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- Consultant CSR Kenya at Microsoft
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- Strategic Partnership/ Resource Mobilization/ Private Sector Partnerships Specialist Consultant at United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
- Capacity Development at United Nations
- Resource Mobilization/ Strategic Partnerships/ Capacity development/ Programme management specialist at United Nations Development Programme
- Business Development/ Marketing Director at DAJTI
- Director , Partner at Directions Marketing Research and Services
- Marketing Researcher in India an Middle East at MRSI
- Client Services and Research Manager at Market Insight
- Sr. Researcher/ Sr. Client Service Executive at A C Nielsen Egypt
- Research Executive at AC Nielsen
- Sr. Customer Service Executive/ Sr. Researcher at AC Nielsen (AMER NIELSEN) - Cyprus
- Sr. Researcher at A C Nielsen India
- Consultant/ Researcher at Basis Consultancy
- Education
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- AIMA All India Management Association
- Osmania University
- Harare Polytechnic
- Rabat American School
- Washington Lee
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Amit Mahajan’s Summary
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I love life and love to make it better for myself and others. I am creative and employ it beneficially towards networking in business and creating a win win win situation not just for you and me but for the world at large as well.
Too often we do not allow ourselves to be what we can be for whatever reason and now I have come to realize we are what we do and what we think. It all starts with a wish and a thought - so easy :)
I have the fire, energy and the drive to change the World - I want to be the change that the world will change to - a better World, even if I am still restrained. The society has not really helped mankind to become better, on the contrary it has created a constrictive maze making us submit to the powers that should not be.
My inspiration is the beauty of the world, the harmony in the nature, the vast galaxy of the unknown; knowing the unknown through curiosity, a talent that I learned through marketing research if not earlier.
Part of my inspiration towards doing good is the knowledge of people suffering globally - poverty, hunger, disease, epidemic, unfair disparities, crime, ... When you start looking at yourself and those who are living in bondage, those trafficked, who live by the minute on the streets, who have no support at all ... the only thing you can do is to try to build better and change the world into a better one.
Look at this video by Apple (I do not even use Apple) this is what I aim to be.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvn_Ied9t4M
If you are also inspired by it and want to change the world, lets join forces and figure out a way to do it. Your and my ideas alone may not do anything but together maybe we can do something. Together you and I can become stronger to touch at least one life to bring one happy moment at the very least to somebody. One smile, one genuine smile of that person will feel so good. That I promise you.
Amit Mahajan’s Specialties:
Resource Management, Strategic Partnership development, Marketing, Marketing Research, Creative, Market Research, Statistics, Public Speaking, Liasion, Business development, social networking, business networking
Amit Mahajan’s Experience
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Consultant CSR Kenya
Microsoft
(International Affairs industry)
2009 — Present (less than a year)
03/ 2008 – Present Microsoft, EMEA
Strategic Partnerships/ CSR Consultant
Key Tasks: Business networking, Developmental research, market research, SWOT analysis, strategic planning on CSR engagement with Governments and Bilateral Donors in Africa
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Provide a base level assessment of Country development goals, policy commitments, donor partners and current budget capacity.
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Identify likely entry points for the company to engage as a government solutions partner from a CSR perspective, either independently or alongside other players. Your analysis should also include an overview of competitor CSR initiatives in the IT sector
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Develop a preliminary engagement strategy highlighting key opportunities to enter dialogue with Government and donors regarding developmental plans and commitments. Ie. Formal meetings, access points, Key Contact people, advised approach.
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The research requires both desk research and review as well as virtual “ground-truthing” through individual contact with donors and Microsoft local office personnel.
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Develop a synthesized summary of the overall national development framework which captures government priorities, government and donor financial commitments and implementation plans, tracking these to the point of projected spend time frames.
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Provide an indication of challenges encountered in each sector where software solutions and technology may be able to play a role in improving government and donor performance. -
Entrepreneur - looking for business and career opportunities
Amit Mahajan
(Management Consulting industry)
September 2008 — Present (11 months)
Strategic Partnership/ Resource Mobilization/ Business and management Consultant
Key Tasks: Social and business networking, business consultancy, partnership development, market development, IT
• Created various partnerships through networking on social network sites
• Launched my own social and professional network www.ppsz.com (BETA Stage)
• Built trade leads for Indian companies in Europe and for European companies in India
• Built a talent house for IT programmers in India
• Consulted company in Romania on marketing research . -
Strategic Partnership/ Resource Mobilization/ Private Sector Partnerships Specialist Consultant
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
(Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; International Affairs industry)
April 2007 — April 2008 (1 year 1 month)
The Global Initiative to Fight Human Trafficking (UN.GIFT) - a $15 Million grant to raise awareness and create strategic partnerships against human trafficking.
• Created multi stake holder partnerships and mobilized resources ($300,000) with Fortune 500 Companies like Microsoft, GAP, Manpower, TATA, McCann Erickson, Marie Claire, BBC, ARTOC, Suez Bank, World Economic Forum, Ricky Martin Foundation, Prince of Wales International Business Leader’s Forum, UN Foundation & NGOs.
• Co-organized the UN.GIFT South Asia and the Vienna Forum events, focusing on the private sector and VIPs involvement against human trafficking.
• Coordinated other UN agencies, IOM and OSCE actions in UN.GIFT on all private sector issues.
• Developed global communication and resource mobilization strategy for UN.GIFT.
• Created UN.GIFT brand and proposed a system of supply chain certification and trade mark for trafficking free products.
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Capacity Development
United Nations
(International Affairs industry)
2005 — 2008 (3 years)
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Resource Mobilization/ Strategic Partnerships/ Capacity development/ Programme management specialist
United Nations Development Programme
(Non-Profit; UN; International Affairs industry)
October 2005 — April 2007 (1 year 7 months)
• Led the programme management support unit and monitored a $11.4 Million programme budget.
• Developed co-financing partnerships worth $ 200K .
• Coordinated the United Nations Harmonization process for UNDP Zambia.
• Co-drafted the country cooperation framework document for UNDP in Zambia for 2007-2011, communication and resource mobilization strategy.
• Managed donor relations.
• Managed projects on various developmental issues, like:
1. Lake Tanganyika Regional Integration Project ($25 M) with AfDB.
2. Targeted skill development project ($200K) for HIV and AIDS.
3. Computerized Donor/ AID assessment database ($450K) with the Government of Zambia
4. Accelerating Resource Mobilization and Delivery for Africa capacity development project ($960K).
5. Zambia Wildlife Authority procurement and implementation capacity development project ($330K). -
Business Development/ Marketing Director
DAJTI
(Consumer Goods industry)
March 2003 — October 2005 (2 years 8 months)
Key Tasks: Marketing, Marketing research, Brand launch & management, Advertising, Communication, Trademark development and management, Logistics, Procurement, Sales, Retail, Supply chain.
• Developed business worth $2 Million for 5 fast moving consumer goods brands – new product launch.
• Developed and affected marketing, media, brand and communications strategies (budget of € 300,000).
• Developed the brands from inception of name, logo, and trademark to personality and launch.
• Managed 12 marketing & sales executives and developed an in house market intelligence system. -
Director , Partner
Directions Marketing Research and Services
(Market Research industry)
August 1998 — March 2003 (4 years 8 months)
• Founded, led and managed all aspects of the business and turning it to a $250,000 internationally reputed marketing and social research and business consultancy company.
• Managed and supervised over 150 projects with Fortune 500 and leading regional companies and international organizations like MobiNil, Bayer, Vodafone, Ericsson, Nokia, Nestle, TetraPak, Pepsi, Syngenta, GM, Barclays, Hilton, Conrad, Citibank, Orange, Orascom, Tarek Nour, DDB Nedham, Grey, LG, GFK, IMRB, USAID, Government, WHO, UNHCR, etc.
• Managed various large scale qualitative & quantitative surveys on social, product and brand attitudes and habits, advertising/ communication testing, awareness and recognition surveys, social habit studies, product tests, taste tests, mystery shopping, customer satisfaction surveys, household expenditure surveys etc.
• Created an internal trademark control system for data quality spanning the data chain. -
Marketing Researcher in India an Middle East
MRSI
(International Affairs industry)
1994 — 2003 (9 years)
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Client Services and Research Manager
Market Insight
(Privately Held; Market Research industry)
January 1998 — July 1998 (7 months)
• Developed business worth $150,000 with Fortune 500 multinational companies.
• Supervised all projects and the client servicing staff, and managed trademarked research products.
• Designed customized research studies, questionnaires, wrote reports and presented results to top management. -
Sr. Researcher/ Sr. Client Service Executive
A C Nielsen Egypt
(Market Research industry)
December 1996 — January 1998 (1 year 2 months)
I was responsible for developing new business and servicing key clients in Egypt primarily on customized ad hoc consumer research.
I worked with clients like, Lever Brothers, Kraft, Henkel, Dairy manufacturers, Syngenta, CitiBank, International Development Bank, IMF, Nestle etc.
I developed new business worth over $200,000 and managed customized consumer research projects.
I also managed the Nielsen Retail Surveys for a few key clients on specific product categories. -
Research Executive
AC Nielsen
(International Affairs industry)
1996 — 1998 (2 years)
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Sr. Customer Service Executive/ Sr. Researcher
AC Nielsen (AMER NIELSEN) - Cyprus
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; VNU; Market Research industry)
January 1996 — December 1996 (1 year)
I was responsible for developing business and servicing key clients and coordinate research projects in the Eastern European Region. My projects were across Eastern Europe for key clients like Wrigleys, Phillip Morris, Unilever etc.
I was responsible for customized research for the main but also looked after new business development and support on Retail Audits and other syndicated research. -
Sr. Researcher
A C Nielsen India
(Market Research industry)
January 1994 — January 1996 (2 years 1 month)
Responsible for client development, project and branch management – New Delhi. Some of the social research projects I worked on were, potable water management and delivery initiated and supported by UNDP, developing a social tolerance and acceptance for impeded people in the business community for the Spastic Society of India.
The marketing research projects included various product tests, market entry tests, concept tests for P&G, advertising research, media research, media monitoring, opinion polls, usage and attitude studies, market estimation studies, qualitative focus groups for segmentation and in-depth studies. -
Consultant/ Researcher
Basis Consultancy
(Management Consulting industry)
March 1992 — January 1994 (1 year 11 months)
I was involved with all aspects of project management in social & marketing research and management consulting.
I worked on several projects, including UNDP projects on rural development, Potable water in rural India, UN agencies projects on Aids outreach, woman’s empowerment in rural India, birth control projects etc.
Business projects included Golf Course development project in Jaipur, white goods market segmentation study, bottled water market estimation and consultancy, profiling the Indian alcohol consumer study, sport apparels market study, Lacoste marketing consultancy etc.
Some of the clients I handled were Jagajit Industries, Maharaja White Goods, Ranbaxy, Sheraton Hotels, Hindustan Motors, Maruti Udyog, Life Insurance Corporation of India, Lacoste etc.
These projects involved extensive travel to remote areas and interaction with people at all levels of society, data collection, in- depth interviews data analysis, report writing and presentation of results.
Amit Mahajan’s Education
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AIMA All India Management Association
PGDM - MBA equivalent , Business Studies , 2002 — 2005
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Osmania University
Bachelor of Arts , Public Administration, Political Studies, Sociology , 1992 — 1994
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Harare Polytechnic
HND , Business Studies , 1989 — 1991
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Rabat American School
American High School Diploma , 1983 — 1985
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Washington Lee
1983 — 1983
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Amit Mahajan’s Interests:
CSR, Development, Marketing, Marketing Research, Market Research, Anti Human Trafficking, United Nations, Labour Issues, Development work, Philanthropy, Partnerships, Resource Mobilization, Fund Raising, Creative,
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