Entrepreneur
An active player in the start-up and impact investment eco system of India as an investor, entrepreneur, advisor, mentor, jury member and speaker with passion for nurturing entrepreneurship, financial inclusion and inclusive market based business models.
Over 12 years of experience with proven track record in entrepreneurship, SME incubation, SME and MSME finance, microfinance, micro enterprise promotion and production and marketing of crafts based lifestyle products
Expertise in business strategy for SME start-ups including market development, financial modeling, operations management, business plan writing and establishing sales and marketing channels
A start-up specialist having met hundreds of start-ups and advised and evaluated numerous start-ups on investibility, establishing and growing business, incorporation, structuring and fund raising
Awarded as India’s second most promising entrepreneur of the year in 2009 by BusinessWorld and one among the top 25 social entrepreneurs of the year in 2010 by Outlook Business for co-founding Rope International (Rope Enterprises Pvt Ltd)
Member, Board of Directors – Upaya Social Ventures India Pvt Ltd and Rope Enterprises Pvt Ltd and Director, Business Development at Upaya Social Ventures, US
Guest speaker at various institutions including premier engineering and management schools like IIM-A, IIM-B, IIT Madras, VIT Vellore, ISB and Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI)
