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Design Thinking
Understanding people, uncovering needs, identifying problems, ideating and designing human-centred solutions.
Mumbai, India
Business & Investment · Product & Strategy · Technology & AI · Design Thinking
Understanding businesses. Exploring technology. Solving complex problems.
Multidisciplinary thinker working across investment research, business strategy, product development and emerging technologies.
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The Person
About
An analytical mind with a builder's curiosity.
I enjoy understanding how things work, why problems exist and how they can be solved better.
My approach is rooted in design thinking. I enjoy understanding people, uncovering their underlying needs, breaking down complex challenges and exploring solutions that combine creativity with practical execution.
My background spans entrepreneurship, applied statistics, business strategy and technology. This allows me to look at problems from multiple perspectives: the user, the business and the underlying technical system.
I'm particularly interested in AI, intelligent systems, emerging technologies and the process of turning ideas into useful products.
Whether it's designing a product experience, understanding an AI system, evaluating a business model or conceptualising an entirely new solution, I enjoy the entire journey from problem to possibility.
The same analytical habit applies to businesses and investments: reading a company, testing a model, sizing a market and asking whether an opportunity is actually worth pursuing.
Multidisciplinary MBA graduate with a strong foundation in business, finance and technology, and a strong understanding of software systems, AI and emerging technologies. Driven by design thinking, analytical reasoning and creative problem-solving, with an ability to understand customer needs, deconstruct complex challenges and conceptualise effective solutions. Combines technical understanding, product strategy and business thinking to translate requirements into technology-driven products, from ideation through development and execution.
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Technology & Systems
Understanding software systems, AI, APIs, databases, integrations, architecture, automation and emerging technologies.
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Product & Business
Product strategy, customer discovery, business models, roadmaps, prioritisation and execution.
Investment & business analysis
Reading a business before deciding what to build.
Valuation, feasibility and startup evaluation sit beside product and technology work. The studies below are academic or independent. They are not roles at the companies analysed, and guidance from people associated with 101 Capital, JP Finance and Avinya Ventures was not employment there.
Valuation case
Narayana Hrudayalaya Limited
Listed-company valuation. Academic and independent — not employment.
Valuation case
Balwaan Krishi
A separate business valuation and investment analysis.
- Company valuation
- Financial modelling
- DCF
- WACC
- NPV
- IRR
- Cash-flow projections
- Sensitivity analysis
- Market sizing
- Competitive analysis
- Startup evaluation
- Investment thesis development
- Investment memo preparation
- Business model analysis
- Unit economics
- Financial feasibility
- Industry analysis
Experience
A path across building, advising and making.
July 2026 – Present
Founder
AL-HAMZA Fragrance
Co-Founder
Co-founded a fragrance business focused on bringing inspired fragrances to the Indian market — working across digital product, customer experience, brand and commercial execution.
March 2026 – April 2026
Freelance engagement
TezJersey
Freelance Full-Stack & AI Developer
Completed a paid two-month engagement for a Middle Eastern business, translating client requirements into product functionality and delivering full-stack and AI-enabled features.
November 2025 – January 2026
Founder
Grailix
Founder
Developed a prediction-markets venture — from product conceptualisation and platform building through community, positioning and market-entry evaluation.
March 2025 – October 2025
Founder
UpLeveling Labs
Founder / CEO
An AI-powered gamified upskilling platform focused on helping students and young professionals develop practical, job-ready skills. The concept was validated with 58 registered users.
March 2025 – April 2025
Project engagement
JSW Steel
AI Solutions Project
Designed and delivered an AI-agent-based chat solution for an internal team at JSW Steel, focused on making organisational data more accessible through conversational interaction.
May 2024 – July 2024
Internship
Foyr
Business Intern
Worked closely with founders on business planning, market research and strategic initiatives.
May 2024 – September 2024
Internship
Magically Genius
Growth & DevOps Intern
Worked across technology, automation and business development — from internal tools to client conversations. The company was later acquired.
October 2021 – February 2022
Virtual internship programme
Microsoft Future Ready Talent
Future Ready Talent – Virtual AI Intern
Completed a virtual AI internship through the Microsoft Future Ready Talent programme. This was a programme placement, not direct employment at Microsoft.
Projects
Investment, business, product and technology — one archive.
Every project uses the same row. Open any entry for the fuller case: problem, method, what was built, and what stayed a concept.
Narayana Hrudayalaya Limited
Financial Analysis · Company Valuation
An academic and independent valuation of Narayana Hrudayalaya Limited, using discounted cash flow and related investment methods. Not a professional employment engagement.
Balwaan Krishi
Financial Analysis · Business Valuation
A separate valuation case study of Balwaan Krishi, examining business fundamentals, financial performance, growth assumptions and investment potential.
Investment Research & Analysis
Investment Research · Startup Evaluation
Independent investment work across pitch decks, theses, market sizing and memos. Guidance came from professionals associated with 101 Capital, JP Finance and Avinya Ventures — not employment at those firms.
Volkswagen Group
Industry Research · Strategy
An industry-level strategic analysis of the automobile sector, using Volkswagen Group as the focal company.
Dyson
Marketing Strategy · Business Analysis
An industry-grade marketing plan for Dyson.
New Business Feasibility
Business Planning · Financial Analysis
A project-management and financial-feasibility plan for launching a hypothetical business.
Startup Sales Management
Business Strategy · Operations
A sales-management strategy covering planning, budgeting, structure, people and performance.
SkillRoom
AI · EdTech · Web3 · Product Design
A gamified skill-development platform designed to help users develop practical skills through engaging, hyper-personalised learning.
ScoutRoom.ai
AI · HR Tech · Design Thinking · Product Strategy
An AI-powered interview concept designed to help recruiters screen candidates more efficiently and identify a shortlist of promising people.
HYDRA
AI · FinTech · Quantitative Systems
An AI-assisted perpetual-futures trading bot designed to gather market data, perform quantitative calculations, generate strategies and execute trades.
Sahitya
Social Innovation · FinTech · Design Thinking
A gamified personal-finance experience designed to help users understand and manage their money in an engaging and accessible way.
BizConnect
Web3 · B2B · Data Infrastructure
A research-led exploration of a compliant B2B data-sharing ecosystem for data pooling, buying, selling, storage and analysis through negotiable contracts.
SonicRoom
Web3 · Metaverse · Creator Economy
A metaverse exploration for content creators — livestreaming, publishing, customisable rooms and Ethereum-based NFT commerce.
Polymarket Trading Bot
Prediction Markets · FinTech · Automation
An automated trading bot for prediction markets, applying market analysis and programmatic trade execution.
AutoDeFi.AI
AI · DeFi · FinTech
An AI-powered DeFi portfolio intelligence project. Some capabilities were implemented; others were explored as product direction.
Grailix
Prediction Markets · FinTech · Entrepreneurship
Founded a prediction-markets venture, covering product conceptualisation, platform building, community and regulatory feasibility.
UpLeveling
AI · EdTech · Product Strategy
An AI-powered gamified upskilling platform for students and young professionals. Validated with 58 registered users.
BlingVoC.ai
Generative AI · Voice of Customer · Analytics
A Generative AI Voice of Customer concept that ingests feedback from multiple sources and clusters it into actionable insight.
E-Medico
AI Healthcare · Machine Learning
A prototype exploring a virtual medical assistant and machine-learning health-risk prediction. Not deployed in hospitals and not clinically validated.
Excel Whiz
Freelance Development · Data Analytics
A React.js website for Excel Whiz, presenting its services and business information, plus early client-process thinking.
Quickteen
Web3 · Decentralised Applications · Social Innovation
A decentralised online canteen concept aimed at reducing the rush of token-based ordering.
dHub
Web3 · Decentralised Social
An exploration of a multichain decentralised social hub for opinions, messages and news stored on blockchain infrastructure.
ExaVerse
Gamification · Fitness · Product Design
A gamified exercise application concept.
Achievements & recognition
Competitions across business, fintech, AI and Web3.
Selected recognitions from competitions and programmes. Dates and prize amounts are omitted where they have not been separately verified.
Image forthcoming
VWEEX AI Wars
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Top 10 globally
WEEX AI Wars
AI · Trading systems
Recognised among the global top ten in an AI trading-bot competition.
Image forthcoming
IBNB Q4 Hackathon
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Special Prize Winner
BNB Q4 Hackathon
Web3 · Product
Awarded a special prize for work submitted to the BNB Q4 Hackathon.
Image forthcoming
IFintech Hackathon
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2nd Place
NITI Aayog–PhonePe Fintech Hackathon
FinTech · Innovation
Second place at a fintech hackathon organised in association with NITI Aayog and PhonePe.
Image forthcoming
VBusiness Pitch
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1st Place
NMIMS Business Pitch Competition
Entrepreneurship · Pitch
First place at the NMIMS Business Pitch Competition.
Image forthcoming
IVPrediction Markets
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Top 10
Prediction Markets Hackathon
Prediction markets · Product
Placed in the top ten at a prediction-markets hackathon.
Image forthcoming
IEthereum hackathon
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1st Place overall · Grant recipient
ETHernals — Web3 Hackathon
Blockchain · Web3
First place overall at ETHernals. Category awards: Most Futuristic Project; Best Decentralised Video Platform — Polygon / Livepeer; Best Gasless DApp — Biconomy. Also received an ETHIndia grant through Devfolio.
Image forthcoming
IIILightspeed Web3
07
Winner
Lightspeed Web3 Hackathon
Web3 · Builder
Winner of the Lightspeed Web3 Hackathon, including an ETHIndia bounty.
Image forthcoming
VEY Techathon
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Semi-finalist
EY Techathon 5.0
Technology · Case
Reached the semi-finals of EY Techathon 5.0.
Image forthcoming
IIReliance TUP
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Top 10 Semi-finalist
Reliance TUP
Innovation · Venture
Top-ten semi-finalist at Reliance TUP.
Image forthcoming
INMIMS convocation
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Winner
Best Startup Idea Award — NMIMS convocation
Entrepreneurship · Recognition
Recognised with the Best Startup Idea Award at NMIMS convocation.
Image forthcoming
VImagine Cup
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India Semi-finalist
Microsoft Imagine Cup
AI · Healthcare · 2022 · E-Medico
India semi-finalist in 2022, associated with the E-Medico AI healthcare project. Distinct from the Microsoft Future Ready Talent internship.
Image forthcoming
IIISTEM Olympics
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3rd Place
STEM Olympics AI/ML Category
AI · Machine learning
Third place in the AI/ML category of STEM Olympics, an international AI/ML competition hosted through Devpost.
Image forthcoming
IDecHack
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1st Place and Best UI/UX Award
DecHack
Product · Hackathon · December 2021
First place and Best UI/UX Award at DecHack, December 2021, organised by Google Developer Student Clubs at Sister Nivedita University.
Image forthcoming
IIDevForge
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Special Prize Winner · Top 10
DevForge — DevRev
Generative AI · Analytics · March 2024 · BlingVoC.ai
Special Prize Winner and a top-ten placement at DevForge in March 2024, for BlingVoC.ai.
Earlier academic recognition
ISC Board Examination
2nd Rank at School Level · 2020
Education
Formal foundations in enterprise and analysis.
June 2023 – June 2025
MBA — Entrepreneurship
NMIMS University
3.6
CGPA
- Entrepreneurship
- Business strategy
- Innovation
- Consumer behaviour
- Product thinking
- Business models
- Market research
June 2020 – June 2023
BSc — Applied Statistics and Analytics
NMIMS University
3.6
CGPA
- Statistics
- Analytical reasoning
- Quantitative thinking
- Data analysis
- Problem-solving
Skills & capabilities
How the work actually gets thought through.
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Investment & Finance
- Company Valuation
- Financial Analysis
- DCF
- WACC
- NPV
- IRR
- Financial Modelling
- Cash-flow projections
- Sensitivity analysis
- Investment Research
- Startup Evaluation
- Market Sizing
- Investment Theses
- Investment Memos
- Business Models
- Unit Economics
- Financial feasibility
- Business Valuation
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Business & Strategy
- Business Strategy
- Market Research
- Competitive Analysis
- Business Development
- Go-to-Market Strategy
- Pricing
- Market Entry
- Industry Analysis
- Strategic Planning
- Business Analysis
- Pricing Strategy
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Product & Design Thinking
- Design Thinking
- Customer Discovery
- User Research
- Problem Decomposition
- Complex Problem Decomposition
- Critical Thinking
- Creative Problem-Solving
- Ideation
- Solution Conceptualisation
- Product Strategy
- Product Roadmaps
- Product Roadmapping
- Feature Prioritisation
- Product Requirements
- Product Development
- Product Lifecycle Thinking
- Product Research
- User-Centred Design
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AI & Technology
- AI Agents
- LLM Applications
- Generative AI
- AI Solutions
- AI Product Design
- AI Automation
- AI-Assisted Prototyping
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation concepts
- Intelligent workflows
- AI solution design
- Systems Thinking
- Solution Architecture
- API Integrations
- Database Concepts
- Backend Systems
- Frontend Systems
- Cloud Deployment
- Automation
- Blockchain
- Web3
- Fintech
- Cloud and Software Systems
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Analytics & Communication
- Applied Statistics
- Quantitative Analysis
- Data Analysis
- Python
- Presentations
- Pitch Decks
- Research Communication
- Stakeholder Communication
- Strategic Thinking
Technical toolkit
Tools used in actual project work.
A working toolkit drawn from project experience — not a claim of expert-level mastery of every item, and not the centre of the professional profile.
Programming & Development
Python · JavaScript · TypeScript · React · Next.js · Node.js
AI & Machine Learning
OpenAI · Google Vertex AI · Gemini · Groq · LlamaIndex · LightGBM · FAISS
Data & Infrastructure
Supabase · Neo4j · PostgreSQL concepts · Redis · Docker · Google Cloud · Cloud Run · Vercel · NodeOps
AI-Assisted Development
Cursor · AI-assisted coding and prototyping workflows
Blockchain & Web3
Ethereum · Binance Smart Chain · Smart contracts · Account abstraction · Gasless transactions · ERC-20 tokens · NFT ecosystems · Wagmi · Viem · RainbowKit
How I work
From people and problems to products that hold.
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Understand
Understand the people, their context and the real problem.
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Deconstruct
Break complex challenges into understandable components.
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Explore
Research, analyse, challenge assumptions and identify opportunities.
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Ideate
Generate possibilities and conceptualise solutions.
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Design
Translate ideas into product experiences, workflows and systems.
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Build
Prototype, collaborate and use technology to bring solutions to life.
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Validate
Test assumptions, gather feedback and refine.
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Deliver
Move towards implementation, launch and continuous improvement.
Contact
Have a problem worth solving?
I'm always interested in exploring interesting problems, emerging technologies and opportunities to build meaningful products — including investment research, business strategy, product work and technology.