Pratham Singh
Founder & CEO
Pratham is the founder and the vision behind Échelle Ventures. An avid MUNer, debater, World Scholars' Cup winner, and cricketer, he has worked with companies spanning large conglomerates to fast-growing startups — consistently earning praise for the thoughtful ideas and impactful solutions he brings to every project. Yet what defines him most is conviction: an unwavering belief that students are capable of real, meaningful work in a business world that too often overlooks them. Échelle is the expression of that belief, and Pratham leads it with the quiet confidence of someone determined to prove the world right about what the next generation can do.
Sales
Growth
Strategy
Riyan Bajaj
President
Riyan prides himself in being a visionary, empathetic, and determined leader. With over seven years of debate experience, numerous medals and misses across sports, academics and music, and a chaotic yet brilliant mind, he has sharpened his skills through sixteen long years of trial and error. Scaling Échelle Ventures is his most recent goal — one he is more than ever eager to summit.
Student Acquisition
Training
Leadership
Aurko Orhan Ray
Head of Client Acquisition
Aurko leads partnerships with businesses that believe in innovation and the potential of young talent. A World Scholar, award-winning debater and writer, and national-level footballer currently competing at the club level, he combines strong communication with strategic thinking and leadership. Through marketing internships at Rush Sports and IVistaz Ecom Services, he has gained hands-on experience in business development, digital marketing, and client relations across multiple industries. Passionate about creating meaningful opportunities, Aurko is committed to building lasting partnerships that help businesses access fresh perspectives while empowering students to solve real-world problems and make a tangible impact.
Client Acquisition
Business Development
Marketing
Nikshep Raman
Lead Design Consultant
Nikshep shapes how Échelle looks, reads, and feels — from the site's editorial type system down to the exact palette and corner radii. His design instincts are grounded in a long, deliberate engagement with visual culture, and he's currently preparing for formal training in Visual Communication Design at Musashino Art University in Tokyo. He's also an accomplished debater, a multiple-time Scholar's Cup winner, a published author, and a competitive volleyball player — craft treated as a discipline, wherever he applies it.
Design
Visual Communication
Brand
Abhiram Alluri
Client Acquisition Team
A Computer Engineering student at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Abhiram is fascinated by robotics, computer vision, and AI. He brings that same analytical, systems-minded curiosity to client acquisition — connecting the right businesses with the right talent, and helping Échelle grow its network of forward-thinking partners. He's happiest in the middle of a hard problem, and he has a knack for turning a first conversation into a genuine, lasting partnership.
Client Acquisition
Robotics
AI
Guneesh Gupta
Head of Tech
Guneesh builds and runs the technology behind Échelle — this site, its design system, and the pipeline that ships it. He works where AI meets robotics, drawn to problems that are far easier to state than to solve, and he treats shipping as the real test of an idea: build the thing, put it in front of people, and let what breaks decide what comes next.
AI
Robotics
Engineering
