Karya (Data & Evaluation company powering Indian-language AI) | Bengaluru

Senior Manager - Project Management

• Led end-to-end product development of Conferencer, a first-of-its-kind in-app voice calling feature enabling workers to record and monetise conversational data; designed the full product flow covering topic selection, in-app call setup, call recording, worker verification, payment disbursement, transcription, annotation, and tagging and ran UX/UI iterations.
• Collected 6,000+ hours collectively across other Indic languages, success directly led to winning two new contracts with a requirement for 65K hours of speech data collection, building the off-the-shelf conversational data catalogue of 100K hours.
• Designed and implemented a multilingual conversational data validation pipeline covering audio integrity checks, speech-to-noise ratio, clipping detection, ASR transcription, language mismatch detection, PII scrubbing, toxicity checks, and per-speaker gender detection, and an end-to-end WhatsApp broadcast strategy for worker mobilisation across projects to set up chatbot flows, WhatsApp triggers, and the full funnel from broadcast to app engagement.
• Led the health data collection project with ASHA workers, designing the collection budget and scale-up plan (30-hour pilot scaling to 300 hours across 144 ASHA workers), overseeing worker outreach and training, monitoring, payments, audio review, dialect separation, and transcription across Hindi and Kannada.
• Supported Project Vaani 2.0 in collaboration with Google and IISc, contributing to one of India's largest multilingual speech datasets across 35+ Indic languages

Manager - Project Management

• Managed end-to-end execution of multiple data collection projects, including video collection and pronunciation recording across Indic languages for Vaani project in partnership with Google; delivered $120K in revenue with timely delivery.
• Executed two rapid data collection pilots (3-7 day turnaround each) for prospective clients to demonstrate scalability of Karya's data collection capabilities
• Established processes for efficient program management including budget tracking, risk mitigation, and resource allocation

Villgro (Impact Investment Fund; Incubator-Accelerator) | Bengaluru

Senior Analyst - Healthcare

• Served as primary investment manager for the $2M USAID-funded Yash Entrepreneurs Program (YEP), a blended finance accelerator focused on Sexual and Reproductive Health innovations in India; led budget allocation across the 3-year program, supporting 18 enterprises across two cohorts.
• Conducted financial and business due diligence for 18 portfolio companies; structured blended finance instruments, including FLDG and impact-linked funding, enabling $150K in structured financing.
• Facilitated $7.2M in follow-on fundraising across the portfolio and contributed to portfolio outcomes of ~$12.75M in revenue unlocked, 12.3 million end beneficiaries, 459 direct jobs, 3,143 indirect jobs and 19 GTM partnerships across the portfolio with Zomato, National Health Authority, and Tata Steel.
• Managed multi-stakeholder reporting cadences (weekly, monthly, quarterly) across multiple donor organizations, ensuring timely and relevant updates to all partners
• Developed Villgro's mental health sector strategy, conducting landscape research to assess market opportunity and alignment with emerging donor priorities.

Analyst - Government and Public Sector Initiatives

• Handled execution of TANSEED 3.0, a TANSIM-Villgro grant program for 22 early-stage startups; oversaw financial due diligence, grant disbursement, technical assistance allocation, mentor identification, and follow-on funding pitch support; program generated INR 28 Cr in portfolio revenue and INR 33 Cr in follow-on funding against INR 3.5 Cr seed input, impacting 21,000 lives.
• Managed 15 startups under the DST NIDHI Social Accelerator (Agriculture, Healthcare, Climate Action); delivered end-to-end support across due diligence, technical assistance, and investor readiness; portfolio raised INR 15.48 Cr in follow-on funding.
• Supported the MoHUA-AFD Swachhata Startup Challenge (Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs + AFD), a national program awarding INR 25L grants and up to INR 50L follow-on investment to top 10 startups in sanitation and waste management; coordinated with government bodies to facilitate program execution

Khan Academy (Global nonprofit providing free education) | Remote

Analyst

• Led end-to-end product development of two first-of-their-kind WhatsApp-based learning products for Khan Academy India, working with Gupshup to design the full user flow: opt-in/opt-out journeys, message timing, content sequencing, and delivery scheduling.
• Launched learning program for adults with Swiggy, reaching 15,681 users in 3 months; achieved 2x increase in learner redirections to Khan Academy platform and co-led closure of the Unilever India partnership, reaching 12K gig workers PAN India; managed end-to-end funnel from partner outreach to learning completion, 251K+ learning minutes, and 32% Level 1 course completion rate.
• Co-designed and managed Zomato Paathshala, an online learning program for delivery partners’ children, reaching 70K+ unique users with 1.7 lakh learning sessions and a 25% active engagement rate along with partnerships with Sarovar group and Awign contributing to a cumulative corporate reach of 250K+ learners.
• Ideated and co-developed the Khan Academy x Duolingo partnership to offer an integrated English and Math program to gig workers.
• Led user research and impact studies across all learning programs, synthesising learner insights and data to support senior leadership in funding pitches; also supported the philanthropy team on donor research, pipeline management (219 prospects), and drafting grant applications for funders including SBI, HDFC, Kotak, and Tata Trusts.

The Smart Owl (Ed-tech startup offering personalised tutoring services) | Remote

Program Associate

• Worked closely with CEO to develop marketing plans, including identifying target markets, conducting competitive analysis, and defining SMART goals.
• Converted 300+ leads and provided onboarding and training support to tutors and learners.
• Identified and onboarded new customers, promoted services, and built direct relationships with account holders; also managed and maintained the CRM to track leads and assess the effectiveness of sales and marketing strategies.

• ⁠ Received a 25% tuition fee waiver as an Entry Scholarship for the IIMA PGPX Program.
• ⁠ One of the first Project Managers hired at Karya; designation recalibrated to Senior Project Manager within 3 months based on performance

• ⁠ Master of Arts in Economics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad
• ⁠ Bachelor of Arts in Economics, Madras Christian College, Chennai

• ⁠ Excel skills for Business, Advanced, Macquarie University, Australia
• ⁠ Statistics and Accounting, IIM Ahmedabad

• ⁠ Served as Cultural Coordinator and Sponsorships Head for Madras Christian College's flagship fest, Deepwoods (2016-17), managing event programming and corporate sponsorships.
• ⁠ Trained in Hindustani and Carnatic classical music, with a foundation built over years of formal training.
• ⁠ Awarded 2nd position in the State-level Delhi School Sports & Activities Competition for Patriotic Group Song, under the Directorate of Education, Govt. of NCT of Delhi.
• ⁠ Won 2nd prize at the Inter-School Musical Competition for the "Vande Mataram" Rolling Trophy, hosted by Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti.
• ⁠ Led team to the Best Team Trophy at Sur Lehri, an inter-school group song competition hosted by St. Thomas' School.
• ⁠ Secured 2nd place at Dionysia, an inter-collegiate theatre competition hosted by Margaret Hall, Madras Christian College.
• ⁠ Won 1st place in Western Acoustics at Moonshadow, an inter-collegiate music fest hosted by Selaiyur Hall, Madras Christian College.
• ⁠ Worked as a campus reporter for Onmanorama (The Week) for a year, writing short stories, articles, and opinion pieces on student life and campus events.
• ⁠ Served as a volunteer for the Organising Committee of Bangalore Literature Festival 2024
• ⁠ Volunteered at CASPR Connect, an initiative empowering women and senior citizens of India during the COVID-19 pandemic.