Kaustav teaches in various institutions in India and abroad. He teaches extensively in: Entrepreneurship (especially Idea to Business, Business Models, Go-to-Market Strategies, Hiring Right, Funding), Marketing (especially new age Digital areas, Consumer Behaviour & Customer Management) and Behaviour & Communication (Various aspects of Communication, Interview Skills, Conflicts and Team Efficacy). He also assists Academia in establishing Entrepreneurship Cells, Corporate Communications & Branding. Industry-Institute Partnering activities, Interviews & structuring MDP programs.
Kaustav has been part of consulting assignments as well as conducted workshops and 1on1 sessions to deal with latent but powerful issues. He coaches young minds (at times not so young ones) in dealing with pressure, accepting-embracing-benefitting from change & strengthening overall thinking abilities.
He has worked with well over 70,000 learners spanning industries & educational institutes in the areas of technology, business & developmental skills. He has facilitated, trained & spoken numerous conferences & professional workshops.
In addition, Kaustav spends his time with various businesses and not for profit entities where he offers strategic advice, marketplace & financial support.
With 26 years of experience, 24 of which as an entrepreneur, Kaustav has been involved in businesses in India, UK, USA, Ireland, Russia, Singapore and Bangladesh.
Designation | University | Date |
Entrepreneur-in-residence, Mentor & Advisor | IIM Calcutta Innovation Park, India | 2019-current |
Mentor & Advisor | Southampton University Social Impact Lab, UK | 2020-current |
Mentor, Advisor & Adjunct Faculty | MICA, Ahmedabad, India | 2021-current |
Mentor & Advisor | SPPU University of Pune, Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Enterprise, India | 2021-current |
Mentor & Advisor | IIIT Lucknow, India | 2021-current |
Member Academic Board, Mentor & Advisor | Haldia Institute of Technology & ICARE | 2019-current |
Guest Faculty | SPJIMR (Mumbai), Globsyn (Kolkata) |
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Designation | Organization | Date |
CEO | ILS Network, Start-ups, Digital Branding, L&D Advisory, India, UK, Singapore | 2004-current |
Advisor | Data Science Foundation, Data Standards & Ecosystem of Data Scientists, Global | 2019-current |
Director | T5, Early-stage Strategy, Operations & Investments Consulting outfit, India, USA & Singapore | 2019-current |
Partner | Entrepreneurs Creed, a unique Incubator& Fund of high Social Impact Startups, India | 2021-current |
Director | Tech24x7, Suite of Digital Media Products & Services, India & Singapore | 2021-current |
Director | ScArt (Pixel Grand), a Virtual & Augmented Reality and Unreal Programming Start-up, India | 2018-current |
Director | iSoUK, International Student ecosystem & FinTech Start-up, UK & Singapore | 2017-current |
Mentor& Advisor | , NSHM Knowledge Campus, India | 2019-current |
Advisor | e-Intellisense, Digital Marketing Specialists, India, UK, USA | 2011-current |
Advisor | Sicora Technologies, a Nanotechnology Startup with solutions for Healthcare & Security industries | 2019-current |
Advisor | Sundew Solutions, Web Technology & Applications Specialists, India, Switzerland, UK | 2019-current |
Advisor | Y-East, Aggregation Platform for Social & Environmental Organisations, India | 2020-current |
Consultant | MSMEx, Platform for Learning & Consulting for MSME organizations across India, India | 2021-onwards |
Consultant | AL Circle, Media & Business Platforms for the Aluminium Ecosystem, Singapore & India | 2021-onwards |
Earlier
Department of Management & Humanities,
Indian Institute of Information Technology,
Lucknow, India.
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