Hi, I am Tanmay.
Builder, dreamer and problem solver.
I am passionate about creating products that help the world heal, and inspiring others to join the same path.
At a glance
Experience
Emoneeds
Co-founder
Angel investing
Angel investor
Google and YouTube Music
Previous Product Manager
Rakuten
Previous Product Manager
Education
Kellogg School of Management
MBA
Northwestern University
MS in Design
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
B.Eng in Computer Science
Current projects
sc3ne
Building an event aggregator for Delhi.
- Coming soon
Bharat in Beta
A new project, coming soon.
Tanny Beats
Music and DJing.
Past life
2025 onwards
Back in India
- Returned to India after a decade abroad
- Co-founder at Emoneeds
- Began angel investing
- Started building sc3ne
- Continued writing through this website and Business & Pleasure
- Continued music and DJing through Tanny Beats
2023 to 2025 · 📍 Chicago 🇺🇸
Kellogg MBA and the multi-city year
- MBA, Kellogg School of Management
- MS in Design, Northwestern University
- Guitarist for the Rocket Pockets, fulfilling my lifelong dream of becoming a rock star
- Summer 2024 internship at Google, YouTube Music, in New York City
- Winter 2025 in San Francisco for a winter immersion, working on an AI thesis for mental health for Emoneeds
- Travelled to more than 10 countries during this period
2019 to 2023 · 📍 Tokyo 🇯🇵
Tokyo and the Rakuten years
- Worked at Rakuten as a Product Manager
- Led product pro bono at mymizu
- Launched Encore, a productivity and personal growth app · How it started
- Founded Japan Product Camp, a one-of-a-kind Product Management bootcamp for college students and young professionals in Japan
- Revived ProductTank Tokyo, the largest English-speaking Product Management community in Tokyo, during COVID
- Visited more than 30 prefectures in Japan
- Started producing music
2015 to 2019 · 📍 Hong Kong 🇭🇰
Undergrad at HKUST
- B.Eng in Computer Science
- Entrepreneurship minor
- Exchange semester at the University of Southern California
- Captained the English Debate Team
- Brother of the Chi Phi Chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi
Latest writing
All 155What is my favourite colour?
14 September 2026 / Personal Philosophy
Friday was a moment of full circle for me.
16 August 2026 / Life & India
"Why do I need therapy? I'm not going through anything that serious."
31 July 2026 / Mental Health
The textures of Product Management have changed, the role remains the same
12 July 2026 / Technology & AI