Academic experience

• Visiting Faculty at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai for their Executive Post Graduate Diploma Program in Organisation Development and Change for Mid-Senior Executives from MNCs & large Indian cos. 
• Product Manager - Simulations at Tata Interactive Systems streamlining and managing a portal (www.simbls.com) hosting 160 simulations for global universities (e.g. Boston) & executives of Fortune 500 cos. (e.g. Citi)

Corporate experience

• Product Manager - Simulations at Tata Interactive Systems (among the Top 20 training companies worldwide)
• Associate Director - Corporate Finance at BDO (among the Top 5 accounting firms worldwide)

Consulting experience

• Growth Strategy development (Business Plan & Financial Model) for a home textile manufacturer exporter & turnkey implementation viz.  Process Re-engineeering, ERP / SAP Implementation, Organisation Structure Redesign & Top Management Recruitment, Performance Management / Balance Scorecard, MIS, Private Equity (along side a KPMG partner)
• Entry Strategy development for a luxury retail start-up (along side a KPMG partner)
• Financial Modelling for a Telecom start-up (client of an accounting firm, KDP) for raising funds from a Venture Capital Investor 
• Business Plan / Financial Model & Private Equity Advisory for India’s largest chain of hair and beauty salons and a civil construction company (clients of BDO)
• Institutionalising F&A Processes & Systems e.g. Cost Accounting, Segmental Reporting (clients of an accounting firm, KDP)

Social Enterprise Experience

• CFO, then COO & finally CEO of an EU backed start-up in the area of Fair Trade set up an American in India

Sector experience

• Business Enterprises (Foreign MNCs, Indian Family Businesses & MNCs, Start-ups) across industries e.g. Manufacturing (e.g. Textile, Steel, Chemicals), Engineering, Civl Construction, Retail, Telecom, IT / ITES, BFSI
• Multinational & Indian Universities / Educational Institutions
• NGOs & Institutional Donors viz. International (e.g. EU), Indian (e.g. Tata Trust) & Government (e.g. NABARD)

Global experience

• Worked in & with international teams & travelled worldwide e.g. US, UK, UAE, Sri Lanka

Based on extensive primary & secondary research as well as first-hand Consulting / Corporate experience, developed the following: 

• Business Simulation on Transganisation (Transformation of Organisations) targeting Entrepreneurs (for a leading executive coach)
• Business Simulation on Post Merger Integration targeting Senior Executives of Acquirers (at Tata Interactive Systems)
• Manual / Tool-kit (with FAQs & Ready-to-Use Templates) on Financial Management and Accounting for NGOs targeting Senior Executives and F&A Personnel (for Centre for Advancement of Philanthropy)
• A revenue-generating website (entire content & structure) targeting Non-Resident Indians or NRIs (for an accounting firm, KDP) 

• Enabled the home textile client I consulted > 3 years successfully raise US$ 6 mn. of Private Equity at the end of the engagement
• Developed a website (for the accounting firm KDP in 2004) that continues to attract NRI clients and generate revenue 
• Awarded as A+ performer at Tata Interactive Systems (<2% of the executives rated A+)
• Got top MNCs & Indian companies to buy products from fair trade certified farmer groups, promoted to the position of CEO in <4 years and converted the Fair Trade Start-up from a NGO to a self-sustaining social enterprise
• Set up new systems (e.g. performance management for students, handheld biometric attendance with a customised software at zero cost), led creation of enduring marketing assets (e.g. alumni videos) for the GFMB program