Asitava Sarkar

About Asitava Sarkar

I\'m currently a Director at Blinkit working in the growth team. I previously worked as an Associate at McKinsey. At McKinsey, I had the chance to solve business challenges across multiple sectors like technology, banking, healthcare, consumer goods, public services and education.Before joining McKinsey, I interned with the Sharechat product team to build their loyalty program and as a VC intern with Venture Highway.I was a student at IIM Ahmedabad where I completed my MBA in 2022. I interned in Microsoft\'s Azure product team in the summer of 2021. During my MBA, I was a finalist in 15+ case competitions. Before my MBA, I worked as an Associate in the IT Team of Gartner, building cutting-edge tools for client teams.I graduated in 2019 from IIT Kanpur with a Major in Electrical Engineering and Minors in Computer Systems and Machine Learning. While studying at IIT Kanpur, I interned at Samsung where I worked on commercialization of 5G (in 2018). I worked with 3 startups across sectors and undertook 10+ short research projects during my stay.

Experience

1. Director

   Blinkit

   Feb 2025 — Present · Gurugram, IN

   Growth and MarketingBank & FinTech Partnerships

Education

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

  Bachelor of Technology, Electrical Engineering

  2015 — 2019

• D.A.V. Public School, Pokhariput, Bhubaneswar

  Matriculation, Science

  2008 — 2015

• Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

  Master's degree, Business Administration and Management, General

  2020 — 2022

• ESCP Business School

  Exchange, Business Administration and Management, General