Gaurav Nanda
About Gaurav Nanda
Gaurav Nanda is the Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Business Development at Aditya Birla Group in Mumbai, India. He has extensive experience in strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions, and has held various leadership roles across multiple industries.
Title
Gaurav Nanda holds the title of Vice President - Corporate Strategy & Business Development at Aditya Birla Group in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Company
Currently, Gaurav Nanda is working at Aditya Birla Group as the Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Business Development in Mumbai. He has previously served the same company as Assistant Vice President (AVP) of Sales & Marketing at Ultratech for five years, from 2013 to 2018.
Education and Expertise
Gaurav Nanda has an extensive educational background, beginning at St. Josephs Boys School Jalandhar, where he achieved his Metric in 1996. He then completed his 10+2 in Non-Med from A Pee Jay Jalandhar in 1998. He holds a B.Tech in Instrumentation from the National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, completed in 2002. Nanda also earned a PGPEx (one year full-time MBA) in Management from the Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta in 2009. He is currently pursuing a Fellow Program in Management (PhD) from XLRI Jamshedpur, with expected completion in 2025.
Background
Gaurav Nanda has a solid professional background across various industries and roles. He began his career at Wrigley India Pvt Ltd as a Production Officer from 2002 to 2005. Subsequently, he worked as Deputy Manager in Manufacturing at GlaxoSmithKline from 2005 to 2008. Nanda then spent two years as Senior Manager for Operations & Supply Chain at DIAGEO India (2009-2011), followed by a role as Senior Consultant at McKinsey & Company (2011-2013). He co-founded a startup from 2018 to 2020 before joining the leadership team at BITSoM - BITS School of Management for two years until 2022.
Achievements
Gaurav Nanda has demonstrated a proven track record in various dimensions of business management. At Aditya Birla Group, he has played a pivotal role in advising the Chairman on strategic group business matters and evaluating proposals including mergers and acquisitions. Nanda is known for his solution-centric approach, prioritizing customer experience, and aligning strategy with operational excellence. He has independently managed large-scale projects and has a deep understanding of multiple sectors and emerging trends.