Alum Buzz

Deepika Warrier, PGP 1991 promoted as CEO and MD at NourishCo Beverages Limited ( a Pepsico-Tata Global Beverages JV). Pror to this, she was working as client of staff to CEO Pepsico, AMENA region.

She is a transformative commercial leader, with strong consumer orientation and strategic marketing skills

She has 20 years + emerging markets experience in building brands, consumer engagement, and innovation, including ~10 years of CXO experience across scale, start-up and turn around business operations in India, but also Mexico, and developing strategy for Asian markets including China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and the Middle East, based out of Dubai .

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Ganesh Balakrishnan, an alumnus from PGP 2008 writes in CNBC TV18 as a part of Startup Stories which is a series of accounts by startup entrepreneurs on how they built their businesses and found success.

Read the article: “Catch 22: The annoying funding conundrum that most startup founders face these days in India”

Ganesh Balakrishnan is an entrepreneur currently building a consumer brand in the footwear space. He founded two startups earlier – Momoe (mobile payments) and Windsleeve (retail tech).