Product Strategist
Builder
Policy Nerd
I think in systems, then ship the thing.
Every move traded abstraction for directness. Closer to the problem. Closer to building the thing myself.
Global investment bank. Built Python-based risk controls. Got fluent in how large systems actually work.
International development NGO. Coordinated fieldwork for 1,000+ farmers. First time the work changed someone's day.
Global edtech at $3.2B valuation. Shipped systems that recovered $2M annually. Launched new product verticals.
AI startup. Defined product strategy for a multi-agent platform. Roadmap backed a $10M seed raise.
Shipping my own products. Freelancing on AI implementation. Finally picking the problems.
I have degrees from BITS Pilani and the Young India Fellowship. Good credentials. But if you're reading this, it's because I shipped things, not because I graduated from places.
The world over-indexes on degrees. I over-index on shipping.
Every career move I've made traded abstraction for proximity. From modeling risk at an investment bank, to coordinating fieldwork with farmers, to shipping product at scale, to now building the thing myself.
The farther you sit from the problem, the easier it is to be wrong.
A scrollytelling data platform that transforms India's budget, economy, healthcare, and education data into interactive visualizations. Built from authoritative sources with automated pipelines. Every number traces to a government publication.
Designed and built an iOS writing app from scratch. Concept to App Store in two weeks. Distraction-free composition with intelligent formatting.
I think about how systems work at the institutional level. Public data, fiscal policy, how governments allocate money. The India Data Portal is where this interest becomes tangible.
Mentoring two Vahani Scholarship recipients since 2021; academic, professional, and personal guidance. Something I'd keep doing if nobody knew about it.
The Young India Fellowship was a genuine hunger for cross-disciplinary thinking. Economics, engineering, liberal arts. Most of my useful ideas came from combining fields, not going deeper in one.
M.Sc. Economics + B.E. Mechanical Engineering
Young India Fellowship
I'm interested in product work, AI implementation, and conversations about public data. Open to freelance.
Built from scratch. Obviously. © 2026 Ronit Chidara