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Growth and Innovation Alliance LLP. (Gaia) is a boutique impact consultancy that primarily works and specialises in impact sectors like mobility, logistics, energy, urban development, climate change, water, waste, health-tech, agri-tech amongst others. We are a collective of like-minded individuals from varied market backgrounds and extensive experience in working in Corporate organizations, Think-Tanks, Banks, Startups, Research Organizations as well as Not-for-profit organizations. The collaborators having worked in organizations like World Resources Institute (WRI), UMTC, YES Bank, VOGO, Grofers, Abbott Healthcare, Marvel Realty, Athena Infonomics, Creditsights Asia Research, Anheuser-Busch InBev, CPC Analytics, Xynteo, D’Accord Incorporated, among others, we have a strong network within various verticals in the Government at the central and state level, as well as private organizations. Our collaborators come from prestigious educational institutes like University College London, Hertie School of Public Policy – Berlin, Brandeis University – Boston,  London School of Economics, Stanford University, Wichita State University, IIT – Guwahati, University of Oxford, Takshashila Institute of Public Policy – Bangalore, CEPT Ahmedabad and IMT Gaziabad.

Services

Growth and Innovation Alliance LLP. (Gaia) is a boutique impact consultancy that primarily works and specialises in impact sectors like mobility, logistics, energy, urban development, climate change, water, waste, health-tech, agri-tech amongst others.

We offer the following services:
– Market intelligence
– Market research and assessment
– Business development
– Business finance
– Business planning
– Business strategy
– Research and marketing
– Research and development
– Public policy
– Advocacy and Government relations
– Product validation
– Commercialisation strategy
– Fundraising strategy and facilitation

Team

Angad Deepak Gadgil
Managing Partner
Angad is the Managing Partner of Growth and Innovation Alliance LLP. with over a decade of experience of working in the mobility, energy, waste climate change and logistics in various capacities. Angad holds a Master’s degree in Planning Design and Development from University College London and a Bachelors’ degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Pune

Midhun Sankar K.
Principal – Mobility
Midhun is a Transport Palanner with over 6 years of experience in city and regional planning, electric fleet systems designing, expertise in central and state regulations/policies. Midhun holds a Master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning with a specialisation in Transportation and a Bachelors’ degree in Architecture from School of Planning and Architecture, NIT Bhopal

Vibhuj Binani
Principal – Strategy and Electric Mobility
Vibhuj is an Aerospace Engineer and an Investment Banker with over 8 Years of experience in power train engineering, drone development, lighter than air spacecrafts & Investment Banking. He has completed his Bachelors degree in Aerospace Engineering from Wichita State University

Sumith Koshy
Principal – Strategy and Business Development
Sumith has over 15 years of work experience in Logistics, FMCG, Business Development and Sales. Sumith holds an MBA from Jadavpur University

Prasanth Prabhakar
Principal – Operations
Prasanth has over 17 years of work experience in E-commerce, Logistics, Operations and Customer experience. Prasanth is an MBA from Narsee Monjee Institute of Management

Nishant Agrawal
Associate Manager – Mobility
Nishant is an Urban Planner and has been working for over 2.5 years in the field of Transportation Planning, Design and handling government relations. He has completed his post graduation from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee and Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Apeejay Institute of Technology, SAP.

Anu James
Associate Consultant – Mobility
Anu is an urban planner and graduated with a Masters of Urban Planning from Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal. She has a specific interest in Transportation planning and sound knowledge in GIS. Anu has 2 years of academic experience at CEPT University, guiding Masters of Urban Planning students with multi-disciplinary backgrounds.

Contact Us

Corporate Office: FF4 City Point, Infantry Road Bengaluru 560001, Karnataka, India
Email address: [email protected] | Phone number: +91-9823789108