Ashay Walambe

Co-Founder, Pustakwale

Pune, India

More about Ashay Walambe

Product Management- Sapience Analytics | Co-founder @ Pustakwale- A bookstore on wheels (A Social Enterprise)

I am a Management and Engineering graduate with 14 years of experience across diverse functions including
Product Management, Business Consulting, Professional Services, Data and People Analytics, Ad Agency, Entrepreneurship

I've evolved as a professional from an Engineer to Entrepreneur. I like to brainstorm on how technology can solve human problems. I am interested in contributing to the areas which are fundamental needs of a human being like Time management, Ed-Tech, Books, Theatre and Music.

Current responsibilities:
- Scaling up Pustakwale and connecting book lovers across Pune City
- Building IT systems for Inventory , CRM
- Data analytics and Insights
- reading more books :)
- Visiting faculty at COEP-MBA

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