Ashish co-founded Aikya along with a few colleagues in March 2020. Previously he worked for Stewart Investors in London.

Ashish joined the predecessor business of Stewart Investors in 2014. During his time at Stewart Investors Ashish was Lead Manager on Emerging Markets and Asia Pacific strategies, including Stewart Investors Emerging Markets Leaders Fund. 

He was with Fidelity between 2004 and 2014. In 2008, he launched an Emerging Markets Equity Strategy with high-quality companies, which became Fidelity Institutional Asset Management (FIAM) EM All Cap in 2010. He managed this strategy until his departure in 2014.

Ashish has a degree in Electronics & Communications Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, a Post Graduate Diploma from Indian Institute of Management, and holds an MBA from INSEAD in France.​