Profile
Manan Singla
N° 01 — About
The world is an arrangement. Not an absolute.
I build what moves a city, and write about what moves a mind.
Based in Mumbai, India · San Francisco Bay Area, US
Every city is an accumulation of decisions disguised as geography. Every market, an agreement about value. Every identity, a story repeated so often that it begins to resemble an unquestionable truth.
Most people accept the world as it is. I would rather understand how it came to be.
That curiosity extends beyond streets and systems. It follows me into the intricate arithmetic of commerce, the precision of diamonds, and the quieter architecture of the human mind. Building teaches me how the world works; writing allows me to question why we so readily accept it.
A rather limited presence online. I prefer unhurried conversations, enduring work, and questions that seldom fit into conventional definitions of success.
Streets, stones, sentences. Different materials, one disposition.
N° 02 · The Work
S.S. Solutions





ECTO INDIA
ECTO INDIA is developing an auto-rickshaw mobility platform, with trial operations across 11 cities in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab.
Active since February 2024 · Co-founded with Vansh Gehlot
More on ECTO INDIA →S.S. Solutions
S.S. Solutions undertakes municipal and tender-based service work, including mechanised road sweeping in Kurukshetra, Haryana.
Established April 2025
More on S.S. Solutions →Diamonds & International Trade
Sourcing, cross-border commerce and Rapaport-based pricing, from Mumbai and Surat to New York.
Foundation: HRD Antwerp, Belgium
More on diamonds and trade →Meet Me in the Backyard
A work of philosophical reflection on identity, fear and the private life of the mind.
Published 11 July 2026
More on the book →Research & Publications
How digital mobility platforms take root in smaller Indian cities, and the informal institutions, labour and trust that decide whether they last.
Research manuscript · Zenodo, 2026
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Manan Singla
Entrepreneur · Writer · Investor
Since 2024