Advisory Team

Ujjwal Kalra

Analyst

“I have always believed that compassion is what makes us human. Lending a hand helps us discover the best part of ourselves. Working here at WestBridge in the company of exceptionally talented people and entrepreneurs has brought out the altruist in me. It’s given me a chance to do my bit in making their journey a wee bit easier and in helping make tomorrow’s world a vastly better place.“

Focus areas:
- Financial services
- Fintech

About Ujjwal

Ujjwal is an Investment Analyst with WestBridge Capital and is based out of Bengaluru. His is keen on exploring the Financial Technology and Financial Services verticals. He joined us fresh off the campus from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, where he did his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering. He was part of the organizing team of IIT Bombay’s cultural festival, Mood Indigo, fêted to be Asia’s largest on-campus cultural festival. Ujjwal headed the operations and logistics team of the fest and later went on to become its security head as well.

As a student, he interned with McKinsey & Company, where he worked on optimizing the e-commerce supply chain for omnichannel retail clients in North America. He has also worked on an organization-wide digital maturity project at Kearney for a Fortune 500 oil and gas corporation.

When not at his desk, Ujjwal’s hang-out spot of choice is the sports field. A sports enthusiast since childhood, he particularly enjoys playing cricket, football, and tennis. He is also a motorsports buff and an avid Formula 1 follower.

Greatly inspired by Maya Angelou’s seminal poem, ‘Still I Rise’, Ujjwal holds both this maxim and his family close to his heart.