About Us

Our mission

Our mission is to empower organizations to navigate and thrive in the rapidly evolving technology, climate change and geo-political landscape. Through tailored advisory services and strategic investments, we aim to provide innovative solutions that drive sustainable growth, optimize performance, and create lasting impact.

Our vision

Our vision is to foster a an ecosystem where organizations thrive by embracing innovation, sustainability, and a commitment to societal well-being. We aim to be the trusted partner for organizations in energy and healthcare, guiding them toward long-term success through responsible investments, transparent strategies, and a focus on positive social impact.

Our team

Raghu Yabaluri

Founder & ENERGY LEAD

Aastha Sharma

Co-founder & healthcare Lead

Raghu Yabaluri is an oil & gas industry leader and consulting partner with over 20 years of experience with Shell, PwC Strategy&, Deloitte, and Bain & Company. He has deep expertise across across strategy, operations, digital and decarbonization. He has transformed operations by integrating AI/ML, GenAI, AR/VR, IoT etc. and delivered significant value across the oil & gas and other industries. Raghu built an operations focused digital consulting practice by bridging the gap between business & digital teams and making emerging technologies real for operations.

Raghu also led ESG offerings focused on decarbonizing operations, CCUS and Hydrogen. He led multiple engagements with oil & gas companies to assess digital maturity, develop digital strategies, define target operating models and deliver MVPs. Focus technical functions included Subsurface, Drilling & Completions, Production Operations and Capital Projects. Previously, as an executive at Shell, discovered over a billion barrels in hydrocarbons (as a Geoscientist) and delivered strategic projects for the President of Kazakhstan. He also led integrated business planning and operations at Cairn India to deliver record production and profis.

Raghu holds a MS (Engineering) from Stanford University, and MBA from INSEAD.

Aastha is a health systems transformation leader with a decade of international experience across policy think tanks, academia, UN agencies, non-profits and clinical healthcare organizations such as UNICEF, ILO, Harvard Medical School, Ministry of Health (India), NAMI etc. Aastha has helped organizations through healthcare policy analysis, strategic program design for targeted populations, implementation, healthcare needs assessments, research, impact measurement and innovating novel healthcare models to enhance access.

Over the last decade, she has led large scale population health projects including the $3B national urban health program in India at the Ministry of Health. In her last role as Director of Impact & Evaluation at NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness - Greater Houston), she led several organizational transformation projects including data management systems, impact measurement, fundraising and initiating virtual programs that led to significant increase in funding and user base.

Aastha holds a MS (Global Health) from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Master of Social Work from Delhi University.

Advisors

ImpactRays has a large global network of advisors and partners. Details coming soon.