Overview:Career Investment Banker working across Indian public and private markets with a specialisation in deep tech and high science startups. Today, through philanthropy and personal engagement, I am closely involved in five social impact areas - extending healthspan through preventive medicine and ancient wisdom, deeptech startup incubation, social impact funds, climate change and digital. The combined effect of data, digital and deeptech can have a transformational effect on the rate of socio economic progress in India. It holds the key to creating a new trillion dollar annual economy in India within the next years. Past: 1990-2000In the past, I have been passionate about building institutions of national importance. I spent three years helping set up and operationalise the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India. I was closely involved in the formation of other institutionalised entities such as BSNL, SEBI and SIDBI. Member of the disinvestment commission and served as operating agency lead for BIFR and revitalisation attempts for large companies that were disrupted in the shift from a “controlled” socialist to a “free market” capitalist economy. Past: 2000-2020Two decades in the startup ecosystem on the private equity and capital markets funding side. Helped evolve the policy framework for private equity, SME listing, incubators and startup promotion. Catalysed the creation and institutional strengthening for the intermediation, merchant banking and alternate investment platforms focused on startup’s. Continuing: 1997-2022I am an active volunteer in the IIT Alumni movement for the last twenty-five years. Non partisan, secular and non political global organisations such as the IIT Alumni Council can play a critical role in national development.Future Focus: 2020 onwardSince early 2020, I have been an active volunteer of the Indian fight against covid. I would love to interact with scientists and academicians addressing problem statements in health tech and energy transition that have ‘Nobel award potential’.From April 2023 onward, I oversee the health and energy transition portfolio of the Rs 21,000 crore Megafund. The Megafund is now India’s largest social impact fund. It is anchored by the PanIIT Fund, a domestic social fund registered with and regulated by SEBI under the AIF Regulations 2012. The www.Ayushca.org project funded by the Megafund is likely to be the first listed bonds on the Social Stock Exchange of NSE.