THE PERSON BEHIND THE PROJECTS / NEW DELHI

Hello, I'm
Sahil Tayal.

I study how people learn, work and become—and I like turning those questions into things people can read, use, discuss, or experience.

My journey has moved through business school, corporate work, consulting, government, a neighbourhood retail counter and a growing collection of creative experiments. The connecting thread is curiosity about people.

Based in New Delhi Independent work, ongoing
Sahil Tayal in a black blazer, photographed in warm evening light with a city skyline behind him
A person behind the work, not just a list of titles.
EDUCATIONMBA, Human Resource DevelopmentJBIMS · 2021
EDUCATIONB.Com (Honours)Sri Venkateswara College, DU · 2016
EXPERIENCECorporate · Consulting · Public sectorEY · Happy+ Consulting · Ministry of Finance
01 / THE STORY

A less linear path.
A consistent curiosity.

I started in commerce, trained in management, and worked in organisations where plans, incentives and people meet. That led me toward a recurring question: why do human beings behave differently from how our models predict?

Later, working in my family’s retail business in Mehrauli brought that question much closer to everyday life. At a shop counter, decisions are not abstract. You see budgets, habits, trust and uncertainty play out in small transactions.

Over time, I began writing about organisational behaviour, learning, personal agency and human development. Some questions became independent research proposals. Others became essays, fragrances, or websites that let people interact with an idea rather than merely read about it.

It is an unconventional combination, but not a claim that every project is equally mature. I am comfortable describing something as an experiment when it is one.

02 / THE RECORD

The education.
The actual work.

Credentials matter, and so does describing them accurately. These are the formal and practical chapters behind the independent work.

↗ Formal education

2019—2021

MBA · Human Resource Development

Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (JBIMS), Mumbai

Graduate management education with a focus on people, organisations and human resource development.

Completed 2016

B.Com (Honours)

Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi

An undergraduate grounding in commerce and business.

↗ Professional experience

Corporate

EY

Early professional experience

Experience inside a large professional-services environment.

Consulting

Human resources & organisational work

Including Happy+ Consulting

Professional work connected to people, organisations and consulting.

Public sector

Ministry of Finance, Government of India

Previous professional experience

Exposure to work in a public-sector setting.

Family business

Retail operations, Mehrauli

Family-run neighbourhood store · New Delhi

Hands-on operations and firsthand observation of consumer choices, informal markets and everyday business constraints.

These affiliations describe my past experience; this independent website does not represent or speak for any of those organisations. See my public professional profile ↗

03 / WHAT I DO NOW

Some questions become words.
Others become things.

I work independently across several fields. These are directions of inquiry and practice—not claims of institutional affiliation or finished scientific findings.

01 / INQUIRY
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Behaviour & agency

I explore the gap between intention and action, including the practical, social and emotional friction that can intervene.

Identity–Action Gap: proposed framework, not yet validatedExplore the inquiry
02 / WRITING
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Learning & human capital

I write about education, organisational behaviour, meaningful work and why developing people means more than measuring productivity.

Essays, reflections and research-informed argumentsRead the essays
03 / CRAFT
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Perfumery & expression

Through House of Venus, I experiment with fragrance as a craft and a way to express mood, memory and identity.

Independent creative practiceFind the fragrance worlds
04 / BUILDING
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Interactive technology

I build websites and small browser-based experiences, often using AI-assisted development, to make complex questions easier to explore.

Independent projects and prototypesExplore the projects
04 / HOW I APPROACH THE WORK

Evidence when we have it.
Curiosity when we don't.

There is a difference between an observation, a plausible interpretation and a demonstrated finding. I try not to disguise one as another.

01

People before metrics. Data can help us see patterns; it is not the full measure of a person.

02

Clarity over jargon. Good ideas should survive translation into ordinary language.

03

Craft over performance. Some work deserves to exist before it earns applause or revenue.

04

Revision over certainty. Changing a view in response to better evidence is part of the work.

05 / BEYOND THE BIO

Also, there's a person here.

I love music, especially hip-hop. I like exploring psychology and philosophy. I find small businesses endlessly revealing and scent-making surprisingly expressive. I enjoy building strange things on the internet and seeing whether they make someone think or smile.

Most of all, I am interested in lives that are allowed to change shape. A CV is useful. It just isn't the whole person.

Visit the less formal universe
THE SHAREABLE VERSION

Need a short bio?

A factual introduction you can use when describing my work.

Sahil Tayal is a New Delhi–based writer, independent organisational behaviour researcher and creative builder. He holds a B.Com (Honours) from Sri Venkateswara College, University of Delhi, and an MBA in Human Resource Development from JBIMS. His experience spans EY, consulting, the Ministry of Finance and his family’s retail business. His current work explores behaviour, education, human capital, writing, perfumery and interactive technology.

06 / SAY HELLO

Good conversations
start somewhere.

If something here connects with your work, if you have a thoughtful disagreement, or if you simply want to say hello, my inbox is open.

sahil@sahiltayal.com
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AN INTRODUCTORY NOTE

Why a separate About page?

The main Sahilverse is deliberately experimental. This page is the quieter entrance: a clear account of my education, professional experience and current independent work. It distinguishes completed credentials from developing ideas and is intended for collaborators, readers and anyone who would like to know the person behind the projects.

Explore the main universe ↗