I'm a doctoral candidate  at the Wharton school, University of Pennsylvania in the Management department. My research interests are in entrepreneurial strategy, venture capital, deep science/tech and innovation. I use quantitative empirical methods to explore the challenges faced by entrepreneurs in commercialising and scaling technology ventures. My research is informed by my global career in venture capital, finance and operating roles across U.S., Europe and Asia.

Prior to academia, I was a Managing Director at VC and PE funds. I invested in and was on the board of multiple ventures that scaled to "unicorn" status and/ or went public. Before that, I was an investment banker at Goldman Sachs (New York), Director of Corp Development at Flipkart and Product Engineer at Schlumberger. I have also been a long-time mentor of the IIT Madras Deep-tech Incubation Cell and other Accelerators.