Our Company

Mohit Bhakuni

Founder and CEO

Mohit is responsible for growth and strategy at Contify. He plays a key role in developing long-term complimentary roadmaps which direct engineering decisions.

He started his career with Deloitte in the US. Prior to founding Contify, he held leadership roles at The Indian Express group and Hindustan Times. He is a graduate of IIT Delhi and INSEAD.

Sameer Walia

Advisor to the CEO

Sameer is an advisor to the CEO at Contify. He is a co-founder of The Smart Cube, a global provider of high performing intelligence, through custom research and advanced analytics. He has 27 years of strategy consulting, equities trading, and industry experience. Before co-founding The Smart Cube, Sameer spent over a decade with Accenture’s Management Consulting practice.

Gordon Donkin

Business Partner

Gordon is the European Business Partner for Contify, based in London. He has over twenty years of experience working within the market research and intelligence industry.

He has a particular interest in the emerging technologies to support sophisticated CI, marketing, strategy and business leadership teams. He also serves on the European Board of Fletcher/CSI — a leading management consulting firm specialising in competitive strategy.

Kavita Kharayat

Senior Account Manager

Kavita is a Senior Account Manager at Contify. She started her career as a software engineer. Prior to joining Contify, she was working for Sapient Corporation — a leading marketing and consulting major. At Contify, Kavita is responsible for customer success. She builds deep client relationships to ensure a high rate of key accounts retention.

Anand Kumar

Head · Operations

Anand manages day to day operations at Contify and directs the team of content analysts. His key responsibilities include overseeing the services component of Contify’s web monitoring offerings, designing processes for execution of projects, and implementing best practices in content operations. Anand has held diverse roles at ETV, Sahara, and HT over the last 10 years.

Saurabh Gupta

VP · Operations

Saurabh is a Vice President at Contify. He manages the operations of our New Delhi and Bhubaneswar offices. He is responsible for designing and implementing company-wide processes that form the backbone of client engagement, project implementation, and people management. Saurabh has worked with leading business research firms in India and is an alumnus of IIT Varanasi.

Naveen Kumar

Senior Manager · Strategic Operations

Naveen heads strategic operations for Contify’s New Delhi and Bhubaneswar offices. His multi-sector expertise and over seven years’ experience in consulting environments has made him a trusted adviser on global client engagements and project implementations. Earlier, he held diverse roles at A.T. Kearney, where he led many flagship studies. He is a passionate traveller and comes with an MBA in Marketing.

Saurav Pramanik

AVP · Business Development

Saurav is responsible for overseeing Sales at Contify. He has more than 12+ years of experience in Sales Management and Business Development role catering to the information industry. Prior to joining Contify, Saurav has worked with Frost & Sullivan – a global management consulting firm. He has broad experience working with multiple industries and geographies engaging with Fortune 2000 companies.

Shilpa Tandon

Marketing Manager

Shilpa leads the marketing and communications team at Contify and is focused on strengthening the Contify brand in the marketplace and helping to grow the business. She is responsible for brand, advertising, events, content, digital marketing, social media, corporate communications, industry analyst, and media relations. She is an MBA in marketing with 11+ years of experience in leading multidisciplinary marketing efforts for global businesses.

Chirag Bansal

Solution Consultant · Market Intelligence

Chirag leads the strategic business development team and is responsible for exploring business and partnership opportunities. He has ten years of experience in market research and consulting domain while associated with companies such as Moody’s Analytics, and Evalueserve. He is an MBA in Finance from IBS University and holds a B.Sc degree in Computers from Hansraj College, Delhi University.