I’ve spent my entire career in hospitality, in and out of the kitchen, that’s three decades. In this time, my work has been with Indian and global organisations, local, national and international governments + trade groups and all stakeholders in-between. I prefer to stay away from the spotlight to get work done at the grassroot level.

A large portion of the last decade has been spent working to strengthen India’s hospitality education sector via X Events Hospitality, of which I’m the founder. XEH owns and manages India’s most impactful socio-hospitality programmes. Our motto is: Think big, do bigger, better. 

Khabo Eats is my vehicle to invest in and operate dining businesses, primarily in Goa, India. One new in-house QSR brand is in the pipeline to launch by mid-2027. In addition, a new incubator will launch soon to support local-owned, small food businesses. 

Hotel Aid is a non-profit organisation that is the hospitality sector’s response to natural disasters. We’ve been active in regions affected by natural disaster, usually monsoon floods, since 2017. We assist the affected population in their immediate relief and long-term recovery efforts by co-ordinating resources from those hospitality businesses in the immediate region unaffected by the disaster. By 2027, Hotel Aid will be a global organisation and as its founder, my goal is to make it an industry standard that improves with time.