Corporate innovation that turns into revenue

• ₹7.6 Crcorporate account revenue, FY23-25, from a standing start
• 17corporate programmes closed and run, including P&G, Microsoft, Denso and Volkswagen Group
• 117 → 152corporate meetings a year, FY23-24 to FY24-25
• ₹37Lin sponsorship for Corporate Innovation Conclave 2025, which I supported

• Led the Mobility and FMCG verticals and acted as the commercial and delivery point of contact for every programme.
• Ran programmes and events with Broadridge (Web3 Paathsala), Microsoft for Founders and Deloitte, plus four sector roundtables on automotive, sustainability and fintech.
• Made T-Hub the outreach partner for Next Bharat Ventures (Suzuki), bringing tier 2 and tier 3 innovators into its residency programme.
• Represented T-Hub at Bharat Mobility Expo, BAJA SAE and ET Auto Show.

• Built a ₹89L consulting pipeline in nine months across automotive, FMCG, energy and oilfield services in India, Southeast Asia and Europe.
• Converted JLR into a signed ₹8.5L pilot and ran the account end to end: two problem statements, governance cadence and delivery tracking.
• Sourced Asia-Pacific startups for an energy and oilfield-services programme for Baker Hughes and Engie, qualifying and shortlisting from 100+ applicants.
• Took an existing healthcare client to market by connecting it with hospitals across India.

• ₹1.06 Crin grants and corporate purchase orders for Mobility and FMCG startups I mentored
• ₹4.3 Crdisbursed to 7 startups whose T-Fund evaluation I supported
• 200+ → 2applications assessed at The Startup Club Berlin, ending in two term sheets
• 32incubated startups supported with go-to-market and marketing

• Three-year innovation hubA global tyre manufacturer. Wrote the proposal, negotiated the ₹3.6 Cr contract, built and ran the team, drove scouting and PoCs, and designed the operating model for handover.
• Showroom behavioural analyticsA large automotive manufacturer. Scoped a customer analytics problem and brought in a computer-vision startup to lift showroom conversion with real-time behaviour data.
• Employee transport optimisationA large FMCG company. Designed a routing solution to cut employee transport cost and time without lowering service quality.
• Warehouse inventory automationA large automotive supplier. Built inventory tracking with drones and vision to automate stock counts in a high-density warehouse.
• India entry for healthtechA European healthtech company. Wrote the India GTM plan, vendor onboarding and first hospital partnership strategy for an AI healthtech client.
• Local-language media growthA media company. Regional-language content strategy and customer acquisition plan to scale local engagement.

In my experience a pilot rarely fails on technology. It fails because nobody owns the budget for what comes after. So I ask the scale-up questions before the pilot starts: who pays if it works, how it reaches core systems, and whether the startup can clear procurement.