Education
Harvard Business School
2025 – 2027
Candidate for Master of Business Administration, May 2027 · Cambridge, MA
- Tech Club — Associate Director of Internal Development. Member of AI Club and Consulting for Impact club.
Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi
2016 – 2020
Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering · GPA 9.04/10 · Department Rank 4
- Courses: Data Structures, Advanced Probability, Statistics. Interned at NUS (Medical Imaging Super-Resolution)
Experience
Head of Product — HireQuotient
Dec 2024 – Jul 2025
Early-stage SaaS startup enabling AI-led recruitment for mid to large markets; $2M Annual Recurring Revenue · Bangalore
UX Enhancement & Process Automation with AI
- Designed and launched an AI sourcing agent to transform fragmented keyword-based search across job boards into a seamless and unified natural language workflow, increasing qualified profile pipeline by ~20%
- Led implementation of an AI bot to automate candidate engagement (queries, follow-ups, etc.) across digital channels, enhancing responsiveness and driving a 20% lift in interview conversions and 10% faster time-to-hire
User Acquisition & Monetization
- Owned strategy and rollout of a new user-acquisition program, expanding the recruiter-centric platform to include Hiring Managers; interviewed 100+ stakeholders to inform prioritization, delivering a 10% lift in ARR
- Implemented a frictionless review workflow allowing hiring managers to evaluate candidates without sign-up barriers, streamlining collaboration and replacing manual off-platform review processes
Senior Program Manager, CPO's Office — Ola Group
Jan 2024 – Dec 2024
Leading Indian consumer-tech player with businesses across ride-hailing, EVs, and B2B & consumer AI products · Bangalore
Product Launch & User Adoption
- Coordinated cross-functional stakeholders (business, product, design and engineering) to launch Ola Maps, a native alternative to Google Maps, delivering $20M in annual savings by reducing third-party API spends
- Drove user adoption by integrating voice navigation in 7 Indic languages to improve accessibility for cab drivers
Partnerships Management & Hardware Roadmap
- Collaborated with chipset providers to procure AI chips and develop a prototype of an AI-enabled smartphone; facilitated knowledge transfer to compress Ola's LLM for edge-device deployment
- Managed partnerships with suppliers and ODMs to define the hardware roadmap for next-generation consumer AI products, extending Ola's LLM-on-chip vision into market-ready experiences
Market Analysis & Customer Research
- Spearheaded consumer and market research for the $90B+ AI-devices market, conducting expert and user interviews, competitive analysis, and product teardowns to define 3 optimal form factors for AI assistant devices
Senior Associate (Promoted from Associate) — Boston Consulting Group
Nov 2020 – Dec 2023
New Delhi
Product Roadmap Execution & GTM Strategy
- Defined product roadmap and drove collaboration with a 3P engineering and design firm to develop a telehealth platform; crafted GTM strategy to drive adoption by interviewing 250 doctors and mapping user journeys
- Led global market research to support global expansion of a $4B+ tech client; identified 3 high-potential segments worth $50B+ and built an expansion roadmap projected to generate $200M in new business by 2028
Stakeholder Management & Prioritization
- Partnered with Government of India to deliver a roadmap targeting ~30% increase in healthcare coverage in Bihar; interviewed 50 frontline workers to identify critical gaps and aligned priorities with senior bureaucrats
- Coordinated cross-functional team of industry experts and BCG's internal resources to develop a framework to surface risks overlooked in published financial data, improving accuracy of due diligences in finance industry
Data-driven Decision Making
- Built a market model for India's 5G & networking infrastructure market that uncovered overestimated growth assumptions in an acquisition target, guiding a $65M private equity investment decision
Research Intern — National University of Singapore
May – Jul 2018
NUS Strategic India Initiative Scholar · Singapore
- Worked on a project under Prof. Yap Choon Hwai to improve efficiency of diagnosing congenital heart diseases in fetuses using Super Resolution techniques to enhance resolution of 3D ultrasounds
Awards & Recognition
NUS Strategic India Initiatives Award
IIT Delhi Semester Merit Award
ITC Limited — Pre Placement Offer (PPO)
Significant Contribution to Cultural Activities, IIT Delhi