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The thought that drives us as management consultants
Ours is that the family business /entrepreneurs/startups in our country must master business, environmental and social challenges to secure sustainable growth, instead of focusing on short-term goals. We believe that progress and innovation should – and can – create lasting change. We are convinced that, in taking responsibility for the most profound challenges of our time, we have a unique opportunity to rethink the system. A new way of achieving growth and securing robust and profitable business, while safeguarding a viable future.
Most importantly, we believe that as management consultants we have an active role to play. That we stand on the approach of a fundamental change, facing a horizon of limitless opportunities – new models, values, technologies and ways of doing business, which must be executed with purpose. The big idea that drives us is to help organizations, businesses and entrepreneurs to redefine their reality and shift the world towards a new sustainable model.
We believe in our clients; we believe in their capacity and potential to redefine their world for the better. Which is why we help them to explore new possibilities, establish more resilient business models, redesign their supply chains, new technologies, all the while respecting who they are at the core. we know our clients are unstoppable and we are connected a common purpose. It takes a special something to change the world. And, together, we have it.
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About
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About
Our Credo
believes in enabling client performance by:
Facilitating holistic problem solving and decision making
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About Us
Our Team
Advait has over 28 years of experience in industry, management consulting and coaching, having worked in leading organizations like Tata Motors, AF Ferguson and PwC prior to starting Management Consultants in 2009
Advait has expertise in the areas of Business Strategy, Balanced Scorecard and HR consulting and has led consulting projects across a range of sectors including BFSI, engineering, automotive, retail, pharma, FMCG, hospitality, media and advertising.
Advait is a visiting faculty at SP Jain Global Center of Management and is also a charter member of TiE's Pune chapter. He is a certified independent director and is on the board of various B-schools and startup incubators like BHAU and SPPU Research Park Foundation. He is an alum of IIT Bombay and has completed the Advanced Management Program from Wharton Business School.
Pooja has work experience in the areas of strategy formulation and execution, performance management, business process redesign, operating model and structure redesign, customer experience management and human capital management. She has diverse industry exposure, predominantly in the emerging markets of Asia and Africa, and has led projects in Banking, IT, Real Estate, Manufacturing, Media, Healthcare and Government sectors.
Prior to , she worked as the Sr. Advisory Consultant – Strategy and Transformation Practice at IBM where she delivered complex multi-cultural transformation programs focusing on digital innovations. She has also worked as an Enterprise Transformation Consultant with Nihilent, a global consulting and solutions integration company, where she delivered thought leadership projects in the areas of change management and customer loyalty evaluation. A project led by Pooja at Banking Association South Africa is a case study at WITS Business School, South Africa.
Pooja is a certified Balanced Scorecard Practitioner awarded by Palladium Group. She was a visiting faculty for management development programs conducted by Tata Management Training Center. She is also regularly invited by multiple B-schools to conduct lectures in the area of Strategic Management.
Eklavya Malhotra is an Engagement Manager with and has been a part of the management consulting firm since its inception in 2009.
Eklavya has led consulting engagements ranging from strategy formulation and execution using Balanced Scorecard, business process improvement, strategic HR transformation, and research-based analysis. He has worked with clients in India, USA, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Nigeria and Hong Kong across a sectors including BFSI, Manufacturing, Automotive, Media, Retail, FMCG, IT and diversified business groups.
He has delivered guest lectures at B-schools like MIT, Indira, Narsee Monjee, Sinhagad Business School, DY Patil, FLAME and IMDR. He has spoken at industry conclaves like NHRD, IHRD, Business Agility India, Strategy Leaders Summit and LinkedIn Local.
Koushik Chakrabarti
Koushik has more than 25 years experience in business planning and strategy, implementing strategic initiatives, project management, joint ventures, M&A and strategic alliances, financial analysis and modelling, business development, channel management and product management across the BFSI, hospitality and technology sectors
He has worked with industry leaders like Tata AIG, BNP Paribas, Mphasis, Cox & Kings and IDBI in various leadership roles. He has implemented projects across countries including India, UAE, Saudi Arabia and the UK.
Koushik is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow.
Manish Kotwala
Manish is based in Abu Dhabi and has over 27 years' international consulting and business management experience. Manish's areas of expertise include business transformation, Balanced Scorecard, identifying growth opportunities, operational efficiency improvement, cost reduction, due diligence and evaluating investment & acquisition opportunities. He has experience of executing projects across GCC, India, CIS countries, Singapore, UK, USA and Germany.
Manish was a Partner with Cedar Consulting earlier and was also the Director of Strategic Planning and Performance Management with the Khalifa Fund for Enterprise Development.
Manish is a postgraduate in Management from NMIMS-Mumbai and Mechanical Engineer from MIT-Manipal.
Ashok Kurup
Ashok is a consultant in Quality Management and Lean Six Sigma based in Mumbai. He has over 25 years of rich experience in leading Quality Management, Lean, Six Sigma, Organizational Excellence, Operations Management and Customer Service Management programs.
He has been associated with reputed organizations like Nielsen, Fullerton India, DCB Bank, KPMG, Citigroup Global Services in diverse roles.
Ashok is a Qimpro Certified Qualitist (Level 2), Certified Six Sigma Black Belt and ISO 9001 Lead Auditor. He is a Machine Tool Engineer from the University of Bombay and has completed his post-graduation in Business Management from Sydenham Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.
Anurag Chandra
Anurag's career spans over 25 years of Strategy and Management Consulting experience internationally, including across the Middle East, India, Singapore and Europe.
His past roles include Head of Strategy at multi-division global organizations, sovereign wealth funds and government entities as well as a strategy consultant working across more than 15 industries.
Anurag graduated with top Honors in the MBA program of Copenhagen Business School. He is a certified Balanced Scorecard professional as well as a qualified legal professional accredited with the Bar. Anurag brings to the table a rare blend of strategy / management consulting advisory, investments / wealth management advisory and legal advisory competencies.
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Advait Kurlekar has over 23 years of valuable experience in industry and management consulting, having worked in leading organizations like Tata Motors, AF Ferguson, PricewaterhouseCoopers and Cedar Consulting. Prior to founding , he was heading KP Consulting as part of the Kirtane & Pandit Group based in Pune.
Advait has expertise in the areas of Business Strategy, Balanced Scorecard and HR consulting. He has directed over 350 BSC development projects for a variety of clients in India and abroad. Advait has led consulting projects across a range of sectors including BFSI, engineering, automotive, retail, pharmaceuticals, consumer goods, hospitality, media and advertising, etc. He has handled assignments in Singapore, Hong Kong, Middle East, West Asia, South Africa, North Africa, UK, France and Germany. He is regularly invited to speak at national and international business conferences. Advait is a visiting faculty at SP Jain Global Center of Management and Great Lakes, Chennai. He is also a charter member of TiE's Pune chapter and has done an Advanced Management Program from the Wharton Business School.
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Pooja has work experience in the areas of strategy formulation and execution, performance management, business process redesign, operating model and structure redesign, customer experience management and human capital management. She has diverse industry exposure, predominantly in the emerging markets of Asia and Africa, and has led projects in Banking, IT, Real Estate, Manufacturing, Media, Healthcare and Government sectors.
Prior to , she worked as the Sr. Advisory Consultant – Strategy and Transformation Practice at IBM where she delivered complex multi-cultural transformation programs focusing on digital innovations. She has also worked as an Enterprise Transformation Consultant with Nihilent, a global consulting and solutions integration company, where she delivered thought leadership projects in the areas of change management and customer loyalty evaluation. A project led by Pooja at Banking Association South Africa is a case study at WITS Business School, South Africa.
Pooja is a certified Balanced Scorecard Practitioner awarded by Palladium Group. She was a visiting faculty for management development programs conducted by Tata Management Training Center. She is also regularly invited by multiple B-schools to conduct lectures in the area of Strategic Management.
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Eklavya Malhotra is an Engagement Manager with and has been a part of the management consulting firm since its inception in 2009.
Eklavya has led consulting engagements ranging from strategy formulation and execution using Balanced Scorecard, business process improvement, strategic HR transformation, and research-based analysis. He has worked with clients in India, USA, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain, Nigeria and Hong Kong across a sectors including BFSI, Manufacturing, Automotive, Media, Retail, FMCG, IT and diversified business groups.
He has delivered guest lectures at B-schools like MIT, Indira, Narsee Monjee, Sinhagad Business School, DY Patil, FLAME and IMDR. He has spoken at industry conclaves like NHRD, IHRD, Business Agility India, Strategy Leaders Summit and LinkedIn Local.
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We are always looking for skilled and talented professionals. If you are interested in working with us, please write to us at contactus@.com
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Defining directions
A strategy is about doing the right thing. It is about how an organization will move forward and figuring out how to advance its interests. In war terms, it is seeking victory before the battle.
Effective strategic planning and strategy execution are key to driving business success and growth, and an equilibrium to be designed in planning and doing or executing.
Strategic planning is the process of articulating the vision of what the organization wants to be, defining its strategy, setting strategic initiatives, making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, and aligning the organization to ensure that employees and other stakeholders collaborate toward common objectives. The focus is on the future direction and performance of the organization. Through strategic planning exercises, organizations inclined to produce a five-year rigid strategic plan documenting the organization’s strategic goals as well as action plans to achieve those goals.
Strategic planning is not only a mental process, an idea in our head that simply looks at the past and adjusts for the future. If your plan is not in writing, you do not have a plan at all. Instead, you have only a dream, a vision, or perhaps even a nightmare.”
Rigid strategic plans work best in a stable environment. However, times have changed. Today’s business environment is awash with substantial volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. The abnormal is now normal and uncertainty is now certain. The environment is constantly evolving, and the organization needs to be flexible, adaptive and responsive and a well laid strategy and plan always helps to navigate better results.
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Vision & Mission
Vision
We are passionate about inspiring Family businesses, startups, and other organizations to take the next step in their growth and become great organizations that are loved by customers and employees alike!.
Mission
Help organizations make the best decisions possible by providing realistic and actionable recommendations and insights to help them move forward.
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Human capital
Your people ARE your most important asset! They determine the customer experience. If it's good you win, if it's poor you lose. It's really that simple.
Human resource management is a planned and all-encompassing approach to managing people, the culture, and the environment of the workplace. It allows employees to participate energetically and productively in the overall corporate direction. It achieves the organization’s goals and objectives when done correctly. Members of the department supply the required information, administrative services, and coaching. It also includes management counsel, and expertise management oversight that the rest of the business requires to run smoothly.
An effective human resources (HR) department is a key part of business success. This function is responsible for your most valuable asset: your people. A lot of HR’s responsibilities are invisible – especially if done well.
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Improving performance
Learning is what distinguishes a great organization from the rest. Your employees need the best when it comes to skill-building and installing a learning culture in the organization and assist you with the best practices in the industry when it comes to talent development.
Learning and development (L&D) within an organization is responsible for empowering employees’ growth and developing their knowledge, skills, and capabilities to drive better business performance.
Learning and development strategies will differ based on the unique needs of an organization but do share some similarities. A L&D strategy should be aligned to the organization’s business strategy and goals with the aim of developing the workforce’s capability and driving business results. The solutions a L&D provides are driven by the goals of the business to close gaps, enhance performance, and adapt to the changing needs of the organization. -
Digital Strategy & Development
Your digital strategy is what sets you apart in today's world. Most of your customers are searching for you online before making a purchase decision. We can help you establish a strong online presence through WEBSITES, APPS, CRM, ERP and other software applications that help you find and serve customers better. We also help you with AI powered solutions that can scale your business to new heights
Our team has helped leading organizations optimize their technology infrastructure and improve operational efficiency.
Our portfolio includes:
* IT Strategy Development: Aligning technology with business goals
* AI applications: Leveraging the power of Generative AI to power your digital strategy
* System Integration: Seamless integration of hardware and software solutions
* Cybersecurity: Protecting your business from cyber threats
* Cloud Services: Scalable and flexible cloud solutions
* Data Analytics: Unlocking insights to drive business decisions
* IT Support: Proactive maintenance and technical assistance
* Digital Transformation: Leveraging technology to drive innovation and growth
Our services enable businesses to streamline processes, enhance productivity, and reduce costs. By partnering with us, you can trust that your technology infrastructure is in good hands, allowing you to focus on your core business objectives.
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Learning & Development
A conducive learning environment is something no organization should compromise on. To amplify your employees' strengths, increase their leadership capabilities and have them acquire new skill sets, learning and development is an indispensable function for a progressive organization.
We curate an experiential knowledge sharing event, Between The Lines which is sought by clients as an employee engagement platform. The format of the session is three-fold, starting with a book summary of any relevant management book, followed by a panel discussion with invited industry leaders on key insights emanating from the book. The book presentation and panel discussion is interspersed with a fun quiz. The aim of these sessions is to disseminate knowledge on management best practices by combining theory and real-life experiences.
At , we support organizations in improving their business performance through innovative and creative learning interventions:
Strategy Management Masterclass:
We facilitate customized workshops that help executives gain a deeper understanding of key tools and techniques required for successful Strategy Management.
Competency Assessment and Development Centers:
We help in designing and implementing assessment centers for all levels, to drive a culture of talent management. This offering is driven in partnership with 's trusted Associates.
Management and Leadership Development Programs:
We offer customized learning programs on topics such as team building, industry awareness, business context understanding, business communication, role-goal clarity, key management subjects, to equip executives with an understanding of complex global marketplace and core business functions. These programs inspire and develop individuals to assume leadership roles and drive organizational change.
Between The Lines
We curate an experiential knowledge sharing event, Between The Lines which is sought by clients as an employee engagement platform. The format of the session is three-fold, starting with a book summary of any relevant management book, followed by a panel discussion with invited industry leaders on key insights emanating from the book. The book presentation and panel discussion is interspersed with a fun quiz. The aim of these sessions is to disseminate knowledge on management best practices by combining theory and real-life experiences.
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Our Clients
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Our Clients
Testimonials
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Essar Group
Sujaya Banerjee (Chief Talent Office & Sr. VP - HR)
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Future Generali India
Sunil Wariar (Head-Human Capital)
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Atria Convergence Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Shefali Mohapatra (Chief People Officer)
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Dimexon
Rajiv Mehta (Director)
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AWR Automotive
Michel I. Ayat (Managing Director)
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Orra
Vijay Jain (CEO)
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Lexcel
Anil Ahluwalia (Group Managing Director)
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You Broadband
EVS Chakravarthy (Director & CEO)
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ABT Foods Limited
M Balasubramanium (Director, ABT Foods Ltd.)
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Indo Schottle Auto Parts Pvt. Ltd.
Ramanchandra Rao (Managing Director)
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Icon Analytical Equipment Pvt. Ltd.
Anand V Rao (Managing Director)
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Magicrete Building Solutions Pvt.Ltd
Sourabh Bansal (Managing Director)
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Zorabian Sales & Marketing
Perizaad Zorabian (Partner)
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Sequent Scientific Limited
Manish Gupta (Managing Director)
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Bridgestone India Pvt. Ltd.
Parag Satpute (Managing Director)
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Liberty General Insurance
Priya Vasudevan (President – Human Resources)
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Ghatge Trucking
Gaurav Ghatge (Managing Director)
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RBL Bank
Sunny Uberoi (Chief of Staff and Head – Change Management & Service Delivery)
Essar Group
Sujaya Banerjee (Chief Talent Office & Sr. VP - HR)
We engaged to undertake BSC awareness sessions and diagnostics of the BSCs prepared by the CXOs to improve the quality of the Balanced Scorecards. The participative and case-based pedagogy lent a considerable insight into the BSC-based performance review mechanism and helped address some of the underlying issues and impediments. The incisive feedback shared by on the BSC construct and content paved the way for a robust self-assessment and enabled smooth completion of our Annual Performance Review cycle of 2014.
Future Generali India
Sunil Wariar (Head-Human Capital) Atria Convergence Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
Shefali Mohapatra (Chief People Officer) Dimexon
Rajiv Mehta (Director) AWR Automotive
Michel I. Ayat (Managing Director) Orra
Vijay Jain (CEO) Lexcel
Anil Ahluwalia (Group Managing Director) You Broadband
EVS Chakravarthy (Director & CEO) ABT Foods Limited
M Balasubramanium (Director, ABT Foods Ltd.) Indo Schottle Auto Parts Pvt. Ltd.
Ramanchandra Rao (Managing Director) Icon Analytical Equipment Pvt. Ltd.
Anand V Rao (Managing Director) Magicrete Building Solutions Pvt.Ltd
Sourabh Bansal (Managing Director) Zorabian Sales & Marketing
Perizaad Zorabian (Partner)
Sequent Scientific Limited
Manish Gupta (Managing Director)
Bridgestone India Pvt. Ltd.
Parag Satpute (Managing Director)
Liberty General Insurance
Priya Vasudevan (President – Human Resources)
Ghatge Trucking
Gaurav Ghatge (Managing Director)
Sunny Uberoi (Chief of Staff and Head – Change Management & Service Delivery)
Gaurav Ghatge (Managing Director)
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Vision & Mission
An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
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What is SWOT analysis?
SWOT was originally created to analyse businesses in the corporate world. Its utility has now been made clear as a business tool that can be applied to many different situations; SWOT can be helpful for restaurant teams, non-profit structures, governmental bodies, and for individual quandaries on a person-to-person level.
Though seemingly self-explanatory, each of the four elements of a SWOT analysis chart have their own power in determining a situation.
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Strengths
- Strengths apply to what an organization excels at, where its talent lies, and what separates it from its competitors.
- Weaknesses are what prevents an organization from accessing those strengths or performing at its highest possible level.
- Opportunities can refer to external factors that would enable an organization to develop a competitive advantage or sector of specialization that would distinguish them in their field.
- Threats are both internal and external factors that could potentially harm an organization, affect its workflow or product output negatively, or hurt its workforce.
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
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Contact Details
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Avanzer Corporate Solutions
No.6/858-M, 2nd Floor, Suite No.1097, Valamkottil Towers,
Judgemukku, Kakkanad, Kochi - 682021
Phone
+91 9562197771
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