“I was born and raised in Chennai. We didn’t have much, and education seemed the only way out. So I studied hard. Straight A’s. I dreamed of studying abroad – but dreams cost money we didn’t have.

So I took a job. It paid the bills, helped my family breathe a little easier. But it never felt like my life. Clocking in and out for someone else’s dream wasn’t it.

I’ve always been pulled toward building things from scratch. No playbook, just chaos, and figuring it out one messy step at a time.

So I quit my job and started building. My first experiment was a marketplace for gyms in Chennai. It failed – I was a naive builder. Around the same time, I helped a friend launch his clothing brand. That’s when I realised I loved the chaos of zero-to-one. I knew I had to get better at the game.

I pursued my PGP in Business & Technology from Masters Union, Gurgaon. While there, I started Modulus – a subscription-based preventive healthcare platform. We were ill-timed, and it didn’t scale. I shut it down.

After Modulus, I bounced between startups. Some I left. Some left me.
And then, my lifestyle crashed. I drank too much, gained weight, and ended up in the hospital. Couldn’t climb a flight of stairs without losing my breath.

I was never into sports. Never fit. Got bullied for being hefty. My health was always an afterthought. And behind it, a family history of lifestyle diseases.

I hated how I looked. I hated how I felt. So I decided to change.

Four months. Just me, the gym, my space, and a plan. I built a routine, lost over 20 kilos, and created protocols that worked for me. For the first time in my life, I understood what discipline and consistency could do.

And then, everything I had buried came crashing out – childhood trauma, my parents’ separation, my father’s passing. Years of pain surfaced all at once. I sought help.

I was diagnosed with clinical depression, ADHD, anxiety, and borderline personality disorder traits.
Suddenly, my life made sense – the idea-hopping, the emotional highs and brutal crashes, the restlessness, the reckless decisions, the broken relationships.

For a while, I shut down completely. But somewhere in that darkness, I started creating again.

I joined the founding team at Superpower, a US-based preventive healthcare startup. And I started building things that felt deeply personal:
• The Inner Monologue – my raw, unfiltered newsletter.
• Beginnings – a podcast with early-stage founders still in the chaos.
• Project Vanta – a 75-day challenge to move, eat, rest, and learn with intention. It started as a fun accountability bet between friends, then went viral – over 600 people joined in. Now it’s evolving into a community that makes health & fitness cool, fun, and approachable.

I never wanted the safe route. I never wanted the “expected” life. I want the one that makes me feel alive – chaotic, imperfect, unpredictable. Because sometimes, the becoming starts on the other side of fear.

I’ve just wrapped my time at Superpower. Now it’s time to build in India – for real.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned, it’s this: You don’t need it all figured out. You just need to start. Fail. Rise. And keep showing up – no matter how many times life knocks you flat.

Because ordinary is easy. And I didn’t come this far for easy.

Outlive ordinary – always.”