Mr. Rajeev Karwal,Milagrow
In a career spanning over 25 years, Rajeev has worked on startups, turnarounds and more. Rajeev is known for his strategic abilities and excellent execution. His passion for excellence and impeccable track record made him directly debut at the 43rd position in the Economic Times India’s Most Powerful CEOs list in 2004.
Known as the Poster Boy of Consumer Durables industry he is also considered one of the greatestbrand builders in India. His brand building efforts at LG, ONIDA, Philips and Electrolux are part of marketing folklore. In 1998 he won A&M’s Indian Marketing Person of the Year Award and in 2003 a book by Dr. R L Bhatia actually featured him amongst India’s Greatest Brand Builders.
His spectacular turnaround effort at reviving Philips Consumer Electronics and Electrolux also earned him the tag of an ace turnaround specialist. His contribution to the start-ups of Onida, LG and Reliance Retail gave the world a peek into his scale-up and start-up expertise. He is perhaps the only senior executive in Consumer Durables space in India to have had a manufacturers view as well as that of a consumer electronics retailer.
His successes were recognized by corporate India and by society. In 2002 he was featured inBusiness Today’s Top 25 Hot Young Rising Stars of India Inc. In 2001 he won India’s Young Manager Trophy, awarded by Confederation of Indian Industry. In 2000 he was voted one of theStars of the Millennium by Business India. Through 2000-02, he won Philips International Leadership Grand Prix Championships. In 1997, he won the Marketing Manger with HR Orientation Award from the Asia HR Congress.
After stepping down from the post of President & CEO of the Consumer Durables Vertical of Reliance Retail, he founded Milagrow Business & Knowledge Solutions in 2007, to help growth seeking enterprises with unique ‘Venture Catalyst’ approach. His mission is to make Milagrow ‘the destination for Growth Seeking Business’, and to partner with these aspiring enterprises as a Venture Catalyst to build best-in-class managerial and organizational capabilities in them.
For 2007-08 he was the National Chair of the Integrity India Campaign, initiated by YI CII and he championed the cause of integrity in corporations with the slogan Growth with Integrity, India’s Dignity. He was the founding member of Young Indian in 2001 and served on the governing council for 7 years. He also served CII’s National Core Committee on Retail in 2006-07. In 2005 he was theNational Chair, Consumer Durables, and a Member of the National Council of CII. From 2000-2003 he was the Consumer Electronics and Manufacturers Association (CETMA) President, now CEAMA. For 2003, he was a member of the National Council of FICCI and Now heads the Retail Panel ‘Chief Ministers Group’ at FICCI, to influence the framing of the right policy framework for the growth of the Retail Sector in India.
His first book, 'Corporate Blogging in India' was released recently and it is also the only one which has been written on this topic in India. Rajeev keeps himself relevant by continuously learning new ways to innovate, communicate and execute ideas to success.
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