Mili Sanwalka

Mili was an Avaana Fellow in our Strategic Partnership initiative with the Quality Council of India. She worked in the joint QCI-Avaana team supporting two projects under the NITI Aayog mandate of Digital Inclusion of MSMEs — exploring a labour-matching portal for blue-collar workers, and e-commerce platform (B2B and B2C) for MSMEs.
She was previously with BCG in Boston, working primarily in Technology (AI, SaaS, Cloud), Social Impact (financial inclusion, MSME, CSR) and Retail (logistics, consumer). Her prior experiences include an early-stage VC, a philanthropic intermediary and academic research in developmental economics. She is passionate about economic empowerment and working on at-scale solutions that leverage technology.
Mili graduated from Brown University, magna cum laude and with honors in Applied-Mathematics and Economics.