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Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

India’s First Climate-Tech Investment BankFounded in 2015 by Vasudha Madhavan, Founder & CEO, Ostara Advisors has established itself as India’s first specialized Climate-Tech investment banking firm, dedicated to fostering sustainable growth through strategic financial solutions. With an unwavering commitment to the planet's future, Ostara Advisors is at the forefront of climate-tech sectors, including Electric Mobility, providing growth capital raising and M&A solutions to climate-positive businesses. By taking a thought-leadership approach, the firm has positioned itself as a leader in institutionalizing fundraising for the Indian sustainability ecosystem. As India's first investment bank with a focus on Electric Mobility & Decarbonisation, Ostara Advisors has successfully closed some of the most notable deals that have been landmark milestones in the industry.

Worli, Maharashtra, India

I had an incredible opportunity to work in Waterfield's Philanthropy and Impact Investing Department. My role involved collaborating with HNIs to structure their philanthropic efforts and evaluating impact funds, focusing on relationship building and bringing structure to unstructured initiatives.

Egon Zehnder is a globally leading Executive Search, Board Consulting, and Leadership Strategy Services consultancy.I am very grateful to have worked in the executive search industry and solved problem statements for clients by finding leaders with experience and motivation to resolve challenges like digital expansion, and geographic and cultural barriers. I got to meet incredible mentors who contributed to my growth. Notable Project: Determining an e-commerce head for a 1400 Cr USD+ dairy player

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park (IIMCIP) is an incubator established under the aegis of IIM Calcutta with 350+ startups currently in its portfolio.While studying full-time at Ashoka University, I was selected for a fund-raising project with IIMCIP. It gave us the unique opportunity to create a comprehensive list of investors and connect them with the startups in IIMCIP's portfolio.

Jagriti Yatra is an ambitious train journey of discovery and transformation that takes hundreds of India's highly motivated youth, on a 15-day, 8000 km national odyssey to meet the role models - social and business entrepreneurs - of the country. The vision of Jagriti is 'building India through enterprise'. With an alumni network of 7000+ yatris, there are 1500+ startups associated with the Yatra. This was a fabulous opportunity to spend time with inspiring people and discuss ideas about entrepreneurship and develop business models based on that. I took the initiative in summarizing the learnings of the journey in the magazine 'Yatra Saar'.

Mumbai Area, India

Dhruva Advisors is a Tier 1 tax consulting firm consistently recognised as the “India Tax Firm of the Year” at the ITR Asia Tax Awards (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 & 2021).I completed the remaining two years of my three-year apprenticeship period at this firm in the indirect taxation department. I handled the GST tax compliance of clients with a robust team and participated in GST litigation and advisory assignments.Notable project: Conducting GST Audit of a Rs 500 Cr+ pharma company

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

As required by The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, a continuous full time (45 hours /week) apprenticeship was undertaken under a Practicing Chartered Accountant. I built my expertise and skills around Accounting, Direct and Indirect Tax compliances, and Statutory Audits.

Postgraduate Diploma, Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies

Activities and Societies: 1. Part of the Core Committee of the cultural event 'Friends of YIF' 2. Participated in the Yearbook.

Chartered Accountancy, Accounting And Finance

Activities and Societies: 1. Achieved second position in PowerPoint presentation competition in Information technology course.

Bachelor Of Commerce - Bcom, Accountancy, Economics, Operations Research, O (Highest Grade)

Activities and Societies: 1. Completed Certificate Course in Human Rights 2. Secured first prize in Gandhi examination 3. Awarded first.

Hsc 91.23%, Accountancy, Economics, Mathematics

Activities and Societies: 1. Volunteered in Mulund college of commerce's 'Spectrum' Fest 2. Created and presented a model of 'Rhine Falls'.

Ssc 94.36%

Activities and Societies: 1. Participated in interschool table tennis competitions 2. Participated and won elocution, extempore, quiz.