•Ankur joined Technopak in 2011. He brings over 20 years of cross-functional experience in strategy, marketing and business development acquired in the backdrop of  working in  India, Greater China and Europe.

•He is a published author. His first non-fiction titled WASTED was released in 2019 by Pan Macmillan  India. This book traces India’s failed tryst with Sanitation and Urban Planning

•He writes columns on Economy, Retail, Urbanism and Environment for First Post and The Wire

•At Technopak, his focus areas include Food, FMCG, Home Retail, Lifestyle, modern and general retail, e-commerce and private equity

•He has advised global and Indian private equity companies, retailers, consumer brands on growth strategy, marketing and operational excellence

•Prior to joining Technopak, Ankur worked with the Tata Group in operations and consulting roles for nearly a decade. He was the Country Manager in China for Tata International and was responsible for growing the business in new segments in the fashion and lifestyle space

•He has also worked with Tata Quality Management Services (an internal consulting division of Tata Group) and advised Tata organizations in the consumer products and retail domain on growth, performance improvement, sales strategy, customer segmentation and go-to-market themes

•He was briefly associated with a start-up in Affordable Housing, where he was responsible for conceptualizing the business strategy in the area

Education

•Ankur  holds a Masters Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom,  He also has a Bachelors degree in Hotel Management from National Council of Hotel Management, Delhi