About Me

Nishith Srivastava comes from a Business Research & Strategy Consulting background and has worked in close association with renowned VC firms and management consultants from top consulting firms worldwide. In a span of 8 years, Nishith has worked with some of the renowned research, analytics and consulting companies like RocSearch Ltd., RNCOS, Heidrick & Struggles Inc. and Egon Zehnder International.

Nishith started his career with RocSearch Ltd as a Research Analyst. Within 2.5 years, he was handling most of the company’s client facing and strategic roles such as Research Manager and BD Manager. He helped RocSearch in building partnership with renowned consulting and research companies in the US and Europe. After RocSearch, he joined ‘Research & Consultancy Outsourcing Services (RNCOS)’ as Head of Research and Business Development. Within 2 years, he helped the firm grow from a start-up level to a team of 35 employees. Today RNCOS is one of the most popular Indian companies in report publishing and technical writing.

Nishith’s stint with Knowledge Management started with Heidrick & Struggles where he joined as a Business Analyst in their Shared Services Research Center in New Delhi. In this role, he initiated and established the Supply Chain Practice that involved setting up Knowledge Management processes for SCM practice, creating new products and research services etc.

After Heidrick & Struggles, Nishith joined Egon Zehnder International to set up KM and research services on a global-sourcing model in their Knowledge Management Center of Gurgaon, India. He identified research and KM needs of the firm and then transition these processes to this center. He also proposed an in-house Knowledge Management system for the firm’s intranet.

After EZI, Nishith joined Cortaal Global, a Strategic Consulting and Human Capital Advisory firm headquartered in Singapore as a Strategy Consultant. In Cortaal, his responsibilities included
# Setting up the operations of Cortaal in India and spearhead the Indian operations of Cortaal Global
# Growing the scope of business in India with a future growth into the neighboring regions like the Middle East and South East Asia.
# Developing the business of Strategy Consulting & Human Capital Advisory services like Recruitment, Executive Coaching and Training and HR Consulting with a prime focus on Talent Strategy.

Nishith worked with Sheffield Haworth as Research Director. He helped in setting up an offshore knowledge centre for one of the largest executive search firms specialising in financial services sector.

Presently, Nishith is heading the strategy team for international clients (Asia Pac and SEA countries) at Digitas, India that offers strategic marketing consulting & advisory services for developing innovative and impactful marketing solutions for prospective as well as existing clients. Digitas is India's and South-East Asia’s biggest marketing services and digital marketing agency. He developes marketing programs for clients to get the best possible return on their marketing investments (ROMI) using various digital and BTL programs.

In terms of specialties, Nishith specializes in setting-up offshore (India) research / knowledge management / shared services centers for global companies (exeuctive search specially). In terms of industry exposure, he has worked across various industry sectors like Industrial/Manufacturing, IT, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Supply Chain, FMCG & Retail Sectors. From product specialization perspective, Nishith specializes in creating reports like Industry Analysis Reports, Market Research Reports, White Papers, and Analytical Reports like SWOT, PEST, Porter, Feasibility Studies, Competitive Analysis, Consumer & Technology Trends, Marketing and Business Plans etc.

In the next 10-12 years from now, he aims to become a Strategic Consultant in one of the top 5 consulting firms or he would be running his own Management/Strategy Consulting Company from India - - a company which could compete with Big 4 Consulting firms on a global basis. He intends to do the same in Indian Consulting sector which Laxmi Mittal did in Steel Industry.