Mr. Vikram Kaushik earned his Master’s degree from St. Stephen’s College in Delhi and joined Hindustan Unilever as a Management trainee. He worked for Unilever for more than 16 years and got wide exposure to different product categories both in India and in Asia, Europe and Africa.

After a short stint as Managing Director of a leading advertising agency he returned to consumer marketing as Vice President Marketing, Sales and Exports at Britannia, a joint venture with Groupe Danone.

He moved as a Director on the Board of Colgate Palmolive and was responsible for a major turnaround for the brand Colgate in India. Thereafter, he served as the Managing Director and CEO of Tata Sky till December 2010 and played a pioneering role in establishing the DTH industry in India.

Presently, Mr kaushik consults PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Tata Strategic Management Group, among others. He has been nominated by the Govt to the Board of Prasar Bharati.

Over the years Mr. Kaushik has served on the Governing bodies of several industry bodies such as Indian Society of Advertisers, the Indian Newspaper Society, Advertising Standards Council of India, Market Research Users Councils. He has travelled widely and lectures regularly both in India and abroad, including at the Harvard Business School.