Experience

Elevar Equity

• India
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner

  • Apr 2011 - 12 years 9 months

  Bengaluru Area, India Elevar Equity fuels the economic resilience and vibrancy of underserved customers and low income communities by investing early growth capital in entrepreneurs building at the intersection of inclusivity, affordability and massive scale. Led by an entrepreneurial emerging markets team which is passionate about addressing issues of access and inequity, Elevar invests in businesses that demonstrate a direct correlation between high impact and returns. So far in its 15+year journey, the Elevar… Show more Elevar Equity fuels the economic resilience and vibrancy of underserved customers and low income communities by investing early growth capital in entrepreneurs building at the intersection of inclusivity, affordability and massive scale. Led by an entrepreneurial emerging markets team which is passionate about addressing issues of access and inequity, Elevar invests in businesses that demonstrate a direct correlation between high impact and returns. So far in its 15+year journey, the Elevar Method of investing has democratized essential products and services for over 45 million households and catalyzed billions of dollars of capital into 40+ companies across India and Latin America. Show less



Mangal Deep

• India
• Wholesale

• Family Business

  • Dec 2015 - 8 years 1 month

  Bangalore Leading wholesaler of food grains and pulses at the APMC (Agricultural Produce Market Committee) Yard, Bangalore. Established over 3 decades ago.



SuSapta

• Cofounder

  • Sep 2009 - 14 years 4 months

  Bangalore Weekend venture / friends collective into MS-Excel/Google Sheets and related tools based training and solutions development for raising funds to support social causes. www.SuSapta.com



MadRat Games

• India
• Entertainment Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Independent Director

  • May 2014 - Dec 2015

  Bengaluru Area, India



Tholons Capital

• India
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate, Private Equity

  • Mar 2008 - Apr 2011

  Managing a small fund put together by the founders that had a diversified investment strategy focused on startups in the IT/BPO space. Also assisted some of the private equity clients of Tholons with deal sourcing, due diligence, valuation, etc.



Goldman Sachs

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate, Investment Banking Division

  • Aug 2005 - Feb 2008

  Extensive, real-time and high-quality research for the investment banking clients. Initially hired by OfficeTiger (now R.R. Donnelley Financial Services) as a contract staff for Goldman Sachs. A year hence, was absorbed by Goldman Sachs onto their own payrolls.



Allergan

• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Market Researcher (Intern)

  • May 2004 - Jul 2004

  Market research to find out the awareness of ‘Botox’ among physiotherapists. Responsibilities included preparing the questionnaire, field work collecting data, analyzing the data and also providing inferences and suggestions.



Mangal Deep

• India
• Wholesale

• Family Business

  • May 2001 - Aug 2003

  Manage all the day-to-day activities of the firm (family business), which is into wholesale trading of groceries in the APMC mandi. Almost doubled the turnover from 2001 to 2003.



Martial Arts Trust

• Karate Coach

  • 1996 - 2003

  Responsibilities included bizdev, starting new branches, running operations at existing training centers, coaching, organizing camps, organizing championships, etc. Managed and coached at Bishop Cottons Boys Schools, Innisfree House School, Jain International Residential School, St. Catherine High School, BNM School, Holy Angels Schools, St. Francis Xaviers School, Old Fort High School, Rotary Club Bangalore South and a few other branches. Conducted training for KSRP (Karnataka… Show more Responsibilities included bizdev, starting new branches, running operations at existing training centers, coaching, organizing camps, organizing championships, etc. Managed and coached at Bishop Cottons Boys Schools, Innisfree House School, Jain International Residential School, St. Catherine High School, BNM School, Holy Angels Schools, St. Francis Xaviers School, Old Fort High School, Rotary Club Bangalore South and a few other branches. Conducted training for KSRP (Karnataka State Reserve Police) and NCC (National Cadet Corps) in street combat techniques. Show less