Arnav leads and oversees Gates Foundation’s Policy, Communications, and Partnerships team in India to advance the country’s health and development goals. He leads these efforts by anchoring foundation’s engagement with central and state government, media and creative agencies, and philanthropists. He also oversees the philanthropic partnerships portfolio across Asia and Middle East.

Previously, he was the Global Lead for the Philanthropic Partnerships portfolio focusing across India, Asia, Middle East, and Africa. In this role, Arnav built several high impact partnerships to advance health and poverty alleviation goals in the Global South. He also led and developed the foundation’s Asia strategy and built partnerships with government, philanthropy, and media partners across Asia.

Prior to that he worked with the Foundation’s India Policy & Poverty Alleviation team and worked on foundation’s agriculture and health policy portfolio, including leading a large a primary healthcare transformation program in Rajasthan.

Prior to joining the foundation in July 2013, he worked as a Consultant with Deloitte Consulting, where he advised senior clients across sectors on strategy, financial planning, and supply chain management.

Arnav holds an MBA from the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and is a computer science engineer by training.