our team
Meet our experienced core team
Our team comprises seasoned professionals with decades of global experience in economic transformation, urban development and logistics. Our team comprises seasoned professionals with extensive experience in economic transformation, infrastructure development & financing, regulatory & policy analysis, trade facilitation and climate friendly economic growth
Sabyasachi (Saby) Mitra
Partner
With over 30 years of experience as an economist, Saby has lived and worked in India, Malaysia, Hong Kong, United Kingdom, the Philippines, and Germany. He worked for over 17 years at the Asian Development Bank (ADB) where his last assignment was as Director, Public Sector Management Group. He led projects on conceptualizing, structuring, and financing of economic corridors/industrial parks in India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.
Saby conceptualized India’s East Coast Economic Corridor (ECEC), the nation’s first coastal corridor which was later incorporated in the National Industrial Corridor Development Program. He led ADB’s engagement in the logistics sector in the region and was actively engaged with the Indian government to support the National Logistics Policy and worked on the first-generation multi-modal logistics parks, coastal shipping policy and businesses processes related to logistics. Saby anchored ADB’s innovative loan to Bangladesh to strengthen climate resilience, transition to a low-carbon economy and mitigate GHG emissions. He has a doctoral degree from the University of Leeds, a M.Phil. in Economics from India’s Jawaharlal Nehru University, and a M.Sc. in Economics from the University of Calcutta.
Anindya Mallick
Partner
Anindya’s focus areas have included urban transformation, inclusive economic development and education & skill development. With over 28 years of experience, Anindya has been a Partner with the Government practice at Deloitte for over 8 years, guiding various Central and State governments and agencies like World Bank, FCDO and ADB in policy formulation and implementation. Besides India, he has assisted clients in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Maldives and Malawi. Anindya is a Chartered Accountant and a Cost & Management Accountant.
Atul Sanganeria
Partner
With 15 years of expertise in economic development, Atul specializes in industrial transformation and multimodal logistics sector development. He has led major transformation programs and played a key role in supporting India’s National Logistics Policy and PM GATI SHAKTI Master Plan. He has worked with ADB, World Bank, USAID, UK-AID, UN agencies, and private players to drive logistics reforms in South Asia. Atul holds a Masters degrees in economics, policy and finance from Jawaharlal Nehru University and National University of Singapore (NUS Singapore).
Arindam Guha
Partner
Arindam has over 30 years of professional experience, including 19 years as Partner and Practice Lead in Big 4 firms. His clients have included various Central / State Governments across South Asia as well as development agencies on issues involving regional competitiveness, infrastructure development & financing, trade facilitation, policy & regulatory streamlining for improving ease of doing business. Arindam has also advised eminent corporates across the strategy formulation through implementation cycle, focusing on areas like organization structuring human resources development and technology enabled business process redesign. He holds a B.Tech (Hons) from IIT Kharagpur and PGDM from IIM Bangalore.
Sohom Banerjee
Consultant
Sohom Banerjee is a management consulting professional with nearly 7 years of experience across public policy, infrastructure, trade, logistics, connectivity, technology, media, telecommunications, and economic development. He has advised several Central and State Government agencies in India, multilateral institutions, and leading corporate clients across South and South East Asia. His work has primarily involved developing project design, policy and strategy, financial models, cost-benefit assessments, regulatory impact assessments, and thought-leadership outputs. He is proficient in leveraging analytical tools such as Excel, SPSS, R, Python, SmartPLS, fsQCA, Pajek, etc in conducting data driven analytics.
Sohom is an active thought leader on emerging technology, trade and connectivity, and geopolitics, with opinion pieces published in leading newspapers and other platforms. He is also the author of a Bloomsbury-published book on Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Sohom holds a Master’s degree in Commerce and MBA specialising in Finance. He is currently pursuing PhD.
Pooja Agrawal
Consultant
Pooja is an economist with nearly 5 years of professional experience in public policy, economic analysis, infrastructure projects and logistics sector development. Prior to joining Datavantage Advisory LLP, she served as a Young Professional at NITI Aayog, where she contributed to economic policy research, India’s Services Sector Working Paper, and the State Support Mission for Uttarakhand under the Aspirational Districts Programme. She has also worked as an Analyst in Risk Analytics at HSBC, supporting data-driven decision-making using advanced analytical tools such as SAS and R.
Pooja holds a Master’s degree in Economics from Jadavpur University and a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata. She is UGC-NET qualified and has expertise in economic research, stakeholder consultations, policy analysis, and data analytics.
Aayush Raj
Consultant
Aayush specialises in GIS-based spatial analysis, multimodal logistics planning, and urban mobility strategy having over 4 years of professional experience in urban planning and transport. His focus areas include Transit-Oriented Development, road safety planning, and land use-transport integration across metropolitan regions. He has contributed to urban mobility and last-mile connectivity programs across Delhi, Chennai, Hyderabad, and Kolkata under the World Bank, and has led GIS database creation and policy formulation for state government clients.
Aayush holds a Master in Urban Planning from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra.