Marketing Professional with more than 25 years in Marketing , Brand Management , Event Management , Brand Solution and IP creation. Currently working as Vice President & Business Head with Lokmat Media heading Taplight – the experiential marketing business.

Post his MBA in Marketing from Somaiya Inst. Of Management Mumbai, he did his Diploma in Export-Import Management and was also trained at ISB,Hyderabad

Last 4 and half years, he is working with Lokmat Media, India’s number 6 newspaper ,consulting brands and creating revenue opportunities. Here he works with multiple brands consulting them on integrated solutions. He has been able to create some interesting iconic IPs such as Lokmat Sarpanch Awards , Infrastructure Summit , Energy Conference and many others, largest being the World Orange Festival with the Govt. of Maharashtra at Nagpur which is focussing on attracting the global tourists while also ‘Enhancing the Orange Value Chain and creating sustainable solutions for Orange farmers.