PROFILE OF ACHAL N. RANGASWAMY

Achal N Rangaswamy, a post-graduate from Delhi University, is an alumnus of the prestigious St. Stephen's College.  Beginning his career with Avery India Ltd, Rangaswamy worked at different levels from Regional Manager to All India Marketing Manager in companies like NELCO, Usha International, Modi Xerox and Amtrex Hitachi before joining Bell Ceramics Limited as GM - Marketing in 1994. Currently designated as Vice President- Marketing and Business Development at Bell, he has travelled widely in India and abroad during various stints.

One very interesting achievement of his is- traveling over 2,00,000 kms on his Enfield Bullet motorbike, most of it on difficult terrains.

.  A voracious reader and a food lover, he is also a self-confessed “cricket anthropologist”. Another subject that fascinates him a lot is music of all kinds and he relaxes by playing the harmonica.

He often visits various business schools in India and offers advice to the students there on what corporates expect from B-school products in their early years at work. He is also a very enthusiastic and successful trainer in the area of Selling Skills, Time Management and Leadership.

His little book on Time Management, called Time is Money, is the first of a series of books he has worked on.

Rangaswamy is a recipient of the “AMA-Zydus Cadila Marketing Man of the Year Award”, conferred by the Ahmedabad Management Associaton.