Ashutosh hosts the very successful video and podcast series titled “The Brand Called You” (www.tbcy.in) bringing the stories of successful entrepreneurs, professionals, and senior corporate leaders to thousands of listeners.
He is a certified Business Coach and coaches/mentors several CEOs in India on business matters, governance, strategic planning, succession planning, personal accountability, and people and culture issues.
A published author of 8 best-selling books, he has written on Startups, Entrepreneurship, Retirement in the 21st Century, Personal Branding, Work-Life Balance, and Fiction. His latest book on Failure is titled "How to Survive Failure and Come out Stronger”.
He writes regularly for Times of India and Business World and can often be seen on National Television panel discussions.
Ashutosh founded Guardian Pharmacy in India in 2003 and built it into India's second largest Pharmacy Chain. He exited the business in 2016.
Prior to that, he worked for ITC Limited for 17 years leaving in 1996, and thereafter with US Aerospace companies for 8 years as their Head of Asia.
Ashutosh served on the board of GAVI, The Vaccine Alliance (www.gavi.org) for 8 years. He sits on several boards and advises companies on strategy and governance matters. He was the Chairman of Bizdome, the Startup Incubator of IIM Rohtak till 2018.
He is a YPO member and was Chairman of YPO South Asia Gold (2017-19). He was recognized as a Global Leader for Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in 1994.
A keen golfer, he plays the Indian flute, enjoys reading and listening to Indian classical music