Sankalp Samal
Sankalp is a Product Owner at 60 Decibels based out of Bengaluru, India. As part of the product team, Sankalp’s core focus lies on developing a deep understanding of the product users and iteratively innovate to build features they fall in love with. Sankalp started his career as a Technology Consultant with Deloitte, where he worked with US Department of Health and Human Services to build web solutions that enabled seamless issuance of government-funded health, medical and childcare benefits to beneficiaries. His avid interest in leveraging technology for social impact drove him to a social enterprise called Dimagi, where he collaborated with organisations like Johnson & Johnson, Abt. Associates Tajikistan and UNICEF Jamaica to build job-aid tools for community health workers and analytical solutions for govt. program administrators. He has also had a short stint working with radiologists in India to build AI solutions for detection of lung and heart disorders through Chest X-rays.
Sankalp holds a Bachelors degree in Computer Engineering and a Graduate certificate in Business Administration.
Sankalp by the numbers – Number of hill stations visited across India: 41, Number of movie screenplays written partially: 3, Number of days spent in a year eating non-vegetarian food: 330+.