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I build products

As a kid itself, I would spend hours every day sketching c o o l products like cars, sneakers & cellphones. I knew that I wanted to design things, to be an inventor of sorts.

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I embarked on that journey in India where I studied engineering & industrial design, building a 'super-mileage' car & publishing research in aero-dynamics. Hungry to learn about business and data and move to New York City, I went to grad school at Columbia University, where I worked on projects with Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia & Louis Vuitton.

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Fast forward to today: I've launched tools for creators at Spotify in New York, self-serve ad ops tools at Oracle Advertising (Moat) and defined product strategy at a British startup Grapeshot. want to keep creating technology that help creators. 

and I make music

I'm a composer and primarily play the piano and percussion. I'm currently working on solo projects, where I'm establishing my unique musical fingerprint - an alchemy of genre, personal poetic expression and cinema. 

 

Having grown up in a musical family filled with piano teachers, choir leaders and orchestra members, I spent 12 years studying classical piano and 4 years drumming (and writing) for my band across venues in South India. I began releasing music as a solo artist in 2020 and have since been featured in publications like Rolling Stone India, Wild City, Berlin On Air & Jazz in India, and radio stations like 94.3 Radio One & Musomuso FM.

 

I usually compose, produce, record & mix my music, but have also collaborated with renowned artists including Aleif Hamdan, Bongi Duma (of the Lion King Ensemble) & Smokey the Ghost.

but wait, there's more

In my free time, you might find me watching a video essay on film-making, catching an obscure foreign film at the Film Forum or editing my own music videos in Premiere Pro.
Some of my biggest idols are comedians like Monty Python, Conan O'Brien, Fry & Laurie. Satire, dry, dark, absurd - that's the good stuff. 
I grew up playing soccer and sticking newspaper clippings of Ronaldinho on my bedroom wall. The older I get, the more I appreciate the wisdom in the beautiful game. 
After growing up in Mumbai and living in a multi-cultural community at International House in New York, I will always believe that diversity makes us better. 
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