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Product and business leader with 12+ years experience in market-leading internet companies across fintech, travel and media.I head Motor Insurance product at Policybazaar (India's largest Insurtech), leading product, design, data and testing teams that have transformed the user journey and achieved all-time high company metrics. I was also the iOS product owner in the team that built the first version of today's world-class OTT app Hotstar (now called Disney+ Hotstar).I've done business head roles at MakeMyTrip (India's largest OTA) and GoFro (an ambitious little start-up) and setup businesses from scratch -- achieving scale worthy of mention in board/investor meetings for each company.Outside of professional life, I love sports -- especially football. I'm a football traveler, a football player, a football writer, a football video editor and have also dabbled with other skills like comic writing. I have been a columnist or contributor for several domestic and foreign publications like Mint, ET, ESPN, Cricinfo, DAWN, Sport360, Caravan, Scroll and so on.I'm a sucker for long-term approaches and breaking down problems into tinier problem statements. I love processes, documentation, colour-coded excel sheets. And I use these approaches in my daily life, not just professional life.

Listed skills include Team Management, Market Research, Competitive Analysis, Editing, and 38 others.