A marketing professional with expertise in Market Research, Consumer Insights and Business Model Innovation(BMI), Saroj has been working in the Emerging Markets for more than two decades. He specializes in ethnography and 'user centric' research and has applied it in ‘rural markets’ in India and other countries. His indepth understanding of human behavior in 'Rural Markets' or the 'low income markets' has helped in identifying consumer felt needs through a process of decoding 'pain points' with existing solutions. He has contributed to development of product and process concepts which have driven Innovation in Companies and Social Enterprises. He has been instrumental in adapting a social research tool for market research, Participatory Rural Consumer Appraisal (PRCA), a tool which helps understanding Consumer and his/her Ecosystem which influences his/her attitude, behavior and practices.
Listed skills include Product Marketing, Consumer Insight, Base Of The Pyramid, Global Business Development, and 15 others.