Samarth Kholkar is the CEO & Co-Founder of BLive, India’s first Omnichannel EV platform which is a one stop shop for EV solutions offering everything from EVs to charging to post-sales support. BLive is addressing 3 key barriers to EV adoption – Awareness, Accessibility and Affordability through its unique phygital approach. Samarth co-founded BLive with his friend Sandeep with a mission to drive adoption of sustainable mobility.

BLive today has Multi Brand EV Experience Stores in over 15 locations, aiming for 50 by end of 2022 to give EV customers a complete click to brick experience.

At BLive Samarth leads the Growth, Customer Experience and Technology practices.

Prior to founding BLive, Samarth has led multiple business through his decade long career at IBM including being the founding team member of IBM India Cloud Business. His first stint at entrepreneurship was in the challenging F&B industry running a chain of outlets across 4 cities.

He has a Bachelor of Engineering from Pune University and MBA from Goa Institute of Management, Goa.

Passionate about Sustainability, he has been a TedX speaker on the topic on two occasions. He is a Distinguished Member of GreenCross UK, an environment focused NGO founded by Nobel Laureate Mikhail Gorbachev. He is also on board of Goa Tourism for Development of Hinterland Tourism.