
Co-founder and Program Director at Grassroutes
Bangalore Area, India

Co-founder and Program Director at Grassroutes
Bangalore Area, India
(Civic & Social Organization industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
Grassroutes is a Fellowship Program which funds youth to go on road-trips across India, discover and work with changemakers, do their bit to change the world and inspire more youth into social action.
(Non-Profit; Civic & Social Organization industry)
December 2006 — Present (3 years 1 month)
Here, we work on projects that explore exciting, novel ways to engage youth in contributing towards social change.
We launched our first initiative in October '08 - a Fellowship Program called Grassroutes - Think of a bunch of youth on a road-trip to discover changemakers across India, bringing back stories of inspiration, and doing their bit to spread the change.
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 2008 — October 2009 (1 year 3 months)
Worked on providing analytics driven business solutions to US retail majors
- Worked with one of the leading chewing gum manufacturer in forecasting the shipment requirements
- Worked with leading coffee retail chain in segmenting loyal customers and in devising targeted promotions
- Worked with a retail chain major in testing the campaign effectiveness
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Automotive industry)
July 2007 — December 2007 (6 months)
(Educational Institution; Education Management industry)
December 2006 — May 2007 (6 months)
Etude de Cas is a CEL initiative to come up with quality case studies on budding entrepreneurs which would promote Entrepreneurial thinking & Leadership.
I lead a student team that was involved in conceptualizing, networking ,Structuring, planning and logistics.
-We have successfully completed our first case on Mobile medics, a BITSian startup.
2004 — 2008
-member, English drama club
-editorial board, Image magazine (Instrumentation forum )
Start-ups, Social Media, Social Change, Youth activism, Indian Politics
Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
* Paragan100 2009 fellow
* Recipient of Prestigious Pratibha award
*Secured State 4th in Andhra Pradesh State Board Intermediate Exam(12th).