Biography

Mr. Abhishek co-leads the Economic Development Advisory business unit at EY India. His areas of focus are investment attraction & facilitation, export promotion, startup promotion and ease of doing business. He has 16 years of government consulting experience, leading large multi-year PMUs as well as industrial and sectoral policy engagements.
He has led more than two dozen consulting projects related to landmark programs and schemes like Make in India, Startup India, National eGovernance Plan, Smart Cities Mission, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and Skill India. He has closely worked with political and administrative leadership in multiple states like MP, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Telangana, central ministries like Commerce & Industry, Urban Development, Textiles, Food Processing Industries and Electronics & IT, and with agencies like the WB, FCDO, UN and ADB. His countries of experience include Australia, UK, UAE, Kuwait, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Nepal, and Tunisia.
Abhishek completed his Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad in 2006 after obtaining his Chartered Accountancy degree in 2001. Outside work, his engagements include delivering lectures at higher and technical education institutions, member of the evaluation committee at UK India Education & Research Initiative, and member of the curriculum review committee at IIM Kashipur.