Dipayan Baishya  

Date of Birth:

5th June 1981  

Nationality:

Indian  

Areas of Interest:

Indian Consumer Space, Indian Communities & Social Geography, Libertarianism,
New Media, Design-led Communication, Entrepreneurship, Corporate Leadership 

Published Work:  

        Book:  

       It Happened In India, Kishore Biyani with Dipayan Baishya

Published By Rupa & Co    ISBN: 978-81-291-1138-8 

      Articles:  

     Published over 150 articles on a wide range of topics in The Economic Times and Business Today. From Wal-Mart's sourcing plans in India to lessons in supply chain from Mumbai's Dabbawalas, from reorganisation at Unilever India to change management at Aditya Birla group, from management lessons from the Armed Forces to inteviews with angel investors in Google.

     Covered issues like corporate governance, business sustainability and human resource challenges across organisations. Have closely tracked the emergence of the organised retailing sector in India and covered other sectors like investment banking, private banking, private equity and recruitment services  

     Interviewed academics like Peter Senge, Deepak Jain, Robert Sutton, Sunil Gupta, Peitra Rivoli, business professionals like Ram Shriram, Michael Moritz, Jim Rogers, Chad Holliday, Bill Owens, Hans-Paul Buerkner, Kumar Mangalam Birla, Harish Manwani, Adi Godrej, Arun Maira, Nandan Nilekani and the General of the Indian Army, JJ Singh.  

     Article on use of technology in the Indian SME sector was published in Knowledge@Wharton  

For more details check the Articles section.   

Career:  

April 2007: It Happened In India is released  

April 2004 - February 2006: Senior Correspondent with The Economic Times  

Part of The Economic Times' features team that brings out Corporate Dossier and Brand Equity. Responsibilities included analysing and reporting on industry trends, interacting with industry leaders, ideation and execution of articles, supervising design and production and product innovation.   

August 2002 - March 2004: Correspondent with Business Today   Acquired expertise in reporting on sectors like retail and consumer goods and media   

Education:  

1999 – 2002  B.Sc. (Honours) Economics, Presidency College University of Calcutta   

Professional Courses: 

Was part of the 37th Annual Wharton Seminar for Business Journalists held at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in October, 2005  

Attended executive education programme on Marketing Strategies in a Competitive Environment conducted by Professors Dipak Jain Jagmohan Raju held at the Indian School of Business in June 2005

Attended three-day Financial Management workshop in December 2005, conducted by Professor S Sundarajan from IIM, Bangalore  

Fellowships & Grants:  

Selected as the Don Sheehan International Journalist Fellowship 2005 recipient by The Wharton School  

Awarded Sir Ratan Tata Trust international travel grant for professionals  

International Travel: 

Traveled to Japan on assignment to cover the World Expo 2005 held at Aichi Prefecture. Also traveled on business to a few countries including Hong Kong and the United States. 

Interests:  

Traveling and outdoor activities like water-fall rappelling, trekking and white-water rafting in the Himalayas and the Western Ghats  

Associated with Centre for Civil Society, a New Delhi-based libertarian think-tank 

Greenbelt in Karate