Shobhit is a Senior Manager in MSC's Inclusive Financial Ecosystems practice in India. He has over a decade of experience across digital financial services, inclusive market systems, and community-led livelihoods. At MSC, Shobhit brings extensive expertise in MSME finance, inclusive product design, livelihood promotion, and ecosystem strengthening. He has a strong track record of translating strategy into implementation and advancing financial inclusion across India, South Asia, and East Africa.

Through his work, Shobhit plays a vital role in advancing market-led solutions that expand livelihood opportunities and improve access to affordable financial services for underserved communities. He works closely with governments, financial institutions, community-based organizations, and global development partners to strengthen inclusive financial ecosystems and support low-income households, women entrepreneurs, MSMEs, and producer groups. Shobhit has led high-impact programs focused on community institution building, enterprise development, and translating social protection and government livelihood schemes into practical, sustainable outcomes. He has also contributed to MSC’s thought leadership in inclusive finance and livelihood systems. 

His earlier experience includes work with state and central governments, think tanks, commercial banks, NBFCs, insurance providers, private equity and venture capital funds, and microfinance institutions across India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Cambodia, Ethiopia, and Tanzania. Over the years, Shobhit has designed and delivered transformative, impact-driven initiatives and uses an evidence-based, bottom-up, and human-centered approach. 

Shobhit is an engineering graduate and holds a Post Graduate Diploma specializing in Financial Services from K.J. Somaiya, Mumbai, and has completed an Executive Programme in FinTech, Banking, and Applied Risk Management from IIM Lucknow. Fluent in Hindi and English, he is passionate about strengthening local financial ecosystems, building resilient community-led livelihoods, and developing sustainable solutions that improve the economic well-being of underserved communities.