Basant Gupta

Background

About Basant Gupta

Basant possesses a strong background in Program Management and Business Strategy & Planning. His other strengths include business analysis and client relationship management. A stickler for structure and coordinated style of working he is quite comfortable in leading large teams for successful and timely delivery of assignments. As part of the largest political campaign team in Lok Sabha Elections 2014 Basant led their fund raising efforts volunteers organization digital promotions and social media initiatives taking strategic direction to executable outcomes. He conceptualized and executed digital and on-ground campaigns which reached out to a target audience of 100+ million people raking in funds and gaining an increased mind-share of the Indian electorate. In the past he has worked with global corporations for management of large scale initiatives. He built a team of 300+ through captive off-shoring catering mainly to clients in North America for apps development and maintenance in technology domain. In a leadership role for shared services he has managed central functions like Projects Transitions Vendor Management Knowledge Management Training and Business Excellence. He has setup new processes and operations capability with a capacity of over 1500+ professionals in the NCR region. Basant has previously worked with Vertex 3i Infotech Perot Systems and IBM in roles of a Management Consultant Program Manager and Global Delivery Head. He has considerable experience of managing large projects and has dealt with clients like Arcelor Mittal Alghanim Punj Lloyd Blue Cross Blue Shield (US) Catholic Healthcare West (US) Deutsche Bank (US) ICI Paints ABB and Hewitt Associates amongst many others. He is fond of playing online bridge which makes the best use of his analytical stint of mind and structured thinking. An expert player he has participated in many State and National level Championships in the past.