Pradip ChandaPradip Chanda is a management consultant, author, columnist and noted speaker on the subject of corporate turnarounds and start-ups. During a corporate career lasting more than 40 years, including 20 as a CEO, Pradips core competency has been the ability to conceptualize and champion clear business strategies while main-taining focus on achieving operational results. Following graduation from Calcutta University, Pradip began his working career as a management trainee at Hindustan Unilever Ltd, Bombay in 1966. He spent the next 19 years holding senior management positions in marketing and new product develop-ment with Unilever and GlaxoSmithKline, based in Bombay, Delhi and London. In 1985, Pradip shifted to the entertainment industry as presi-dent and CEO of Gramophone Co. of India Ltd, better known as HMV. HMV's turnaround, from the verge of closure to its re-emer-gence as the #1 music company in India, is perhaps the most suc-cessful restructuring case in India of its time. While, at HMV, Pradip made a significant contribution in steering the adoption of an internationally acceptable IP protec-tion regime for entertainment software in India, and setting up anti-piracy initiatives as the president of Indian Phonographic Industry (1986-93), an affiliate of IFPI (International Federation of Phonographic Industries). Since 2002 Pradip has worn a number of different hats--author, business strategy consultant, professor, mentor to three start-ups in media, entertainment and technology. Read More Read Less