Professional Roles and Achievements
Achievements
- VP, Communications Club
- Finalist, HP Innovation Bootcamp
- Lead, Invisible But Essential
Academics
-ESADE MBA Batch of 2026
-B.Tech, Petroleum Engineering – Indian Institute of Technology, Dhanbad
What is invisible but essential about YOU? or ESADE? or Barcelona?
There’s a National-level engineering exam held every year in India called the IIT-JEE. More than 1.5 million students apply to it, and less than 0.5% get in. I always envisioned my life to be a straight line, and this exam was the first step. But with long study hours, I saw myself taking an interesting direction. I started making simple meals for myself, and a year later, I was already experimenting with different recipes. On a whim, I sent one of my own recipes to a contest; it got featured in UpperCrust, an Indian food magazine. It wasn’t a big deal for me at that moment because getting into IIT took the spotlight. But what started as a self-sustenance experiment is now a full-blown hobby.
Now, on paper, being in an IIT, my path looked certain. Unfortunately, engineering didn’t feel like home. I secured the License for the first TEDx event in the city of Dhanbad. This notoriously infamous city is not easy to reach, doesn’t have an airport and is not known for events like that. But this was a phase where I wanted to explore my depths and take on challenges that I enjoyed facing. Eventually, I was able to secure a Bollywood actress, a famous director and writer, the owner of one of the most popular social media channels in India and so on in the speaker lineup. My exploration didn’t stop there; I bootstrapped a laundry service startup, a profitable one and one of its kind in India back then. Things started making sense now. I had a vision and a goal to work towards. But by the time my undergraduate degree ended, the founders parted ways as well. After this, the road wasn’t a straight path anymore, but worse, it was blurry for the first time in my life.
There’s a line from this kids’ book – The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse that I carry with me: “One of our greatest freedoms is how we react to things.” After some amazing work experiences in Sweden and India, I came to ESADE. And what a city Barcelona is to live life to its fullest. Friends trusted me with their family dishes, and I shared mine. I realised how food makes community simple: you bring something, others bring something, and the table is stronger for it.
I had been asking myself, “What is success?”. And I found it only recently by rediscovering myself and my goals. As much as I tried in my younger years, life never presented itself in a straight line. I won’t claim resilience removes pain or guarantees results. It doesn’t. What it gives is a guarantee to stand up again. It helps you choose your response when the outcome is unclear.
So what is invisible but essential in my life? The practice of beginning again, patiently, honestly, and without rush.
Invisible but Essential 