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Manish Ganvir

@manishganvir

Growth analytics and strategy leader at Divergent Insights, managing 300+ strategic opportunities annually across customer insights and commercial strategy.

India
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At Divergent Insights, I lead customer insights, audience intelligence, analytics, and commercial strategy programmes across sectors including Healthcare, Pharma, FMCG/CPG, Retail, BFSI, Media, and Technology. I develop analytical frameworks and dashboards that help leadership teams track growth drivers and performance gaps.

As a freelance strategy, GTM, and execution consultant, I delivered 50+ engagements and applied AI-enabled commercial intelligence to reduce planning effort by approximately 40%. My customer engagement and retail optimization strategies contributed to 15–20% sales impact, while CX and Voice-of-Customer programmes contributed to a 20% NPS improvement.

At Market Xcel, I led Analytics, Growth & Transformation with P&L responsibility and delivered 240% revenue growth through account expansion, new client acquisition, and analytics- and consulting-led solutions. I also onboarded 20+ global clients and led teams of 100+ professionals.

At MRSS India, I scaled the consulting business by 200%+ and established qualitative research, customer experience, and analytics consulting practices that contributed approximately 50% of incremental growth. My work has spanned strategic management, market research, customer analytics, and commercial growth across multiple industries.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Research Director

TNS India

Directed strategic client delivery in market research.

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Project Strategy & Market Research

IIM Lucknow

Fellowship role focused on project strategy and market research.

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Marketing Manager

Roche Diagnostics

Managed marketing for medical devices and healthcare projects.

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Deputy Chief Manager

Times of India

Managed media and institutional client projects.

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Sensory Manager

IFF

Oversaw FMCG project testing and execution.

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Senior Manager

Ranbaxy

Led pharma market launches.

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Project Director

IMRB / ORG-MARG

Executed market and consumer research projects.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

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IIM Lucknow

PhD (Fellowship), Strategic Management

PhD (Fellowship) in Strategic Management from IIM Lucknow.

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IIM Lucknow

PGDM, Marketing & Operations

PGDM in Marketing & Operations from IIM Lucknow.

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IIT Bombay

B. Tech, Electrical Engineering

B. Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay.

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University of Pennsylvania

ESG Certification, ESG

ESG Certification from the University of Pennsylvania.

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

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