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C GOPALAKRISHNAN Consultant, Supermarket Retail Solutions
C Gopalakrishna is a refrigeration engineer by profession and graduated from Oklahoma State University. In the 1990s, he started the franchising concept under the Nilgiri's brand as part of an expansion programme.








CK VENKATRAMAN Chief Operating Officer, TANISHQ A B.Sc in Mathematics and Post-graduate Diploma holder in Management, CK Venkatraman worked in MAA Bozell and Mudra Communications for five years. He joined Titan Industries in 1990, and was heading the Advertising function. By 1994 he was marketing head in the company. Venkatraman took over as business head of the Titan Brand in 2003 and was looking after sales, marketing and retailing. In January 2005 he was appointed chief operating officer for the brand Tanishq.


CHETAN DESAI Director - Retail, Raymond Ltd
Chetan Desai heads the retail chain of Raymond, which has over 30 stores located across India. He has over 28 years of general management experience in India and abroad, with 10 years' working stint at Kenya.
CHETAN SHAH, Country Head, Pepe Jeans
Chetan Shah is country head, Pepe Jeans (India) Ltd, since 1991. He took over the reins of the Indian operations at the age of 29, to become the youngest Pepe employee to head overseas business. Chetan started his career with a two-year tenure in a consultancy firm in the United States, working closely with Wall Street. In 1989, he joined International Business Division of Pepe Jeans at their global headquarters in London.
CHITRANJAN DAR Chief Executive Officer, ITC (LRBD)
After qualifying as a mechanical engineer with a management degree, Chitranjan Dar joined ITC Ltd in its printing and packaging division in Chennai in the year 1981. Within this division he moved across locations and functions, and was at various times handling assignments in sales and marketing, manufacturing, projects and chain management. In 1998 he moved to Bhadrachalam Paperboards Ltd as head of sales and marketing. In 1999 he was inducted into DCM Shriram to set up 250 agri retail outlets in India . In December 2002, Chitranjan Dar was made chief executive of the Lifestyle Retailing Business Division of ITC Ltd.