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Building Epik | Forbes 30 Under 30, Asia

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Recognitions🎖️ • Forbes 30 under 30, Asia • Inc list of Top 50 world changing startups • Yourstory Top 10 IoT startups in India • SAP Headstart Top 5 startups in India 4x Entrepreneur 👨🏻‍💻 • Building the world’s largest ‘Try & Buy Everything’ store • 3 successful previous exits • Raised $7.5M cumulatively so far • Claim to fame as the first start-up in the World to introduce smart locks for the Telecom Industry (2015) and smart locks as replacement for OTL/bottle seals in the Logistics Industry (2018) • Scaled a design & tech agency to 100+ team members and $1.5M+ ARR Social Endeavours 🙏🏼 //Covid Service// • Managed a back end war room with 16 volunteers, which worked 24/7, to facilitate hospital beds, medication, oxygen & ambulance services. • Free 200 concentrators circulated on need basis to underprivileged people across Bangalore. These concentrators are still under circulation. • Facilitated procurement of 1000+ concentrators for Govt. of Karnataka, Govt. of West Bengal, patients & corporate entities. • Bangalore Police Dept. & their families including 3 DCPs, 10 ACPs and 3000+ police personnel and their families were touched through the Covid Awareness Drive conducted exclusively for the Dept. in collaboration with Sanjay Gandhi hospital (Govt. of Karnataka) • Free COVID vaccination drive held for 1000+ under privileged citizens in 2 locations of BLR - Indiranagar & BTM. //Environmental Conservation// • NEYP (National Environment Youth Parliament) - 50,000 students participated from across India and 150 selected students were given the opportunity to participate in a mock parliamentary session with Shri Om Birla (Hon'ble Speaker of Lok Sabha) and Shri Bhupender Yadav (Hon'ble Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change) • EYSS (Eco Youth Startup Summit) supported by Karnataka Govt. - Head Co-ordinator for one of a kind social event in which 100 + institutes and universities, 15+ VC firms, 10+ Govt. institutions in South India participated in various capacities. • BYOB (Bring Your Own Bits of waste) - Activity for 100+ citizens in Bangalore to get waste items from home and helped them convert it to planters. • Give Back-Pack initiative - Distributed basic necessities like School bags (CAPCO, WIPRO donated), Toiletries, Kitchen Utensils, Sleeping Rugs, Refurbished Toys, etc.. along with National Service Scheme (NSS) to tribal people from Koodige aadi - H D Kote Taluk, Mysore Rural. Extra Curricular🧩 • University Team: Theatre 🎭, Chess♟️, Cricket🏏, Badminton🏸 • Love for: Meditation🧘🏻‍♂️, Novice equestrian🏇🏻, Scuba diving🤿

Location

Bengaluru

Work experience

Founder, CEO at epik, Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos, Bangalore, Building “shopping ka naya tareeka” at Epik - World’s first ‘Try and Buy everything’ store.

Passion Project at allthingsvideo.ai, Apr 2023 - Feb 2025 · 1 yr 11 mos, Global supply chain for content creation and marketing. Human + AI approach for CMOs to 10x their content needs at 1/4th the time and cost. We built a kick-ass community of creative trailblazers that can redefine storytelling by blending creativity with the digital realm to present narratives that resonate. We believe stories are the heartbeat of the Universe, and at Allthingsvideo.ai, we're all about bringing those heartbeats to life. 🎶 I'm all ears for collabs or just a good ol' chat about the magic of stories.🌟

Co Founder, Director of Marketing and Growth (acquired) at Hashtaag™ - KGJ Software Technologies, Dec 2015 - Sep 2016 · 10 mos, A unit operated by KGJ Software Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Hashtaag - Fueling Mobile Innovation Raised $1M 150+ member team $1.5M in Annual Revenue At Hashtaag, we built a gold-mine of expertise in technologies, processes and frameworks for Mobile and Cloud. Our streamlined processes helped us flawlessly engineer and deliver some of the most complicated design projects with relative ease. We had solutions across all major platforms including iOS, Android, Windows, Web and cross-platform. Hashtaag builds both products for individual clients and mobility solutions for enterprises.

Co Founder, CEO (acquired) at Openapp smart locks, Nov 2015 - Nov 2022 · 7 yrs 1 mo, India, Pioneers of IoT Enterprise Smart Locks in India Backed by Co-founders of Infosys, Zoho, Karnataka Govt.(KarSEMVEN) and other VCs. 80,000+ Locks deployed 284,710 Unique locations 6 Million+ Accesses Gone are the days of overpriced security systems. At Openapp, we believe that safety should be accessible to all. That's why our IoT smart locks are designed with affordability in mind, without compromising on quality. Our biggest use-cases are industrial verticals such as Telecom, Logistics, Warehousing, Shared infra, etc.. Embracing the lifestyle of the modern generation, Openapp also embarked on a remarkable journey of D2C, introducing distinct categories of smart locks for the uber home owners of India that want to upgrade to a convenient way of access. ​ Get smart and savvy with Openapp – where style, technology, and peace of mind converge.

Co Founder, CEO (acquired) at NMTIY (acquired), Jul 2014 - Dec 2015 · 1 yr 6 mos, Bengaluru, India, - Launched a creative Design and Tech agency with a team of specialists in UI/UX, Graphic Design and Digital Design. - It was operated under the entity of Open App Techcommerce Pvt Ltd, to provide economic sustainability for the company while pursuing the larger ambition of building IoT products that make a difference. - Industry experience from running a Design Agency in the past came to aid in Client Acquisition - from Home and Abroad. NMTIY has created creative collaterals and digital material for several Real Estate Developers, Software Companies, F&B Startups and Brands, Event Management Companies, Fashion Brands, Fin-tech startups and Individual Entrepreneurs. - Insights into Client/ Customer thought pattern and expectations had provided ample direction to the design team, who were pushed to excel. NMTIY was a sought after name for brands that sought stellar Websites and Mobile Apps. - Good Rapport with Clients ensured long lasting business relationships, and by extension good word of mouth advertising for NMTIY, which is essential for Design agencies to expand and flourish. - The agency was later merged into the larger entity of KGJ software technologies Pvt Ltd, with all it's employees now being a part of Hashtaag (trade name of KGJ). - I held a non-executive role uptil the tenure as per the terms of the deal in KGJ software technologies, assisting in matters of Design and Business when necessary.

Education

Psychology, Literature and Journalism, Christ University, Bangalore

Electronics, Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry, JAIN College