About Me
I was 13 years old and had just transitioned from a modest school in suburban Mumbai to one of the best schools in India, a shift that exposed me to diverse peers and challenges. There was a day when two classmates approached me, wrote “Louis Vuitton” on a paper and asked me to pronounce it. They mockingly laughed at my response. This seemingly trivial incident ignited a determination to excel in everything I do, something that has heavily shaped my subsequent academic and professional careers.
Since then, I've made a career out of leaning into the unfamiliar. At IIT Bombay, I dove deep into engineering and research. In Japan, I thrived in a culture and corporate environment vastly different from my own, developing products and championing cross-functional collaboration. I see products not just as features or specs, but as experiences — shaped by the people who use them, the cultures they live in, and the problems they solve. My north star is simple: create value that lasts. I'm driven by curiosity, a love for human-centered problem solving, and the belief that great products are built when you challenge the mold, not just fit into it.
Two truths and a lie: 1) I have climbed the summit of Mount Fuji. 2) I have meditated for 12 hours in a day. 3) I have learnt to drift a car.
A Little More About Me
Everyday Tech
- Pixel 9 Pro XL
- Pixel Watch 3 (45mm)
- HP ENVY x360 (13inch)
- Galaxy Tab S8+
In My Bag
- Kindle Paperwhite
- Anker 65W GAN (Pikachu Edition)
- 100W Type C - Type C Cable
- Security Bag Tag by Tag8 (Chicago)
Countries Travelled
- Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Vatican City
- United States, Brazil, Argentina, Chile
- Japan, UAE, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, India
- South Africa
Side Projects & Case Studies
Data Analysis
Gaining Insights about your Twitter account
Using Twitter APIs to gain insights about any Twitter account and decide strategies to maximise reach
Product Teardown
Android vs iOS
Why Apple won't get my money: 6 Things Android does better than iOS
Investment Thesis
For Seligman Ventures
Driven by global labor shortages, Physical AI is the next trillion-dollar frontier. This thesis breaks down why early-stage VCs must target the software and security infrastructure powering these machines, rather than the robots themselves
Blog
Career Timeline
Download Resume2025 — Present
Kellogg School of Management | Evanston, Illinois
MBA, Marketing, Technology Management, Entrepreneurship
2022 — 2025
Product Development & Management, Hitachi Ltd. | Tokyo, Japan
Developed a product to help take the Japanese bullet train system to more countries internationally.
Worked on detailed product requirement and specification documents and a design guide for the product - incorporated Google's Material Design principles enhancing usability and visual coherence
Identified and fixed a critical flaw in the workflow of product development; enabled detecting 50% more product defects at earlier stages thereby reducing development costs by 66% while increasing product quality
Successfully convinced traditionally change-resistant Japanese senior stakeholders to adopt a new code testing method—replacing a decades-old process—by using consensus-building practices
Developed front-end code for Hitachi's product worth $100M for international markets; leveraging expertise in multiple programming languages (JAVA, HTML, CSS, PYTHON) and also implemented product testing
2021 — 2022
Product Specialist, Tag8 | Mumbai, India
Led a team of 5 to develop and launch products in 8 countries particularly US, UK, and Australia.
Developed an automated inventory management software optimizing inventory for 100 product SKUs across 50 Amazon warehouses located worldwide; provided an additional $100,000 in cash-flow every month
2016 — 2021
IIT Bombay | Mumbai, India
Btech + Mtech, Electrical Engineering & Minor in Computer Science (9.35/10 CGPA)
Awarded Undergraduate Research Award: Published a paper (related to Network Security) in prestigious IEEE journal with 19 citations and 1400+ views; Received a Job-offer from Arista Networks for outstanding results
Secured full-time job offers after each internship: i) Sony Corporation (Research & Development) ii) JPMorgan Chase (Data Analyst) iii) SpeEdLabs (EdTech firm - Product Development)
Attained All India Rank 333 out of 150,000 candidates in JEE Advanced (99.77 percentile) and 263 out of 1,300,000 in JEE Mains (99.98 percentile)
Awarded US$5,000 scholarship for ranks achieved in national exams; featured on front page of Bombay Times