Piyush Gupta

Current

• Co-Founder at RouteGuru

Past

• Business consultant at Telenor, Norway
• Senior Programmer at Accenture R&D Labs & Services
• Co-Founder at Stendek R&D

Education

• Cochin University of Science and Technology

Connections

189 connections

Industry

Computer Software

Websites

• My Blog
• My Company
• Economic Times

Piyush Gupta’s Summary

Mostly I have spent time in understanding the Indian LBS / GIS domain w.r.t.

- Consumer behavior
- Industry trends
- Extensive market research
- Revenue models
- Efficient exploitation of offline and retail channels, etc.

Some of the areas where I have acquired the skills are:

- Dreaming and defining the road ahead.
- Charting execution strategies.
- Negotiation skills with the hospitality industry
- Lead generation
- Sales and Marketing
- Nurturing & winning partnerships/ alliances
- Product management
- Setting up short/ long term revenue strategies
- Studying and exploring market trends structurally.
- Brand building
- Pre/ Post Sales strategies, etc.

Piyush Gupta’s Specialties:

Some of the roles facilitated in the past:

- Business off-shoring.
- Product development.
- Setting up teams of 5-20 people in startup environment.
- Managing deliveries across geographies.
- Clarity of thought and delivering the same.
- Enterprise sales - Created several leads and successfully closed two deals as a consultant.

Piyush Gupta’s Experience

• Co-Founder

  RouteGuru

  (Computer Software industry)

  September 2007 — Present (1 year 11 months)

  RouteGuru is one of India's most innovative conglomeration of GIS/ LBS experts and visionaries.
  
  RouteGuru pioneered landmark intelligent driving directions in India first time worldwide and I see it as the most coveted Indian consumer brand in the personal navigation space in next 5 years to come.

Piyush Gupta’s Education

• Cochin University of Science and Technology

  B.Tech. , Information Technology , 2001 — 2005

  CUSAT established India's first IT Department to offer full-fledged IT Degree in Indian subcontinent in 1995. It therefore, remains a pioneer in the field of IT.

  Activities and Societies:

  1. Estd tie-up b/w DoIT and IT@School project of Kerala Govt. Conducted Workshops, Seminars to train the IT Master trainers across the Kerala state.
  
  2. Led the University delegation to His Excellency President of India Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam at Parliament House, New Delhi
  
  3. Led the IT Association
  
  4. Estd. Alumni Association for IT Department, a 300+ strong community.
  
  5. Among the top candidates selected by Kerala IT Mission and led several initiatives of the Govt.

Additional Information

Piyush Gupta’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Company
• Economic Times

Piyush Gupta’s Interests:

Cross Nation Professional Networking, Entrepreneurial Ventures, M-VAS, Opportunities in early stage startups, setting up business units.

Piyush Gupta’s Groups:

Barcamp Delhi - Organizer and planner
Startup Lunch - Delhi/NCR
Band Of Young Entrepreneurs (BOYE)
NASSCOM Emerge Community
Institute For The Future, Stanford University (CA)
Indo American Chamber of Commerce

•    The Knowledge Foundation Society
•    The Enterprise Architecture Network
•    YOUNG INDIAN ENTREPRENEURS
•    Startup Specialists
•    "Young Turks", ENTREPRENEURS of India
•    Internet Product Management Group
•    Telecom & Mobile VAS Professionals Worldwide
•    Hotel Industry Professionals Worldwide
•    Indian Telecom Industry
•    Band of Entrepreneurs
•    Sankalp Social Enterprise and Investment Forum

Piyush Gupta’s Honors:

Honored to have led University delegation to His Excellency, President of India, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam.

- South Asian Steward (IFTF, Stanford University)
- Instant Karma (Accenture)
- Super Trooper Performer (Accenture)
- Super Achiever's Club (Accenture)
- Voice of SEs (Accenture)

As part of a Focus group I helped in designing the corporate certification curriculum in partnership with MIT, US. (Accenture)

Led VAJRA initiative to help the Entry Level Graduates. (Accenture)

Shortlisted as the Continuous Competency Development program lead in the DU to present Seminars, Technical sessions on latest advancements in IT industry (Accenture)

Piyush Gupta’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• new ventures
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
• getting back in touch