05 places // Cochin to Mumbai
About
Growing up in the south of India, I was lucky enough to travel across regions and see a lot of the country early. Outside of school you would usually find me on a PlayStation or on a field playing football.
01
Cochin
I spent most of my childhood in the port city, known for its beaches and its Jewish quarter, and for a pace of life that has not changed much.
02
New Delhi
The capital is my hometown. I finished high school here, and got my first job here.
03
Manipal
I read Chemical Engineering and graduated in 2021. I got in and out of a string of hobbies, and went home in my junior year when the university shut for COVID-19.
04
Pittsburgh
I moved to the United States in August 2022 for a master's at Carnegie Mellon, and finished in December 2023. Most of my time went into coursework, campus errands and flying a drone, which is where the aerial photography started.
05
Mumbai
Since 2024 Mumbai has been home: fast, kind, and ambitious in a way nowhere else is. Bandra is the base, part chaos and part charm, with Marine Drive for the views.
Up in the air
Over the past six years I have seen a small slice of the world outside India. It has shaped how I read markets, and it is the reason the drone keeps coming out of the bag.
FliesDJI Mini 2↗Since 2022 // Started flying in Pittsburgh. Still flying.32 places // 03 regions
North America //09
New York City // Boston // Philadelphia // Chicago // Pittsburgh // Washington DC // San Francisco // Miami // Austin
Asia //17
Tokyo // Osaka // Kyoto // Hiroshima // Bali // Abu Dhabi // Bangkok // Phuket // Krabi // Koh Samui // Baku // Quba // Singapore // Kuala Lumpur // Langkawi // Indore // Jaipur
Europe //06
London // Bath // Leeds // Liverpool // Oxford // Bangor, Wales
In the room
Summits, panels and the occasional piece of press. Most of the useful conversations happen in the corridors.
September 2026 // Mumbai[Attended]
Global Fintech Fest 2026
Four days at Jio World Centre in Bandra Kurla Complex, run by the Payments Council of India, the Fintech Convergence Council and NPCI. This year's theme was trusted, connected systems for inclusive finance.
September 2026 // Indore[Attended]
Prestige AI Impact Summit 2026
A weekend in Indore. The panel spent its time on where defensibility in AI actually comes from, what separates a useful product from a venture-scale business, and whether Indian teams can build an edge instead of competing for access to the same models.
12 March 2026 // Jaipur[Panellist]
Tally Startup Collective
On "Building Strategic Investor Relationships Before You Need Them", alongside investors from Beyond Next Ventures and the Hinduja Group: how ITI Growth evaluates founders, and why the relationship has to exist before the capital is urgent.
19 August 2025[Featured]
Latitude Media
Quoted in Bianca Giacobone's "Is India the Next Frontier for Climate Tech?", on why India's industrial build-out makes it both the most urgent and the most open market for climate technology.