Gautam has his bachelor’s in commerce from Delhi University and has 14 years of experience in accounting. He began his professional career as an accounts assistant with Charisma Realty and worked for nine years in various positions in the corporate sector. In 2003, he joined the development sector as an account executive with TARSHI, an NGO that addresses reproductive and sexual health. Before joining Breakthrough he worked as Manager-Accounts with IDE-India, an NGO supporting development of low-cost technologies to assist farmers.