Founder's office work in health and D2C food
I work as Chief of Staff to Revant Himatsingka at Food Pharmer and as Senior Manager, Creative & Content Strategy at Only What's Needed. My role includes label checks, data analysis, and supporting product decisions.
What the work covers
- Checking labels and claims. I check labels and claims before anything goes out, and get products ready for FSSAI's proposed warning labels.
- Data analysis. I use open data like the India Label Index to support product decisions and strategy.
- Creative and content strategy. I work on creative and content strategy at Only What's Needed.
- Founder's priorities and launches. I work on the founder's priorities, launches and the weekly numbers.
What I have done
- Senior Manager, Creative & Content Strategy, Only What's Needed (OWN).
- Chief of Staff to Revant Himatsingka at Food Pharmer, and founding team at Only What's Needed (OWN).
- Built the India Label Index: open data on 3,798 Indian packaged-food ingredient lists. 6 in 10 list an added sugar.
- Ran FSSAI's proposed warning limits on 665 foods: 71% would carry a warning under its current plan, against 41% under the plan it dropped.
- Built the free Label Checker: paste a label, scan a barcode or snap a photo.
- Studied 900 LinkedIn posts from 9 health voices to learn what makes people act on health advice.
- Before that: Indus Insights (analytics), Grant Thornton Bharat (NHAI team), Sploot (founder's office). SRCC, Delhi.
Quick answers
What is founder's office work at a health or D2C food brand?
Founder's office work includes checking labels and claims before anything goes out, getting products ready for FSSAI's proposed warning labels, managing creative and content strategy, and supporting the founder's priorities and launches.
Who is Dev Narsinghani?
Dev Narsinghani is a health changemaker and operator from Mumbai. He works as Chief of Staff to Revant Himatsingka at Food Pharmer and as Senior Manager, Creative & Content Strategy at Only What's Needed. He built the India Label Index.
What has he built?
He built the India Label Index, an open data resource on 3,798 Indian packaged-food ingredient lists. Six in 10 of these lists name an added sugar.
How do I reach Dev Narsinghani?
He can be reached at dev.narsinghani@gmail.com or through a message on LinkedIn.