Hi r/sharktankindia, I am Rohan Khanduja, Founder of Tripole Gears. I'm a BITS Pilani Goa graduate, Ex-JP Morgan. AMA about launching a travel and hiking gear brand, running manufacturing facilities bootstrapped, featuring on Shark Tank India or we can just talk about trail running!
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I'm Rohan Khanduja, the founder of Tripole Gears, one of India’s leading travel and hiking gear brands, featured on Shark Tank India Season 4.
I graduated with an engineering degree from BITS Pilani, Goa. While I studied electronics, my curiosity always leaned toward economics and finance. I started my career in investment banking at JP Morgan, crunching numbers—until I realized I’d rather be on mountain trails than buried in financial models.
A trek to Everest Base Camp sparked the idea of making trekking gear more affordable, which led me to launch Tripole Gears. What started as a side hustle has now grown into a brand that sells gear across India and internationally, supported by two manufacturing facilities in Delhi NCR, bootstrapped.
When I’m not building my brand, you’ll find me on the trails—whether exploring city forests or trekking through the Himalayas.
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Looking forward to more questions and I will return back later in the evening for answering more questions, if any.