Nivedita Pandey
Applied AI, Digital Innovation, and Strategic Growth Leader
Born and raised in Bihar and Jharkhand, and further enriched by Wharton and Stanford, Nivedita is defined by the 4Cs: Curiosity, Courage, Compassion, and Creativity. Through 16 years of work, she has blended digital innovation, finance, and social impact to launch and scale multiple innovative, category-creating products and platforms across the US, UK, and Asia, contributing $100-200M in topline revenue. She has been tapped for her innovation, strategy, and growth expertise by renowned institutions including The World Bank, British Telecom, Reserve Bank Innovation Hub India, and several venture-backed startups.
Career Highlights:
✨ Founding Head, Microsoft Asia - Private Equity & Venture Capital Partnerships vertical
✨ Founding Head, Asia's 1st Digital Gold Fintech product (on Paytm, PhonePe, Google Pay)
✨ Prime Minister's Fellow - piloted & scaled Digital Payments & Digital Public Infrastructure for Govt. of India
✨ Omnichannel Innovation Lead, Estée Lauder, New York
Teaching Experience:
✦ Coach at ISB Executive Education
✦ External Faculty on Applied AI, Administrative Training Institute, Jharkhand Government
✦ External Faculty on Applied AI, CMPDIL, a Mini Ratna PSU
Nivedita's academic roots are in Computer Science (Distinction, ranked 1st), Social Impact (ranked 1st across India), and Business (Wharton MBA, with merit-based Joseph Wharton & Omnicom Fellowships and professional education in Venture Capital from Stanford). She is currently building dendrons.ai — an Applied AI startup supported by Google Cloud for Startups, and teaching Applied AI via SkillAI.academy. Her AI teaching curriculum was piloted and validated at the Administrative Training Institute, Jharkhand Government and is now being scaled to more folks joining the AI revolution.
University of Pennsylvania
HSBC, Estée Lauder
Prime Minister's Fellow
Google Cloud for Startups