Akshay Awasthy serves as the Director and Business Development Leader at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, a prominent law firm in India, since September 2018. In this role, Akshay focuses on new business acquisition for buy/sell-side transactions and key account management across various sectors. Additionally, Akshay is an investor in multiple innovative companies including Zopper, Medikabazaar, Zypp Electric, Snapmint, Rozana.in, RED.Health, XYXX Apparels, bitsCrunch, and AI Therapeutics, contributing to the growth of industries ranging from insurance and healthcare to fintech and technology. Akshay holds a B.Com degree in Commerce from Delhi University and completed earlier education at Don Bosco School with a focus on commerce and mathematics.