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Suresh G K

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Management Studies RR Campus sureshgk@pes.edu +91 80 2672 1983
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G. K. Suresh, has over 22 years of Corporate experience with ITC Limited. His last assignment was as Vice President with the Foods Business where he launched Fabelle Chocolates and Sunbean Coffee. Earlier he was with the Personal Care business where he launched Fiama Di Wills & Vivel across Soaps, Shampoos and Talcs. He is an engineer from BITS, Pilani and an MBA from FMS, Delhi. He is a regular visitor at IIM(B), delivering sessions for their executive and management development programs.

Research Areas

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Research Interest
  • Business Strategy & Consumer Behaviour

Publications

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  • No publications yet

Teaching

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Teach Courses on Marketing & Strategy In 2017, GK switched careers to academia to give back to society and inspiring students through teaching, first at KCT Business School and now at PES University.He has taught courses in Marketing & Business Strategy. He is a regular visiting faculty at IIM(Bangalore), having handled courses on International Business, Customer Experience, Luxury Management & Marketing Strategy. He has attended a program on Competitve Strategy at Wharton Business School

Education

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  • MBA
    FMS, Delhi
    1995
  • BE(Hons), EEE
    BITS, Pilani
    1992

Responsibilities

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  • Head Consulting & Executive Programs. Launched a Harvard on-line program for the Engineering Students
  • As Director-Consulting & Executive Programs, GK has led a number of consulting assignments with companies like: a. ITC Limited b. Khanna Paper Mills c. ASK Automotives d. Kottaram Agro (Soulfull) e. DFM Foods(Crax) f. Chromachemie(Swee10) g. Manjilas Foods(Double Horse)
  • GK was also instrumental in launching the Harvard Program for Engineering students.

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Consulting Assignments - both completed & on-going : Sakthi Finance, Coimbatore
Jakson Group, Gurgaon
Khanna Paper Mills, Noida
ITC Limited, Coimbatore, Bengaluru & Chennai
ASK Automotive, Manesar
Kottaram Agro Foods, Bengaluru
DFM Foods, Delhi
Sakthi Dairy, Coimbatore
Details of Consulting assignments - both completed & on-going : Sakthi Finance, Coimbatore - Sakthi Finance is one of the leading NBFCs in Tamilnadu. Evaluated market potential of safety lockers in Coimbatore City and provided recommendations on attracting customers to fulfill existing capacity
Jakson Group, Gurgaon - Jakson group is a Rs. 2500 crore organization engaged in Generators, Power EPC, and Solar. Conducted a Strategic Planning workshop for the owners and the leadership team to develop strategies for the different SBU's of Jakson
Khanna Paper Mills (KPM), Noida - KPM is one of India's largest manufacturer of newsprint, paper and paperboard and is a Rs. 1800 crore company. Performed an organization study based on the GE-McKinsey 7S framework. Helped them develop their Vision, Mission and Core Values. Conducted a Strategy Development program for the owner and the functional heads and helped them monitor execution and implementation of the strategies
ITC Limited, Coimbatore - ITC is one of India's most valuable companies and a leading FMCG player with net revenues of 32000 crores from FMCG businesses. The project executed for the Trade Marketing Division of ITC Ltd. in Coimbatore. Trained 8 Sales Trainees in 3 months on ITC specific FMCG systems and practices and made them business ready from the day of joining.
ASK Automotive, Manesar - ASK automotive is the market leader in braking systems for two-wheelers in the country clocking revenues of over Rs. 1700 crores. Conducted a workshop for the owner-CEO's to develop a Strategic Vision for the company for the next 5 years
Kottaram Agro Foods (Brand - Soulfull/Smoothix), Bengaluru - This company is a Food start-up brand specializing in Millet based products. Currently engaged in A 12-month partnership providing Advisory services on developing & executing the sales and marketing strategies for all their brands
ITC Limited, Paperboard & Specialty Paper Division (PSPD), Coimbatore - ITC PSPD is India's No. 1 player in the paper board market and boast revenues of close to Rs. 5000 crs. Completed an Organisational Study on "Strategic Alignment of employees". Working on a program to help the leadership team drive task ownership and a culture of innovation in the organization
Sakthi Dairy, Coimbatore - Working on a workshop for the operating team to develop strategies to re-energise their Dairy business
ITC Limited - a. Emotional Intelligence b. Distributor profitability analysis and developing a market coverage plan for Blr city
KPM - Alignment of Business Strategy across the organisation using the 7S framework
ASK - Developing the 5-year business strategy
Kottaram Agro - Developing the marketing & sales strategy for Soulfull range of products
DFM - Developing the brand architecture and innovation pipeline
Chromachemie - developing a GTM strategy for Swee10 a natural sugar substitute
Manjilas - developing a business revival plan for Double Horse

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