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Leaders & InnovatorsConsultant's Insights: Powering Retail In The digital Era | Subhajit Mazumder - Director, Microsoft India in conversation with Ranjit Satyanath - Managing Partner, Seacom NextThis episode is about the journey of a consultant in retail evolution and how the role of a retail consultant is changing and evolving. To understand this, we have invited Subhajit Mazumder, Director – Microsoft India.
Subhajit has spent almost his entire career as a Retail & CPG consultant with Big 4s. He has worked with various Indian and global brands on different problems. Though for the last few years, he has primarily worked on technology deployment across businesses, he hasn’t taken his eyes off the Retail & CPG space. He keeps track of how industry is changing and what...2024-10-031h 02
Leaders & InnovatorsBrand Leadership Through Supply Chain : Sandeep Sharma, Director Group Procurement & International Markets Supply Chain - Alamar Foods in conversation with Ajay AggarwalDuring the last 4 years, the supply chain has emerged as a major opportunity for sustainable growth across sectors and industries. There is a sudden focus on supply chain efficiency to enhance business profitability and customer
experience. Considering this as an opportunity, Boards of directors are now setting clear targets to add 2-5% to the bottom line through supply chain optimization.
Food businesses are looking at reducing waste across the chain to achieve some quick numbers as well as meet the regulator’s expectations on sustainability goals. Looking
at the importance of the task in hand, brands are not just ex...2024-06-211h 03
L&D Innovators[Part 2] Revolutionizing Classroom Learning with Dr Sajjan SinghviIn today's episode, we have the pleasure of hosting Dr. Sajjan Singhvi, a distinguished professor in sales and marketing with over five decades of experience. Dr. Singhvi began his career as an area manager in the corporate world before transitioning to academia, where he has trained students and professionals at leading institutes and companies globally. In this special two-part series, Dr. Singhvi sits down with Ajay Aggarwal to share his wisdom and stories, from his childhood to his corporate career. He also discusses his unconventional teaching methods, his approach to keeping courses industry-ready through collaboration, and much more.2024-06-0645 min
L&D Innovators[Part 1] Revolutionizing Classroom Learning with Dr Sajjan SinghviIn today's episode, we have the pleasure of hosting Dr. Sajjan Singhvi, a distinguished professor in sales and marketing with over five decades of experience. Dr. Singhvi began his career as an area manager in the corporate world before transitioning to academia, where he has trained students and professionals at leading institutes and companies globally. In this special two-part series, Dr. Singhvi sits down with Ajay Aggarwal to share his wisdom and stories, from his childhood to his corporate career. He also discusses his unconventional teaching methods, his approach to keeping courses industry-ready through collaboration, and much more.2024-06-0634 min
Leaders & InnovatorsInnovating Retail Media Over Three Decades: Tom Burgess - President, Snipp Media Networks in conversation with Ajay Aggarwal, Managing Partner - 100Watts.techEarly in January this year, Retail’s big show NRF predicted Retail Media as one of the emerging technologies in the retail world. The opportunity is sized at around US$300 BLN for 2024.
Tom has pioneered the Retail Media space since 1994 as an entrepreneur and kept innovating this space through
series of his ventures.
Tom Burgess is the President of Snipp Media Networks and a Serial Entrepreneur.
Acquisition of his first venture, Eco Media by Soft Bank in 1998 not just inspired him but made him hungry for more and he just kept building businesses an...2024-04-011h 15
Leaders & InnovatorsLooking Back To Move Forward: Retail Technology Beyond 2023 | A Conversation Between Global Retail Technology LeadersBoth Pankaj More and Vishal Kapil are seasoned technology executives with extensive global experience in driving digital transformation within the Retail and CPG industries. Pankaj, with his background in leadership roles at Walmart and GE, brings a wealth of experience in spearheading technology-driven initiatives across diverse regions such as Africa, India, and the United States. Similarly, Kapil's tenure at companies like Marks & Spencer India and Adidas & Reebok India & Emerging Markets has seen him lead transformative IT projects across multiple countries in Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Both Pankaj and Kapil share a passion for leveraging technology...2024-03-121h 14
Leaders & InnovatorsLooking Back To Move Forward: 2023 and Beyond | Bijou Kurien, Himanshu Chakravarty and John Scott in conversation with Ajay Aggarwal2023 was the first full recovery year for the retail industry after disruptions due to the pandemic.
In this year-end episode of Leaders &
Innovators, we thought let's invite a few leaders from different sections of the industry and discuss with them the overall status of how things have recovered, what has changed permanently, and what remains to be addressed! Also, what do they think 2024 has in store globally for the industry?
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Leaders & InnovatorsFundamentals Always Triumph: Nilesh Gupta, Managing Director - Vijay Sales in conversation with Ajay AggarwalIn India, we have some commonly known brands like Bajaj, Wipro, Cipla, MDH, Haldiram, and many more which have continued to stay true to their fundamentals over the
generations and evolved to their customers and market needs over these years. Their continuous success & growth have been inspiring for many new brands to emerge in the same space.
Nilesh Gupta is someone who has not just taken his father's legacy forward in true spirit but also set up trends on how CDIT retail is carried out successfully in the Indian market. He continues to be a role model...2023-12-091h 01
Leaders & InnovatorsInsights Into The Man Behind The Maverick Effect: Harish Mehta, Executive Chairman - Onward Technologies. Co-Founder - NASSCOM in conversation with Ajay AggarwalAttending the Pathshala during my formative years exposed me to the illuminating tenets of Jainism such as Ahimsa – Aparigraha – Sweekar – and Anekaantwad.
Ahimsa is non-violence, widely known and practiced in India, thanks to Gandhiji’s pervading influence. Aparigraha
espouses selflessness and detachment from results and material life. Sweekar, the acceptance of adverse outcomes and uncontrollable events in life, is critical to a mind that seeks to endure and progress with equanimity. Sweekar views hurdles and building blocks in the path to the future. I think I owe many of my successes to Sweekar because it gave me the grit...2023-09-231h 18
Leaders & InnovatorsLeaders & Innovators: Anna Berry - Director, Retail 100, UK in conversation with Ajay Aggarwal I A Retail Leader With Passion For Products & PeopleA passionate leader with a reputation for delivering, Anna Berry has over 34 years of retail experience.
As Head of Category in Home, Anna was responsible for a team of sixty and over £450m in sales for John Lewis. Anna also built the General Merchandise ranges in Waitrose. Anna is strategically agile and sees opportunities to respond to customer needs with creative new propositions and experiences to transform business.
Commercially astute, skilled at identifying new commercial opportunities and creating compelling omnichannel customer propositions for retail businesses now as a Retail Consultant. She delivers excellent results by leading the innovatio...2023-05-2157 min
Leaders & InnovatorsLeaders & Innovators: Himanshu Chakravarti - CEO, Snapdeal.com in conversation with Ajay Aggarwal I A Marathon Retailer In Bharat Ki KhojHimanshu joined Snapdeal in Nov 2021 and is currently the CEO of Snapdeal and Stellaro Brands. Building Snapdeal 2.0: A pioneer of Indian e-commerce, Snapdeal exclusively serves India’s value commerce segment, with quality products designed to meet the requirements of mid-income, price-conscious buyers. Snapdeal’s focus is on providing excellent levels of quality, convenience and predictability associated with branded retail to purchase decisions beyond the world of well-known brands. It consciously works with a curated base of reliable and quality sellers, who have a high bar on product quality, to
deliver delightful experiences to its customers.
With the help...2023-05-141h 13
Leaders & InnovatorsLeaders & Innovators: Daniel Guerra - Founder, DNATM.ASIA is in conversation with Ajay Aggarwal I Global Brands Developer, Against All OddsDanial has more than 30 years of experience in the Lifestyle industry with a focus on apparel and Accessories. With strong analytical skills and expertise in the whole value chain (BD, design, production, distribution, communication…), He is able to take a 360° approach to the lifestyle business. He is also extensively
experienced in creating, motivating, and managing teams of highly talented professionals.
He founded DNA Group in 2008. DNA is a group of multicultural boutique companies dedicated to building and developing lifestyle & fashion brands across Asia, America, and Europe. DNA provides holistic solutions for improving production chains, product range expansion, bra...2023-05-0758 min
Leaders & InnovatorsLeaders & Innovators: Nina Lekhi, Founder & Chief Design Office - Baggit in conversation with Ajay Aggarwal I An Accidental & Responsible Lifestyle EntrepreneurMs. Nina Lekhi, the Founder MD and Chief Design Curator of Baggit, is an accidental entrepreneur, who pursued her creative hobby of designing bags for the No. 1 Ladies' Handbags brand in India. It all started with Rs 7,000 borrowed from her mother after she failed in her first year of college. Baggit is perhaps the only leading Brand to persist with the difficult task of making completely in India, rather than importing from China as most competing brands do. This commitment and execution of strategy has been demonstrated to a number of consumer product companies that India can compete and...2023-04-3049 min
Leaders & InnovatorsLeaders & Innovators: Ramesh Menon - CEO, HT Media in conversation with Ajay Aggarwal I Been There Done That - Adapting To ThriveRamesh has rich cross Industry, and cross-geography experience of over 25 years across high complexity, intensely competitive industries such as FMCG, Retail and telecom and now Media. He has been in leadership roles across companies such as Hypercity Retail, Future Group, Airtel and Spencers leading change and transformation in mostly turn around and start-up situations. Prior to re-joining HT media recently as the CEO for the Radio and digital audio businesses he was group CEO at food and beverage startup Wingreens farms. He has also been the CEO, Small Format Retail with Future Group and held held senior management roles...2023-04-231h 13
Leaders & InnovatorsLeaders & Innovators: Arun Tolani, a 1st generation IT leader in conversation with Ajay Aggarwal I Leadership Through India's 1st Generation IT Startup!Arun is a first-generation IT entrepreneur with almost 50 years of association with the industry. After completing his engineering in Computer Science from
IIT, Bombay was selected to the elite SMT program of DCM Group in 1974 and then he went on work with them to build India’s first IT company DCM Data Products till 1983.
After leaving DCM Data Products as the Regional Head of Western India He joined International Computers India Manufacturers(ICIM), an Indian subsidiary of International Computers Limited, UK as Vice President, Marketing. Arun founded and served as the President and Chief Executive Officer of IC...2023-04-1651 min
Leaders & InnovatorsLeaders & Innovators: Evelyn Reynolds, President - Retail Resources Partners Inc speaks to Ajay Aggarwal I Seasoned Retailer With Global Touch!With over thirty years as a corporate executive in the retail industry, Evelyn has broad-based international experience in luxury, mass and speciality retail; product and business development across the spectrum of the fashion, food and retail services.
She is the founding partner and President of Retail Resource Partners Inc., an independent boutique advisory firm working with both niche and global brands considering entry into the North American Market. They evaluate opportunities, thorough comprehensive research, market analysis and if required, the development of sales and marketing strategy. The group's extensive network allows them to build strategic partnerships supporting com...2023-04-091h 15
Leaders & InnovatorsLeaders & Innovators: Ranjan Sharma - CIO & Head of Supply Chain - Bestseller India in conversation with Ajay Aggarwal I A Retailer Grown Through His AdventuresRanjan Sharma has been working with Bestseller India since August 2012 as CIO and Head of Supply Chain and has over 26 years of experience. He started his career in June 1996 with Futurecom as Product Manager and was responsible for handling IT infrastructure sales to Corporate Houses of brands like IBM, Compaq and HCL. He was also responsible for developing a team for sales and support.
In July 2001 he moved to Vishal Retail Ltd. as Store Manager and became Zonal Operation head and subsequently Head of IT. Here he was responsible for setting up long-term IT and Supply chain...2023-04-021h 18
Leaders & InnovatorsLeaders & Innovators: Mark Ashman, Ex-MD - Marks & Spencer (India) and Hypercity in conversation with Ajay Aggarwal I A Global Retailer With Desi FlavourMark is a career retailer who spent his formative years with Marks and Spencer in the UK. In 2008 he was given the opportunity to spend time in India to set up Indian operations. What followed was a six-year journey, firstly with Marks and Spencer and Reliance and then with Hypercity and the Rahejas. “The experience was far better than any business school,” and India left a wonderful lasting impression not just on Mark, but the whole family. A stint with Alshaya in the Middle East followed and today Mark is working with a PE-backed supermarket chain in Egypt and othe...2023-03-261h 07
Leaders & InnovatorsLeaders & Innovators: Piyush Chowhan, Group CIO - Panda Retail Group, Saudi Arabia in conversation with Ajay Aggarwal I Bits To Bytes - Journey Of A Digital EvangelistPiyush is a digital evangelist with a passion for transforming businesses with the use of technology. With over two decades of experience working with global consumer and retail companies, he has an excellent track record of delivering results and creating value across organizations. His vision is to create innovation-focused digital strategies to maximize today’s opportunities and prepare organizations for future disruptions. His passion for working with startups and innovation-led companies has given him the edge to create digital assets for organizations with the use of the latest technologies like Analytics, Cloud, and Artificial Intelligence. He has been a wi...2023-03-1951 min
Leaders & InnovatorsLeaders & Innovators: B S Nagesh, Founder - TRRAIN, Chairman - Shoppers Stop in conversation with Ajay Aggarwal I India's Most Loved & Respected Retail LeaderBSN is one of the first leaders of modern retail in India who went on to build one of the leading retail conglomerates and inspired and guided generations to take up retail as a professional career. He led the creation of the Retailers Association of India (RAI) to bring the industry together and create effective representation in govt policy-making and recognition as an industry sector. He founded TRRAIN, Trust for Retailers and Retail Associates of India, dedicating himself towards improving the lives and livelihood of the retail workforce in India. He shall continue to be the guiding force for...2023-03-121h 12
Leaders & InnovatorsLeaders & Innovators: Vishal Kapil - Ex-CTO, Marks & Spencer in conversation with Ajay Aggarwal I Journey from Humble Beginnings To a Leading Retail CIO/CTOVishal Kapil has played a very important role in the technology transformation journey of Indian retail in many ways. He has now decided to move to another brand outside India for newer experiences and challenges!
The key lesson Vishal learnt during his sales stint was to listen to his customer’s needs with empathy and understand their needs! This helped him to understand the connection between business needs and technology. He still carries that habit in the leadership role and this is what makes him one of the progressive CIO of the retail industry2023-03-051h 08
Leaders & InnovatorsLeaders & Innovators: Bijou Kurien, Chairman RAI, Advisory Board - World Retail Congress in conversation with Ajay Aggarwal I Powering Indian Retail Through Lifestyle BrandsBijou Kurien brought in his learnings from his Unilever experience of creating demand in rural India to build a brand like Titan from scratch from 1987 onwards. Following the success of Titan watches, he grew Titan as a powerhouse of lifestyle products during his two decades with them. Following that, he rolled out the overall strategy for the lifestyle retail business at Reliance Retail from its inception.
He is an exceptional keynote speaker at Retail events, He has been awarded Retail CEO o the year 2013 by ET Now and Retail Leader of the Year by World Retail Congress...2023-02-261h 11
Leaders & InnovatorsLeaders & Innovators: Vikram Idnani, President - CIO- Landmark Group in conversation with Ajay Aggarwal I Impacting Retail Businesses Through TechnologyVikram started his retail tech journey with a project on Air India in 1990 and since then he has had a hands-on approach towards all transformation projects undertaken by him. He is a Business-oriented CIO with a demonstrated ability to improve the performance of businesses through systematic technology investment and measurement of returns. At Landmark, he will focus on driving technical innovation, customer experience enhancement, delivering high-quality products, and implementing large-scale technology initiatives.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikramidnani/
· A look ahead post pandemic interviewed by Ashna Sharan, Portfolio Director, MAPIC India organised by Reed Exhibitions In...2023-02-1958 min
Leaders & InnovatorsLeaders & Innovators: Kumar Rajagopalan, CEO- Retailers Association of India in conversation with Ajay Aggarwal | A Retailer Committed to Industry Creation, Can't Sit StillKumar started his career with India’s first modern retail brand of departmental stores in 1993 and took the reigns of the Retailers Association of India in 2009 with a deeper understanding of the industry over the last 16 years. Since then he has empowered RAI to be recognized as a guiding force of the industry for govt bodies as well as other associated eco-system to recognize the industry as a major contributor to the country’s growth.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/kumar-rajagopalan/
https://rai.net.in/2023-02-1658 min
Trial TalkEpisode 1: The ARCHERY study – Can AI transform the way we plan radiotherapy treatment globally?More than 50% of people living with cancer that need radiotherapy in low- and middle-income countries can't have it. Ajay Aggarwal presents the ARCHERY study, an exciting trial looking at the benefits of using artificial intelligence (AI) for radiotherapy treatment planning, which could improve access to high-quality cancer treatment globally.For questions or feedback on the series, message us on mrcctu.engage@ucl.ac.ukFor more information and to access the transcript: www.mrcctu.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-stories/2022/october/trial-talk-podcast-launches-with-episode-on-artificial-intelligence-for-planning-radiotherapy-treatment/2022-11-2417 min
HridayvaniManaging abnormal cholesterol and high triglyceride levels in patients with diabetes and cardiovascular diseases | Dr. Ajay AggarwalHigh levels of lipids (fats) in the blood, including cholesterol and triglycerides, is also called "hyperlipidemia." Hyperlipidemia can significantly increase a person's risk of heart attacks, strokes, and other serious problems due to vessel wall narrowing or obstruction. To lower these risks, doctors often recommend that people with hyperlipidemia try to lower their cholesterol levels through a combination of dietary changes, exercise, and medication. Listen to the expert in this episode to know more about “how to manage high cholesterol level/ hyperlipidemia”.2022-02-1102 min
List Hai Toh Hit HaiIndian Films based on cop dramas Welcome to List hai toh hit hai, one podcast that is based on special themes from movies. I'm your host Nikhil.The Indian film industry has always produced amazing cop dramas. One of the defining characteristics of every cop movie is timely heroic entries, be it action entertainers, serious dramas or comedies. In recent years, filmmakers have upgraded action sequences with crisp visual effects and realistic graphics. Here are a few commendable Indian cop films you can go ahead and binge-watch.A WednesdayThe 2008 Hindi thriller starring Naseeruddin Shah and A...2022-01-1105 min
Motivational SpeechI Only Want To Do Better Work - Ajay DevganI Only Want To Do Better Work - Ajay Devgan2021-09-2102 min
Campus BeatDr. Bishal Gyawali on Current Cancer Research Efforts & the Failure to Match the Global Burden of Cancer DeathsDr. Bishal Gyawali, Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences and Clinical Fellow, Department of Oncology joins us in this episode. We chat about the recent study called “An Analysis of Contemporary Oncology Randomized Clinical Trials from Low/Middle-Income vs. High Income Countries” published in the latest virtual edition of JAMA Oncology. This international study was led by Dr. Christopher Booth, Professor of Oncology and Public Health Sciences and Canada Research Chair in Population Cancer Care alongside Drs. Gyawali & Nazik Hammad from Queen’s alongside Drs. J. Connor Wells, Shubham Sharma, Joseph C. del Paggio, Wilma M. Hopman, Deborah Mukherjj...2021-02-0300 min
An American's Guide to BollywoodEpisode 10: SinghamHannah & Rose discuss the 2011 Ajay Devgn film Singham, about a small town cop who takes on the biggest criminal in Goa. This film is directed by Rohit Shetty with songs by duo Ajay-Atul. It stars Ajay Devgn, Kajal Aggarwal, Prakash Raj, and Govind Namdev. Recommended for intermediate viewers. Rated for teenagers. Other names … Continue reading "Episode 10: Singham"2020-01-1020 min
WorklifeIndiaIndia elections: Does identity politics hinder development?Caste, class, gender, religion and nationality are all powerful labels, but how important are they to a country's development and economy?In less than a month, India, the world’s largest democracy, will go into general elections. The massive electoral exercise, with 900 million people eligible to vote, will take more than a month to complete. Over 15 million of these are young first-time voters.WorklifeIndia will travel across the country to capture local voices and find out what voters want ahead of elections. This time, we went to Varanasi, a holy city for Hindus an...2019-03-2223 min