Enzia Ventures (Early-stage VC firm investing healthcare, education, climate) | Bengaluru

Investment Associate

• Sourced and evaluated 1,500+ startups across education, healthcare and climate; conducted financial, market, founder and impact diligence; presented 10 deals to the Investment Committee, resulting in two investments of $1.5M+ each.
• Enabled Circle Health (portfolio company) to secure a $2M USA client contract and close its follow-on $6M Series B fundraise by strengthening investor narrative, running mock pitches and facilitating investor introductions.
• Authored Enzia’s first impact thesis and impact framework; led impact measurement across 12 portfolio companies, tracking 350K+ beneficiaries with 90% of companies meeting gender inclusion standards and initiatives aligned with 8 UN SDGs.
• Drove a 2× increase in inbound deal flow by developing Enzia’s thought leadership through 4 sector-specific investment theses across AI in healthcare, sustainable packaging, waste circularity and sustainable agriculture.
• Supported Enzia’s Fund II raise by mapping 500+ LPs and co-investors globally across thesis, check size, sector preferences and contact pathways to inform investor outreach; produced 30+ LP decks, fund updates and standardized investor materials.

Yunus Social Business (Global investor financing social businesses fighting poverty) | Bengaluru

Portfolio Associate

• Led 2 cohorts of a 6-month investment-readiness accelerator selecting 24 startups from a pool of 300+; designed curriculum across strategy, finance, impact and investor readiness; 50%+ of graduates raised $2M+ within 3 months.
• Managed $1M budget supporting 18 India portfolio companies, driving capacity-building across legal, marketing, organizational development and founder capability; led portfolio learning initiatives on fundraising, hiring and scaling.
• Led portfolio impact measurement by developing company-level KPIs and standardized reporting systems tracking 1M+ lives impacted, 100K+ income improvements and 4M+ tonnes of CO₂ emissions averted.
• Co-developed YSB’s global impact measurement framework with teams across India, LATAM and East Africa; piloted the framework in India before its adoption across all 3 regions.
• Enabled 2× operational scale at a Brazilian portfolio company by identifying cross-portfolio synergies with an Indian waste management company and facilitating knowledge transfer on plant operations, unit economics and market expansion.
• Developed insights for Cashpor Microfinance (portfolio company with $500M AUM, 3.8M households) through field visits, analysis of tech-enabled disbursement and borrower tracking; authored a portfolio knowledge report adopted by Berlin HQ.

The Convergence Foundation (Indian philanthropic foundation incubating economic growth institutions) | New Delhi

Founding Manager

• Hired as the first employee at Accelerate Indian Philanthropy (platform to catalyze high-impact philanthropy), a portfolio venture within The Convergence Foundation; co-developed its mission, strategy, operating infrastructure and hiring systems.
• Secured $2M from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation by developing the grant proposal, fundraising materials and investment pitch — a grant expected to catalyze $25M+ in philanthropic capital over 5 years in India.
• Mobilized $5M from 20+ HNIs through an exclusive membership-based philanthropy platform; onboarded leading philanthropists (e.g. Ashish Dhawan, Rohini Nilekani, RK Damani, Amit Chandra) as founding partners of AIP.
• Built a network of 100+ nonprofits across India, working closely with founders to refine organizational thesis and strategy, strengthen positioning for philanthropic capital and connect with relevant philanthropists and HNIs.
• Evaluated 65+ Indian nonprofits based on organizational maturity, impact, leadership and scalability to develop a replicable scaling playbook; applied it with 3 education nonprofits to design scaling strategies that helped 2× their geographic reach.

PRS Legislative Research (Independent nonpartisan research institute supporting Indian legislators) | New Delhi

Legislative Assistant to Members of Parliament (LAMP) Fellow

• Enabled the MP to achieve 3.5x national-average debate participation, 2.3x national-average questions raised, contributing to 239 debates, 677 questions raised and 21 Private Member Bills through research, debate briefs and legislative drafting.
• Contributed to $50M in allocations for MSMEs, startups and entrepreneurship; conducted policy analysis and research for the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Skill Development & Entrepreneurship.
• Directed $1.2M in constituency development funds, conducting needs assessments across 10+ villages and prioritizing 12 infrastructure projects that expanded education access to 2,000+ students and clean-water access to 100+ families.

• Promoted by The Convergence Foundation to serve as Founding Manager of Accelerate Indian Philanthropy (AIP), building the new organization from scratch, promotion reflected strong performance and leadership trust from Ashish Dhawan.
• Built and shipped multiple AI-powered products (GitHub Link), including Freewisper, an offline speech-to-text tool, spanning productivity, personal finance and education.
• Built a 500+ member AI community on WhatsApp, sharing hands-on experiments, curated resources and practical learnings on AI for non-technical professionals.

• B.Sc. Economics (H), Symbiosis International University, Pune

• Financial Modeling & Valuation Certification, Coursera
• Lean Six Sigma, Green Belt Certification, KPMG
• Excel Skills for Business: Advanced, Coursera

• Created and hosted Made in Bharat podcast on Spotify spotlighting 5 startup founders from India’s underserved regions to uncover stories of entrepreneurship, resilience and innovation transforming the country’s next wave of economic growth.
• Authored research on India’s student assessment ecosystem, diagnosing systemic flaws and proposing independent evaluation, technology and data forensics to improve learning-data reliability (Published in Ideas for India).
• Authored an analysis of the Sabarimala verdict, critiquing the constitutional basis of women’s entry restrictions and examining tensions between religious freedom, gender equality and judicial review (Published in Economic & Political Weekly).
• Authored an analysis of parliamentary productivity, challenging headline productivity metrics and highlighting the importance of legislative quality, committee scrutiny and deliberation (Published in The Telegraph).
• Authored an analysis of judicial overreach and populist impulses in India, arguing for greater judicial restraint and institutional boundaries (Published in Mint).