Director on the Board of one of the Essel (Zee) Group companies and leads Strategy for the Group.

Holds an MBA from IIM Calcutta and an Economics degree from the Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), Delhi University and has over 13 years of experience.

In the past, he has led strategy and headed many large projects including in the fields of oil & gas, renewable energy, education, water and vocational training.

He has also been a Strategy Consultant with Accenture and KPMG.

He has written five books published by Pearson and Tata McGraw Hill.

“NDIM, an institute that gave us the wings to fly high has been our best decision so far. It has provided us with Industry Exposure through connecting us with premium corporate community. We got the privilege of interacting with Mr. Sidharth Balakrishna (Strategy, Essel (Zee) Group, Chairman’s office and Board Director, Siti Networks).He guided us in understanding how to choose the right kind of sector, Job rotation and the benefits of it, and also about changing sectors after experience . He enlightened us with what is required to climb up the corporate ladder and develop our personality as a whole for the corporate. We would like to thank NDIM for providing us with such a platform.

Mentees : Ashima Gilhotra, Abhishek, Anita Sharma, Chahk Juneja and Seepanshu Goyal