I’m Kunal Kabra.
I studied mechanical engineering at IIT Bombay, did research in energy systems, and now work at Bain & Co advising companies on growth and operations. Most of this work is in complex, capital-intensive environments where the real problem is execution, not ideas.
I care about how things actually get built: not just the deck, but the system underneath it.
This site is where I think out loud about strategy, technology, India’s industrial future, and the craft of building durable things.
What I believe
Enduring companies are built by people who understand both the model and the machine. How value is created, and how it gets executed.
Strategy without engineering is hand-waving.
Engineering without strategy is local optimization.
The edge is in combining both, patiently and over long time horizons.
What I’m working on
Right now, I’m going deep on a few connected questions:
- How AI changes the leverage available to one person, especially through custom tools and workflows.
- What automation really means for Indian manufacturing at the unit economics level.
- Why some Indian companies compound while most do not.
- What it would take to build something durable in India’s industrial economy.
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Get in touch
If you’re building in industrials, manufacturing, deep tech, or found something here worth discussing, I’d like to hear from you.