Experience

Sunstone

• India
• Higher Education
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Co-Founder & CBO

  • Aug 2022 - Present

• Chief Business Officer

  • Feb 2021 - Aug 2022



HostelFund

• India
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder

  • Jan 2020 - Present

  At HostelFund, we keep our doors open for every aspiring student entrepreneur who wishes to make it big with unconventional ideas. With funding, mentorship and more, we are a first of its kind platform that believes in students and their vision to change the world with novel ideas. We have more than 250+ industry experts and investors on our platform, who are ready to back student entrepreneurs Investor in multiple Student Startups At HostelFund, we keep our doors open for every aspiring student entrepreneur who wishes to make it big with unconventional ideas. With funding, mentorship and more, we are a first of its kind platform that believes in students and their vision to change the world with novel ideas. We have more than 250+ industry experts and investors on our platform, who are ready to back student entrepreneurs Investor in multiple Student Startups



Confederation of Indian Industry

• India
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• National Startup council Member (2019-21)

  • Jun 2019 - Present

  Focus on ongoing initiatives along with taking up new initiatives in 2019-21 towards creating a stronger start-up eco-system in the country. Council proposes to do this by bringing innovation and entrepreneurship at the center stage of the start-up growth story. Council's effort will be to support inculcation of innovation best practices in industry in general and start-ups in particular. Focus on ongoing initiatives along with taking up new initiatives in 2019-21 towards creating a stronger start-up eco-system in the country. Council proposes to do this by bringing innovation and entrepreneurship at the center stage of the start-up growth story. Council's effort will be to support inculcation of innovation best practices in industry in general and start-ups in particular.



ASHINE SVNIT

• India
• Non-profit Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Member Board Of Directors

  • Dec 2021 - Present

  ASHINE is one of the fastest going startup ecosystem enablers in Gujarat, which supports 60+ startups. ASHINE is one of the fastest going startup ecosystem enablers in Gujarat, which supports 60+ startups.



Founder Institute

• United States
• Professional Training and Coaching
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Mentor

  • Aug 2019 - Feb 2021



Multiple companies

• Advisor & Business Consultant

  • Aug 2019 - Feb 2021

  Advised multiple companies & Institutes on business, strategy and GTM 1. Modern Bazaar- NCR’s oldest Grocery retail supermarket. 2. AllSport.in - India’s largest integrated sports operating system. 3. Augtraveler - Augmented reality based experiential travel platform promoting culture and heritage of India. 4. Tech-ila - New age tech consulting firm with a focus on AR, VR, Analytics & AI 5. Jabalpur Incubation center- First Govt Incubation center of Central India 6. Medicircle- India’s leading Medical and Pharma digital platform 7. Medical Exchange- Aggregator if medical equipments 8. Zypp Mobility- Helped them in building a sales and BD pipeline 9. LIQVID- Building New avenues of B2C revenues in eLearning 10. SenseAI Ventures- Venture Capitalist @SenseAI and investing in AI startups Show less



YourStory Media

• India
• Technology, Information and Media
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Director Sales & Business Development

  • Jul 2018 - Sep 2019

  YourStory is India's no.1 media tech platform for entrepreneurs. We are the most credible, loved and sought-after voice in this space, and We reach and inspire millions of young Indians. YourStory began by chronicling India's startup ecosystem and has now extended its focus to include SMBs and local India. We are the single destination for the country's entrepreneurs, providing content, data and networking opportunities and fostering connections amongst all constituents of the ecosystem. YourStory is India's no.1 media tech platform for entrepreneurs. We are the most credible, loved and sought-after voice in this space, and We reach and inspire millions of young Indians. YourStory began by chronicling India's startup ecosystem and has now extended its focus to include SMBs and local India. We are the single destination for the country's entrepreneurs, providing content, data and networking opportunities and fostering connections amongst all constituents of the ecosystem.



Amazon

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Regional Sales & Business Development Head

  • Sep 2016 - Jul 2018

  - Part of the founding team,which is working to offer Indian customers the fastest and most reliable service to buy leading national brands of daily essential products for home delivery across categories in less than 2 hours - Launched India's top 10 Retailers on the platform - Leading the Partner (All National & Regional Retail chains) ecosystem - -To on-board new partners across consumer categories. - National Account Manager of India's largest Retail company - Part of the founding team,which is working to offer Indian customers the fastest and most reliable service to buy leading national brands of daily essential products for home delivery across categories in less than 2 hours - Launched India's top 10 Retailers on the platform - Leading the Partner (All National & Regional Retail chains) ecosystem - -To on-board new partners across consumer categories. - National Account Manager of India's largest Retail company



airtel

• India
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Business Head Franchise Retail- Punjab, Haryana & HP

  • Sep 2015 - Sep 2016

  -Managed Airtel's Franchise Retail business of Punjab, Haryana and HP.-Headed a team of 15+ zonal managers, who managed 220 franchise retail stores and around 700 front end retail staff.-Sales of airtel products and delivering world class customer service were the key deliverables of this role.-Developed the airtel retail presence in all major towns of HPHP by opening new stores and managing sales and operations of existing stores.-People development, franchise ROI, partner management, self and team career growth were the key focus areas. Show less

• Senior Manager- Retail Ops

  • Aug 2013 - Sep 2015

  -Managed Pan India Sales & Operations of 1750 Franchise Retail stores of Airtel.-Responsibility to deliver productivity from existing stores and open new stores-Overall responsibility was to achieve financial and Service targets.-Liaised with Product, Marketing, Finance, SCM teams for overall success of the team

• National Product Manager- Digital education

  • Feb 2012 - Aug 2013

  -Responsible for Genre's Top Line and Content Strategy for Education products on Mobile, Internet and TV-Drove Revenue, New Product Development & Content Innovations in Education segment-Managed Customer User Experience and Engagement-Key areas- Circle VAS relationships (21 different locations), Vendor Management, Managing around 20 partners-Created 4 new mobile/ internet products, which are first of its kind in Indian market in 6 months.- One of the products got mbillionth South Asia 2013 Award and is recognized well by the industry Show less



Liqvid

• India
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Strategic Alliance Manager- Mobile & Online

  • Apr 2010 - Dec 2011

  - Business Development Leader- Mobile & Telecom - Business Development & Strategy: Partnered with all major Mobile operators of India and brought national VAS players on board. Tied up with Handset manufacturers - Channel development to sell devices-Sales management experience in developing account plans, opportunities and pipeline management, revenue and design win forecasting and revenue collection and closed one of the largest accounts. - Product Development: Different SMS, IVR and WAP based VAS across channels - Key account management across all channels - Responsible for Product-Portfolio Management/Revamping, New Product Launch, Customer Service Delivery [Across Value Chain] - Responsible of Top and Bottom line, Cost Benefit Analysis and Vendor Management Show less



Connect2MBA

• India
• E-Learning Providers

• Founder

  • Aug 2009 - Apr 2010

  Connect2MBA is the largest network of MBA aspirants, MBA students and MBA professionals... Connect2MBA is the largest network of MBA aspirants, MBA students and MBA professionals...



Liqvid

• India
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer Trainee

  • Apr 2009 - Jun 2009



Atos

• France
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Oracle DBA

  • Jun 2006 - Jun 2008

  Database management of 9 clients across world. Managing resource allocation and participation in international audits Database management of 9 clients across world. Managing resource allocation and participation in international audits