Bio
Vaman Desai is a senior director at BowerGroupAsia (BGA) India and works with BGA clients across the Asia-Pacific to help them navigate and understand the public policy and strategic communications landscape in the countries where they operate. Based in Mumbai, India, he serves as a linchpin for engagement in Maharashtra and surrounding states. Prior to joining BGA in its Washington, DC office, Vaman served as a marketing executive with the Commercial Wing of the Indian Embassy in Washington. Vaman has also served as a policy analyst to India’s minister of state for finance, where he identified investment and business opportunities in India for global executives and companies. Earlier, Vaman worked as a LAMP (Legislative Assistants to Members of Parliament) fellow, serving as a legislative aide to a member of Parliament on public policy issues, making him well versed with the intricacies of India’s parliamentary procedures and federal polity.