Salil Kumar

Current

COO Business at NDTV Convergence Ltd

Past

General Manager - Strategic Alliance & Business Development at Bharti Airtel Limited
Vice President Sales & Syndication at Virtual Marketing (I) Pvt. Ltd. (Hungama)
General Manager & National Sales Head at HT Media Ltd (Hindustan Times)

Head eCommerce at Go4i.com
Merchandising Manager at Nanz

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Education

Amity Business School
Delhi Univertsity - Hindu College
St Columba's School

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Industry

Internet

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Salil Kumar’s Summary

18 yrs experience of managing diverse businesses starting with express/logistics,Media, Entertainment. TV Web and Print Web integration. Have worked as Vice President - Sales & Marketing, Head ecommerce,online marketing, online Sales, Country Manager, National Sales Head, General Manager Business Development,Internet operations and Business Head

Salil Kumar’s Specialties:

Expertise in launching and implementing new businesses. Ability to be effective in ambiguous environment, experience in building business plans, Position Held: Vice President - Sales & Marketing, Business Development,National Sales Head, Online Sales,Media & Entertainment, Ecommerce,Alliances,initiating teamwork and providing vision and directions that are critical to success.

Salil Kumar’s Experience

COO Business

NDTV Convergence Ltd

(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Internet industry)

October 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)
General Manager - Strategic Alliance & Business Development

Bharti Airtel Limited

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

February 2007 — October 2007 (9 months)

Business Development and Startegic Alliances - Strategic Consulting, including business plan & sales strategy development.
Vice President Sales & Syndication

Virtual Marketing (I) Pvt. Ltd. (Hungama)

(Internet industry)

November 2006 — February 2007 (4 months)

Brand development, web site traffic growth, web site UI and advertising revenue. Developed brand strategy and statistics systems.
Strategic Consulting, including business plan & sales strategy development
General Manager & National Sales Head

HT Media Ltd (Hindustan Times)

(Internet industry)

May 2001 — November 2006 (5 years 7 months)

Brand development, web site traffic growth, web site UI and advertising revenue. Developed brand strategy and statistics systems.
Strategic Consulting, including business plan & sales strategy development.
Advising new businesses on formation of corporations and business structures, drafting privacy policies and structuring commercial transactions. Launched the first of its kind "content BPO" and worked out deals for content syndication in the US, UK and Australia. Worked closely with the print team for print ad sales(Broad sheet news paper "Hindustan Times") in the international market and help develope the markets.
Head eCommerce

Go4i.com

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; HT; Internet industry)

June 1999 — May 2003 (4 years)

Brand development, web site traffic growth, web site UI and advertising revenue. Developed brand strategy and statistics systems.
Strategic Consulting, including business plan & sales strategy development.
Advising new businesses on formation of corporations and business structures, drafting privacy policies and structuring commercial transactions.
Merchandising Manager

Nanz

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Retail industry)

February 1998 — June 2001 (3 years 5 months)

Purchase manager

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Salil Kumar’s Interests:

organizational development, strategic planning, corporate financial reporting, Six Sigma

Salil Kumar’s Groups:

Founder member for IAMAI - Internet & Mobile Association of India (IAMAI)(www.iamai.in)
Governing Council member (2009 - 2011) http://www.iamai.in/governingcouncil.aspx
Consutant at The Gerson Lehrman Group (http://www.glgroup.com/)