IIT KGP, IIMC, xCXO: Unilever, PepsiCo, AT&T

Mentor at TheBizMakers

1. Industry :

FMCG, Telecom & IT and Education.

2. Function :

CEO/Profit Centre Head/General Management in Fortune 50 companies.

3. Education:

B.Tech. Hons. - IIT Kharagpur- Institute Scholar.

MBA (Finance & Marketing)- IIM Kolkata Institute Scholar.

4. Key Assignments :

# Board Advisor on Telecoms, Globacom Limited, West Africa/UK.

# COO, Stratford University India JV

a. Emerging Business: President -Tata DoComo, Photon+ and Indicom brands of Tata Teleservices/Tata DoComo-Tata Group Company.

b. CMO (Chief Marketing & Commercial Officer) of Idea Cellular Ltd. JV of AT&T Wireless, Seattle, USA & Tatas

c. Managing Director, Singer India Limited.

d. Executive Vice President of PepsiCo South Asia.

e. National Product Head-Unilever India.

5. Key Honors

a. ASPEN Leadership Round Table Feb 2008

b. Featured as the 50 most powerful marketing men in India -2004 (Indian Marketing Industry review)

c. Global Leadership Award at PepsiCo (awarded by Margaret Thatcher at Hawaii) 1998

d. Most Valuable Player Award,PepsiCo-1992

e. Rotary scholar to Texas-USA 1979

6. Industry Invitations

a. President: Delhi Management Association 2012.

b. HP Europe: Telecom Summit: Keynote Address: Cloud Computing 2011.

c. GSM India World Series Keynote Speaker / Chairman.

d. Moderator / Keynote Speaker of major Telecom conventions and summits organized by global industry bodies :CII, Assocham, Terrapin, etc.