HM’s MBA journey is rooted in empathy and equity. In college, she helped a protégé at risk of dropping out during the COVID-19 pandemic by co-creating a $200,000 tech-aid scholarship and counselling platform, which reduced dropout rates by 40 percent. She also advocated for a mandatory gender sensitisation course on a campus with only 10 percent women, embedding inclusion into the curriculum. Beyond campus, she spent three years as a pro bono consultant, leading financial literacy workshops that helped women entrepreneurs scale sustainably. At work, she revived a struggling private investment portfolio company by aligning teams, refining priorities, and launching their mobile app to restore momentum and operational clarity. However, she wanted to pursue an MBA to fulfill her goal of combining capital and inclusion in building India’s deep-tech ecosystem.