Umang Bhola
10 years
across tech and governance
Rs 1,900+ Cr
public investment managed
6 Cr+
citizens reached
5 states
across India

About me

I am a public systems leader with 10 years of building and scaling governance programs where technology, policy and on-ground delivery meet. I started as a software engineer and pivoted deliberately to governance consulting, to point technology at problems that matter.

Today I am a Program Manager at GDi Partners, working with state governments in Jammu and Kashmir, Assam and Punjab. Before that I built statewide education programs in Himachal Pradesh with Samagra Governance, and Android apps at CaaStle.

I work directly with Chief Secretaries, global funders like the Gates Foundation, CIFF and Open Philanthropy, and the field communities on the same program.

Who I am and what I do

I find the missing piece in a public system, build it, and get the government to own it.

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Experience

Beyond work

What I do when the day job is done.

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Interests

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Get into social impact consulting

How I moved from software engineering into governance consulting, and what I would tell someone trying to do the same.

Get in touch

I am glad to talk about public systems, technology and delivery on the ground.