Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited, Delhi
Deputy Manager - Economic Division and Urban Transformation (Sept 2024 - Present)

Created the concept/policy paper/ film on establishing Urban Invest Window under HUDCO & MoHUA and did consultative meeting with State/City/Experts.
Business Development in areas of Strengthening Public Finance Management for Punjab, Ahmedabad Urban Observatory, Municipal Bonds in Vadodara, and Municipal Asset Management in MoHUA.
Led the Swachhta Hi Seva 2025 campaign under the Swachh Bharat Mission–Urban.
Part of the Smart Cities Mission Management Unit, working with 17 cities to oversee the implementation and progress monitoring of the mission.
Created modules for an e-course on Municipal Finance for the World Bank (https://tinyurl.com/munfinIndia).
Program management for Sameeksha series, coordinating 50 impact studies by premier institutions; IITs and IIMs.
Drafted the SPV sustenance advisory/guidelines for Smart Cities Mission continuation.
Created SASCI proposal for Heritage Town of Puducherry with ADB.
Created concept papers, talking points, presentations, parliament response, press releases, and other high-level communication materials for minister to support the mission’s objectives.
Managed communications and outreach strategies for the Mission, including: development of knowledge products, such as best practices compendiums and documentary films, to showcase impactful learnings.

NIUA | Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Delhi 
Lead – Programs & Capacity Building (Jan 2019 - Aug 2024)

Co-lead activities on data & technology, citizen led initiatives, capacity building of city officials and outreach efforts for knowledge dissemination under the Smart Cities Mission.
Enhanced the capacity of 80+ city data officers in data-driven decision-making and also created content for e-course. 
Provided hands-on support to 6 smart cities to establish and enhance usability of Integrated Command and Control Centres. Designed and executed an ICCC mentorship program involving 12 mentors, benefiting 24 smart cities in improving the functionality of their ICCC systems by improving smart classrooms.
Developed the framework for ICCC Business Plan and SOP. Guided cities and compiled data from 100 smart cities.
Led implementation of Urban Outcome Framework 2022 , that enables sharing of data across 14 sectors, on 400+ parameters for 200+ cities, on the centralized AMPLIFI platform.
Implemented City Innovation Exchange Platform to onboard 200+ startups, 100 cities.
As a program lead, reviewed and oversaw the daily operations, outreach efforts, and monitoring of diverse citizen- oriented GoI initiatives, such as the Nurturing Neighbourhoods, Placemaking Marathon, Cycles4Change, and Streets4People. Impacting lives of millions across 100+ cities.
Organized and managed 11 national conferences, 4 workshops, 8 webinars, and panel discussions, providing training and capacity-building for city officials.
Co-authored 6+ comprehensive compendium/knowledge products showcasing accomplishments under the Smart Cities Mission. 
Developed two E courses on Data & Tech and ICCC. Managed communications and outreach efforts in SCM.

Tata Trusts, Delhi 
Consultant (June 2017 - December 2018)

WASH Consultant with Ministry of Jal Shakti - provided coordination, management and, monitoring support to the district administration for effective implementation of SBM (Rural).
Responsible for providing sanitation facilities to every household in 1176 villages.
Conducted 6 community-led total sanitation workshops for 900 village volunteers; conducted 2 workshops with district officials and village volunteers on menstrual hygiene management.
Developed a 12-month long capacity building plan for 42 district officials and IEC strategy for the district.
Worked on ODF+ and SLWM for 34 villages and set up the first SLWM-FSTP plant in Bulandshahr in 2018.
Supported the implementation of SBM(G) & various IEC activities at the district level.

Genotypic Technology, Bengaluru
Corporate Communication Executive - BDU (November '13 - July'15)

Communication strategist, developed a comprehensive communication plan through stakeholder engagement to lead internal and external communication for the marketing vertical, resulting in generating 70+ sales leads per week for Global and India Business Units.
Produced eight monthly creative write-ups for corporate collaterals and developed content for the website, digital marketing, social media, brochure, branding materials, press releases, and three monthly email campaigns.
Responsibilities also included managing and coordinating with over 30 stakeholders from diverse departments, such as business development, lab, and analysis teams.
Organized five internal events, two client-led seminars, one international conference, two national conferences, and multiple webinars.

IBM India Pvt Ltd, Bengaluru 
Technical Support Associate (July '11 - July'12)

Supported operational solutions for issues (system functioning, network, hardware, and software faults) raised by the client (Diageo PLC).
Provided daily inputs on database management and created analysis reports on the same.
Interfaced with Asia-Pacific and EMEA stakeholders of Diageo PLC clients.

1. Won the Digital India Award 2022 (Platinum Category) by President of India and the Global Smart Cities Award in the Innovation category at FIRA Barcelona: World Smart Cities Expo as part of the Smart Cities Mission data team.
2. Successfully completed three months of Anubhav Lecture Series with the University of Chicago.
3. Received the Distinguished Student Award for the years 2015-17 and the Academic Excellence and Best Studio awards for 2nd semester at CEPT University.
4. Served as the President and Cultural Secretary of the Student Executive Council at CEPT University and worked as an IT Assistant at the computer lab.
5. Received the 'A' Certificate in NCC (junior level), won the first prize in violin competition at the school level, and thrice won the first prize during the dance competition at SRM University (2007-11).

• MBA, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad, 2024–26
• Masters in Urban Management, CEPT University, 2015-17
• B.Tech (Biotechnology), SRM University, 2007-11

Violinist, Theatre Artist, Painting, Dancing, Football, Swimming, Travelling