Aunkita Nandi

Aunkita Nandi is Co-founder / Managing Director of Tier 5 – the first-ever community-owned and operated software development firm, that specializes in making innovative and user-friendly products that enable business owners to attain more clients and grow their business simultaneously.
Hailing from one of the oldest towns of Bengal, Burdwan, Ankita is born to a middle class family. Her father is a Government employee and her mother is a homemaker.
Since her childhood, Aunkita dreamt of starting her own company that would create opportunities for others in society. True to her vision, she started working towards her dreams since her college days and came out with API based applications. After completing her software engineering degree from an engineering college of Burdwan, Aunkita continued to develop applications and finally, in 2015, she co- founded Tier5, along with Mr. Jon Vaughn, who is the Co – founder and CEO of the company.
Since its inception in January 2016, Tier5 already has a base of more than 15000 happy customers across the globe and this number is growing rapidly. Headquartered in Indiana, USA, Tier5 has an additional office in Kolkata, India as well. The company has more than 25 state of the art software products in its kitty and is coming up with 8 more products in the near future.
Aunkita also spearheads ‘Helping Hands’ – the corporate social responsibility (CSR) wing of Tier 5 and plans to spread happiness and smiles among the underprivileged section of the society and empower them with education and learning, which can create professional opportunities for them.
Aunkita loves to ideate, experiment and execute new applications and software. In her free time, she loves to spend time with her fur babies, pai and Mu.
Aunkita is the winner of ‘India 5000 Women Achievers Award 2021’ by India 5000, ‘Designated Woman Awards 2021’ by Beyond Average, and 'Women of Substance Award 2022' by She Inspires magazine.