9+ years in NY and SJC // IND since 2017
“I personally felt at home in India.”
I spent 10 years in Silicon Valley. My wife and I both had the Green Card. We decided to move back to India for personal reasons 12 years back. I transitioned to the India office of a Silicon Valley startup. Both my wife and I decided to give up our Green Card. I personally felt at home in India. My wife is a psychologist and we felt that we were able to contribute to the local ecosystem. I joined Flipkart in 2012 to help Amod Malviya, the co-founder, with pricing and inventory planning and then saw Flipkart valuation rise 20x in 5 years. In 2017 I joined Rubrik, a Lightspeed company, to start their India centre. I believe that an amazing quality of talent lies in India. If someone can channelise their energy and bring a world class environment to them, it can do wonders. In the hardest of times, I do think that moving back may be a mistake but no country is perfect and I feel happy about the decision 90% of the time.