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Anil Goel

President Technology, Byju's Group

Managed Amit directly at OYO as OYO CTPO

Amit is easily one of the smartest product leaders that I have ever worked with. I have hired him at OYO when he was relocating from the US after his long stint there. He took some time to adapt to the fast-paced and unstructured working environment at OYO, but was hitting out of the ball park within a couple of months. He brings great depth in product thinking and working customer backwards. As well as, he is a great executioner who simply gets stuff done on rapid timelines while ensuring good quality in an environment where priorities change frequently and quickly. He is pragmatic and able to make right tradeoffs between moving fast as well as built to last. He was a natural mentor to most of the product team at OYO and was a key leader in helping us build a world class product team. I will gladly work with Amit in any capacity, should an opportunity arise in future.

Ankit Mehrotra

CEO and Co-founder : Dineout

Managed Amit directly at Dineout

As a founder, it's very rare to come across a person who joins your team and changes the growth trajectory of your company. Amit, was one such person, who joined us bang in the middle of Covid, worked hard on building the right team, making the necessary changes and improvements in the product and simplifying it for our users which enabled us to scale our Pre-covid numbers in a short matter of 3 months after the Restaurant industry opened up again. During his journey with Dineout, Amit was instrumental in building a world class product team and hiring some of the best product talent that is out there. Additionally, the way he mentors and grooms product managers is a delight to watch up close. I have seen him turn average product managers into superb PM's during his journey with Dineout. I also worked very closely with Amit in building the right set of cultures and values for the team, which helped us attract some of the best talent available in the market. Also, Amit has this unique ability to ask the right set of questions from a founder and breaks everything down to the first principle which forces one to think about what is really important for the business and which problems need to be solved, keeping the long term vision of the company intact. He also helped other teams at dineout become more data oriented and more customer focused in their approach towards problem solving. Overall, Amit truly helped us build a world class product and culture and I believe that he will be an asset to any organisation!

Sahil Jain

Co-Founder : Dineout

Managed Amit directly at Dineout

I think Amit changed the trajectory of the Product function in Dineout on it's head and helped us build one of the best Product teams that we could have hoped for after being in business for 10 years. Amit has a sharp sense of judging quality product talent being a top notch product leader himself and the method/process with which he arrives at that conclusion gives you a very high probability of success which is amazing. Coming to the actual product building I think there is nobody I have come across in my career who can ask the right set of questions as a founder and force you to think as to what is really important for the business and what really needs to be built as a long term objective to build a long lasting and sustainable business. His understanding of the customer, ability to ask the right questions, ability to mentor/nudge the PMs to build the right product roadmap is just phenomenal. And lastly, building the right product culture is something which is invaluable - this is something that Amit built for us ground up (not just the document, the actual culture!) and that still stays intact for us whether its in terms of data, roadmap, UI/UX - we continue to build on the same ! - and this culture percolated down to other teams outside of product as well -> Sales, Marketing etc. Thank you Amit for your invaluable contribution to the dineout growth story!

Shawn Mohamed

Director of Business Strategy : Microsoft

Managed Amit at Microsoft

Amit has worked on my team for over 2 years and over that time he has made a significant impact to the team and business. First and foremost, his foundational layer of passion, energy, and motivation to always take things to the next level of excellence is inspiring. He often goes above and beyond typical expectations in his ability to thoroughly analyze business problems. He has demonstrated his resourcefulness and creativity to solve ambiguous problems, often when data was not readily available. He forged tracks to discover new ways and partnerships to obtain the information he needed. I am also proud of Amit’s responsiveness and willingness to provide support and intelligence to groups who needed his help. Through sharing his analysis with other teams, they were more knowledgeable about making the right business decisions. When he moved to another role within the company, he left the team with a host of newly developed resources and methodologies that could sustain the teams productivity in his absence. I am confident that the combination of Amit’s drive for results, analytical capabilities, creative problem solving, and collaboration with lead him to further success.

Priyank Choudhury

Principal Engineering Manager at Microsoft

Managed Amit directly at OYO

Amit is one of the best people managers and a product leader I have worked with in my career. Amit worked with me in OYO as AVP of product. Even though Amit came from a much-structured world of MNCs, he adapted to the startup culture almost instantly. Amit’s product vision, planning, and execution skills made the corporate product portfolio one of the fastest growing businesses in OYO. Recognizing the leadership skills of Amit, he was promoted to a manager role. Even though he was new to the role, Amit did an exceptional job of managing his team, owning three critical product suites of OYO. He keeps everyone focused on critical goals and gets the job done. Would love to work with him again!

Ganapathy (Krish) Krishnan

Vice President : AI Center at Flipkart USA

Managed Amit at Microsoft

Amit reported indirectly to me at Microsoft and it was a lot of fun working with him. Amit is passionate about his work and works very hard. The project we worked on together was had a very tight timeline with daily scrums and a tremendous amount of uncertainty. Amit was instrumental in making this project happen. He has very good business insights and was the key link between product marketing and product development. I recommend Amit highly!

Vivek Kapoor

Co-Founder : Dineout

Key Business stakeholder at Dineout for Amit

Amit took over the command of our product function at the most challenging time that Dineout had ever seen and lived through, which was, right at the onset of Covid! Our line of business was such that the revenues were bound to suffer due to unstructured lockdowns. The team was confused, scared and anxious. Our Product had deep rooted b2b and b2c revenue lines. I can see only a few leaders pulling through such storms of time. And Amit not only helped us survive the rough seas, he brought a new dimension to our team and product. We were able to build one of the strongest product teams under him. Looking fwd to working and learning from him in the future too.

Sharad Gupta

Director of Product : Swiggy

Reported to Amit directly at Dineout

Amit was a wonderful manager, and I was lucky enough to work under him for 1.5 years. He has that quality of pushing everyone around him to reach their full potential. He created a product culture which inspired us to think beyond our current projects and motivated us in learning things that extended beyond the role of a PM. He used to invest a lot in every PM, personally overseeing their growth as a product owner. Amit was critical in setting up the right product practices and processes for the team, which helped every PM to take up quarterly & yearly goals and also helped them in achieving them. He not only built a world class product team but also played the most decisive role in rebuilding the whole product function in the organisation. It's rare to find a product leader like Amit who is obsessed about the growth of the company and his team with the same vigour.

Shekhar Gupta

Experience Product Leader

Reported to Amit directly at Nykaa and Dineout

I reported directly to Amit at dineout and Nykaa. One of my primary reasons to join dineout was Amit because of his clear vision and a leader mindset. While working at dineout, I loved the way he managed the team. Despite being the CPO, he made sure to not only elevate the product at dineout but also the dineout brand. He is an excellent mentor who made sure that each and every member of the team grows along with the company. I saw him invest a great amount of effort to establish a healthy work culture. Due to a great learning experience with Amit at dineout, his leadership qualities, and product vision, I decided to join his team at Nykaa. Again at Nykaa, I was impressed by his direction, clarity of thought, and building a product oriented culture. Despite being at a leadership level, he has a very hands-on approach and yet gives full autonomy to his team. Given an opportunity, I would surely love to work again with Amit as every day, and every call with him is a new learning experience! He is one of the best product leaders that I've worked with and got an opportunity to learn. I highly recommend him, and I'm sure that he can build great products, an awesome product culture, and drive product lead growth; which he has already demonstrated in his multiple leadership stints!

Noshir Contractor

Professor of Behavioral Sciences : Northwestern University

Taught Amit at Stanford University

Amit was a student in a class on social networks that I taught at Stanford in Winter 2017 quarter. The class was a PhD level seminar and he was one of the three Masters’ level students in the class. Throughout the quarter, he was a very active participant in the class. I really liked the way he connected the class concepts to internet-based products, which happens to be his primary area of interest. The final assignment of the class was a term-paper on the applications of network theories on a topic of student’s choice. Amit analyzed the issue of identification of influencers in social media. The paper was one of the best in the class: very well-researched and incredibly detailed. Amit conducted an extensive analysis of influencer identification mechanisms in leading online networks and reviewed existing academic literature in the field. He also included his own ideas about how influencer identification in online networks can be improved and proposed some research theories for analyzing behaviors of influencers in social networks. Overall, I highly recommend Amit and wish him the very best in his career.

Ashish Sood

Associate Professor of Marketing : University of California Riverside

Taught Amit at Emory University

Amit took the course on marketing strategy from me at Emory University in 2010-11. During that course, Amit worked on "New Product Adoption and Diffusion strategy" for a startup in healthcare sector. The final presentation got special appreciation from the CEO Grant Farrell. Amit's team developed a complete portal to demonstrate the web-strategy part of the above project. This was over and above what was required of the team. He took an informal leadership role for the Marketing Simulation challenge and made sure that all the decisions made are quantitative and data-driven, as opposed to only intuition based decision-making. I found him one of the most active participants in class discussions and wish him luck in future.

Vijayan Parthasarathy

Co-Founder : inResto (Dineout B2B)

Key Business & Tech stakeholder at Dineout for Amit

Amit was critical in introducing and implementing "Product" mindset at Dineout and was critical in setting up the right processes for the team. Encouraged the team to continuously innovate and push the boundaries while constantly looking at metrics and taking informed decisions. Built-up a world-class product team and was critical in shaping the Dineout and inresto products. If you are looking for someone to lead your product function, look no further than Amit.

Nitesh Tripathi

Senior Product Manager @ Amazon

Reported to Amit directly at OYO

Exceptional Product leader and mentor! I have worked under Amit’s guidance at OYO. Being fresh out of campus, I was very new to the product world and Amit has helped me in providing valuable mentorship in every skillset of PM job - be it stakeholder management, customer obsession or Prioritisation etc. Amit pushed us hard on setting the right priority for the charter, identifying actual customer problems via customer research and go above and beyond for finding right solutions beyond the obvious. He also backed us with providing full product ownership and provide regular constructive feedback on course correction if needed. Extremely humble and down to earth person, I am very thankful to Amit for all the learnings during formative years of my PM career which has a huge impact and learnings I carry till date.

Shashi Prakash

Senior Product Manager at Myntra

Reported to Amit directly at Dineout

I feel privileged and lucky for having Amit as my manager during my stint at Dineout. I am forever grateful to Amit for taking a bet on me, trusting me with a lot of responsibilities, coaching me, pushing me to be a better product manager, and helping me succeed at work. I love the fact that Amit is honest, transparent and invests a lot in people who report to him. As a manager, he will not only point out areas of improvement but also ensures that people make progress. Amit inspires you to think big and not settle for less. His obsession with the growth of the company, lifting the standards of the team and building the right culture had been infectious, leading to the creation of a high-impact product team. I admire Amit for being a great product leader who inspired everyone in the organisation. I look forward to opportunities of working with Amit and learning from him in the future as well.

Kajal Arora

Principal PM Manager : Microsoft Xbox

Reported to Amit directly at OYO

I got to work under Amit’s leadership at Oyo, when we partnered together to launch an innovative and complex product offering ‘Powerbreak’(booking a hotel room for less than 24 hours) to our users. I learnt the art of building products from Amit and will remain grateful for his coaching on some of the key product management skillsets - customer obsession, product evangelism and data driven decision making. Amit is a gem of a leader as he carries the complete product leadership toolkit - from laying out an inspiring product vision and mission, to defining an actionable product strategy, to building and nurturing top notch product teams and leading them with empathy and care - which brings out the best outcomes for the customers and the business.

Niket Anand

Director of Product Management at IBO

Reported to Amit directly at OYO

When we look at all the experience at aspirational brands and colleges which Amit attended, it's was surprise to find Amit as extremely humble, approachable and down to earth human being with a Razor sharp focus, extremely high degree of customer backwards thinking and a strong business sense needed to build an impactful product and business. Amit gave a complete freedom to do whatever is needed to build the product, helped with constant feedback with constant course corrections and guidance to ensure we deliver successfully results. Constantly, pushing himself to do more than just what's in a usual product JD, looking at new avenues and business lines and also constantly be in touch with the customer are the learnings which I carry with me even today. It was an absolute privilege to work under Amits mentorship and thankfully can still reach out at any time for any personal or professional help!

Amit Gupta

Senior Director of Product : OLX

Product Leader, who worked closely with Amit B at OYO

I have known Amit for a little over four years now. We started as colleagues at OYO and built a bond over common interests about things even beyond work. Professionally, he is a great co-worker who is intellectual, process-oriented and possesses an eye for detail with excellent analytical skills. He was instrumental in shaping the product org and building the culture of product-first thinking at OYO. He spends a lot of time and energy hiring and mentoring the product talent within his team. I enjoyed collaborating with Amit on multiple projects and would look forward to working with him again in the future. On the personal front, I found Amit to be polite yet assertive, humble with high self-respect and a great human being whom you can trust and seek advice from.

Shrikant Sharma

Lead Product Designer @ Swiggy

Reported to Amit directly at Dineout

Amit is an individual who is both patient and determined in his pursuit of knowledge. I am fortunate to have worked with Amit, for several product launches at Dineout for 1.5 years. His calming personality makes you feel very comfortable, always encouraging and positive. He’s full of ideas and has a sharp eye for art and design and is an accomplished cricket lover. He always has a creative, positive outlook and he’s adept at organizing and bringing people together. He possesses the rare combination of a strategic leader with an analytical mindset who knows how to implement swiftly and accurately. An inspirational person to work with and one of the few individuals I know that can think beyond individual goals and focus on making it big for not only for the company but for every individual out there. His greatest accomplishment was empowering his co-workers and reportees to delve deeper, understand the problem, and make informed decisions as well as implementing course corrections if necessary. As a leader with an excellent aptitude and attitude, I enjoyed working with him and learned from him as we built Dineout an intelligent discovery and decision-making platform I am thankful for the opportunity to have been part of his team and am proud to have had him as a mentor in my life.

Chetan Channa

Senior Product Manager : Microsoft

Studied with Amit at National Institute of Technology, Allahabad

I know Amit for last 10 years and things which makes him stand out from the rest is his dedication and perseverance for any task he lays his hand open. Due to his multitasking ability, Amit always retained a spot in top 10% of the class while being actively involved in numerous co-cirricular activities such as organization of quizzes, social events, technical fest etc. His organizational & leadership abilities are also highlighted from his meteoric rise to Area governor for Toastmasters for one of the largest districts in India. Amit is one of those few persons who knows what he wants and gives his 100% to get it. I am a witness to Amit's ever expanding repertoire and I am confident that Amit's stint at Emory will make him an even better team-member & leader. Highly recommended.

Rituraj Gogoi

Product Manager : Fiserv

Reported to Amit directly at Dineout

In the very words of Marty Cagan, Amit is that leader who helped lift the PM team of Dineout from being an execution heavy feature PM team to a product strategy oriented PM team. Personally speaking he's the single most indispensable and influential thought leader in my PM journey who has left an indelible impression on me and has helped me evolve both as a PM and as a professional. Thanks to Amit’s keen observations and out of the box ideas, humane leadership and steady guidance and laser sharp focus on analytics and success metrics, we started focusing more on the end customers’ problems rather than on solutions, on outcomes rather than output. The result was a staggering change in attitude and deliverables whereby we were working on initiatives that actually moved the needle and was more fulfilling personally and professionally as they solved actual user problems. It was under his able leadership and constant support I was able to successfully launch SteppinOut Events by Dineout as a product led new line of business. The lifetime of experience and invaluable insights I gained working with him is something I treasure dearly and even today I turn to him in a beat, as a sounding board for both personal and professional advice and feedback. Anyone who had the good fortune of being a part of Amit’s team will vouch for him and would become a fan of his forever. Any day I would jump at the opportunity to work with and learn from him again. In conclusion as John C Maxwell once said Amit is that leader who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way …

Gagan Chopra

Product Leader : Microsoft

Managed Amit indirectly at Microsoft

Amit is a diligent, practical, and detail oriented researcher, and articulator. We had an opportunity to engage with him for many months on competitive, technology, and industry trends research; especially in the context of personal assistants, personalized search results, and consumer scenarios with commercial intent focus. Amit's research work contributed significantly towards development of our roadmaps and execution plans. Even though a couple of years have gone by since this work was done, his insightful presentations are still fresh in our minds, and continue to influence our current work.

Ramya Mohandas

Content Designer : Rogers Canada

Reported to Amit directly at Dineout

When I moved to Canada, I was called 'lucky' to get 3 offers in 1st month in the field of Content Design/UX Writing. I don't think it was just luck. I put in a lot of work to showcase my skills through my website and interviews. Now, I wouldn't have been able to do so if I haven't had the opportunity to work on different content related projects at Dineout. Amit deserves a lot of credit for that. In a span of 1 year that I worked in his team, he changed my job (and even thinking) from a technical writer to a full fledged product content lead. I used to laugh, get nervous and excited listening to his ideas; not because they were crazy, but because he expected me to lead those projects and pull it off. Working with Amit gave me the confidence I never imagined I'd have. We all need that push and motivation from a person who trusts us and is willing to give you the control. There are managers who don't let you to grow and want you to just stick to the tasks; and then there are leaders like Amit who will make you see your own potential, even if you have never wanted to acknowledge it yourself. If you are in his team, just trust the process. It is going to bring the best out of you. What you do with it later is all in your hand.

Shailly Kalra

Marketing Manager at Amazon

Product Marketing Manager reported to Amit at OYO

An exceptional leader in true sense. I have worked under Amit’s guidance at OYO. His leadership style is very unique - he ensures he genuinely listens to his teammates, pushes & guides them to think, strategizes and builds for scale. Once he is convinced with an idea, he will give you complete ownership of the project and will help you with a constructive feedback throughout. He brings in a solid experience of working with multiple global leaders from the best brands and products in the world - this makes his thought process naturally innovative and customer oriented. Amit has truly been one of those inspiring managers who have left a noteable mark with his leadership.

Ayesha Mangaldas

Founder at stealth startup

Reported to Amit's direct report at Nykaa

Amit was my skip-level manager on the product team at Nykaa. Working with him was an incredible learning experience. He led the team with both a big-picture perspective as well as a detail-oriented approach. This allowed him to balance business and product priorities, focusing on what was important. Amit has a very first-principles approach to product and brought a lot of product process rigour to the team, such as user testing, case studies, and competitor analysis. He pushed the team to add structure and deep thought to the product decisions we were making. What has stuck with me the most, however, and sets Amit apart as a leader, is how culture-oriented he is, both in terms of transforming the org into a tech-led one, and ensuring the growth and happiness of each of his team members. Amit’s superpower is being an incredibly empathetic listener, and he made an extraordinary effort to make time for consistent 1:1s with his team. During our overlap at Nykaa, Amit spent a lot of time with me, guiding me on my professional goals and growth, giving me concrete and structured feedback, and talking through my questions and concerns with transparency and care. It has been a privilege to work with and learn from Amit, and I really hope we get the chance to work together again.

Leon Xu

Engineering Leader at Microsoft

Engineer peer to Amit at Adobe

I worked with Amit as the founding team of Bing Business Bot. Amit is my product manager. The project is to build MVP project to quickly use conversational AI on enterprise customer. Amit has rich business ideas, technical and action oriented. He successfully managed all dependencies and effectively sells to real customers just at the time we built our MVP. We won no.1 place among 250 project nomination and demo'ed by our CEO and are very glad to have him in the team,

Perry Patel

CEO : Radiate Hospitality

Managed Amit at BPR Properties (MBA Internship)

Amit was a great addition to BPR Properties. The company has a collection of boutique hotels in Northern California and was seeking a recommendation on how to participate in social media. Amit grabbed the project right away and started running with it. Right away, he realized that he should expand his scope of work to include AdWords as well. His findings were jaw-dropping and gave clear concrete examples that can increase our revenue. He's very savvy with Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, and other social media sites and understands behavior patterns very well. His findings on how to utilize these sites for our hotels had very good support with strong data. I strongly recommend Amit and look forward to keeping in touch with him.

Ky T CEO & Co-Founder : Plate Recognizer & ParkPo

Ky T

CEO & Co-Founder : Plate Recognizer & ParkPo

Mentor for an experiential learning project with Telenav

I had the opportunity to work with a group of Stanford Master's program students on a corporate strategy project at Telenav. Immediately, I saw how Amit helped to gather the team together to understand the case. He applied his strategic thinking and strong analytical mind to address some of the toughest parts of the project. I thoroughly enjoyed working with Amit and would very much love the opportunity to work with him again in the future.

Anirudh Agrawal

Group PM at Nykaa

Reported to Amit directly at Nykaa

I was part of Amit's team at Nykaa, leading product-led growth and martech charters. An aspect of his leadership that really stands out is his flexible approach - depending on the person on his team. There are people that need a lot of handholding, and there are others who want to run with complete freedom and empowerment - Amit enables both. He is very approachable, and spends time with each and every member of the team, at every level. He believes in forging lasting relationships, and is always willing to extend support to his team both at a personal and professional level. It's been an absolute privilege to have had an opportunity to work with Amit. My best wishes to him for the journey ahead.

Hemant Badhani

Sr. Computer Scientist II : Adobe

Engineer peer to Amit at Adobe

Amit is a hard working,innovative and self motivated team worker. He is always eager to learn new things and is always looking forward to new challenges.Amit and I worked on a very complex system which was completely alien to me. Amit was a great mentor and an extremely efficient engineer.He ensured a timely delivery of the project even when the deadlines were really tough and resources were very limited.He has all the potential to scale great heights and I wish him all the best for all his future endeavours. Highly recommended professional.

Ashish Chopra

Senior Computer Scientist : Adobe

Engineer peer to Amit at Adobe

Amit is one of the best colleagues I have had. He mentored me in my early days at Adobe, and I learnt a lot while working with him. He has good technical skills and a good understanding of the domain. He quickly develops expertise in any area he works upon. He is someone who can be trusted with newer responsibilities and he will come out tops. He is a good team player as well. A nice person to whom you can reach anytime with the problems and he is ready to solve them. He is very hardworking and always ready to go that extra mile - for the company's good and his own betterment!

Rashmi Soni

Head - Corp Communications : Vistara

Senior Communications Manager & HR Head at Adobe

It was Amit’s brainchild to start the Toastmasters Club at Adobe India. He made sure to convince the management for support and some employees to join the group while organizing the resources for the club. Under his leadership the club grew from five to 40 members with in very first year. It was Amit’s dedication and methodical approach towards driving this initiative that kept all the members motivated to put in their best. During Amit’s leadership the club brought home many laurels such as distinguished club status sooner than anticipated. And the tradition still continues.

Tom Rogers

Senior Leader : Stratum Zero, Atlanta

Managed Amit at Manheim Auctions (MBA Internship)

Amit was an absolute pleasure to work with this summer. He possesses an agile analytical mind, has the ability to put structure around the structureless, and seemingly finds ways to add unexpected value to a project. We hired him as a summer intern to focus on two main projects, but by the end of the summer, he had helped us with at least six high-quality projects -- a direct result of his ability to efficiently multi-task, work collaboratively, and deliver great results. Finally, he is an incredibly polite and humble person who is very easy to work with.

Matt Trapp

Regional President : Manheim

Managed Amit at Manheim Auctions (MBA Internship)

I thoroughly enjoyed working with Amit this summer. He brought fresh thinking and valuable insight to a major business problem we are facing within our company. Amit was able to not only break down the problem and dive into the numbers, but also provided a succinct presentation of his recommendations to management. Amit was able to successfully complete the project while also working on several other projects for another group within the company. His skills of multitasking and working well across multiple groups are strong assets.

Arpana Prajapati

Senior Product Manager : Amazon

Worked closely with Amit at Deloitte Digital

I worked with Amit on one of the Deloitte Digital assignment and was impressed with his knowledge of emerging trends in social media space. His ability to take a problem and break it into solution components as well as analytical skills are remarkable. He is equally passionate about coaching and mentoring his peers which makes him a good leader. Given an opportunity, I would love to work with Amit again.

Rochak Mathur

Senior PM at Nykaa

Reported to Amit's direct report at Nykaa

I got the chance to work under Amit’s guidance at OYO & Nykaa on the Global consumer demand and Buying experience charters. I learnt valuable lessons in core product management skills from him - be it around building complex products from 0 to 1, MVP approach, assessing consumer feedback or evangelising the product. Moreover, he inspired me to push the boundaries and go the extra mile beyond the obvious solutions, which helped me to be a better product manager and brought out the best outcomes for the consumers and the business. Not only is he an exceptional Product leader with great analytical skills, but his warm, empathetic and down to earth demeanour made him very approachable and a great leader to work with.

Ria Shakar

General Manager @ Amazon

Product peer to Amit at Microsoft

Amit is a highly driven and detail-oriented product manager. Amit can seamlessly straddle breath and depth due a diverse background spanning market research, development, and consulting. Working with Amit on Bing Local, I was super impressed with his collaboration across teams and ability to lead with agile, data-driven decisions. He will be an asset to any team.

Anand Vishwanathan

Product Manager : Meta

Worked closely with Amit at Microsoft

I had an opportunity to work with Amit on the Bing Business Bots project. A highly enthusiastic person and a great team player, I found him to be innovative yet grounded in customer needs. He values insights and market research and invited us early on to define the Value Prop for customers and assess the opportunity for us. This project was executed under tight deadlines and was fairly iterative requiring a close collaboration. I highly recommend Amit as a product manager with a keen business acumen and wish him all the best.

Harsha Vardhan Chandra

Senior Director of Engineering @ Cashfree

Engineer peer to Amit at Adobe and CA

In Amit I found an icon of inspiration which is worth of inspiring any surrounding which he chooses to be with. I know him from last few years since we joined our first job in the same firm(CA, India). I had gotten an opportunity to work with him directly. He is lot more talented than what he appears in his first impression. That's a great gift because he always had something better next time to inspire someone and enrich the surrounding community. He had been a nice performer in the task he had been assigned to and he made sure to own and to finish the task. He had been a nice team player. Beyond his effectiveness in job responsibilities, the quality that makes him stand out of the mass, is his relentless efforts in perusing many initiatives which can make a better world out of the workplaces. As time went by and I joined him back to our second firm(Adobe, India), I realized the multifaceted talents of Amit when I found his ability to add elation to the ambiance of the places he goes to; is actually a spontaneous outcome of his governing philosophy and management skill set, than mare some occasional stunts. He has done an excellent job as founder and President of toastmasters club at Adobe, India.

Deepti Shukla

Product Manager at Nykaa

Reported to Amit's direct report at Nykaa

Abhishek Rawat

Senior Software Engineer : Apple

Studied with Amit at National Institute of Technology, Allahabad

Amit is an intelligent person, who made the use of opportunities on his way to hone himself and develop a well-rounded personality. He is passionate about whatever he does, gives back to the community and keeps achieving and growing. He has exhibited ability to achieve the best and organize his activities to focus his energies towards his goal. The acuity of understanding complex situations/concepts and sharing the knowledge with others, are the attributes which set him apart. During four years of study at MNNIT, his performance was brilliant both in Academics and Extra-curricular activities. And he has been consistent performer post-bachelor studies. I wish him all the luck for MBA at Emory and I am confident that he will set an example for his peers and friends.

Bhavya Dabas

Software Engineer : The MathWorks

Engineer peer to Amit at Adobe

I've found Amit to be a very meticulous, dedicated and hard working person. He has always met his deadlines, no matter what it took for him to do so. His technical skills are top-of-the-line and he has the urge to improve them continuously. He's also a great team player. I am sure he will do very well for himself wherever he goes.

Subash Canapathy

Principal Group Engineering Manager : Microsoft

Studied with Amit at National Institute of Technology, Allahabad

A bright student who always finished at the top of the rank charts. He had a great command over Computer science fundamentals and his ability to make people understand the most difficult of topics with consummate ease was a gift. On the lighter side he is a great singer and a affable wing mate. I really admired the way he handled/conducted the college tech fest as CS core team member.

Zac McQuistan

Sr. Manager, Corporate Strategy : Renewable Energy Group

Worked closely with Amit at Microsoft

Amit has been a great business partner for several years. I've always been impressed about two things in particular. 1) Amit invests time into gathering industry knowledge at a level rarely seen in most people. I always would have him check my competitive updates for completeness. 2) Amit isn't afraid to dig into incredibly complicated things. He takes the time to learn the details of how things work and happily shares simplified views with an expanded team. I fully enjoy working with Amit - and hope to continue to do so in the future.

Ryan Haughey

Head of Data Science & Strategic Projects : Falkon.ai

Studied with Amit at Stanford University

Amit and I worked together on an intensive, project-based marketing course while pursuing our Masters at Stanford University. We were tasked with developing and implementing a social media marketing and engagement strategy for a company, which we opted to use a start-up of which I am affiliated. Through Amit's deep subject-matter expertise in the field of social media marketing, enthusiasm to tackle challenges head-on, and creativity in developing our strategy, my company made substantial shifts to our overall marketing posture, and I learned a great deal about strategic thinking in marketing. Through his recommendations, our company has increased prospective customer traffic by at least five-fold, and the redesigned landing page is now our most-visited page. Amit has an excellent work ethic, is a strong teacher, and is consistently motivated to exceed expectations. Any team or company would benefit greatly from having Amit!

Akash Agrawal

Senior Director of Engineering @ Media.net

Engineer peer to Amit at Adobe

Amit is one of the most valuable persons I have ever met. I have had the pleasure of knowing him for the past 9 years working together and studying together. Insightful and efficient leader - that's Amit! His lead in making Toastmaster a brand name in Adobe is phenomenal. His big background and skills can be an example for everyone. He is true VxWorks guru and the most reliable point of contact for vxWorks related problems in Adobe print group. Initiatives other than regular tasks are something which make Amit stand out of the crowd. I strongly endorse Amit.

Anil Raina

Product Owner at ING Bank, Amsterdam

Studied with Amit at National Institute of Technology, Allahabad

Amit was my batch-mate in MNNIT(2001-2005).I have seen him evolving constantly and improving over the years.He has this insatiable urge to improve himself everytime.He doesn't compete with his peers but with himself.He sets new targets for himself and achieves them with due diligence.It is important to mention his contibution to the betterment of the college and the Alumni association.He is a good quizzer and a great thinker. I wish him good luck and a bright future.

Kalpana Manickavasagam

Architect : Apple Inc.

Studied with Amit at Stanford University

Amit and I worked on a strategy project for the course- Dynamic Entrepreneurial Strategy. As a team of 6, we were suggesting a direction for Telenav to take and made our final presentation to the CEO and his team. This recommendation is for the same. Amit broke the complex problem at hand into smaller pieces and looked into each of them with great attention to detail. His reasoning was very concrete - especially while providing the financial model. With numbers and pie charts, he showed clealry how Telenav can benefit from the approach we suggested to them and what the risks involved are with a detailed sensitivity analysis. He was also a great team player, communicating very clearly about his expectations and always being available for a discussion. Amit would be an asset to any team that he joins!

Mukta Kher Deshmukh

Manager : Deloitte Digital

Worked closely with Amit at Deloitte Digital

We've worked with Amit during the challenging phase of our analytics implementation when we were moving from an old tool to Adobe Sitecatalyst. Challenges were huge and the team was completely new to this technology! Amit as an Deloitte Digital analytics consultant brought his extensive technical and functional knowledge of the tool and implementation, which made the transition very smooth and super successful. I still remember the way he had details of each component and projects, and never to forget- his amazing attitude and splendid communication. Overall, A strong techie with the blend of amazing leadership and communication skills.. way to go Amit. All the Best!

Joshua Kim

Founder and Data Scientist : SpectData Sydney

Studied with Amit at Stanford University

I have worked with Amit on the Kaggle Competition project where our team came in 3rd out of 90 teams. Amit is a joy to work with. Despite work commitments, Amit has poured in time and is very responsive despite the fact that our team is working across different time zones. Amit's methodological approach towards data exploration gave the team a great head-start for the latter modelling phases. I would highly recommend Amit to anyone for his high standards in work ethics.

Kavitha Balasubramanian

Sr Data Engineer : Microsoft

Studied with Amit at Stanford University

I worked with Amit on 2 stanford course projects on data mining that were very heavy and had to be managed alongside work deadlines. I found Amit to be very diligent with his work items on projects and very thorough with assignments as well. He came up with great ideas to take the project forward and drove some last minute strategies that really helped us gain top few spots in one kaggle project. Highly recommend Amit !