ◾ Tonnes of plastic waste recovered from the streets, riverbanks & public places
• ◾ Joined hands & energized 3000+ volunteers & still counting
• ◾ Helped bag Pune Municipal Corporation the 10'th position in a total of 4,320 cities in the national contest in Nov. 2021
• ◾ Contributed significantly to help achieve 5'th position for Pune city from the last year's 17th rank from the top cities in India with a population of over 10 lakh
• ◾ For the last 7 years, We have been on a Mission to clean Pune City by involving the youth of the city to join hands for a cause bigger than ourselves & we are unstoppable...

Feb 2014 – Nov 2017 · 3 yrs 9 mos · India

Oct 2011 – Nov 2011 · 1 mo · Air Force Academy, Dundigal, India · On-site

• ◾ Shortlisted cadet from Maharashtra to represent the state at the Annual Air Attachment Training conducted at Air Force Academy, Dundigal for selected top 32 NCC Air Force cadets from all corners of the country.
• ◾ Trained on the daily routine of Flight Cadets at the Academy.
• ◾ 1:1 interaction with the commandant & flight Instructors of the Academy.
• ◾ Learnt about various trainer aircraft in the academy (Kiran Mark 3, Pilatus, Cheetah & Chetak Helicopters, etc.)
• ◾ Interaction with all air warriors teams and departments.
• ◾ Trained on the functional processes of ATC by shadowing live communications between in-air fighter trainers and controllers at the ATC of the academy airfield.
• ◾ Visited Helicopter Pilot School at Begumpet and 1:1 interaction with newly inducted trainee pilots and experienced trainers for chopper pilots.
• ◾ Military leadership training provided by top gun officers of the Indian Air Force.
• ◾ A copy of the certificate issued by the Air Force Academy, Dundigal of this special training can be made available upon request.

May 2008 – Jan 2010 · 1 yr 8 mos · Koregaon Park, Pune, India · On-site

• ◾ Certified DJ and a Music Producer by Denon Authority of India.
• ◾ The First Authorized “Denon” Certified DJ Workshop In INDIA-2008.
• ◾ Learnt Music fundamentals from leading artists and musicians from Decibels - Denon DJ Academy.
• ◾ Continued as a Young Music Producer along with creative individuals associated with Denon Professional Network in Western India.
• ◾ Led projects under the mentorship of DJ Tally and DJ Ronny in Pune City.