Ritvvij Parrikh

Ritvvij Parrikh is a multi-talented professional with over 15 years of experience in building information products and cross-functional problem-solving. He has a degree in Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology from the University of Mumbai. Parrikh is currently working as the Director of New Products at India's largest media conglomerate, Times Internet, where he is leveraging data science and AI to drive subscription growth.

Parrikh has co-founded two agencies - Pykih, a data visualization agency that helped 90+ brands across six countries, and PROTO, a media development agency. He has also formerly held positions as the Evangelist and Investor at The Humane Club, Lead - Editorial Product at Times Internet, and Knight Fellow, India Program Co-Lead (Focus: Media Research) at International Center for Journalists (ICFJ).

As a Knight Fellow (Focus: Product) at ICFJ, he developed media research projects sponsored by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and helped set up India's first nationwide verification tip line for WhatsApp for Indian General Elections 2019 with Meedan and Dig Deeper Media. Parrikh has expertise in coding, design, user research, and writing, but his forte is searching for cross-domain leverages that organizations can invest in to navigate dynamic and ambiguous problems.

Overall, Parrikh is a skilled and accomplished professional with a wealth of expertise in information product development, media research, and cross-functional problem-solving.