About me
I'm Kunal Kabra. I studied mechanical engineering at IIT Bombay, did research in energy systems, and now work at Bain advising companies on growth and operations. Mostly in complex, capital-intensive environments where the real problem is execution, not ideas.
I care about how things actually get built. Not the deck. The system.
This site is where I think out loud.
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 things: how AI actually changes the leverage available to one person (I build my own tools and workflows, not just use off-the-shelf products), what automation really means for Indian manufacturing at the unit economics level, and why some Indian companies compound while most don't.
Long term, I want to build something in India's industrial economy. Could be manufacturing, could be deep tech, could be somewhere at the intersection. I don't have the full picture yet, but the direction is clear enough.
Get in touch
If you're building in industrials, manufacturing, deep tech, or just found something here worth talking about, I'd like to hear from you.