Aayushi Khandelwal is Co-Founder of Anveshan, a D2C food-tech brand revolutionizing India's natural foods market by connecting urban consumers directly with farmer-sourced, traditionally processed products.

An IIT Guwahati graduate in Mathematics and Computer Science (2018), Aayushi left a promising career as an Analyst at Goldman Sachs to pursue her passion for authentic, traditional Indian superfoods.

Driven by a personal health journey rooted in her farmer family background, Aayushi channels that lived experience into leading Anveshan's marketing and online business verticals with purpose and authenticity.

Aayushi co-founded Anveshan in 2020 alongside Kuldeep Parewa and Akhil Kansal, building the brand from the ground up through 8 funding rounds, raising $10.9M from investors including Wipro Consumer Care Ventures, DSG Consumer Partners, and Titan Capital.

Anveshan crossed INR 100 Cr in revenue in FY25 with 80% year-on-year growth, partnered with 7,000+ farmers, and earned Aayushi the Best D2C Gamechanger Entrepreneur (Female) title at the e4m D2C Awards 2025.