Aishwarya Kalakata

Aishwarya Kalakata is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in business growth, corporate development, and investment management. Currently serving as the Head of Growth for Direct Business at Angel One since February 2024, Aishwarya previously held the position of Director at Flipkart Ventures where responsibilities included early-stage investing, corporate strategic partnerships, and managing Flipkart's seed investment initiative, Flipkart Leap Ahead. Aishwarya has significant entrepreneurial experience as a co-founder and managing partner of Three Stooges Hospitality Pvt Ltd, where innovative cloud kitchen concepts were developed, and substantial funding was raised. A strong background in IT transformation and project management emerged from roles at Unilever and Cognizant Technology Solutions, while early career experience in sales management at Colgate-Palmolive laid a solid foundation. Aishwarya holds multiple degrees, including an MBA from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and a BTech in Computer Science from IIIT Hyderabad.