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.

Earlier

• Advisor & Expert Member, Bengal Chamber of Commerce & Industry (2020-2021)
• Head, Start-ups & Incubation, SP Jain Institute of Management & Research, India (2018-2020)
• Advisor, ICARE, a non-profit body with 12 Academic & Research Institutions in India (2009-2011)
• Member, IWEE, UNESCO & GTZ special cell to promote Entrepreneurship Education (2007-2008)
• Director, Indicon Management, ICT Implementations & Management, India (1998-2004)

• Entrepreneurship – “how not to do business” – is an area of focus for Kaustav and he delivers this across the world – hopes to come up with a disruptive way of reaching young entrepreneurs, quicker, faster & cheaper
• The world of Internet – Digital Branding & Marketing, Using Analytics and how we can use the Internet to our advantage – especially for businesses and organizations who have traditional ways and means
• Behaviour and Team Dynamics – in office as well as outbound programs (within & outside India)
• Effective Communications workshops with focus on “How Thinking affects our Communication”
• Behavioural Interviewing Techniques for Recruiters & Line Function Managers
• Bespoke Training of Trainers programs to help develop in-house trainers

• Assisting the state of West Bengal in India in preparing / updating a citizen’s database and help manage a DFID funded Below Poverty Line survey of 90 million citizens across the entire state
• Assisting the Indian Army, Eastern Command in designing their Security Systems
• Structuring a Competency Mapping & Assessment Drive for 6000 employees for one of India’s largest Infrastructure majors
• Formulating/Implementing a Digital Strategies Roadmap to help a 100-year-old transnational legal powerhouse embrace the world of Internet to reach and offer better services to their clientele
• Setting up & managing a 2000 seat Learning Centre for one of the largest IT companies in the world

• Helping one of India’s oldest & most prestigious healthcare majors rebrand – online & offline – as well as restructure their customer services management processes
• Strategize an international recruitment plan for one of SE Asia’s largest construction majors
• Planning/Executing a campaign to promote/build strategic partnerships & research collaborations for a major UK University
• Support one of India’s largest women’s wear manufacturers including their 50,000 dealers and distributors embrace digital media and launch their online outlets to sell globally

Department of Management & Humanities,
Indian Institute of Information Technology,
Lucknow, India.
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