Retail Dude

Dudes behind the scene.

Prateek Mohan Katiyar:

“A person with lots of dreams (yes i do dream) and want to shape my life accordingly. where most people see big dreams , i keep them more realistic and my self questioning helps me in that. I like to gaze at open blue skies, be close to nature, hangouts with friends and ofcourse my laptop is one of them”

Academic: B.TECH in Electronics and Communication from U.P. Technical University, MBA in Retailing and Merchandise Management from BIMTECH

Work Status: Business Analyst with Infosys

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/pmkatiyar

Blog: http://pmkatiyar.blogspot.com

 Rajeev Damani:

“When it comes to Retail, I can not resist myself from writing. So, I will make persistent efforts to update our audience of latest happenings in Retail as well as widen their exposure on various issues in Retail Business”

Academic: B.Com (Hons.) from University of Delhi, MBA in Retail and Merchandise Management from BIMTECH

Work Status: Business Analyst with TCS

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/rajeevdamani

Arnab Sengupta:

“Graduated from Kolkata. Represented university cricket team. Started working at 20. Spent 11 years with ITC (Sales, Mktg, Evens - like Cricket World Cup 1996, Derbies, Classic Golf).
Then 3 years with start-up Cavin Kare of Chennai (went from 20 to 120 crores in 3 years), as head of retail. 1st Media job with ABP Group, for 2 years. Staved off TOI’s attack on The Telegraph successfully. Left as head of circulation & joined India Today as sales head of East. Turned around the hugely unprofitable region & moved into the HQ, to start 3 in-house start-ups in Sep 2006. On-demand global newspapers, Retail Chain (Media Mart - DMRC stations 40+ outlets, Mumbai airport etc.) & a very successful Home Entertainment division. Created Home Entertainment brands - Red Corner (crime / suspense) & Art In Motion (Drama) around Feb/mar 2007. Set record of selling over 100,000 DVDs in a period of just about 16 months. Lowest cost producer in India & possibly in the world by plan. Profitable from 1st year itself”

Academic: Very little here! Just a plain vanilla graduate in commerce. Have done exec education from IIM (L) thanks to employer.

Work Status: Head - Home Entertainment & Online Publications at Living Media India Limited

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/2/5a3/ba6

Vivin Wason:

A graduate in management studies from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai and a Post Graduate in Retailing and Merchandising Management from BIMTECH, Greater Noida. Have done a short term research project with Reliance Retail along with other projects in Marketing and Promotions. In brief stint with a couple of companies was involved in diverse roles. In the first assignment, was involved in end to end recruitment consulting, where the focus was on fulfilling middle and senior level requirements in the retail sector, while in the second company was involved in providing strategy consulting to MSMEs in Retail along with working on the company’s retail newsletter. Presently I am managing my own venture wherein we provide own manpower consulting services along with being actively involved in freelance Retail Training.
Blogging has always been a passion, as it helps in sharing my viewpoint on various subjects. More importantly it helps me reach out to a large audience whose lives are touched by retail in one way or the other. An eternal student that I am, anything that leads to the discovery of greater horizons of knowledge and wisdom, is always welcome.

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/vivinwason

Sudip Gupta:

A believer that “Words have power”. Blogging just happened to me, thanks to my college buddies. Retail Dude is an effort to keep alive the spirit of oneness that we writers share. How thoughts emerge. We are just trying to protect a dream that we have carried along while Retail was happening to us

Academic: Chemical Engineer from Amravati University and MBA in Retail Management (BIMTECH)

Work Status: Management Trainee at Tata Chemicals Limited

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/5/312/39b

Roli Aggarwal:

Retail has been my education; it is my bread n butter and will always be my passion. Today it is THE Industry which promises to answer every Economy question that might arise. Here at retaildude.com it’s a language we speak, a religion we follow and I promise to give my honest contribution to those writing and reading this blog across the world.

Academic:B.Com(Economics Hons.) from Panjab University, Masters in Retail & Merchandising Management (BIMTECH)

Work Status: Management Trainee with Madura Garments(A division of Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd.)

Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/roliaggarwal

Sarthak Taneja

I love to speak, and how! Its been a decade that i have been roaming around the world wide web, and thought it was about time, when I start penning things down, and Voila! Retail Dude Happend! I am serial innovator and love to experiment around. I am a firm believer of the word “Simplicity” and believe there is always a different view behind the horizon, and thus! I end up disagreeing with a lot of management theories, so all those things, I vent up here….BEWARE!

Academic: Bachelor of Computer Applications from DAV10, Panjab University. Masters in Retailing and Merchandise Management from BIMTECH

Work Status: Business Analyst with EDS, an HP Company

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/sarthaktaneja

HomePage: http://www.sarthak.net