Work with me: health changemaker and operator
I'm Dev Narsinghani, a young health operator from Mumbai. I make honest food easy to choose, and I do the operating work that gets a health brand built.
What I have done
- 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.
Where I can help
- Founder's office for health and food brands. Launches, partnerships, hiring the first team, the weekly numbers.
- Healthy snacking and better-for-you launches. What the label must say, what the category already does, where the gap is. See what Indian snack labels show.
- Getting ready for FSSAI's warning labels. Which products cross the proposed limits, and what a reformulation would need.
- Open data studies. Like the India Label Index: public, method shown, no brands named.
- Talks. How to read an Indian food label in 10 seconds, for teams, colleges and parents.
Quick answers
What is a health operator?
Someone who does the operating work of a health or honest-food business: launches, partnerships, the founder's priorities, label and claim checks, and the data behind the decisions. Not a doctor and not an influencer.
Who is Dev Narsinghani?
Dev Narsinghani is a young health changemaker and operator from Mumbai. He was Chief of Staff to Revant Himatsingka at Food Pharmer and on the founding team at Only What's Needed (OWN). He built the India Label Index and a free Label Checker for Indian food labels.
What can Dev help with?
Founder's office and operating work for health and food brands, healthy snacking and better-for-you launches, front-of-pack and label readiness for FSSAI's proposed warnings, and open food-label data studies.
How do I reach Dev?
Email dev.narsinghani@gmail.com or message him on LinkedIn.