Vikram Joshi

VIKRAM JOSHI Mob: 9811521702
email: toughjoe4000@gmail.com

June 2013- as on date

Lead- Communications at Game Plan Consulting Services Pvt Ltd(http://gameplan-consulting.com/gameplan/)

• Editor and complete content developer (105+ articles) for an online newsletter on the SME, Education and Civic space– Business Beacon (www.businessbeacononline.com ).
• Associate Editor for soon to be launched newsletter for business women- have created content for 40+ articles
• Complete content creator for an ongoing project for a mid sized IT client- EDM’s, newsletter articles, news items, blog posts, case studies, showcase documents, whitepaper, brochures, press releases
• Preparing client specific proposals on strategy and for digital marketing
• Writing content for other client projects
• Awareness building in digital marketing

April 2007 – as on date

Sub Editor & Research Coordinator at Aether Marketing( www.aether-marketing.com )

• Daily customized business intelligence summary and weekly technical update from 2007-2011 for a US IT firm
• Daily customized business intelligence news summary for Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency-NFIA: from 2009-till the present, West Holland Investment Agency (2011) and for Navigant- an Indian BPO firm (2014)
• Company profiles for NFIA website
• Content coordination & creation for Connect- a newsletter on the Indo-Dutch space that was started by the support of NFIA(www.indodutchconnect.com )- interviews, news, factoid, features for the past 5 years
• Event calendars, customized internet information reports for clients

Prior experience- 1989 to 2007

Between 1989 -2007, I worked in middle management roles in technical and techno-commercial functions that related to operations management, material management, technical coordination in organizations like Avtec Ltd, Eicher Consultancy Services, Eicher Tractors Ltd, Electrolux India, Development Alternatives etc and took a career shift in 2007 towards the field of marketing communications.

Relevant qualifications

• PG Diploma in Journalism & Mass Comm, IGNOU- 1st div
• Diploma in creative writing in English, IGNOU- A/B grade
• Certificate course in Digital Marketing, IAMAI certification via Edukart-4/5 grade
• Content Strategy for professionals- Northwestern University via Coursera-100%
• Introduction to Marketing- Wharton Business School via Coursera- 89%

Other Qualifications

• BE in Mech Engg from BIT Mesra- 1st div
• Exec MBA in International Business from the Maastricht School of Management- 1st div
• Introduction to Operations Management- Wharton Business School via Coursera- 90.5%

Date of birth

19 Feb 1967

Interests

Reading, Music, Martial Arts, Poetry, Meditation, Exercise

Linked In profile: http://in.linkedin.com/pub/vikram-joshi/23/1a/5b1

Other achievements

• Black belt in Shito Ryu Karate
• Selected for All India Full Contact Karate Camp and quarterfinalist in Karnataka State Open Championship
• Taught Karate in 2 schools in New Delhi for 2 years
• Was a Tai Chi instructor for Fu Sheng Yuan Tai Chi Academy India Chapter in New Delhi for 2 years
• Poetry published on www.poetry.com and some journals