Aakash Billawa

Aakash Billawa has a diverse work experience. In 2013, they started their career as a Graduate Engineering Trainee at Reliance, where they mediated technology transfer from Air Liquide to RIL for a project worth ₹18 Crore and successfully completed the trial operations. In 2014, they worked as a Chemistry Instructor at Saraswati Coaching Classes, conducting chemistry sessions at four different centers across Mumbai to 1000 JEE aspirants. Aakash also founded Newsopedia.in, a news reading app for children, and developed new business models as a response to market conditions and opportunities, which resulted in the development of 3 new core departments. In 2016, they worked as an MBA Summer Intern at Reliance Industries Limited, where they identified sales opportunity for polymer products in smart-city projects in India and devised strategies for B2B partnerships. In 2017, they worked as a Business Transformation Manager- P&C at Reliance Industries Limited, where they defined and implemented digitization of the Supplier Onboarding Platform covering 1000+ incoming Suppliers per annum and successfully reduced the average supplier onboarding time by 50%. In 2019, they worked as a Senior Program Manager at Jio, where they managed PAN India sales & distribution of Payments products through in-house team and channel partners, and defined key input and output KPIs to measure Business Performance. In 2022, they worked as a Program Head at Chai Point, where they launched a new business division valued at ₹800 Cr. and played a central role in scaling the business from zero to ₹10 lakhs EBITDA per month within 8 months of launch. Aakash also prepared category-specific P&L statements, sales projections, and business models and made board presentations. Aakash also managed marketing management and business development, building and maintaining relationships with over 50 B2B customers in Bengaluru.

Aakash Billawa completed a BE-Chemical degree from Thadomal Sahani Engineering College between 2009 and 2013. Aakash then went on to pursue a Post Graduate Diploma in Management with a focus on Marketing/Marketing Management, General from the Indian Institute of Management, Indore between 2015 and 2017.