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Arvind Singhal

Educational Background

• 1979 Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Communication), Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee (formerly University of Roorkee)
• 1982 MBA (Finance & Marketing), University of California, Los Angeles, USA – 1982

Professional Experience

• Started career as Management Trainee with DCM Group (Shriram Pistons & Rings) in 1979, and then worked with DCM Data Products as Area Sales Manager during 1982 – 85
• Vice President Marketing (VXL India Ltd. – OCM Woolen Mills) 1985 – 90
• Senior Vice President (Modern Suitings) 1990 – 91
• Chairman & Managing Director (Technopak) 1992 onwards

Arvind founded Technopak Advisors, a Management Consultancy firm focusing on the Fashion, FMCG, and Retail sectors in 1992. Technopak has an affiliation to Kurt Salmon Associates (www.kurtsalmon.com) since 1993 and has now become the premier consulting organization in India for these verticals. Its range of services includes Strategy, Brand Management, Marketing, Knowledge Management, and HR / Training. Technopak’s clients in India include Apollo Healthcare, A.V. Birla Group, Bajaj Auto, Bombay Dyeing, Coca Cola, Nokia, East India Hotels, Mahindra & Mahindra, Raymond, Bajaj Auto, Coca Cola, Godrej Industries, Hewlett Packard, Madura Garments, Mahindra & Mahindra, Piramal Enterprises, Chemplast Sanmar, Philips, P&G, ITC Limited, NDDB (Mother Dairy), Microsoft, Godrej Industries, Reliance Industries, Raymond, Shoppers Stop, TI Murugappa Group, MacDonald’s, UB Group, Wipro Consumer Care and Yum! Brands etc.

Technopak is also a pioneer in tracking Consumer / Retail trends in India and publishes several well known studies such as Indian Consumer Trends, India Luxury Trends, and India Retail Report etc.

Arvind is professionally active at various professional associations and industry fora, and is also a regular contributor to various publications including a bi-weekly column for Business Standard. He is acknowledged as one of the foremost experts on the Indian and International textile, clothing and retail sectors and regularly addresses Indian and International conferences. He has also given guest lectures at various Institutions in India e.g. IIM (Ahmedabad, Kozhikode, Lucknow and Indore), Indian School of Business – Hyderabad, MDI (Gurgaon), NITIE (Mumbai), NIFT (Delhi), IIT – Kanpur, IIT- Delhi, NID - Ahmedabad etc.

Areas of Interest :

• Retail
• Other Consumer Product Cos., Service Providers to Consumer Product Cos.

Contact Coordinates
Mobile: +91-124-414 1111
Email: arvind.singhal@technopak.com