Nikhil Mantha, a driven and inquisitive individual, has an impressive academic and professional background that led him to co-found a fintech firm called Piggy, which is addressing the most pertinent issues faced by his local community. Before his entrepreneurial start, Nikhil received a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the prestigious Birla Institute of Technology, and completed high school at Vidya Mandir Senior Secondary School and HPS (R). Furthermore, he honed his skills as an analyst at Nomura International and held internship positions at ITC Limited and Life Online. Nikhil also gained invaluable expertise at Y Combinator as a YC S17 Cohort founder. Blessed with an insatiable appetite for learning, Nikhil is an avid reader and a seeker of knowledge as evidenced by his penchant for perusing Wikipedia with more than twenty tabs open simultaneously.