Academic Distinction (Top 10% of class)

Selected as only HBS intern (1 of 5 applicants); collaborated across Sports and NFT units to conceptualize and launch new product line. Key activities included:• Identified four digital revenue stream opportunities for basketball tournament by assessing macro-trends in target geographies; prioritized one based on expert interviews and business model feasibility• Developed PRD, based on customer conversations and competitive benchmarking, for digital memorabilia product for basketball tournament, boosting annual revenue potential by 10%• Collaborated with engineering, design, and marketing, to prioritize features, plan development sprints, and create launch workplan, informing broader roadmap for tournament’s digital products

Recruited as first business hire (employee number 8) at 35-person B2B2C SaaS startup developing AI-powered voice recognition and NLP solutions, in native Indian languages, to help businesses voice enable their digital platforms. Key activities included:• Implemented scalable sales processes, modularized pricing plan, and collaborated with product managers to develop customizable demos, reducing length of average sales cycles by 25%• Managed team of 3 to plan and implement go-to-market processes for voice bot product, increasing revenue by 450% and scaling to 5M+ users in 18 months • Negotiated commercial terms and closed $1M contract to voice enable Ujjivan bank’s digital channels driving 20% reduction in manual customer support queries• Spearheaded expansion into e-commerce and tele-health, and increased coverage, from 5 to 8 languages, by establishing partnerships to co-develop technology with Microsoft Research and pilot use cases with future customers• Designed and implemented OKR system to document and track progress on achievement of goals, increasing visibility across functions and enabling managers to identify and correct issues 50% quicker• Developed project workplans, hiring forecasts and budgets, and liaised with funders to secure $1.75M in grants from Gates Foundation and GSMA, extending pre-seed runway by 21 months

Advised private corporations, foundations and governments across South Asia, South-East Asia and the Pacific. Placed on fast-track promotion path. Key projects included: • Diagnosed performance of solar grids by analyzing installed capacity against local energy demand; created micro-enterprise linked demand generation strategy doubling utilization and shortening breakeven timeline 25%• Aligned multiple stakeholders around learning outcome targets and pricing for $11M education bond for 300K children; supported NGOs to track KPIs and diagnose risks, enabling them to exceed targets by 80% • Managed team to develop advocacy presentation, organizational blueprint, and intervention map for India Climate Collaborative; leveraged outputs to recruit 20 members and secure $2.5M in funding• Forecasted eyeglass needs of 3B low-income consumers and designed $15B funding strategy to scale delivery models of world’s largest eyecare company; strategy adopted by CEO and incorporated into 10-year strategic plan• Formulated strategy and implementation plan to scale Indian state government’s organic farming (OF) program to 1M farmers based on assessment of operational issues through field research; strategy implemented achieving 60% of 5-year OF-scale-up target in 2 yearsFounded social enterprise café within Dalberg offering healthier food choices to employees; created menu, setup payment process, and upskilled female cooking staff resulting in 25% increase in their incomes through food sales

Selected for secondment (2% acceptance rate) to foremost state government office responsible for managing high impact projects across departments. Key projects included:• Collaborated with CEO of state health agency to develop state-wide communications strategy for campaign to increase enrollment in health insurance scheme; centrally managed execution of campaign across 36 districts resulting in 800K enrollments in first month

Secured and accepted return offer post summer internship at boutique management consulting firm. Key projects included:• Developed market entry strategy for $1.3B financial services client based on profitability assessment of 3 products across 7 geographies

Developed pricing scheme, created go-to market plan, and established distribution partnerships to increase court utilization and drive revenue potential for racquet sports clubhouse brand