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Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
Eminent Journalist, Author, Political Economist
and Talk Show Anchor
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta is a
journalist with over 30 years experience in
various media - print, radio, television, the
Internet and documentary cinema. He used to anchor
"India Talks", a daily programme that
was broadcast on the CNBC India television channel
for nearly six years. Nearly 1,400 episodes of the
programme, featuring many of India's best-known
politicians, bureaucrats, social activists,
businesspersons, professionals and academicians,
have been telecast. He is a regular contributor to
various newspapers, magazines, news agencies,
websites, radio stations and television channels.
He has directed a number of documentary films.
A graduate from St. Stephens's
College, New Delhi and a postgraduate in economics
from the Delhi School of Economics, Mr. Guha
Thakurta has worked with Business India,
BusinessWorld, The Telegraph, India Today and The
Pioneer.
He has co-authored a book on
coalition politics in India that anticipated the
outcome of the 14th general elections. He teaches
and trains aspiring and working media
professionals and lectures on the working of
India's economy, its polity and its media. He is a
consultant to the UNDP.
Sankalp Shrie
Senior Manager, Computing Products Research, IDC India
Sankalp Shrie is Senior Manager - Computing Products Research Practice at IDC India. Based in Gurgaon, near Delhi, Sankalp is responsible for driving all market analysis and research assignments for the India domestic computing products market and indetifying new research and consulting opportunities around the products falling under his group. Sankalp personally handles the External Disk Storage Market tracker for IDC in India.
Prior to joining IDC, Sankalp has worked as Industry Analyst with Frost & Sullivan's Industrial Technologies Practice division's Energy & Power Supply (EPS) vertical based out of Bangalore and as a Senior Client Service Executive with ACNielsen ORG-MARG'S Industrial Market Research division, based out of New Delhi. Sankalp began his career with the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), Mumbai.
In a career spanning over seven years in market research and consulting, Sankalp brings to IDC India a fair understanding of the intricate business and market dynamics across a wide gamut of sectors like General Engineering, Power, Pharmaceuticals, Fertilizers & Chemicals, Textiles, Automotive with studies ranging from market entry to feasibility analyses across both private and Government clients.
Sankalp is an Electronics Engineer from Nagpur University and also holds a Master's Degree in Management Studies (MMS) from Mumbai University with specialization in Marketing.
Rajat Mehta
Country Category Manager – Remote Client Solutions Personal Systems Group, Hewlett-Packard India Sales Pvt. Ltd.
Rajat Mehta is Country Category Manager for Remote Client Solutions (RCS) of the Personal Systems Group for HP India. He is responsible for developing and executing product marketing strategies and for driving business for RCS countrywide.
He has been working with HP for over eight years now. Rajat has managed various product lines within HP before he moved to his current role in November 2007. He has been in the IT industry for over 12 years now. Prior to his association with HP, Rajat has worked with various prestigious companies like Onward Technologies Limited, JBM Maruti Limited.
Rajat is a Mechanical Engineer with specialization in Computer Aided Design.
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