“Abhinav is one of the leader who believes in setting up higher goal for himself and his team . He makes sure that he empowers the team to achieve them.Abhinav is one of the most meticulous and disciplined leader in the marketing team. Abhinav has been instrumental in picking up the things really faster and own it until delivered. Abhinav builds data driven strategy , involves team to build the excitement within the team and motivates them to deliver it to business by partnering with internal and external team. Abhinav is a perfect balance of performance and presentation. He has great convincing power to get people, leader, team aligned to his strategy.”
About
With nearly a decade of experience in the travel industry, I currently head marketing at…
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Our new AI-powered natural language at MakeMyTrip search lets you find hotels and homestays just by saying what you want — “pool villa in Goa near…
Our new AI-powered natural language at MakeMyTrip search lets you find hotels and homestays just by saying what you want — “pool villa in Goa near…
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Some Restless Admen X The OG Badman channeling their inner villain. Film 5/5 for MakeMyTrip ft. Gulshan Grover. #VillainMatBano campaign. Team…
Some Restless Admen X The OG Badman channeling their inner villain. Film 5/5 for MakeMyTrip ft. Gulshan Grover. #VillainMatBano campaign. Team…
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Helping travelers every step of the way. MakeMyTrip bags an award in the Online Classifieds, Commerce & Services category at the 10th edition of the…
Helping travelers every step of the way. MakeMyTrip bags an award in the Online Classifieds, Commerce & Services category at the 10th edition of the…
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Education
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Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
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Activities and Societies: Member - Marquity (The Marketing Specialists) MDI 2010-11, Member - Illumina (Disguised Market Research Fest) MDI 2010, Member - Delphique (Annual Management Convention) MDI 2009
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Activities and Societies: Vice President, Rotaract Club UIET (2008-09), Joint Secretary, Rotaract Club UIET (2007-08), Content writer, www.themoneytimes.com, Member, UIET Cultural committee
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Licenses & Certifications
Volunteer Experience
Projects
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Measuring Brand awareness and recommendations on online advertising trends
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Measured the brand awareness for Unicon Investment Solutions among the trading community and recommended technology led solutions to increase the same
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Developing Media Case for Airtel DTH
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Developed case study for Airtel DTH for prospective media buying agencies: Studied assets of Airtel Digital TV, reach, efficiency, benefit and comparison with print
Honors & Awards
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CEOs Ring of Honour, Annual Award
MakeMyTrip
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CMOs Recognition Award (Quarterly Award)
MakeMyTrip/Goibibo
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CEO's Ring of Honor, Annual Award
MakeMyTrip / Goibibo
Exemplary Manager for FY 19
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Economic Times Young Leader 2018
Economic Times
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CMO's Recognition Award (Quarterly Award)
MakeMyTrip/Goibibo
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CEO's Ring of Honour, Annual Award
MakeMyTrip/Goibibo
Exemplary Manager for FY 18
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Exemplary Manager (Quarterly Award)
MakeMyTrip/Goibibo
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IMAD (I Made A Difference), Annual Award
Vodafone
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IMAD (I Made A Difference), Bi-Annual Award
Vodafone
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Megastar, Quarterly Award
Vodafone
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Winner, National Level Business Model presentation
Goonj Organizing Committee
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Winner, Group Discussion competition
Youth development programme, Rotaract
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Runner-up, Biotech fiction writing competition
Goonj Organizing Committee
Languages
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English
Full professional proficiency
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Hindi
Full professional proficiency
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Punjabi
Full professional proficiency
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Kannada
Elementary proficiency
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Bengali
Elementary proficiency
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At the recently concluded MRSI Seminar MRSI - The Market Research Society of India our paper by Pvalue Analytics Pvt. Ltd. on Contextualised NPS…
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