Punit has two decades of experience spanning mature markets and emerging ones. He has been an entrepreneur and has held senior positions in Product Management, Sales and Marketing with leading technology brands like Microsoft, Oracle, Siebel, Talisma, NIIT, etc. Prior to ValueFirst, he was the co-founder of Octane, an email marketing company.

Punit has served on the advisory board of the first Parliamentary Committee in India on National Information Infrastructure which led to the creation of Ministry of IT. Currently, he serves on the executive board of DMA Asia. He was awarded the prestigious DMAi Knight recognition in 2015 and was recognized as one of the Top 25 E-commerce Professionals in India by Asia Retail Congress in 2018. Punit majored in Physics, from Ranchi University.

An avid snowboarder and a published photographer, Punit is deeply passionate about India, Internet and
Inclusion.