Gaurav is a Director, Innovations at Zara Food Specialities (ZFS). At ZFS, Gaurav is responsible for driving new product development. He is currently engaged in developing m-commerce based market place models for Indian agriculture produce specifically cereals, fruits and vegetables. The key aim of this project is to reduce the significant gap between prices earned by the farmers vs those paid by the end consumers due to role of middle men and traders by increasing transparency in the transaction value chain.

Gaurav is a Chartered Accountant from the Indian Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and holds a bachelor's degree in Commerce from the prestigous Delhi University in India. He has over 10 years of strategic and financial consulting experience with marque brands such as Ernst & Young, KPMG, Protiviti and Accuracy. Gaurav has worked on numerous projects for his clients both in India and Europe.