As an SVP of Engineering & Technology, Ayush serves a vital, twofold role balancing advanced technology development and managing large-scale new technologies deployment and operations, leading to the creation of new values sustaining substantial revenue. In this role, he is responsible for shaping the future direction of the World's largest Mobile data network. He is a big champion of network programmability through disaggregation using open source and has embraced open source in developing several products.

Before Reliance Jio, he held several global leadership positions at Cisco, Ericsson, Huawei and successful startup companies directing business, research & innovation, engineering and service delivery producing groundbreaking outcomes that shaped the direction of networking and cloud industry. Ayush holds Master's degree in Data Communications and has graduated from Brunel University in London, U.K. He also holds three CCIE certifications in Routing & Switching, Voice, and Service Provider domains.