Formerly Associate Director with the Human Capital practice in Ernst & Young. He was heading the Eastern Region, the SAARC countries and Saudi Arabia.

Experience: Over 16 years of experience in total with almost a decade in High end consulting across the globe and 5 years in Internal HR function in Arvind Mills Ltd.

Academic Background: Graduation from Presidency College, Post Graduation from Calcutta University and MBA from XLRI.

Consulting exposure: India, Bangladesh, Nepal, South East Asia and the Middle East.

Consulting areas: Visioning, Organization Structuring, Performance Management System, Balanced Scorecard, Competency based solutions, Rewards Management, Compensation Management, Job Evaluation, Manpower Rationalization, Policies & Systems

Industries worked with: Metal Industries - Steel, Aluminium, Steel Rolls, Ferro Alloys, Pig Iron, Textile Industry - Fabric, Garments, Accessories, Knitting, Integrated, Other Manufacturing - Cement, Paper, Battery, Industrial Belts, Carbon, Chemicals, Information Technology - IT, IT&ES, BPO, Training, FMCG, Telecom, Infrastructure, Shipping, Legal Firm, Tea & Hospitals.

Has a syndicated career counseling column in "The Telegraph" newspaper for last 9 years called "HR Matters".

Winner of "National Competition for Young Managers" by AIMA - Year 2001