Chief of Corporate and Fintech Relationships and Key Initiatives at NPCI
Nalin is a Product & Business Strategy Professional with a rich experience of 20+ years on global assignments covering Technology, Telecom & Payments domains.
He has spearheaded the launch of many initiatives in the telecom and payments business and incubated new-age payment solutions with organizations like Airtel, MasterCard, and NPCI. He has also been an advisor to multiple start-ups for their go-to-market strategy.
He started his career with Bharti Airtel in 2001 and was a part of India’s telecom revolution. He had been responsible for spearheading some key projects for Airtel which included Strategic outsourcing, Telecom roll-outs, Tower cost optimization, and GIS-based Market planning. Later as part of the principal team at Bharti group he evaluated and executed projects in new areas like DTH, Mobile wallets, and international acquisitions. At MasterCard he led the product launch for and their Bill Payments platform in India.
Presently he is serving as Chief of Corporate Business and Key Initiatives at National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI). Under his leadership, NPCI was able to swiftly launch the prestigious Bharat Bill Payment System (BBPS) platform for Reserve Bank of India (RBI), National Common Mobility Card (NCMC) for Transit operators and Smart Cities, and rolled out solutions in the area of Contactless Payments, Secure Online Commerce and Tokenization.
At NPCI, he has been contributing extensively in building the ecosystem of payments enabling Governments, Corporates, Merchants, MSMEs and driving consumption for consumers in all segments. In his current role, he is tasked to set up partnerships to drive new use cases for Fintech, Startups & Merchants not just in payments but also in areas of loyalty, analytics, and identification.
Nalin is a Communications engineer from University of Pune and holds a Master’s degree in Diploma (Strategy) in Business Management from FORE, Delhi.