Puneet Manuja in

Puneet Manuja

Login to view DISC.
Co Founder at YourDOST
📍 Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Puneet Manuja is the Co-Founder of YourDOST, an emotional wellness platform making mental health support accessible across India. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, he leverages his experience from McKinsey & Company and Zynga, along with his MBA from IIM Bangalore and B. Tech from NIT Calicut, to drive his mission-focused venture.

Puneet is a new father who, along with his wife and co-founder, balances the demands of a growing startup with raising their young son. He openly shares about the challenges and learnings of integrating work and family, emphasizing the importance of support from their team to manage both roles as parents and leaders.

His personal experience with depression after graduating, despite being a gold medalist, was a key motivator for co-founding YourDOST to address the stigma around mental health.

Read the full overview →
Experience
14 Years
Current Role
Co Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Personality Overview

How Puneet shows up

Communication Style
Decision Approach
Work Preference

Behavioral traits and communication patterns that shape how this person evaluates opportunities, builds trust, and makes decisions in professional settings.

Login to view personality overview.
Priorities

Topics Puneet cares about

Mental Health Access
As Co-Founder of YourDOST, his primary mission is to solve challenges in mental healthcare by reducing stigma and making professional counseling accessible and anonymous through technology.
Social Entrepreneurship
He left a corporate consulting career at McKinsey to build a company focused on social impact, driven by a personal mission to solve the widespread issue of mental wellness.
+5 more topics Login to view topics
Career

Work history

12-2014
Co Founder
YourDOST
7-2014 - 4-2015
Junior Associate
McKinsey & Company
7-2011 - 6-2012
Senior Software Engineer
Zynga
6-2009 - 6-2011
Senior Member IT
D. E. Shaw India Software Private Limited
In the press

Media appearances

Puneet Manuja and Richa Singh's YourDOST opens up the conversation on mental health. Featured in Forbes India
See now
What's the cost of ignoring your employees' emotional wellness to your organization? Puneet Manuja, co‑founder of YourDOST answers. Featured in HCIT Expert
+2 more appearances Login to view media
Education
2012 - 2014
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
2005 - 2009
B.Tech
National Institute of Technology Calicut
Social presence
in
Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

DISC behavioral profile

Dominance, influence, steadiness, and calculativeness scores with guidance on how this person prefers to communicate and decide.

Login to view DISC.

Other YourDOST Employees

Explore more public profiles from related professionals.

More profiles

Discover additional public profiles from our index.

Unlock the full playbookSee exactly how to sell to Puneet. Free, 10 seconds.