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People & Talent | Programs & 0→1 | Community Builder | Founder, The Bangla Collective | ex-Stripe

About

I build things; teams, programs, processes, communities, and occasionally, things that didn’t have a name when I started. Over the last 5+ years, I’ve worked across high-growth startups and global fintech, with People & Talent as my core and a lot of 0→1 along the way. My work has stretched across hiring, HR programs, people operations, stakeholder management, internal programs and cross-functional projects. More recently, I founded The Bangla Collective; a Bengali culture & community platform in Bangalore - which has pulled me into community building, partnerships, brand, events and building something of my own from scratch. I’m at my best in fast-moving environments, solving slightly messy problems with good people. I like clean processes, honest conversations, high ownership and building calm inside chaos. If something needs building, fixing, or figuring out; I’m usually interested.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude

notion

openai

Work experience

Founder at The Bangla Collective, Feb 2026 - Present · 9 mos, India, Founded and built The Bangla Collective, a contemporary Bengali culture and community platform in Bangalore. • Built and scaled the platform from 0→1, delivering 4 large-format cultural experiences reaching ~2,000 attendees • Grew the digital community organically from 0 to 4000+ members in the first 6 months. • Scaled experiences from 100+ attendee formats to 500+ capacity productions • Developed revenue streams across ticketing, brand sponsorships and strategic partnerships • Led end-to-end business and experience delivery.

Manager - Talent at Licious, May 2026 - Oct 2026 · 6 mos, A brief but valuable chapter; grateful for the experience, the people I worked with, and the clarity it gave me on the kind of work and environment I’d like to pursue next. :)

Talent Partner at Stripe, Mar 2025 - Mar 2026 · 1 yr 1 mo, Bengaluru, A front-row seat to building at scale. Partnered with teams across Stripe to hire for high-impact business functions, while working on programs spanning internal mobility, vendor strategy and recruiting operations. A chapter that fundamentally shaped how I think about talent, systems and operating with rigor in high-growth environments.

Partner - Talent and Culture at MPOWER Financing, Apr 2022 - Feb 2025 · 2 yrs 11 mos, Bengaluru, Built while we scaled; often without a playbook. • Hiring across Tech + Business, end-to-end and hands-on • Built Campus Hiring 0→1 • Helped scale Engineering on a 10-50 scale • Built the machinery around hiring; processes, data, vendors, employer brand • Worked across HR Ops, engagement and People projects when something needed an owner A lot of building, fixing, figuring out - and wearing whatever hat the day needed.

Human Resources Manager at Yurray Global, Jun 2021 - Mar 2022 · 10 mos, Bangalore Urban, Worked at the intersection of People, Operations & Founder’s Office. • Built the People function 0→1 across hiring, HR Ops, engagement & culture • Partnered directly with the founders on business priorities and special projects • Owned vendor management, administration and day-to-day people operations • Built processes from scratch as the business evolved

Education

Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, HR, amity University

Higher Secondary (ISC), Humanities/Humanistic Studies, St. Lukes Day School