# Anish Khadiya

> Anish Khadiya is the co-founder and chief business officer of ITILITE, founded with Mayank Kukreja in 2017. A former McKinsey engagement manager and Myntra director of strategy and planning, he leads revenue, partnerships, and customer success for the travel and expense business. His public writing covers marketing experiments, hotel payments, human customer support, distributed teams, and lessons from sports.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer at ITILITE
- **Organizations:** ITILITE, Myntra, McKinsey & Company, ITC Limited
- **Education:** B.Tech (Hons), Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, PGDM, Finance & Marketing, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
- **Known for:** Co-founded ITILITE in 2017., Helped establish Capillary Technologies as ITILITE’s first customer, beginning with a small departmental pilot., Leads ITILITE’s revenue, partnerships, and customer success functions.

## Career timeline

- **2002-2006** — Studied electrical engineering at IIT Kharagpur.
- **2009-2011** — Completed postgraduate management studies at IIM Lucknow.
- **Before 2017** — Worked at ITC, then McKinsey, where he became an engagement manager, and Myntra, where he was director of strategy and planning.
- **2017** — Co-founded ITILITE with Mayank Kukreja.
- **2024** — Published essays on SaaS marketing, brand building, hotel payments, customer support, and founder leadership.
- **2026** — ITILITE continues to identify him as chief business officer.

## Achievements

- Co-founded ITILITE in 2017.
- Helped establish Capillary Technologies as ITILITE’s first customer, beginning with a small departmental pilot.
- Leads ITILITE’s revenue, partnerships, and customer success functions.
- Co-built the company that raised a $29 million Series C in April 2022, led by Tiger Global and Dharana Capital.

## Latest updates

- **2026-10** — ITILITE’s maintained company facts identify Khadiya as chief business officer and describe its US-focused travel, expense, corporate card, and AI products.
- **2025-10** — ITILITE launched Iris, an AI travel analyst; Khadiya publicly discussed moving from dashboards to plain-English questions.
- **2025-06** — Described managing distributed teams with overlapping US working hours, clear documentation, and cultural training.
- **2024-09** — Published an essay about demanding founders, high standards, transparency, and accountability.

## Links

- Website: https://www.itilite.com/author/anish
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/anish-khadiya-84411320

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