Corporate Development & Group Strategy

Leading Corporate Development at ElasticRun- Building Brands for Bharat (0 to 1)- PMO- New Business Initiatives- Investments and M&A- Strategic Projects

- M&A and Strategic Investments- Early-stage Venture Investments- Strategic Partnerships with Global and Indian Conglomerates - Flipkart's foray into new areas viz. healthtech, fresh fruits and vegetables supply chain, travel, gaming, and hyperlocal logistics through M&A and investments into Sastasundar, Ninjacart, Cleartrip, MechMocha, Shadowfax

Early-stage Venture Investments

Advising high-growth businesses on M&A and fund raising. Closed 6 transactions in consumer internet and software space including both private placements and 100% acquisitions. Notable transactions: 1MG, Fabhotels, Freshmenu, Fintellix, etc.Signal Hill and Sagent Advisors merged to form DC Advisory (a Daiwa Securities affiliate), a North America-based advisory firm providing M&A advice and private capital raising for companies powering the growth economy. For more information visit www.dcadvisory.com.

- Commercial and Financial Analysis- M&A Strategy, Financial Modeling- Due Diligence

Centralized Research Group, Investment Banking Division- Sector Coverage: “Consumer, Retail and Healthcare" - Financial Modelling: Developed financial models and company valuations using methodologies like pro-forma merger analysis, discounted cash flow, leveraged buy-out, accretion/dilution, combination analysis, sum of the parts(SoTP) and trading & transaction comparables - Industry Research: Analyzed strategic and financial rationale of potential acquisitions in the consumer and retail space in conjunction with senior bankers - Pitching/Marketing: Prepared end to end pitch books including industry landscape, deal analysis, benchmarking, valuation pages, company profiles & market analysis among others for various deals including acquisitions and capital raising activities- Financial Databases: Bloomberg, FactSet, Factiva, ThomsonOne, Euromonior, PlanetRetail, Mergermarket, CapitalIQ and Dealogic- Project: Analyzed strategic and financial rationale of potential M&A in the Indian tea sector

- Examined the costs of nuclear power generation by identifying the least-cost resource strategy- Calculated per unit energy cost from a nuclear power plant by carrying out an economic analysis via life-cycle assessment using the DCF methodology

Student Instructor and Guide for the Practice School-I summer training course by BITS-Pilani at Bhaha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) and Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB), Mumbai