Ashutosh Singh
Founder Director & CEO
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Ashutosh Singh
Founder Director & CEO
Ashutosh is one of the entrepreneurs, who loves to take risk, take the problems as the opportunities, and create value to society. He has over 15 years of professional experience including 12 years as an entrepreneur in market research industry. During his tenure in this industry, he has handled many multi-country studies across B-2-B, consumer, Automotive, IT, Healthcare (Patient Care specially). He has conducted projects single-handedly in more than 70 countries globally. Ashutosh is the key member to set up the offshore delivery model at Seminal Research. Along with his team, he has created a pool of 9500+ independent researchers in 75+ countries, who are working with Seminal Research from past 8 – 10 years as research consultants for any project wherein face-to-face interaction is required. A graduate from prestigious Delhi University, Ashutosh has also learned Portuguese and Spanish from JNU and Delhi University. He is a traveler by heart and enjoys regional cuisines.
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Atul Bansal
Founder Director and Managing Partner
Atul Bansal
Founder Director and Managing Partner
Atul has over 10 years of experience in primary market research and ITeS domains. His language translation and localization skills provide us an added advantage while handling multi-country research projects. Prior to joining Seminal Research, he has worked with Exevo (Moody’s Corporation) and Toluna, which are the full – service market research companies. He managed market research projects from their conceptualization to execution including client engagements. He has served a wide range of domestic as well as foreign clients with highest levels of client satisfaction for the research projects. He is a graduate from Delhi University and got his management education (MBA) from Symbiosis, Pune. He is passionate towards adventure sports. Atul is recognized for connecting with people very easily. In spare time Atul likes to travel, to do various sports activities and have special inclination towards cycling.
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Leadership Team
Sankalp Shrie
Regional Head – Business Development
Sankalp Shrie
Regional Head – Business Development
Sankalp has over 2 decades of professional and managerial experience in business and consumer research, competitive benchmarking, growth strategy, business planning for Govt., medium-large companies and family-owned businesses, industry associations and start-ups globally. He has worked across a wide range of industry verticals like IT & Telecom, Energy, General Engineering, Automotive, Hospitality, Tourism, Education, Consumer Electronics, Aviation, Real Estate etc. Sankalp has previously worked at Intage, Kantar, IDC, Frost & Sullivan and Nielsen. A keen learner, he continues to learn by collaborating with experts and leverage the learnings to the advantage of all. Sankalp has completed his graduation in BE (Electronics) and post graduation in MMS (Marketing). In his spare time, he loves to explore new places, read books, experiment with food. Weekends are a busy time with cycling, spending time with family and watching old classics.
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Suman Dutta
Director – Research | Insights
Suman Dutta
Director – Research | Insights
Suman has over 20 years of professional, managerial and executional experience in consumer market research, marketing strategy, insights and analytics, social/rural and business research domain. He has worked in various market research and consulting projects (both tracking and customized projects in ‘qualitative’ and ‘quantitative’ research domains) across industry verticals like Automobile, Consumer Electronics, FMCG, IT, ITeS & Telecom, Healthcare & Pharma, Retail, Banking & Financial Services, Govt. and PSUs, Hospitality, Travel & Transport, Agriculture & Rural Development, Energy & Utilities etc. Prior to joining Seminal Research Services, Suman has worked with leading companies like Intage, Kantar, Ipsos, IDC, Market Probe etc. Suman is a post-graduate in science (M. Sc) and started his career in scientific research in Indian Council of Agricultural Research [ICAR]. He loves to travel and keen on learning languages. He is a food enthusiast too.
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Izajul Haque
Sr. Manager – Operations | Project Management
Izajul Haque
Sr. Manager – Operations | Project Management
Izajul has over 12 years of professional and managerial experience in Market Research, Translation and Localization, Digital marketing and IT start-ups. He has worked in various market research and consulting projects (both ‘qualitative’ and ‘quantitative’ research domains) across various industry verticals. He has worked on various type of NLP based multi-lingual AI-Data collection projects, executing it in various countries. Prior to joining Seminal Research, Izajul has worked with Lingual Consultancy (a sister concern of Seminal Research) and had two IT start-ups – Muniwar Technologies and Avyud Academy, during early professional days. Izajul is a post-graduate in Computer Applications (MCA). He loves learning about new technologies relevant to professional domain. He also loves reading books in leisure time.
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Ruchi Anand
Associate Director – Human Resource Management
Ruchi Anand
Associate Director – Human Resource Management
Ruchi Anand is a dynamic professional with 11 years of experience in the field of Human Resources. She is currently the Associate Director, HR at Seminal Research Services. Having past experiences in staffing and education industry, Ruchi joined Seminal Research in 2016 as an Assistant Manager, HR. Ruchi possess experience in several aspects of HR including employee benefits, compensation, employee relations, trainings, compliances & legal labor laws, employee engagement, policy formulation. A strong believer in the power of positive thinking and equal respect to all, she has been effectively balancing the strategic planning and hands-on execution to achieve professional goals. Ruchi holds an MBA degree in HR and a N3 level certification in Japanese language proficiency test (JLPT). She is a regular yoga practitioner, and she loves to take adventurous road trips to the new places, meet new people and try their local delicacies.
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Research, Client Servicing & Business Development Team
Sukanaya Singh
Manager – Research | Business Development
Sukanaya Singh
Manager – Research | Business Development
Sukanaya has more than 5 years of rich professional work experience across end-to-end market research project execution right from client communication and servicing, team handling, vendor and stakeholder management and preparing research reports at Seminal Research. She has worked on international market research projects in Europe, Asia and UAE on primary data collection for market research projects on voice data collection, mystery shopping, face-to-face, CATI and CAWI, with over 50+ B2B/B2C market research engagements mainly across APAC and regions of Europe across a diverse set of industry verticals. Sukanaya comes from the footwear industry and previously worked with Zomato and Impactiva at the start of her career. She has completed postgraduation in business administration from Vancouver Island University, British Columbia, Canada. She is a beginner in yoga and likes to read about nutrition and health outside of work.
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Anugoonj Bhandari
Manager – Business Development & Lead Generation
Anugoonj Bhandari
Manager – Business Development & Lead Generation
Anugoonj has more than 12 years of experience in Market Research, starting his career as an analyst wherein he gathered meaningful insights from the respondents globally. He has engaged with clients across industry verticals like IT, Telecom, BFSI, CPG, Automotive, Hospitality etc. With his convincing skills, he chose to enter Business Development function and believes in maintaining and nurturing mutually beneficial long term business relations.
Anugoonj is always curious to speak and understand the needs of clients, ensuring that they get the results beyond their expectations and more importantly within the timelines committed.
Prior to joining Seminal, Anugoonj has worked across leading companies like Netscribes, LiquidHub Analytics (erstwhile Annik Technologies) and Azure Knowledge Corporation.
Anugoonj has completed his Bachelor of Commerce from Delhi University. He likes cycling, travelling and cooking all kinds of food but most of all he loves to spend time with his little daughter.
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Sonia Narang
Executive – Research | Client Servicing
Sonia NarangExecutive – Research | Client Servicing
Sonia has recently started her corporate journey. She is focused to acquire holistic business knowledge and expand her proficiency and ingenuity in Market Research. She has completed her certifications in Digital Marketing, Data Science Analytics & AI for Business & the Real World from Oxford Learning Labs. She has worked on various Research papers during her post graduation post which she was intrigued to begin her career as Market Researcher. Prior to joining Seminal Research Services, Sonia has worked with Treebo Hotels. She completed her marketing and sales internship with Swedium Global Services, World Phone Pvt. Ltd. and AIM India Pvt. Ltd. Sonia is a post-graduate in Marketing and Operations (MBA). She loves to explore & keen on learning variety of creative skills. She is passionate about fashion and managing a women clothing brand as well.
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Aashi Sharma
Executive – Research | Business Development
Aashi Sharma
Executive – Research | Business Development
Aashi is an ambitious individual with a knack for market research and analysis. She is a promising individual with a vision to achieve milestones with her work. She has certifications in diverse domains – Lean Six Sigma Foundation, Business Management, United Nations Climate Change Conference, Securities and Exchange board of India. She has done Basic Level 1 German Certification Course from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Prior to joining Seminal Research, Aashi Sharma has worked as an intern with the leading companies like OYO, Milk-basket , Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India, Escorts Agri-Machinery , Groc-Now and Shikoku Technology. Aashi is a post-graduate in commerce M. Com). She loves learning latest technology relevant to her professional background and loves to involve herself in leisurely activities in her spare time like painting and cooking.
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Abesh Dasgupta
Executive – Research | Business Development
Abesh Dasgupta
Executive – Research | Business Development
Abesh Dasgupta is an enthusiastic individual with extensive experience in developmental research work. He posses a deep absorption in the field with keen interest to serve the underprivileged society in India. He worked before as a Research Associate for over 3 years at Little Umbrella Foundation and have earned substantial knowledge on different methodologies of Research. He has also worked as an intern at Refugee Human Rights Initiative and have worked with frontiers with water for their 2023 World Water Day’s E-book publication. Abesh is a graduate (BA, LLB) from University of Calcutta and has a postgraduate degree from Baba Saheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University in law as well. His passion is towards books. He has a habit of going deep into any subject matter to explore the detailed understanding regarding what is true and what is not. He loves to explore the cultures in India and is a trained Odissi dancer too.
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Project Management & Operations Team
Sachin Singh
Asst. Manager – Operations | Project Management
Sachin Singh
Asst. Manager – Operations | Project Management
Sachin has over 5 years of professional and managerial experience in consumer market research, NLP based data collection projects and quality control.
He has worked on various market research projects, majorly ‘quantitative’ research domain across industry verticals like Consumer, IT, Automobile, Healthcare, Retail, Banking and Financial Services, etc. Sachin specializes in executing NLP based data collection projects for voice recognition systems. Sachin holds a post graduation degree in Marketing (MBA). He is passionate about decluttering his life and simplifying it to the most essential and valuable elements.
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Abhishek Singh
Asst. Manager – Operations | Project Management
Abhishek Singh
Asst. Manager – Operations | Project Management
Abhishek has gained over 12 years of professional and managerial experience in market research projects, tops with NLP based AI data collection projects and quality control. He has worked on various market research and consulting projects (both ‘qualitative’ and ‘quantitative’ research domains) across various industry verticals that includes Healthcare, Automobile, Information Technology, Retail, Banking, Automobile etc. He has an in-hand experience of executing multiple types of NLP based multi-lingual AI-Data collection project. Abhishek is a graduate in science (B.Sc.) and likes to explore the oceans of Ancient Indian Spiritual World.
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Jasveen Kumar
Sr. Executive – Operations | Project Management
Jasveen Kumar
Sr. Executive – Operations | Project Management
Jasveen has over 3.5 years of expertise in consumer market research, data collection, data processing and quality control. Offering exceptional project organizational skills in the areas of strategy, capacity planning, and scheduling.
He has worked on numerous market research projects in industries such as Construction, Power and Transmission, Automobiles, Healthcare, Banking and Financial services, and so on. Prior to joining Seminal Research Services, he has worked with Paisabazaar.com and P.E. Analytics. Jasveen has done graduation in commerce (B. Com) from Lucknow University and an MBA from WBTU. He believes to be driven by challenges and consistent learning opportunities that will provide him with a good learning curve.
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Naresh Mawana
Project Executive
Naresh Mawana
Project Executive
Naresh is a skilled professional 3 years experience in AI data collection (speech, handwriting , etc.) and annotation.
He is passionate about taking on challenges and continuous learning in the dynamic field of AI. His expertise includes working on diverse AI data collection projects with various AI tools and applications.
Naresh holds a Bachelor’s degree from Delhi University. He loves traveling, watching movies and listening to music.
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Human Resource Management Team
Neha Bhargava
Asst. Manager – Human Resource Management
Neha Bhargava
Asst. Manager – Human Resource Management
With over 8 years of experience and expertise in HR generalist and operations role, Neha is working as Assistant Manager – HR with Seminal Research since October 2021. Having worked in healthcare, fashion, manufacturing and localization industries, she is particularly experienced in the areas of payroll, recruitment and selection, employee relations and other administrative functions of HR. She is also involved in employee engagement, maintaining and developing the company culture. Neha earned her bachelor’s degree from Jesus and Mary College, Delhi University. She also possesses knowledge related to company laws, business – environment and management and ethics. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with family and friends. Capturing the beauty of nature and listening to music to calm her senses are also some of her interests.
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