About Arjaav

I grew up between Delhi and Mumbai, and spent the first 27 years of my life in India before moving to the US for my MBA at Columbia Business School. My path was anything but linear. I attended a non-target school, broke into strategy consulting at Deloitte, and then made an unconventional leap as the first non-engineer Product Manager at Yulu, one of India's fastest-growing EV startups. Here, I became the highest-rated PM at the firm and launched a feature that went on to see over 10 million usages. At Columbia, I recruited for both FAANG PM roles and MBB consulting, and ultimately joined McKinsey. I know firsthand what it takes to break into the world's most selective institutions and firms without the "expected" background. I wasn't the top student or the most obvious candidate. I got there through process, persistence, and learning to play the game strategically.