6+ years in DC // IND since 2015
“While in the US, I had an opportunity to apply for a green card, however I did not apply. I believe that the next generation of companies that will shape the world will come from India.”
I was born in Pune. My family moved to Hong Kong when I moved to Princeton for undergrad when I was 16. I remained in the States and moved to DC, where I founded a policy think tank which had over 200 people when I left. I later joined a consulting firm Booz & Co. Soon after, I realised I wanted to build a company in and from India. I moved back and joined a consulting firm called Technoserve. As part of my project I lived in villages for an entire year and got to see first hand how mobile phones were going to change the country. Later I went to Cambridge (UK) for an MBA and to figure out what business to build. While in the US, I had an opportunity to apply for a Green Card, however I did not apply. I believe that the next generation of companies that will shape the world will come from India. When I moved back I had no family in India, no base - it was like moving to any other city in the world. Moving to Mumbai was no different from moving to DC.