Ms. Rama Bijapurkar is a recognised thought leader on business-market strategy and
India’s consumer economy. Her consulting, research and teaching work of four decades
has been in and around the areas of improving customer centricity in business strategy
and public policy.
Ms. Bijapurkar is amongst India’s most experienced independent board directors and
has served on the boards of several of India's blue-chip companies across a range of
sectors including financial services, IT, energy, consumer packaged goods etc and on
advisory groups and governing councils of premier academic institutions, regulatory
and quasi regulatory bodies and policy research institutions. She is also a visiting faculty
at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
Ms. Bijapurkar has been a dominant voice on India’s business and policy issues in her
area of work through her media columns, public speaking and her hallmark books on
Consumer India and India's consumer economy are widely acclaimed both India and
outside.
Ms. Bijapurkar holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Physics from Delhi University and a post
graduate diploma in management from the Indian Institute of Management,
Ahmedabad. Her over four decades of work experience in strategy consulting and
market research includes her own consulting practice, and employment with McKinsey
& Company, MARG (now Nielsen India) and Mode Services (now TNS India).
Her Directorship in other companies (as disclosed) are as below: