Poyni is the Chief Executive Officer at Society for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (SINE) - IIT Bombay, actively mentoring start-ups and innovators outside SINE as well. She is also mentoring start-ups and innovators outside SINE as well. Prior to SINE, she has a corporate experience of over a decade in the manufacturing and finance sectors, where she headed secretarial, legal and compliance functions. She also handled IPOs and fundraising, structured corporate M&A deals, and also dealt with various Indian regulators.