Experience

Fung Fellowship at UC Berkeley

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Conservation + Innovation Track - Graduate Student Instructor

  • Aug 2023 - Present

  Berkeley, California, United States https://fungfellows.berkeley.edu/



Haas Sustainable Investment Fund

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Student Principal

  • Aug 2023 - Present

  Berkeley, California, United States Co-manage a sustainable investments portfolio of ~$4M with fellow student principals



Blue Haven Initiative

• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Ventures Intern

  • Jun 2023 - Aug 2023

  Berkeley, California, United States



Cambridge Associates

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• MBA Student Consultant (Impact Investing Practicum @ Haas)

  • Jan 2023 - May 2023

  Identifying impact drivers, revenue models & risks for natural capital investment strategies (across asset classes) focussed on forestry & biodiversity [as part of the Impact Investing Practicum at Haas]



Rita Allen Foundation

• United States
• Philanthropic Fundraising Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consulting Project Lead

  • Jan 2023 - May 2023

  Berkeley, California, United States Leading a team of 5 Berkeley graduate students, developing a strategies to further "Civic Science" by strengthening networks & catalysing innovation, building on the work of RAFs Civic Science Fellowship.



Wadhwani AI

• India
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Manager, Ideation & Incubation

  • Nov 2021 - Mar 2022

  Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India Established pipeline of new AI projects for climate change – Devised frameworks & evaluated technical feasibility (data readiness, ML maturity) & social impact (scale, depth, pathways) of ~20 AI use cases across water, forests, carbon & disaster management Incubated AI projects in education to improve learning outcomes in under-resourced primary schools by developing impact cases & concept notes, driving cross-functional collaboration to build & validate technical proof-of-concepts

• Product Manager, COVID19 & Tuberculosis

  • Jan 2021 - Mar 2022

  India Led a team of 6 in design and development of a computer-vision tool to automate diagnosis of drug-resistant tuberculosis in India’s national TB program resulting in appropriate drug regimens to 300k people/year

• Associate Product Manager, COVID19

  • Apr 2020 - Dec 2020

  Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Provided crisis decision-support to Mumbai’s Covid war-room in critical resource planning (oxygen, ICU beds, testing kits) to avert shortfalls during 1st & 2nd wave – Led a team of 15 (data science/public health) to develop predictive epidemiological models, advised the city’s top public health officials



International Innovation Corps

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Lead (Digital Health & Health Data Unit)

  • Sep 2019 - Mar 2020

  New Delhi, Delhi, India Founded a new digital health vertical and secured $240,000 to fund a 2-year plan – Recruited & led team of 3 to design eHealth platforms (screening, diagnostics & telemedicine) for 165 under-resourced rural health centers serving 15k people/year

• Senior Project Associate (Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning @ WISH Foundation)

  • Sep 2018 - Aug 2019

  New Delhi, Delhi, India Developed & deployed analytics platform for performance improvement and impact measurement of primary health programs across 5 states (annual budget ~$2 Mn) – Used PowerBI, SQL and Python to combine data from ~20 sources to visualize indicators along a holistic measurement framework (designed by mapping 170 data systems, 30+ interviews & 6 workshops) Nurtured a data-use culture – Aligned data to actions/decisions for all roles from front-line workers to Board, instituted weekly data… Show more Developed & deployed analytics platform for performance improvement and impact measurement of primary health programs across 5 states (annual budget ~$2 Mn) – Used PowerBI, SQL and Python to combine data from ~20 sources to visualize indicators along a holistic measurement framework (designed by mapping 170 data systems, 30+ interviews & 6 workshops) Nurtured a data-use culture – Aligned data to actions/decisions for all roles from front-line workers to Board, instituted weekly data reviews to improve access, affordability & quality of care in 365 facilities (700k consults/year)

• Project Associate (Urban Sanitation @ UChicago-Gates Foundation-EY Coalition)

  • Jul 2017 - Aug 2018

  Kovvur, Andhra Pradesh, India Demonstrated successful scalable models of decentralized sanitation for India by heading multi-sectoral initiatives (policy, infrastructure, capacity, behavior) to reduce landfill impact by 25% & averted freshwater pollution of fecal sludge (~300kL/yr) Persuaded city council to create an inaugural City Sanitation Plan for a town of 40k people by partnering with municipal staff, elective representatives and sanitation departments paving the way for long-term reforms in solid & liquid… Show more Demonstrated successful scalable models of decentralized sanitation for India by heading multi-sectoral initiatives (policy, infrastructure, capacity, behavior) to reduce landfill impact by 25% & averted freshwater pollution of fecal sludge (~300kL/yr) Persuaded city council to create an inaugural City Sanitation Plan for a town of 40k people by partnering with municipal staff, elective representatives and sanitation departments paving the way for long-term reforms in solid & liquid waste management



McKinsey & Company

• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Junior Research Analyst

  • Jun 2017 - Jul 2017

  Gurugram, Haryana, India Created a research brief on incentives to developing greenfield legal ecosystems for a large state in India



Kotak Investment Banking

• India
• Investment Banking
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Summer Analyst

  • Jun 2014 - Jul 2014

  Mumbai Area, India Developed DCF models to evaluate companies in the auto-component sector; Created investor profiles & company profiles & worked with financial databases – Thomson Research, Bloomberg