Ayush is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Company Secretary with over 14 years of experience in multinational companies and startups in the areas of Corporate Developement, Fund Raising, Investor Relations, Business Strategy, Financial Planning & Analysis and Compliance.

At Prana, he is responsible for scaling the finance and investor relations functions of the firm and providing due diligence and strategic finance support to portfolio companies.

Previously, he worked at Plaeto, a footwear startup for 3 years as Head of Finance and has worked at Honeywell and Wipro Aerospace & Automation divisions, where he was instrumental in setting up and building the finance function of greenfield and acquired facilities and was also involved in mergers and acquisitions. Interestingly, he is a former co-founder of a chain of profitable beverage solutions company in Kolkata, which was sold to a leading tea estate group within 4 years of its inception.

Ayush enjoys playing table tennis, badminton and loves trying out new culinary.