Meet our early employees — Part 2
Meet our smart creatives!
Diversity breeds creativity. The perfect example is found in Nature. When two ecosystems meet, like the forest and the savannah, the new life-forms are created. In ecology, this is called as the edge effect. Mangrove ecologies (land/sea interface) and reef ecologies (coral/ocean interface) are some the most highly productive natural systems. Riparian areas (the banks of rivers and streams) are very rich in biodiversity. The increased productivity and diversity resulting from the edge effect is clearly observable in Nature.
At Cradlewise, we truly believe that, diversity can fuel creativity! Cradlewise is a crucible of innovations and unconventional thinking.
Meet the team of smart creatives who are fueling innovations at Cradlewise :
Vishal Pandit : Chief Growth Officer
The name “Vishal” means grand and vast. So are his interests and quests. On his “Vishal” shoulders he carries the responsibility of managing marketing, sales and business development. Vishal believes that “True North is growth”. Vishal has done his MBA from Management Development Institute ( MDI Gurgaon), a Masters in European Business from ESCP Europe (Paris) and Electrical engineering from the National Institute of Technology, Surat. He has worked for multinational companies such as Orange France Telecom, Time of India and Puma. At Times of India, he opened up new geographies as potential clients. At Puma, he turned around a line of business which had just faced a setback. Apart from business development, he is very interested in technology and keenly follows developments on blockchain, AI and AR. He is an early adopter and likes to try new products developed by startups. He is always curious and likes to fuel curiosity in others.
People that inspire Vishal are Carl Sagan for popularizing science, Tim Ferriss for his productivity guideleines, Naval Ravikant for his clarity of thinking, Elon Musk for paving the way to a world which is 200 years away in a decade itself, Tim Urban for his ability to explain complex ideas in palatable form.
Vishal is a nutrition freak, proponent of ketogenic diet (LCHF) and intermittent fasting. Once every 3 months, he fasts for 3 days at a stretch! Bathes in cold water irrespective of the outside temperature.
He likes to travel solo, loves understanding cultures, likes popularizing science and approach every situation on the basis science. He thinks of life in terms of decades — pursuing one passion for a decade.
Anjali Krishna : Textile Designer
Anjali is a designer at heart. She has done her Bachelor of Textile Design from National Institute Of Fashion Technology, Bengaluru. She has worked with export houses as a textile designer. Before taking any formal course in fashion, she was already stitching dresses, tops and fashion accessories using her mother’s old sarees. This passion converted to her profession so organically. At college too, she has always been involved in the styling, design and preparations for fashion shows. She believes in learning by doing. She is a person to whom you can give a task and be rest assured that it will get done.
In this digital world, she still loves maintaining a diary and pens down her day to day musings. Her hobbies include travelling, exploring new places, dancing and singing. She loves kids and kids to go so well with her playful nature. She has a dream to earn enough so that she could adopt many children and give them a best education and comfort.
Pankaj Maurya : Mechanical Engineer
Pankaj has completed his dual degree from BITS Pilani — a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering and M.Sc in Physics. He has worked with Grey Orange Robotics and Ather Energy in the past. He has been awarded for his outstanding contribution towards developing test jigs and product deployment at Grey Orange Robotics. Pankaj loves developing products and mechanisms from scratch. He is a performance and optimization enthusiast. He believes in getting the best out of a system- from overclocking PC’s to using high performance engine oils in bike. He is a “Tool Hoarder”,’ which lead him to earning the nickname “42” in college for having almost everything that can be classified as a tool. With all the tools and my hands-on attitude towards things, I earned the job, and the title, of the official “lock breaker” at my college in Pilani. He has a record of breaking more than 30 locks! Next time you are not finding your desk locker key, you surely know whom to approach. Pankaj is an artist at heart and pursues his hobbies in calligraphy, architecture and even city planning. He likes knolling photography and is a cleanliness freak.
Together we are taking baby steps to revolutionize baby care!
Note : Our team has expanded and this article is the second in series of “Meet our early employees”. You can read the first article here.
