Sumit Dutta - IIM Calcutta-Venture Advisor | Ex-NASSCOM, Flipkart

Sumit Dutta

IIM Calcutta-Venture Advisor | Ex-NASSCOM, Flipkart

IIM Calcutta-Venture Advisor | Ex-NASSCOM, Flipkart | D2C Enabler & Advisory | Investor Relations & Advisory | Speaker-IIM,NIT,ISBR,ICFAI | Partnerships & Outreach | Social Impact Enthusiast

A seasoned professional with hands-on experience into Key Account Management, Strategic Alliances Development, Stakeholder Management, People Management, Startups, Angel Investors & VC's.

A confident and strong team player having a flair for training & development, who understands the value and benefit of others contributions. I have always encouraged innovation and diverse thought and opinion wherever possible whilst being extremely business focused, ambitious and enthusiastic across pretty much every vertical that I have served with in my professional timeline.

I am a highly flexible & competent individual, having flair & experience of strategic management and leadership skills. Capabilities to build, sustain & relationships with all levels of an organization, having a track record at improving operational effectiveness & efficiencies.

Specialties:
• Startup Strategy & Operations Advisory
• Startup Investments
• Deal Sourcing
• Market Outreach & PR
• Key Account Management
• e-Commerce Market Place Business Alliances
• Process Quality Health-Check
• Total Customer Experience/NPS
• Program Management & Deployments
• Process Engineering
• Incident & Change Management
• Project Management Fundamentals
• Transitions & BCP Methodology

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Bengaluru

[Bangalore] Workshop: Building a RevOps Backbone - Scaling from $500K to $5M

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June 21, Sat, 03:00pm (GMT+05:30)
[Bangalore] Workshop: Building a RevOps Backbone - Scaling from $500K to $5M
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Bengaluru

Bengaluru Startup Meetup

Draper Startup House Koramangala
June 21, Sat, 06:00pm (GMT+05:30)
3 slots booked
Bengaluru Startup Meetup
CA Akanksha Agarwal - PwC Services LLP Aditya Arjula - Founder Devjit Sinha - Product designer
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Bengaluru

Failcode Bengaluru : Failure Lessons from Startups and Operators

Urban Vault Headquarters
June 21, Sat, 06:00pm (GMT+05:30)
8 slots booked
Failcode Bengaluru : Failure Lessons from Startups and Operators
Malav Warke - Co-Founder, Creatosaurus Suraj Biswas - Founder Astha Darshika - Co-Founder, Salaah Shots Saurabh Gupta - Community Development Officer at Bosch CSR Aditya Arjula - Founder
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Bengaluru

eChai's Startup Open House in Bengaluru

Draper Startup House Koramangala
June 22, Sun, 11:00am (GMT+05:30)
9 slots booked
eChai's Startup Open House in Bengaluru
Aman Gupta - Chief of staff of CEO at Reliance retail Shreya Pramanik - COO & Co-founder at Renderbit HITESH - FOUNDER & CEO, Noemi Shielding Technology. Nimra Sultana - UI designer Trackpi Saurabh Gupta - Community Development Officer at Bosch CSR Devjit Sinha - Product designer Aditya Arjula - Founder
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Bengaluru

eChai Startup Demo Day in Bengaluru: June Edition

Draper Startup House Koramangala
June 28, Sat, 06:00pm (GMT+05:30)
6 slots booked
eChai Startup Demo Day in Bengaluru: June Edition
Aditya Salunkhe - Founder, Adiha.One Suraj Biswas - Founder Astha Darshika - Co-Founder, Salaah Shots Prashanth Sharma - CEO
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Bengaluru

eChai's Startup Open House in Bengaluru

Draper Startup House Koramangala
June 29, Sun, 11:00am (GMT+05:30)
4 slots booked
eChai's Startup Open House in Bengaluru
Aditya Salunkhe - Founder, Adiha.One Nimra Sultana - UI designer Trackpi Saurabh Gupta - Community Development Officer at Bosch CSR
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Bengaluru

eChai Women Founders Initiative in Bengaluru: July Edition

Urban Vault Headquarters
July 05, Sat, 06:00pm (GMT+05:30)
4 slots booked
eChai Women Founders Initiative in Bengaluru: July Edition
Akhila Deshpande - Co-founder, Supernova Brand Partners Archana Chidambaranathan - PM Nimra Sultana - UI designer Trackpi Parul Gupta (Life Coach) - Life Coach
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Bengaluru

eChai Startup Demo Day in Bengaluru: July Edition

Draper Startup House Koramangala
July 26, Sat, 06:00pm (GMT+05:30)
2 slots booked
eChai Startup Demo Day in Bengaluru: July Edition
Aditya Salunkhe - Founder, Adiha.One
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Bengaluru

eChai Women Founders Initiative in Bengaluru: August Edition

Urban Vault Headquarters
August 02, Sat, 06:00pm (GMT+05:30)
eChai Women Founders Initiative in Bengaluru: August Edition
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Bengaluru

eChai Startup Demo Day in Bengaluru: August Edition

Draper Startup House Koramangala
August 30, Sat, 06:00pm (GMT+05:30)
1 slot booked
eChai Startup Demo Day in Bengaluru: August Edition
Parimmal Modii - Founder
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Bengaluru

eChai Women Founders Initiative in Bengaluru: September Edition

Urban Vault Headquarters
September 06, Sat, 06:00pm (GMT+05:30)
eChai Women Founders Initiative in Bengaluru: September Edition
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Bengaluru

eChai Startup Demo Day in Bengaluru: September Edition

Draper Startup House Koramangala
September 27, Sat, 06:00pm (GMT+05:30)
eChai Startup Demo Day in Bengaluru: September Edition
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Bengaluru

eChai Women Founders Initiative in Bengaluru: October Edition

Urban Vault Headquarters
October 04, Sat, 06:00pm (GMT+05:30)
eChai Women Founders Initiative in Bengaluru: October Edition
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Bengaluru

eChai Startup Demo Day in Bengaluru: October Edition

Draper Startup House Koramangala
October 25, Sat, 06:00pm (GMT+05:30)
eChai Startup Demo Day in Bengaluru: October Edition
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Bengaluru

eChai Women Founders Initiative in Bengaluru: November Edition

Urban Vault Headquarters
November 01, Sat, 06:00pm (GMT+05:30)
eChai Women Founders Initiative in Bengaluru: November Edition
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Bengaluru

eChai Startup Demo Day in Bengaluru: November Edition

Draper Startup House Koramangala
November 29, Sat, 06:00pm (GMT+05:30)
eChai Startup Demo Day in Bengaluru: November Edition
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Bengaluru

eChai Women Founders Initiative in Bengaluru: December Edition

Urban Vault Headquarters
December 06, Sat, 06:00pm (GMT+05:30)
eChai Women Founders Initiative in Bengaluru: December Edition
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Bengaluru

eChai Startup Demo Day in Bengaluru: December Edition

Draper Startup House Koramangala
December 27, Sat, 06:00pm (GMT+05:30)
eChai Startup Demo Day in Bengaluru: December Edition
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