
Archana is Chief Partnerships Officer at EPIC World, driving strategic partnerships around AI-for-impact and mission-driven capital to scale. Growing up in a humble Bangalore home that prioritized community service, Archana values last-mile transformation. As the proverb says, “If you want to go fast, go alone; if you want to go far, go together”, Archana is excited to build on EPIC's vision to take Entrepreneurial Households farther.
At EPIC World, Archana builds partnerships to scale outcomes across financial services, health, agriculture, and economic opportunities - through a mix of philanthropy, private sector, and institutional collaborations for measurable, catalytic impact.
A strategic investments leader with 20+ years of global expertise, she spent 12+ years at the Gates Foundation as Partner & Head of South Asia Strategic Investments (UK & India), following earlier roles at KPMG Advisory (India).
Archana is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Master's in Management from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
