A mentor capitalist with an impeccable entrepreneurial spirit and financial expertise, who has evolved beyond spreadsheets and scripted corporate success stories. GR as he is fondly called, has had an amazing ability to start, scale and sell or divest unlisted entities, having 9 multibaggers in the last fifteen years. He has been instrumental in nurturing 15 startups. 9 of the startups were extremely successful and profitable and were scaled to sell. He displayed astuteness and foresight when he realized that 3 of the ventures were not performing well and closed them well in time to prevent further losses. He is a well-known speaker at a National and global level. He is also actively associated with all IITs and IIMs to promote incubation seed funding, coaching and mentoring, and is invited as a key note speaker and guest of honour in start-up jury and award functions.