Sugata is an expert in sales and human capital development as an accomplished professional with over 28 years of experience in reputed organizations like Vodafone, NIS Sparta and Airtel. He started off his career with Sales and Marketing function before moving into the HR domain as part of the career development process. Consequently, he is proficient in Sales, Marketing as well as human capital development domain. He has worked in India and overseas in various businesses including IT, Training & Consulting, Telecommunications, Building Materials and Tea.

Sugata has long experience of leading sales teams in B2B sales across a variety of sectors. He has extensive training and consulting expertise, having managed teams in the design and execution of Sales and HR related interventions in a variety of businesses in India and internationally. Besides, he brings over 13000 hours of actual consulting and training design and delivery experience in Sales and all HR-related tasks to the table. He has subsequently created, developed, and delivered training projects and programs in a variety of industries and nations, with audiences ranging from CXOs to front-line executives.

He has held Country HR Head roles – with experience in leading the entire human capital initiative, design change platforms, integrate same with overall business landscape, and build HR as a key strategic domain within the organization. Sugata is a regular speaker at various seminars and conclaves and one of his pet subject is Future of Work and Workplaces.