Gautam is a co-founder of IIMS Dataworks. He has also co-founded
Invest India Economic Foundation and
Invest India Micro Pension Services. He is on the board of UTI Retirement Solutions and on the Investment Board of the Postal Life Insurance Directorate. Over the last 18 years, Gautam has worked extensively on pension reforms, financial literacy and institutional capacity building. He has also served on several committees of the Indian ministry of finance, NHAI, India Post, IRDA, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and CII and as consultant to the Government of India, Government of Nepal, PFRDA, ADB, World Bank, OECD and USAID.