Rushabh Vasa

Rushabh is born & brought up in Kolhapur, where his parents live. His family business is in Sugar Trading. A doting father and loving husband, Rushabh is married to Shika, and tries to beat the traffic every evening to catch up with his Eight year old daughter Dhyani.

Being a Rotaractor then turned into Rotarian, Rushabh is member & Past President of Rotary club of Mumbai Bandra Kurla Complex. He is District Chair (West) for Community 2 – Non-Medical Avenue for current RY2020-21.

Rushabh Vasa is a technology entrepreneur. He’s currently director in three diverse companies. A computer engineer by qualification, he always challenges himself and his team to build technology enabled solutions that can solve problems at scale. In 2009 he founded Instinct Media, a company that pioneered digital and web technology solutions when India had less than 50 million internet users. Today, it is ranked among top 50 Google certified digital agencies in India.

His second venture is ‘Ruggedian’ an adventure sports company that aims to bring fun and energy into health and fitness by democratising sports activity for everyone. Ruggedian was born our of the philosophy that you don’t have to be an athlete to have all the fun that sports offers. Ruggedian organises Marathons, Obstacle Runs, Trail Race & other adventure sports events.

Rushabh’s recent venture is Agrahyah Technologies, a tech startup that builds apps, products, and content in Indian languages. Agrahyah builds AI-enabled Voice tech solutions and aawaz.com is the largest podcast network in Indian languages. Agrahyah Technologies is a leading partner with Amazon Alexa & Google Assistant in India.

Besides being a busy entrepreneur, Rushabh always finds time to give back. As the maxim goes, ‘to teach a man fishing’, Rushabh believes giving back knowledge is more important than merely distributing wealth. He has played a role in Google Business Group – Mumbai. He is Google Developers Expert for Cloud Technology & also Mentors start-ups at Google Launchpad Program. He’s a guest lecturer at academic institutions such as Mithibai and IIM Indore where he talks about the confluence of technology, content and human intelligence.