Leadership Team
Executive Team
— meet the team
Venkat Rao D
Designation: Associate Director Operations & Strategy
Venkat Rao D
Associate Director Operations & Strategy
About:
Venkat leads the healthcare division and manages RFP’s, account management, and vendor management. He has taken initiative to develop global healthcare panels for Robas.
From setting up processes to developing strategies and executing action plans, he has it all. With proven operations experience he has met or exceeded the set targets.
He brings 11 years of experience in Market research healthcare operations. With a work experience of over 17 years, in the working area of ITes, USA Mortgage, lead generation and pre-sales.
He likes sports, exploring places, food, and animal lover.
Arup Kumar Das
Designation: Vice President
Arup Kumar Das
Vice President
About:
With over 30 years of experience, in research and consumer insights varied experience in Business Developments, Client Servicing and Relationship Management.
Varied experience in Business Development for strategic research, product innovation & development, stakeholder management, market & competitive intelligence, brand communication and health management, business analysis, business planning, forecasting and need gap assessments.
A project planner with expertise in planning, executing and spearheading various research projects for reputed clients in compliance to demanding expectations and quality standards and focused on actionable growth-oriented insights.
An effective communicator with excellent relationship management skills and strong analytical, problem solving & organizational abilities.
Understanding client needs and ensuring timely action and communication both with clients and within his team.
As operational responsibility he takes up lead role in client management, seamless communication flow in between project activities.
Saptarshi Mukherjee
Designation: Client Success & Research Service
SAPTARSHI MUKHERJEE
Head – Client Success & Research Service
About:
Saptarshi (Sap), a growth-driven Client-centric professional offering sound experience of 21 Years; combining market knowledge and analytical mind-set with team-leading skills to contribute to organizational growth. Expert at ensuring client satisfaction by achieving delivery & service quality norms by providing optimum research solutions. Adept at building and nurturing healthy business relations and handling the research project management & operations of a wide range of services.
He is with strong analytical mind-set; sound decision-making skills; lateral thinker; self-learner. He is a meticulous by trait, with a keen eye always searching for details. His profound & vivid understanding of research data places him in a unique spot of client servicing person who could dabble relationships and data insights to delight the customers.
His cross-functional professional journey spanning over multi-cultural and varied industries – IT/ITEs , Telecom, Finance and more importantly a 14 Years hard-core expertise in Market Research. He works for Hansa Research (a RK Swamy BBDO Group Company), Taylor, Nelson & Sofres Co. Pvt Ltd (TNS India, a WPP Group Company), Cimigo India Pvt. Ltd, Divergent Insights and Schlesinger Group – India Operation (Cubevo Insights).
He was instrumental in terms of CRM & Research Project Management domains of Media Habit Study (IRS-Upmarket), Automotive Researches, Telecom & Telecom Accessory Researches, Consumer Research, Opinion Polls, IT/ITEs – Product & Service Research, & FMCG Research for his International & Domestic clients. He is with sound and in-depth understanding & skill-set of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies as a passionate & avid professional for both of the verticals. Along with this, as a successful MR-professional, he is with a fair expertise in Supply-Chain-Management & Development, Pre-Sales, & Bidding Operations, too.
Experience of leading the End-to-End research project life-cycle management, given him the opportunity to re-engineering processes through software driven utilities towards setting-up the organizational operational structure from inception to implementations for ensuring quality output to his clients. This is a contribution as to influence the perception management and stabilization of processes to ensure Client’s need – made a bond with Client to receive re-current research opportunities.
He is designated as “Head of Client Success & Research Service”, most specifically focused to cater our clients by consulting & assisting in “End to End full-scope research solutions from Inception to Research Outcome “.
Govindaiah MT
Designation: Manager – Client Services
Govindaiah MT
Manager – Client Services
About:
Govindaiah M. T. is in charge of managing worldwide projects, providing client service, and developing new business relationships with current clients both domestically and internationally.
Govind began his career in market research in 2006 and has more than 16 years of expertise. He had held positions at Market Xcel, Intage, and IQVIA before joining Robas Research.
He has experience managing key accounts and working in a variety of industries, including healthcare, FMCG, product testing, and BFSI. He also has substantial exposure to tracking studies and panel management.
Govind graduated from Bangalore University with a bachelor’s in economics.
Priya Vasudev
Designation: Head of Client Services
Priya Vasudev
Head of Client Services
About:
Priya Vasudev is customer centric B2B and B2C Market Research specialist with almost one and a half decade of experience in healthcare, consumer and e-commerce domains. Passionate in market research, over the last decade she has raised herself from an exceptional programmer to leading a sizeable team of 30+ programmers while also successfully managing high revenue end to end projects for key client accounts. She has result oriented leadership skills and is process oriented for each customer as per the requirements with attention to details. Has expertise in programming surveys ranging from simple to high complexities, CATI to CAWI across all domains. Has proficiency in data collection covering all over the globe in Quantitative projects.
She is an art enthusiastic and wants to explore traditional art forms of India.
Murugan.NJ
Designation: Senior Technical Manager – Survey Programming
Murugan.NJ
Senior Technical Manager – Survey Programming
About:
Murugan has 8 years of experience in market research, with the total of 11 years of work experience.
He is expert in programming difficult and interactive surveys. Designing templates and preparing customized question types are his other skills.
He is technically sound and best in providing solution for the problem arising around the team.
He is someone this market research domain has never seen before. He will become a big celebrity within a decade.
Vinaya Karkera
Designation: Manager – panel
Vinaya Karkera
Manager – panel
About:
With a distinguished career spanning over 15 years, coupled with a comprehensive multidisciplinary background, she stands as a seasoned Performance Marketing Expert.
Demonstrating an acute understanding of client requirements, she is adept at ensuring timely and effective actions.
Her forte lies in excelling at customer relations, and she boasts a track record of achieving remarkable results through the implementation of high-impact performance marketing strategies.
Proficient in leveraging a diverse array of tools and platforms, she possesses an innate ability to meticulously track and measure performance metrics. Her keen eye for detail sets her apart, ensuring a thorough and comprehensive approach to optimizing marketing efforts.
Beyond her professional achievements, she is an avid Yoga enthusiast, demonstrating a commitment to holistic well-being. Furthermore, her passion for exploration, particularly in discovering new places and savouring diverse cuisines, reflecting a well-rounded and adventurous personality.
