Building Mela Platforms. We are a thematic video commerce company working with marketplaces and publishers to bring brands in unique thematic melas / shoppathons. Join me for a coffee and we can discuss how we can work together.

Responsible for business expansion of BeLive globally.

Lauched Firework in India in 2019. Firework is the world's leading immersive "shoppertainment" platform with shoppable video, live streaming commerce and monetization capabilities powering over 600 direct-to-consumer brands, retailers and media publishers worldwide. Pandemic-accelerated, Firework has experienced 10x year-over-year growth, bringing interactive video experiences, all by adding just one line of HTML code to their own website. Firework enables its customers to create and host native, shoppable video content for engaging product discovery, seamless shopping experiences and ultimately, a deeper emotional connection with consumers. The company is backed by IDG Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, GSR Ventures, American Express and Softbank Vision Fund with over $235 million in capital raised to date. To learn more, please visit www.firework.tv.

Helping Key Venture find exciting early stage startups in the areas of D2C, Online Video, SAAS and Web3

Responsible for building India's first pure play original video content platform. Strategy, Marketing, Revenue, Business Development, Alliances, Platform, Technology and Big Data Inference Engines.ALTBalaji SVOD platform is deep and wide with not just Android and iOS apps. The service is available on Windows Universal App, Roku, Amazon Fire, Android TV, Apple TV, Opera TV, Jio STB and very soon on smart STBs of DTH providers. We have integrated with payment options that cover all wallets and digital payment options. The service is also preloaded on OEMs, available bundled with ecommerce portals and as part of the entertainment packs of major telcos.We launched the service successfully on 16 April 2017

Video. Intelligence. Personalization. MetaData. Analytics. Predictive Engines. Perceptions. Knowledge. Ecosystems. And Entertainment. On Demand. Heady Mix? We are brewing something unique and awesome. It will hit you soon and you will thank us for rescuing you from the depths of mediocrity. Once set free, you will never return to your old ways..We are spread across 3 countries and 5 cities. Created in New York, engineered in Mumbai and to be sold globally. So obviously it will take time. We just have to be patience and anticipate awesome.In other words, we are in stealth mode.

Reliance Jio is Reliance Industries' 4G LTE and FTTH venture. I was responsible for new initiatives, innovation, business development and original content strategy. Worked on the product and content strategy around News, Gaming and Original vertical. Created prototypes of a STB based gaming offering and news offering that brought together over 500 publications under one umbrella.Interesting times ahead in Original Content, Original Music, Gaming, News, OTT Services and alliances and partnerships when the 4G services launch next year.

Responsible for the overall business of Star TV's online videos. Create, execute and sustain a viable business model across platforms using some of the most exciting partners in the space today globally

videScreen was a startup that was to provide a single video delivery system for content owners. Raised the initial round of angel funding but did not go beyond into business. videScreen ceased to exist in December 2010

After I exited from my Nautanki.tv venture I was expected to serve a brief silent / cool off period

Was the CEO of nautanki.tv and the buck stopped at my door. If that does not explain what I do then nothing else ever will!Was responsible for the business plan, raising money, daily operations, content strategy and business development of the company. Between 2006 and 2010, the team raised 7.5 crores in funding from angel investors and Hungama.The best college education outside college I could have got.

Responsible for business development, deliveries and revenue

Business Development, delivery, new initiatives in Search Marketing and Mobile

Responsible for the first organised SEM company's marketing into Indian agency space

Responsible for business development via planning and brand strategy

Responsible for strategy, ideation and planning of activation for brands like HDFC, CavinCare, Aircel, HSBC, ICICI Bank, IFSL and UB Liquor brands

Instructional Design for Cisco and Oracle.

Sales and Marketing, Revenues, Raising Money