hi, i'm piyush.

i grew up in sangli. most of my childhood was sport. i captained my school football team, and when i wasn't playing i was reading or writing something.

my parents run yerala projects, a rural development org that started after the 1972 drought. so i grew up between two worlds: a comfortable home, and village life just down the road. i loved both equally. i saw growth up close, saw people's pain up close, and learned how much a small fix can mean to someone's ordinary day.

as a kid i was stubborn, righteous and a bit of a rebel. "challenge everything" has been my line for as long as i can remember.

that's partly why crypto clicked. no central authority writing the rules, merit over bias. it lined up with what i already believed.

a few things about me: i'm ambidextrous, i notice everything, and i get obsessed with things. sport, mostly.