--- title: "Tushar N. - Product Lead & Member of Technical Staff in India | Tal" description: "Meet Tushar N., tal’s brain since v0.0.1. he’s on v47 now. I aged. based in India." image: "https://tal.club/meet/tushar-nain-5/share-image" --- # Tushar N\. on Tal ## Headline tal’s brain since v0\.0\.1\. he’s on v47 now\. I aged\. ## About I studied Psychology at Ashoka University simply because I was fascinated by why people do what they do\. After graduation, I did the sensible things\. I worked in strategy consulting at Zinnov and then at Wadhwani AI \(where I helped raise $10M\+ for AI\-for\-good\)\. While I learned a lot, the biggest takeaway was realizing I genuinely loved working in small teams\. I wanted to be where the building happens, not just the planning\. That clarity is what pulled me toward the startup world\. I went to Mesa School of Business to make that transition\. Along the way, I spent some time at Elevation Capital, which gave me a helpful perspective on how businesses are built\. But I found my real footing at Grapevine \(Peak XV\)\. I joined as an intern, fell in love with the chaos of building 0\-to\-1, and haven't looked back\. I think a lot about how products should feel\. I wrote about it in The Joy Thesis if you're curious\. When I'm not working, I'm probably writing, building something for fun, or falling into a new rabbit hole about LLMs\. ## Location India ## Work experience Product Lead & Member of Technical Staff at tal \(by Grapevine\), Oct 2025 \- Present · 1 yr 1 mo, On\-site Founding Product Manager at tal \(by Grapevine\), Mar 2025 \- Oct 2025 · 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, \~ The role didn't exist before me, which was either exciting or a red flag \~ Picked up coding after a 3\-year gap and immediately started pretending I never stopped \~ Built and scaled Round1 AI to 100K interviews \~ Saumil said "build TAL" \- so I did \~ AI at 25% of workflows\. Progress\. Product Intern at tal \(by Grapevine\), Dec 2024 \- Mar 2025 · 4 mos, On\-site, \~ Learned a lot \- mostly that product is where I'm supposed to be \~ Spent most of my time in Product Ops and stared at Mixpanel until it started making sense \~ Quietly started using AI for 10% of my work before it was a personality trait Intern at Elevation Capital, Sep 2024 \- Dec 2024 · 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, > Researching and understanding founder perceptions across Consumer brands, Consumer tech, Enterprise & Fintech sectors towards Tier 1 funds, VC & Angel fundraising\. > Built a Report highlighting the landscape and our findings post evaluation\. Associate \- Strategy, Fundraising and Partnerships at Wadhwani AI, Jun 2023 \- Jul 2024 · 1 yr 2 mos, On\-site, In my role as an Associate at Wadhwani AI, I successfully led grant proposals raising over $10 million for the AI for Social Impact initiative\. Additionally, I developed relationships with global institutional philanthropic funds and lead the grants that secured a $3\.3 million grant from Google\.org for a National Pest Surveillance System and $1\.5 million grant from Walmart Foundation for AI Grain Analyzer\. Associate Consultant \- Investments, Open Innovation & Strategy at Zinnov, Jul 2022 \- Jun 2023 · 1 yr, Gurgaon & Bangalore, In my role at Zinnov, I developed investment theses for clean energy projects, executed successful acqui\-hiring strategies, and evaluated startups for industry reports and competitions\. • Crafted investment thesis for a Japanese sogo shosha\. • Executed acqui\-hiring strategy for an International financial services giant\. • Contributed to Zinnov\-NASSCOM Startup report 2023\. Intern \- Foundations \(ACT Grants\) at Sattva Consulting, Dec 2021 \- Feb 2022 · 3 mos, New Delhi, Delhi, India, • Scouted 50\+ high\-impact innovations in the healthcare sector for ACT for health grants\. • Spearheaded data analysis of ACT vaccine beneficiaries; shared randomly sampled data with last\-mile callers to flag any post\-dose reaction among beneficiaries\. • Implemented an app script to automate the creation of acknowledgment receipts for vehicles carrying covid relief donations; boosted the efficiency of the pipeline by 98%\. ## Education Bachelor of Science \- BS, Ashoka University PG Program in Startup Leadership, Business Administration and Management, General \(MBA\), Mesa School of Business [View the original profile](https://tal.club/meet/tushar-nain-5) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Person", "@id": "https://tal.club/meet/tushar-nain-5#person", "name": "Tushar N.", "url": "https://tal.club/meet/tushar-nain-5", "image": "https://tal.club/meet/tushar-nain-5/profile-photo.jpg", "description": "Meet Tushar N., tal’s brain since v0.0.1. he’s on v47 now. 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