Hi there! I’m Akshita and here are the hats I wear:

Senior Product Manager
Founder & Advisor
Journalist & Author

I’m a first-gen Gen Z Indian-American woman and have been highlighted in 15+ media outlets, awarded by the University of California, and interviewed by UC Davis’s Chancellor.

Catch my story on Amazon Prime Video (or YouTube)…and check out my work below :)

I have a Masters in Data Science from UC Berkeley (Github here) and a B.S. in Computational Cognitive Science from UC Davis.

I’m currently a Senior Product Manager at Spotnana (a Series B startup) in the travel-tech space where I lead Hotel & Ground Transportation. I previously worked as a Product Manager at Publica (an ad-tech startup, acquired by IAS) and a Product Manager at Intel.

I’m a startup advisor and venture partner through NextGen Ventures and Primary Ventures. I also published investment memos as a Contrary Research Fellow.

I founded The REVIVAL Zine, for which I received funding from the University of California Center for Free Speech and the UC Davis Silver Community Service award.

I published two collections of poetry and short stories: “Butterfly City” and “Where Do the Crows Go?” — along with ~15 articles in various publications.