Employment History
Business Development Services
August 2021 - present
Working with MSMEs in agriculture and fisheries across India, Africa, the Pacific and the Caribbean
through Business Development Services (BDS): Access to support on adopting technology, building
execution ability, improvin ...see more
Consultant
August 2021 - present
Venture Development
Help the key portfolio social impact startups and their founders to build their venture up and becoming attractive to mainstream investors
Director Supply Projects
Ninjacart
April 2021 - August 2021
Building an ecosystem to support the 80,000 farmers supplying to 200+ Ninjacart Collection Centres
across India.
• Partnering with institutions who work with farmers: Farm input sellers, Banks, Agricultural institutes.
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Strategic Partnerships
Social Alpha
July 2019 - April 2021
Help allocate resources and philanthropic funding to social entrepreneurship
• Opportunity to build the lead to cash process of the fundraising.
• Led the Presales efforts on multiple deals: Led team of thematic experts ...see more
VP Head Business Development and Field Sales
DestaGlobal
December 2017 - July 2019
Role: reduce the cost of farm inputs by digitising the value chain and local mCommerce and SaaS products for manufacturers and retailers
• Core team member; led Buyer and seller partnerships on the ecommerce platform
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Assistant VP Business Development and New Initiatives
Cropin Technology
December 2014 - November 2017
Mission: Agri digitization 'to help farmers earn more from less' through SaaS product sales to corporate
• First Employee in sales; Played multiple roles initially; cold calling, social media posting to deal closures
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Analyst level II Agri business strategy
Accenture
June 2014 - November 2014
Research on ICT for agriculture initiatives across the world for client- Vodafone foundation.
Associate Consultant
Infosys
June 2012 - June 2014
New initiates - Agri Product
• Part of a team building new products in ICT 4 Ag
• Pre sales, Market Research, Partnerships