Gaurav Dahake

Gaurav Dahake is the Co-Founder and CEO of Bitbns (also known as BNS), one of India's early cryptocurrency exchanges, and the Founder of BuyHatke, a price comparison and cashback platform. He co-founded Bitbns in 2017 alongside Prashant Singh and Srikanth Sethumadhavan, all alumni of IIT Kharagpur. Dahake holds a B.Tech/M.Tech in Industrial Engineering from IIT Kharagpur and has prior business experience at Cleanoventions. Bitbns launched as an INR-enabled crypto exchange and has since rebranded aspects of its offering under the BNS identity. Dahake's current LinkedIn highlights active work on Onramp.money, a fiat-to-crypto payment and on-ramp platform, alongside his role at Bitbns/BNS. Onramp.money's corporate relationship to Bitbns has not been independently confirmed and should not be assumed as the same legal entity. Regarding Bitbns/BNS operational status in 2026: the website and app are accessible, but material user complaints regarding withdrawal delays and support responsiveness have been reported online. These are user allegations and have not been confirmed by a regulator, court, or official company statement as of August 2026. Users should independently verify current platform functionality before using the exchange.