Independent Advisory and Consultant role...with clear ability to create,manage set goals including the space of Branded Content...

As the COO Revenue for Hindustan Times, the primary focus was to deliver a plan for growth and performance of the sales machine in the developing South and West markets in India. My key priority was the identification of business gaps in the sales strategy. After identifying and onboarding key senior business resources, we set about the task of tackling a market which was dominated by a virtual print brand monopoly - The Times of India.Armed with a detailed strategy that focused on :- a carefully planned staffing initiative- key account management teams- key vertical thrusts on Real Estate, Entertainment- developing categories like Automobile and Retail- and a new 'Ad For Equity' plan,the team was able to deliver a tripling of revenues in the South and a 37% YoY growth in revenue in the West.More importantly, the team was driven to implement sales linked and market coverage processes which will continue to underpin the growth of the past years.

Entrepreneur & Business Consultant

As a Consultant for The Hindu, my primary remit was as an advisor to the Senior Leadership Team of The Hindu, on building strategic models and Go-To-Market plans for a challenging growth goal. The main focus of this role was to help devise initiatives to jumpstart plateaued revenue growth rates for a legacy brand through innovative models. Also help improve market penetration in West market as well as inc client counts ...

As a Revenue Growth Consultant, my primary remit was :- Work with the Executive Management Team at HT, to create a strategy to increase market penetration and market share from the Mumbai and Bangalore market- Leverage my existing network of clients in key sectors to kickstart advertising propositions- Structure a go-to-market plan for Real Estate, Automobile and Retail sectors

Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd., is the largest media house in India, with brands like The Times of India, The Economic Times , Femina and Filmfare. The Response department is the media sales wing of The Times of India Group with an annual turnover of over Rs. 5000 Crores..Overall responsibility for - A total revenue generation of over Rs. 1950 Crores per annum- A contribution of over 40% to the top-line of Bennett Coleman & Company Ltd.- A 800 plus strong personnel base, all reporting to the Dy. Director (West),- Six offices in Bombay, three satellite offices across Maharashtra and Goa and fully fledged regional centers in Ahmedabad and Pune

One of the Group Heads of the Corporate , Products & Services advertising Team in Mumbai ,with focus KPIs on generating B&W ads for The Times of India , The Economic Times and Indian Language brands The Maharashtra Times & The Navbharat Times..

Joined the Forbes Forbes & Campbell Group (Wine Division) as a Management Trainee and was promoted to Area Sales Manager handling Key markets in South India comprising of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala & Union Territory of Pondicherry ...