Observer. Decoder. Challenger.
Rama Bijapurkar
Rama Bijapurkar is sought after business advisor, passionate ‘people’ researcher, prominent independent director on India Inc’s boards and author of widely acclaimed books on the Indian market and Consumer India. Recognised as one of India’s thought leaders on business-market strategy and India’s consumer economy, Rama describes her work as “bringing market focus and consumer insight to business strategy and providing the ‘people lens’ to understand India’s economy better”.
- Current boards
- Cummins India · Apollo Hospitals Enterprise · Gokaldas Exports · Sun Pharma
- Past boards
- Infosys · ICICI Bank · Axis Bank · Bharat Petroleum · NPCI · CRISIL · Nestle India · Godrej Consumer · Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services
- Governing councils
- IIM Ahmedabad · Institute for Human Development · National Institute of Bank Management
- 2007
- We Are Like That Only
- 2008
- Customer in the Boardroom
- 2013
- A Never-Before World
- 2024
- Lilliput Land
Rama Bijapurkar has been visiting faculty at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) for over two decades, teaching second year MBA students and offering executive education programs on customer-based business strategy
Rama Bijapurkar is India’s leading market strategist, renowned for decoding complex consumer behavior to shape corporate growth.
Ms. Bijapurkar holds a BSc (Hons) degree in Physics from Delhi University and a post graduate diploma in management from the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad.
