[1] Before the Gates Foundation, Ashok spent 17 years at McKinsey & Company, and left as Director of the firm's Delhi office.

Ashok left McKinsey to lead the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s India operations.

He led the team that set up Avahan, an initiative aimed at stemming India’s growing HIV epidemic.

[4] Ashok’s team took the business model behind Avahan to maternal and child health and infectious diseases in Bihar and UP.

Over a decade, Ashok led the growth and expansion of the Gates Foundation in India, with grants spanning health, sanitation and agriculture.