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Karthik Chief Executive Consultant, Kognosance Management Consulting
 
Karthik's Profile
Karthik
Chief Executive Consultant, Kognosance Management Consulting
Kognosance Management Consulting
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Bangalore, India
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Professional summary

Karthik Rao is the Chief Executive Consultant of Kognosance Management Consulting, a management consulting firm incorporated in India and currently servicing clients in India and France. Mr. Rao specializes in strategy with special interest in sustainability and organizational behavior and focuses on financial services and outsourcing industries. He has also worked with the Chamber of Commerce and Industries in Pau, France on enhancing bilateral business between India and Europe in general and particularly Aquitaine region in the south of France. Mr. Rao was previously a Senior Associate, Project Management at Ernst & Young, where he was responsible for internal management consulting to senior leadership, and also provided strategy implementation support for global projects. Mr. Rao holds an MBA in strategy and sustainability from Stockholm University, Sweden, and a Bachelors degree in Management specializing in Finance from Bangalore University, India.

Karthik's Experience
Current :

Partner/Principal/VP, Kognosance Management Consulting

Management & Strategy Consulting
India, Bangalore

Working from 2009

Brief summary :

  • Client Service
    › Assist clients design, develop, and implement solutions in strategy, organization, and operations for breakthrough growth and performance excellence.
    › Collaborate with clients to develop and implement new market entry and growth strategies for Strategic and Accelerated Growth Economies like India
    › Work with clients on Outsourcing and offshoring strategy in order to achieve performance excellence, including vendor prospecting, transition, and integration

  • Organizational Responsibilities

  › Ensure excellence in client service through continuous review
  › Program Management
  › Talent Management

Previous :

Consultant, Independent Consultant - Chamber of Commerce et Industries

Management & Strategy Consulting
France, Pau

Worked from 2009 to 2009

Previous :

Associate/Senior Associate, Ernst & Young

Management & Strategy Consulting
India, Bangalore

Worked from 2005 to 2007

Brief summary :

Project Management, Internal Management Consulting, Strategy Implementation, Operations Improvement

Karthik's Education

Stockholm University

MBA/PGDM
Sweden
From 2008 to 2009
Brief summary :

Change Management, Strategy, Sustainability, Corporate Finance, Performance Management, and Knowledge Management

École Supérieure de Commerce de Pau

International Management Semester
France
From 2008 to 2008
Brief summary :

Global Financial Infrastructure, Marketing, and European Economy and Politics

Bangalore University

B.B.A
India
From 2002 to 2005
Brief summary :

Bachelor of Business Management, specialization in Corporate Finance

 
 
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Karthik's contributions
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I agree with you Mr Das, SaaS indeed has great potential. Nevertheless, if speaking only in terms of India, among other ironies that are idiosyncratic to India, is the fact that its own IT infrastructure is poor. Just consider the speed of broadband...
I agree fully that development in several spheres is the-need-of-the-hour not only to support economic growth but also to strengthen India's own national security. It is ironical that the hotbed of IT innovation lacks sophisticated tools to...
 
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