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Viraj Malik - Managing Director
Viraj started his career with percept by starting an online advertising division in 1996 after finishing his mechanical engineering from MIT, Manipal. He moved on in 1998 and played a key role in setting up commercial internet datacenter ventures in India with Global Telesystems and Enron. His last assignment was with Infosys where he headed business development and led key client engagements for Infosys in the European & US markets for IT outsourcing business and was based in London and New York for the last 5 years. He is now based in Bangalore and he likes reading about technology and economics and also plays advisory role in few IT start-ups. Ajay Upadhyay - Director Ajay Upadhyay is the President, Corporate Affairs at Percept Holdings. With an MBA in marketing, Ajay began his career as a Marketing Executive in 1986 with Eureka Forbes in Kolkata. He has since worked in varied industries in fields like Engineering, Consumer Banking, Pharmaceuticals and Advertising. After 7 years of exposure to consumer marketing and direct sales in companies like Atherton Engineering Company, Maheshwari, Mantri & Company (CA Firm), Citibank NA, Pie Medical (A JV with Pie Medical BV, Netherlands), he joined Percept Advertising in the Client Servicing division. In the next 9 years he grew in the agency to the rank of Sr. Account Director and was selected to join the Group Corporate Office as Vice President - Strategic Planning and MIS in 2001. Today, Ajay Upadhyay is responsible for the Corporate Strategic Planning for Percept Holdings, by building competencies in new growth areas through start-ups or mergers and acquisitions. He also focuses on building and maintaining strategic partners and key client relationships. |