Product Leader

Hyderabad

Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India


Remote

Greater Bengaluru Area





PGP (PGDCM), Business Administration and Management, General
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering
Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani - Goa Campus
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I build products at the messy intersection of behavior, systems, and real-world constraints. Over 5+ years, I’ve led 0→1 launches in healthtech, edtech, and lending — including a ₹10Cr+ vaccination vertical at MediBuddy, a gamified learning app, and backend tools that power ops and GTM. I’ve worked without EMs, unblocked pods, and owned outcomes end-to-end. My product decisions are shaped by behavioral psychology, strategic research, and systems thinking — not just shipping features. I prioritize execution depth, user clarity, and feedback loops. Recently, I’ve been advising early-stage teams like Freebird (a lending SaaS) on roadmap, analytics, and direction. I’m also building portfolio projects exploring AI-powered, behavior-first design. If you’re solving a tough health or habit problem with tech and want a sharp, mission-aligned PM — I’d love to hear more. MBA – IIM Calcutta, 2016.
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Product at Craft My Plate, Sep 2025 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos, Hyderabad, Cracking the customer and ops for online bulk food delivery
Fractional CPO at Freelance, Nov 2024 - Apr 2025 · 6 mos, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India, Freebird - Growth Freebird is Lending Management Software (LMS) for Micros lenders, helping them with Loan tracking, Book keeping, Payment Collection etc. Helping Freebird to crack the growth problem by improving onboarding funnel conversion
Gap year at Career Break, Aug 2022 - Oct 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos, On a sabbatical after the layoff at PharmEasy due to personal reasons
Senior Product Manager at PharmEasy, Dec 2021 - Aug 2022 · 9 mos, Remote, Docon - Medicine Monetization; Thyrocare - Labs & Reports Launched Cart Resolution V1 to reduce unresolved carts from 89% to ~60% Launched Partial Reports and Cover Pages for Thyrocare reports
Product Manager at MediBuddy, Feb 2021 - Dec 2021 · 11 mos, Greater Bengaluru Area, Built and launched Vaccinations product and vertical to help MediBuddy drive 5 lakh+ inoculations and generate 50 Cr+ GMV Single handedly led the cross-functional team through MVP to product expansion
PGP (PGDCM), Business Administration and Management, General, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Mechanical Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani - Goa Campus