17+ years of diverse and rich experience in kickstarting projects from scratch, delivering tangible results, working closely with multiple stakeholders, and maintaining long-term relationships with businesses and clients. Having closely worked with industry, academia, and start-ups in different capacities, I bring onboard a rich blend of different working environs and the deftness to swiftly tune in to deliver results and add value to the projects. In my current role, as the COO of IIT Kanpur Research and Technology Park Foundation, I have played a key role in building the brand that the company is today. Being involved since its inception, I have donned multiple hats (as is true for any start-up) from setting up the company’s legal framework, procedures, processes, compliances, board meetings, team to handling media, events, PRs, client relationships, collaborations, and finding business opportunities. The focus is on initiating new R&D collaborations with industry and expanding the existing ones.In the past, I have extensively worked in handling the internal and external communications, for important projects and offices, PRs, websites, branding collaterals, brochures, newsletters, video scripts, voiceovers, blogs, content curation, social media.Published Author: Sweat behind the Success. A first of its kind book chronicling to come out of an academic incubator.Power Interviews: Mr. Parameswaran Iyer (former Secretary, Ministry of Jal Shakti, GoI), Dr. Pratap Bhanu Mehta (Political Scientist & academician), Dr. Ramachandra Guha (Writer & Historian), Mr. Rahul Ram (Lead Singer, Indian Ocean Band), Late Mr. Ram Advani … Specializations: Business Development / Collaborations & Partnerships / Business & Client Relationship Management / Brand Building / Brand Promotion/ Public Relations / Team Building / Mentoring Storytelling / Communications Strategy / Editing / Writing / Anchoring / Interviewing/ Information Architecture / Documentation / Social Media / Research and Analysis