Chanakya Hridaya is a co-founder of BlackBuck, the Bengaluru trucking and logistics platform founded in April 2015. His co-founders are Rajesh Yabaji, the CEO, and Ramasubramaniam Balasubramaniam.
He studied at IIT Kharagpur, where he earned a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering and a master's in manufacturing engineering. He also spent time as a visiting researcher at the University of Strathclyde.
Before BlackBuck he worked in supply chain at ITC, the same company where Rajesh Yabaji first saw the problem of fragmented truck booking.
Today he is an executive director and the chief operating officer. BlackBuck became a unicorn in July 2021, filed its draft prospectus in July 2024 and listed on 22 November 2024.