Leading category expansion beyond the core categories; identifying and prioritizing new product lines, & shaping the roadmap from concept to launch

Consulting with consumer, media, design consulting companies and non-profits on strategy, operations, and growth, including: - Driving five-year organisational and program-level strategy for a nonprofit org focused on improving women's economic empowerment - Leading category expansion for a D2C creative stationery company based in India, by identifying new product lines beyond the core range, and shaping the roadmap from concept to launch - Driving growth for a creative media company through strategic partnerships with platforms & brands, and shaping new projects aligned with their editorial and commercial priorities - Building partnerships and crafting new projects for a design consulting firm, aligned with their creative direction, interests, and commercial objectives

End-to-end venture debt diligence for start-ups in Innoven's Consumer pipeline (anonymized list: healthy snacks, new-age sanitary health, innovative sexual health, natural homecare; non-consumer: EV logistics, corporate insurance app, upskilling ed-tech) Closed funding and managed portfolio operations for three portfolio companies: ₹1,700 Cr+ fine-jewellery retailer, ₹200 Cr+ clothing brand, and a ₹70 Cr+ data intelligence platform

Sourced, evaluated, and supported companies for the Health vertical at Villgro

Structured course content and oversaw assessment for ~25 students in ‘Newswriting and Reporting’ (assisting Prof. Tisha Srivastav)

Oversaw course assessment and hosted office hours for ~40 students in ‘International Trade’ (assisting Prof. Anuradha Saha)

Investigated gaps in the popular narrative around the rural-urban divide in India; as part of research for Prof. Durba Chattaraj

Led workshops, structured course content and reviewed submissions for ‘Introduction to Critical Thinking’ (assisting Prof. Aditi Sriram)

Analysed the influence of patriarchy & caste norms on female labour force participation via surveys, STATA analysis and literature review Identified key drivers of decline in participation, to be leveraged in Prof. Aparajita Dasgupta's research on the female labour force

Identified new B2B and B2C partnership initiatives for SEWA, with brands like Desi Trust & platforms like GoCoop

Developed a framework to identify systemic issues in the garment industry across five decades; to be leveraged in IIHS op-ed publications

Outlined threats, regulation, and gaps concerning personal data as part of an extended study on digital security by The Asia Foundation

Advocated for potential improvements to India's digital health infrastructure for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Proposed a set of tangible reforms in Indian competition law to effectively account for digitally-driven players Juxtaposed codes of conduct adopted by big-tech players against popular ethical theories, published in conjunction with IDRC Canada Assessed gaps in the rights of gig economy workers, particularly focusing on those employed by ride-hailing and food-delivery apps

Performed an in-person campus water audit of the 250-acre Theosophical Society in Adyar (under Dr. Veena Srinivasan) Quantified water leakage of 25K+ litres/day; evaluated urbanisation and Adyar river pollution as key levers of impact Proposed reforms to improve groundwater levels and minimise leakage by conducting extensive primary research