Ashutosh hosts the very successful video and podcast titled “The Brand Called You-Converse with the Future” bringing the stories of successful entrepreneurs, professionals and senior corporate leaders to thousands of listeners.

He is a certified Business and Executive Coach and coaches / mentors several CEO’s in India on business matters, governance, strategic planning, succession planning, personal accountability, people and culture issues. (www.equationcoaching.com). 

A published author of 6 best-selling books, he has written on Startups, Entrepreneurship, Retirement in the 21st Century, Personal Branding, Work Life Balance and Fiction. His latest book is on the subject of personal branding and is titled “The Brand Called You.”

He writes regularly for Times of India and can often be seen on National Television panel discussions on political affairs.

Ashutosh founded Guardian Pharmacy in India in 2003 and built it into India's second largest Pharmacy Chain. He exited from the business in 2016.

He worked for ITC Limited for 17 years leaving in 1996 as one of the youngest Managing Directors of a group company. Thereafter he was Head of Asia of two US Aerospace companies for 8 years.

Ashutosh served on the board of GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance (www.gavi.org) for 8 years. He continues to sit on several boards and advises companies on strategy and governance matters. He was the Chairman of Bizdome, the Startup Incubator of IIM Rohtak till 2018.

He is a YPO member and was Chairman of YPO South Asia Gold (2017-19). He was recognised as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in 1994.

His wife Vera is a Historian and teaches at the American Embassy School, New Delhi. His older son, Varun works for American Express in Singapore as their Director Marketing and his younger son Ashwin works for Procter and Gamble in Cincinnati as their Senior Brand Manager.

A keen golfer, he plays the Indian flute, enjoys reading and listening to Indian classical music.

Ashutosh hosts the very successful video and podcast titled “The Brand Called You – Converse with the Future” (www.tbcy.in) bringing the stories of successful entrepreneurs, professionals and senior corporate leaders to thousands of listeners.

He is a certified Business and Executive Coach and coaches / mentors several CEO’s in India on business matters, governance, strategic planning, succession planning, personal accountability, people and culture issues. (www.equationcoaching.com). 

A published author of 6 best-selling books, he has written on Startups, Entrepreneurship, Retirement in the 21st Century, Personal Branding, Work Life Balance and Fiction. His latest book is on the subject of personal branding and is titled “The Brand Called You.”

He writes regularly for Times of India and can often be seen on National Television panel discussions on political affairs.

Ashutosh founded Guardian Pharmacy in India in 2003 and built it into India\'s second largest Pharmacy Chain. He exited from the business in 2016.

He worked for ITC Limited for 17 years leaving in 1996 as one of the youngest Managing Directors of a group company. Thereafter he was Head of Asia of two US Aerospace companies for 8 years.

Ashutosh served on the board of GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance (www.gavi.org) for 8 years. He continues to sit on several boards and advises companies on strategy and governance matters. He was the Chairman of Bizdome, the Startup Incubator of IIM Rohtak till 2018.

He is a YPO member and was Chairman of YPO South Asia Gold (2017-19). He was recognised as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in 1994.

His wife Vera is a Historian and teaches at the American Embassy School, New Delhi. His older son, Varun works for American Express in Singapore as their Director Marketing and his younger son Ashwin works for Procter and Gamble in Cincinnati as their Senior Brand Manager.

A keen golfer, he plays the Indian flute, enjoys reading and listening to Indian classical music.