Akshay Shekhar

Akshay Shekhar has worked in a variety of roles in the past 8 years. In 2021, they became the Co-Founder & CEO of KAZAM EV, where they handle hiring and investor relations. From 2018 to 2021, they worked at Godrej Consumer Products Limited as a Business Operations Lead and New Products Development, Outsourcing & Vendor Development. From 2016 to 2018, they were a Manager - Strategy & Ops at PepsiCo. Akshay was also the Co-Founder of FURNISHQ in 2015 and a Summer Intern at PepsiCo in the same year. From 2013 to 2015, they were an Intern at Siemens Ltd.

Akshay Shekhar began their educational journey at Swami Vivekanand High School, Chembur Mumbai, where they completed their SSC in 2008. Akshay then moved on to D G Ruparel College of Arts Science & Commerce, where they earned an HSC in General Science & Economics in 2010. In 2014, Akshay Shekhar graduated from Savitribai Phule Pune University with a Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Industrial Engineering. Two years later, in 2016, they earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Finance, General from the National Institute of Industrial Engineering. Most recently, in 2020, Akshay Shekhar completed a Certificate in Management Essentials from Harvard Business School Online.