Bhagya Panchal - Unit Manager - Sales & Distribution, HDFC Mutual Fund | Ex-Founder, Creative Crunch

Bhagya Panchal

Unit Manager - Sales & Distribution, HDFC Mutual Fund | Ex-Founder, Creative Crunch

I’ve never had a straight-line career.
And honestly, I think that’s my biggest strength.

I started out in marketing experimenting with content, design, social media, and understanding what makes people stop, read, trust, and act. What began as curiosity slowly turned into skill. I learned how brands communicate, how people respond, and how ideas turn into attention.

But life had a different plan.

I moved into sales, and that changed me completely.

Sales teaches you things no classroom will ever touch - persistence, rejection, empathy, listening, reading people, building trust, staying calm, and showing up every single day even when you don’t feel like it. It forces you to understand humans beyond theories.

And somewhere on that path, I discovered finance.

Today, I work in the mutual fund industry - a place where numbers matter, but behaviour matters even more. It’s where I get to see how people think about money, what scares them, what excites them, and what habits shape their future without them even realizing it.

This shift - from marketing to sales to finance - may look random on paper.
But in reality, it all connects.

Marketing taught me communication.
Sales taught me human psychology.
Finance taught me responsibility.
Together, they shaped my identity.

Along the way, I also learned the value of discipline, health, and consistency.
I’m still on that journey - improving step by step, building habits slowly, trying to become someone my future self will thank.

What I really enjoy today is understanding people:
why they buy,
why they delay,
why they fear,
why they switch,
why they trust,
why they decide the way they do.

Money, behaviour, habits, growth - these things fascinate me more than anything.

I’m here to connect with people who are building, experimenting, learning, creating, or simply trying to grow in their own way.

If you’re someone who loves conversations that go deeper than small talk, we’ll get along well.

My journey is still evolving, but one thing is clear -
I’m not chasing a perfect path.
I’m building a meaningful one.

Always learning.
Always improving.
Always open to meeting people who think differently.

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