ISB MBA · IIT Roorkee · Bengaluru, India

Rohan
Saraswat

Builder, operator, and founder in training. I turn ambiguity into shipped products — AI features, enterprise platforms, and ventures from scratch. Looking to build something ambitious with a great company.

Rohan Saraswat

Education & Experience

ISB
MBA · GPA 3.6/4.0
2025–2026
Jaguar Land Rover
Systems Engineer · India & UK
2020–2024
IIT Roorkee
B.Tech Mech · GPA 8.4/10
2016–2020

Achievements

Recognition & Awards

TATA Group
Tata Imagination Challenge 2026
National Winner — Top 10 of 4 lakh+ participants for ExperGo. Featured in Economic Times.
National · ExperGo
TIC Economic Times feature
ReNew Power
ReLead by ReNew
Rank 1 of 4,000+ participants — national leadership competition by ReNew Power.
National · ISB
Jaguar Land Rover
Exceptional Creator Award
Awarded for piloting Systems Engineering toolsets across 8 UK teams, supporting 500+ members. Top 5% performer twice.
JLR · UK

Pinned Work

Star Projects

Live
ExperGo
AI-led expertise platform connecting retired professionals with emerging talent
View project →
Shipped
JLR Climate Platform
Next-gen climate architecture for 2L+ units across 100+ global markets
View project →
Shipped
PayPal GenAI Suite
GenAI-powered POS aggregation, smart analytics and payout automation
View project →

01 · Personal

Who I am

Rohan Saraswat

My name is Rohan — a customer-centric, systems-oriented operator who has built teams, shipped platforms, designed AI products, and built early-stage ventures from scratch.

My life runs in 4-year leaps. Four years preparing for competitive exams. Four years at IIT Roorkee (GPA 8.4) building the engineering foundation. Four years at Jaguar Land Rover — as a seed member of India's Climate team, shipping the 2024 platform for 2L+ units across 100+ markets. Now at ISB, sharpening the business lens.

I bridge technology and business to build scalable solutions in ambiguity-heavy environments. That's what drives me — the messy, high-stakes problems where most operators pause.

Currently building ExperGo — an AI-led expertise platform linking retired professionals with emerging talent. National winner, Tata Imagination Challenge 2026 (Top 10 of 4 lakh+ teams).

"I seek the meaning of true freedom at individual and social levels. The hope to reach it keeps pushing me."
Inspired by
One Piece Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Maslow's Pyramid Elon Musk
Currently seeking
EIR / Entrepreneur in Residence
CEO's Office / Founder's Office
0 to 1 Product Management

02 · Professional Journey

Career Timeline

Apr 2025 – Present
MBA
Indian School of Business
GPA 3.6/4.0 · National Winner — Tata Imagination Challenge & ReLead by ReNew · GMAT 740/800
Jul 2025 – Jan 2026
Product Management Intern
PayPal · ISB Experiential Learning
Designed GenAI product roadmap — Hyperlocal POS aggregator, smart analytics, payout automation. Targeting +10% ARPU.
Sep 2020 – Oct 2024
Systems Engineer — Project Manager
Jaguar Land Rover, India
Seed member, India Climate team 0→1. Led 2024 platform for 2L+ units. Sourced GBP 400M+ Denso system (800k EVs). Saved £900K via analytics.
Mar 2022 – Oct 2022
International Project Lead
Jaguar Land Rover, UK — Gaydon
0→1 sustainable EV cabin POC. 50+ customer interviews. 60% R&D cost reduction via IISc partnership. 25% time-to-comfort improvement.
Jul 2016 – Jun 2020
B.Tech, Mechanical Engineering
IIT Roorkee
GPA 8.4/10 · JEE Advanced AIR 1988 · NTSE Scholar · KVPY Scholar · CAT 99.6 percentile
Skills & Tools
Product & Strategy
0→1 Product Discovery
GTM Strategy
Product & Growth Roadmaps
User Research & A/B Testing
Stakeholder Leadership
Agile / Scrum
AI, Data & Engineering
GenAI App Development
ML / Predictive Models
SQL · Python
Tableau · Power BI
Cursor · Vercel · N8N
Systems Architecture
Tools & Design
Figma · Lovable · Prototyping
Jira · Confluence · Notion
Dassault · IBM Doors · CATIA

Projects

Products shipped, ventures built

Professional Projects
JLR · PayPal · 2020–2026
ShippedSystems Lead · PM
2024 Climate Platform
Next-gen in-cabin climate architecture for 2L+ units across 100+ global markets
Systems Eng.AutomotivePlatform
Problem
Scaling climate systems across diverse regulatory markets while meeting sustainability targets
Value Prop
Single scalable platform reducing duplication and time-to-market across 100+ markets
Impact
2L+ units · GBP 400M+ system · 8% energy efficiency gain via first-principles MPC
Stakeholders
5 teams, 8 suppliers, UK & India leadership
ShippedProduct Owner
ML Failure Predictor
ML-based component failure prediction for 1M+ user app via acoustic noise patterns
ML / AIPredictive1M+ users
Problem
Reactive failure detection causes costly unplanned repairs and poor owner experience
Value Prop
Proactive failure alerts reduce warranty cost and improve owner NPS
MVP
Noise-pattern ingestion → failure probability score → push alert with service booking
ShippedProject Lead · UK
Sustainable Cabin POC
0→1 sustainable EV cabin prototype enabling EU and US 2030+ regulatory readiness
SustainabilityEV0→1
Problem
EU/US 2030 regulations demand zero-emission interiors — no roadmap existed
Value Prop
60% R&D cost reduction via IISc Bangalore partnership. £100K+ saved.
Impact
25% improvement in time-to-comfort · 50+ customer interviews · concept validated
ShippedBuilder · Scrum Master
Analytics Dashboard Tool
Multi-source data aggregation platform serving 120+ engineers with automated reports
AnalyticsAutomationInternal Tool
Problem
Engineers spending excessive manual effort consolidating data from disparate systems
Impact
2K+ hrs saved annually · 30% boost in team output · £900K cost saved · first Scrum adoption
ShippedPM Intern · PayPal
PayPal GenAI Suite
GenAI-powered POS aggregation, smart analytics and payout automation for SMB merchants
GenAIFinTechB2B/B2C
Problem
Merchant fragmentation across POS systems reduces analytics visibility and ARPU
Value Prop
Unified POS view with AI recommendations targeting +10% ARPU growth
Stakeholders
PayPal senior leadership, product and engineering teams
Self Projects
Solo builds · 2024–Present
LiveCo-Founder
ExperGo
AI-led expertise platform connecting retired professionals with emerging talent
AI MatchingEdTechB2B2C
Problem
Retired professionals' tacit knowledge is wasted; founders lack affordable mentorship
Value Prop
Training-Placement-As-Service for universities, venture advisory for MSMEs
Traction
TIC 2026 National Winner · 30+ stakeholder interviews · 4-member founding team
MVPSolo Builder
CampAIgn
AI marketing campaign generator for early-stage startups with zero budget
GenAIMarTechStartups
Problem
Early-stage founders lack time and budget for structured marketing campaigns
MVP
Campaign brief → channel strategy → copy briefs → GTM calendar
MVPSolo Builder
KalkiAI
AI scenario simulator for strategic decisions under uncertainty
GenAIStrategyB2B
Problem
Leaders make high-stakes decisions without stress-testing future scenarios
MVP
Scenario generation → probability weighting → risk matrix → strategic options
MVPSolo Builder
InLight
AI newsletter curator that distils signal from noise across your interests daily
GenAIMediaProductivity
Problem
Professionals subscribe to 20+ newsletters but read 3; critical insights are buried
MVP
Topic curation → daily digest → AI summary with source link → Notion export
MVPSolo Builder
Kutumb Fin
Family finance manager for Indian households to track, plan and grow money together
FinTechConsumerIndia
Problem
Indian families lack collaborative planning tools for joint finances and shared goals
MVP
Shared wallet · expense tracking · goal jars · investment nudges · family dashboard

Rohoscope

Thoughts, writing and ideas

VentureMay 2026
Winning Tata Imagination Challenge — The ExperGo Story
How a half-baked idea about retired professionals turned into a national winner. The interviews, the pivots, and what I learned about building in public.
CareerApr 2025
The JLR India Road — Building a Team from Zero
What it really means to be a seed member. The chaos, the milestones, and how we scaled India's first climate engineering team from 0 to 8 in three years.
CareerApr 2025
Why I chose ISB — and what I expected vs. got
Four years at JLR gave me the operator's lens. ISB is giving me the vocabulary. Reflections on one year in, and the gaps I didn't know I had.
ProductMar 2026
Vibe-coding 8 products in 6 months — what actually works
Cursor, Vercel, N8N, and a lot of late nights. Honest notes on building MVPs fast without a dev team, and which shortcuts bite you later.
VentureFeb 2026
60% R&D cost reduction by moving work from UK to India — lessons from JLR
A case study from my Gaydon days. How we structured India's first R&D execution model with IISc and what operators get wrong about nearshoring.
ProductJan 2026
GenAI in B2B products — an honest take from inside PayPal
Six months, two product areas, one GenAI feature from brief to GTM. What the real bottlenecks are when building AI into enterprise merchant flows.

Connect

Let's build something

I'm actively exploring EIR, CEO's Office, Founder's Office and 0→1 PM roles. If you're building something ambitious and need an operator who bridges technology and business, I'd love to talk.

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Resume

Rohan Saraswat — CV
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