Anand Shah is a Partner at The Asia Group, which he joined in 2022 as part of the firm’s acquisition of Dhamiri, a venture that he founded to help corporations align their core businesses with public good in critical international markets. He previously led the development of strategic initiatives as Senior Vice President of Indian ride-hailing giant Ola. He has also worked at the Albright Stonebridge Group, BMW AG, and Audi AG. He spent 15 years living in India, where he founded Sarvajal, a technology and market-based provider of clean water to rural villages and urban settlements, and helped establish Ahmedabad University. He was also the Founding CEO of the Piramal Foundation, a Co-Founder of Teach for India, and the Founder of Indicorps, a pioneering public service program.
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Anand Shah on India as a Global Economic Superpower
- India, Economy
Recent Posts
Rintaro Nishimura in CNN on Japan’s snap election: ‘From their perspective, the LDP had become too moderate under the last two prime ministers’
February 6, 2026
Media Mentions
“From their perspective, the LDP had become too moderate under the last two prime ministers,” said Rintaro Nishimura, a Tokyo-based ...
David Boling and Akihiro Tsuchiya with 9fin’s Richard Macauley in webinar: What to expect from Japan’s snap election
February 5, 2026
Media Mentions
9fin’s Asia editor Richard Macauley was joined by Akihiro Tsuchiya, senior advisor at The Asia Group and former senior MOF official (Japan), ...
Can Washington and Delhi Reclaim Their Strategic Momentum?
February 5, 2026
Newsletter
As the next steps for U.S. foreign policy in the Indo-Pacific were debated at the outset of the Biden administration, ...
David Boling in Reuters on Takaichi’s track for big election win: ‘The power of her personality seems to be transcending politics’
February 4, 2026
Media Mentions
Younger people have historically been less likely to vote than older generations that have underpinned the LDP’s near unbroken post-war ...