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Marketing Leader | Product Coach | Academician | Published Author

About

Strategic Brand, Marketing & Communications leader with 12+ years of experience shaping enterprise narratives, go-to-market strategy, thought leadership, and stakeholder engagement across fintech, payments, SaaS, and education ecosystems. Proven expertise translating complex business, technology, and customer transformation initiatives into compelling communication strategies for enterprise, partner, and leadership audiences across global markets. Experienced in product marketing, pricing, executive stakeholder management, cross-functional consulting collaboration, internal communications, brand positioning, and customer behavior strategy. Alongside corporate leadership experience, actively engaged in academic instruction and workshops on brand strategy, consumer psychology, corporate communication, and behavioral marketing frameworks. My work and academic engagements focus on a simple but often misunderstood problem: Why do some products scale across markets while others don’t—despite strong technology? To solve this, I operate across three layers: a) Product Strategy, b) Go-to-Market & Growth Systems, c) Consumer Behaviour & Decision Systems Alongside my operating roles, I teach and mentor product leaders and MBA students at leading institutions, focusing on product strategy, product-led growth, behavioural economics in product design This dual lens as a corporate executive + educator shapes how I think about building products that work not just in theory, but in complex real-world markets. I am particularly interested in global payments infrastructure, SaaS platforms, AI-driven product ecosystems, cross-border consumer and merchant behaviour.

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

Work experience

Head of Marketing at Capitalmind Mutual Fund, May 2026 - Present · 6 mos, India

Visiting Professor at SDM Institute for Management Development, Dec 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos, Mysore, Delivering comprehensive instruction in contemporary digital marketing strategies and practices for the MBA program. Teaching Focus - Advanced digital marketing strategies and frameworks - Social media marketing and content strategy - Search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM) - Digital analytics and performance measurement Consumer behavior in digital environments Emerging trends in digital marketing and martech Key Responsibilities - Designed and delivered engaging curriculum on digital marketing fundamentals and advanced concepts - Mentored MBA students in developing practical digital marketing skills applicable to real-world business scenarios - Facilitated case study discussions and project-based learning to bridge theory and practice

Associate Professor of Management at Mount Carmel College, Palace Rd, Bengaluru, Sep 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru, Faculty at the School of Management for the following subjects: * Digital Marketing * Media Management and PR * Intellectual Property and Media Laws

Visiting Professor at Jain (Deemed-to-be University), Jul 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 4 mos, Bengaluru, Faculty at the School of Management for the following subjects: * Digital Business Tools * Principles of branding * Brand Management * Prototyping and Testing * Media Planning * Managing Fears and Failures

Visiting Professor at T.A.Pai Management Institute, Manipal, Jan 2021 - Present · 5 yrs 10 mos, India, Product Management | Consumer Economics | Buyer Persona | Creative Design | Market Research | Contextual Learning | Digital Marketing | Marketing Strategy | Social Media | PPC | SEO Strategy | Faculty in Product Management, Consumer Behaviour and Digital Marketing. SME on Buyer Personas, Consumer Behaviour, Digital Strategy and Story Telling for Brands. Key Attributes of classes are industry expertise and insights, concoction of marketing knowledge with relatable scenarios and a hint of humour to go with it.

Education

Masters in Business Law, International Business, Trade, and Tax Law, National Law School of India University

Diploma in Cyber Law, Intellectual property in Cyber Space and Ecommerce Laws, Asian School of Cyber Laws