Siddartha Sikdar

Current

• Mentor at Triiton
• Consultant & Entrepreneur at Sharp Services

Past

• Associate Vice President at Aditya Birla Group
• Head, Global R&D Centre at Travelex India Pvt. Ltd.
• Senior Manager, IT at Aditya Birla Minacs

• Product Manager for Myiris.com at IRIS Limited
• Research Scientist at National Institute of Science Technology & Development Studies (NISTADS)

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Education

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
• St. Joseph's Academy, Dehradun

Recommended

11 people have recommended Siddartha

Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• Books in my library
• My partners

Siddartha Sikdar’s Summary

1. Strategic review and ongoing advisory for growth of SMBs in web 2.0, cleantech, and IT products & services -- marketing reveiw & planning, onging advisory on business development, GTM execution, product and services re-focussing.

2. Consultancy for bringing Web 2.0 to enterprises -- social media marketing consultancy for traditional brands, brand community building, enterprise 2.0 in CRM and SCM.

3. Overseas consultancy in strategic outsourcing for Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) in US, Europe and Asia-Pac that want to offshore to India for strategic benefits and not tactical gains.

4. Partner with Triiton, a mentor and advisory company formed by IIT alumni.

5.Active entrepreneurship - media, web, clean technologies (cleantech)

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Siddartha Sikdar’s Specialties:

Bring the small-is-big perspective to SMBs - plan agile, long term & big while operations are small.
Strategic outsourcing, global offshoring.
Doing business in the networked age - bringing the web 2.0 attitude to enterprises.
Innovation using the wealth of networks

Siddartha Sikdar’s Experience

• Mentor

  Triiton

  (Management Consulting industry)

  June 2008 — Present (1 year 6 months)

  Triiton is an advisory and mentorship company formed by senior and distinguished IIT alumni. Triiton works primarily with SMBs (including startups) on a non-operational involvement basis while staying engaged to realise all growth plans for the company.
  
  I have a couple of companies in my portfolio in the areas of consumer web, digital advertising, online media, retail, knowledge services and enterprise software products.
  
  http://www.triiton.com

• Consultant & Entrepreneur

  Sharp Services

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2007 — Present (2 years 7 months)

  Consult for SMBs located in US, Europe & Asia-Pacific that want to outsource to India for strategic benefits, not piecemeal outsourcing. Understanding the requirements of SMBs, I suggest transition plans that suit their scale of operations. The strategic benefits planned are beyond budget year planning, typically 3-4 years. Early stage advisory for Offshore Product Development (OPD), Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Call Centres, Offshore Development Centre (ODC), and Knowledge Process Outsourcing (KPO).
  
  My domestic consultancy is focused at owner driven SMBs particularly in IT, ITES, retail, consumer web, media & other knowledge services. I can be operationally involved on some accounts, specially funded startups. I help companies attain higher growth, achieve profitability and enter global markets.
  
  Also partner with marketing consultants and complement their client consultancy engagements by developing a web strategy to better realise their clients' business objectives.

• Associate Vice President

  Aditya Birla Group

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 2005 — April 2007 (1 year 7 months)

  http://www.adityabirla.com/

• Head, Global R&D Centre

  Travelex India Pvt. Ltd.

  (Privately Held; 5001-10,000 employees; Financial Services industry)

  June 2003 — October 2005 (2 years 5 months)

  http://www.travelex.com/

• Senior Manager, IT

  Aditya Birla Minacs

  (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; MXW; Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)

  January 2002 — May 2003 (1 year 5 months)

  Earlier known as Transworks Information Services Limted.
  http://www.minacs.adityabirla.com/

• Product Manager for Myiris.com

  IRIS Limited

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 2001 — December 2002 (1 year 8 months)

  http://myiris.com

• Research Scientist

  National Institute of Science Technology & Development Studies (NISTADS)

  (Research industry)

  1994 — 2000 (6 years )

  http://www.nistads.res.in/

Siddartha Sikdar’s Education

• Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

  B Tech , Mechanical Engineering , 1960 — 2008

  http://www.iitk.ac.in

  Activities and Societies:

  SPIC Macay
  Street play group
  Nature Club
  Organised the annual national inter-collegiate cultural festival at IIT Kanpur involving a budget of around 6 lakhs.

• St. Joseph's Academy, Dehradun

  1977 — 1989

Additional Information

Siddartha Sikdar’s Websites:

• Books in my library
• My partners

Siddartha Sikdar’s Interests:

Biographies, travelogues, contemporary Indian literature Travel, films, photography, herbology, bibliophily Subject areas of interest : semantic web, commons, Web 2.0, digital media, adaptive & contextual UI, alternate sources of energy, alternate materials, copyleft, free speech, disruptive tech, technology for social development, 100 mile food, slow food

Siddartha Sikdar’s Groups:

IIT Kanpur Alumni Association

•    IITKanpurAlumni
•    NetSquared
•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    Linked:HR (#1 Human Resources Group)
•    Outsourced Product Development
•    Ubuntu Users ( 10.000+ members ) Official Group
•    IIT Alumni
•    International Network of Social-Eco Entrepreneurs
•    INDIA OUTSOURCING
•    Internet Technology Hub
•    Consultants Network
•    CXO (CEO, COO, CKO, CFO, CMO, CAO, CVO, CDO, CRO, CLO, CSO & CTO) Community
•    CIOs.com: Chief Information Officer Network
•    Innovative Marketing, PR, Sales, Word-of-Mouth & Buzz Innovators
•    Banking Connects
•    Startup Specialists
•    Tourism 2.0
•    BPO Executives
•    Social Media Today
•    The Indus Entrepreneur
•    Green
•    Alumni Association IIT Kanpur
•    Media Professionals Worldwide
•    (Desi Media) Indian Media professionals Network
•    Online Marketing Media
•    CEO Club India
•    Bharat Soka Gakkai
•    BPO Experts..The Podium For World Wide Connoisseur
•    Multicultural Marketing Experts
•    Wikinomics
•    Future Social Media
•    IIM-Jobs group
•    Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur)
•    WILLS WORTH CONSULTING (Hiring / Job Posting / Discussions / Profile display / Business Ideas)
•    Green:Net by Earth2Tech
•    Alternate Solutions
•    Band of Entrepreneurs
•    Agri India
•    The Indian Startup Fraternity
•    Twitternaut
•    Sustainability
•    CSR
•    CleanTech
•    JOB CENTER of Employment & Work Opportunities for Marketing, PR & Sales Innovators
•    Enterprise 2.0 and Collaboration
•    Social Media Metrics & Buzz Monitoring

Siddartha Sikdar’s Honors:

Winner of national-level quiz competition at IIT Kanpur
Awarded Senior Research Fellowship from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research in 1995.
JL D’Souza Memorial Award in 1989 for the most outstanding academic and all-round achievement at St. Joseph’s Academy, Dehradun.

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