Prayush Rai

Founder’s Office @Astrotalk | All things 0 to 1 | Product, Growth & Marketing | NSIT

Delhi, India

About

I am a final year B.Tech student at NSUT, Delhi, majoring in Electronics and Communication Engineering. During my college journey, I have pursued my passion for content marketing and management consulting, working as a research intern at NITI Aayog and running two YouTube channels with a combined audience of 40k+ students. I am intrigued by entrepreneurship and how the startup world is evolving, and I thrive on constructing and resolving challenges. I am the founder of College Setu, a one-stop counselling platform that helps students get into the best colleges across India through our industry-leading tech-enabled tools and personalized counselling solutions. In less 4 months of inception, we achieved 30,000+ app downloads, 7-figures in revenue, and built an in-house preference list generator that saved thousands of hours for our users.

Experience

  • Astrotalk (Noida · On-site)
    • Founder’s Office
      May 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos

      - Launched a new Astrology app in India — owned product, growth, and marketing, scaling revenue from 0 to ₹5 Lakhs/day within just 60 days of launch. - Scaled Astrotalk’s D2C segment from 0 to 1 crore/day in 13 months of launch, while improving overall conversion rates and doubling prepaid order percentage. - Managed performance marketing spends of 16 Crores+, closely monitoring the parameters like CPM, CTR, CPC, CPI, CVR, CAC, ROAS. - Planned and executed creative campaigns with ad spends of ₹ 2 Cr+ monthly while maintaining a positive ROAS

    • Management Trainee
      Mar 2024 - May 2024 · 3 mos

  • Co-Founder at College Setu
    May 2022 - Jul 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

    College Setu is a one-stop counselling platform that helps students get into the best colleges across India through our industry leading tech-enabled tools & personalized counselling solutions. -10,000+ App downloads in the initial 20 hours, achieved 7-figures in revenue within 7 days of launch. -Built an in-house preference list generator, potentially saving ~3000 hours of students, who used to prioritise and arrange these choices manually on government portals. -Currently working on two of our flagship tools- TrendX & Time Machine. -Have been overlooking the operations & product at College Setu (previously Konsa College) since its launch.

  • Prayush Rai at YouTube
    Nov 2020 - Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    I started this channel with aim of providing reliable and authentic information to the student community empowering them in taking right career decisions. I run 2 YouTube channels with combined audience base of 40k+ students.

  • Research Intern at NITI Aayog
    Jan 2023 - Mar 2023 · 3 mos

    • Analyzed and examined the Pricing of Coal in India, focusing on the coal pricing framework, state-specific taxes, GST and other Royalties • Conducted data analysis highlighting the interplay of different taxes & transportation costs on the final coal price • Proposed policy recommendations to address the challenges, resulting in a potential 15% reduction in tariffs