Partha Ghosh

Partha Ghosh is a renowned Management Consultant and Policy Advisor with an extensive record of solving strategic, operational and complex organizational issues in technology based industries. He has a proven track record across various cultures both at macro and micro economic levels gained through extensive consulting engagements in the Americas, Asia, Australia, and Europe. As an inspiring public speaker and a compelling writer, Partha has delivered more than hundred key note addresses in significant leadership forums organized by prestigious universities, industry associations, and joint business council in several nations, on a range of issues related to Strategic/Change management, future technologies, global economy and socio economic advance.

In 1989 Mr. Ghosh founded Partha S. Ghosh & Associates, a consulting firm that enables corporate and government leaders conceptualize, develop and implement new business and economic paradigms in anticipation of emerging possibilities and inspire/lead multiple client teams to implement demanding change programs. A trusted problem-solver and strategic advisor to political and corporate leaders, he led major strategic initiatives on behalf of nations and multinationals to drive thinking and decisions of high profile leaders. He also helped launch several entrepreneurial ventures in the Internet and packaged software industries in Japan, and founded a non-profit organization, The Boston Pledge, to serve grass root people in underprivileged areas of the world on health, education and entrepreneurship development.

Prior to founding his consulting firm, Mr.Ghosh had a distinguished career at McKinsey & Company. As an associate at McKinsey from 1977-1983, Ghosh served the CEOs & Boards of Fortune 100 Corporations in Europe, Japan and the Americas in the automobile, chemical, electrical, & instruments industries. He earned a global reputation for quick diagnosis of strategic and organizational problems, formulation of practical solutions and effective assistance to senior management to act on recommendations in a compelling fashion across nations and cultures. From 1983-1989 he was a Principal/Partner in McKinseys Tokyo office, where he defined and resolved strategic & organizational issues with top management of large corporations in Japan, South East Asia and the U.S.

Mr. Ghosh holds a BS in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, a MS in chemical engineering from MIT, and an MBA from the Alfred P. Sloan School of Management at MIT.

Recent Keynote/Invited Speeches at major forums Worldwide (1996-present)

• Covers a wide range of issues from Technology to Theology, from Ethics to Engineering, Macro to Micro Economy, Nation Building to Global Integration.
• "Building an Innovative Society: Towards an Enterprising India" Chemtech Global summit on Innovation at Mumbai, India, February 2005
• "Leveraging Biotech to Position India on the Global stage"; Biotech summit meeting organized by Chemtech, at Mumbai, India, February 2005
• "The Emerging Global Economic Environment: Strategic Implications for the US-India relationship" Indo-American Chambers of Commerce Annual Conference, Ahmedabad, India February 2005
• "Marketing West Bengal: Strategic dos and donts" Bengal National Chambers of Commerce, Kolkata India February 2005
• "Rethinking the Role of the Board in the emerging Environment" at Bombay Chambers of Commerce, Mumbai, India February 2005
• "Coming to Grips with Data Exclusivity and Intellectual Property management in the Pharmaceutical industry" Ankara, Turkey February 2004
• `Capitalism in Transition: Riding the Tide of Next stage Industries?" at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA November 2003
• "Realizing Your Full Potential" Harvard University CyberSyposium, Cambridge, USA February 2003
• "New strategic Imperative of Knowledge Economy" World Knowledge Forum, Seoul, South Korea, October 2002
• "Instilling Next generation Strategic processes for Competitive management of Knowledge" World Knowledge Forum, Seoul, South Korea, October 2002
• "Committing to Rebuild Trust as a true Servant of a Fractured Civilization: Towards a more Enlightened Leadership" Harvard University Student Agency Leadership Program, Cambridge, USA September 2002
• "Putting Deregulation in Perspective" at Global Conference organized by John F Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Business School; Cambridge, USA February 1999
• "Impact of Digitization on the Global economy" IBM and marchFIRST conference in London UK, September 1998
• "Repositioning New England Companies on The Global Stage", MIT Alumni Conference, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA January 1997
• "Instilling Strategic Management in the Board Rooms of the 21st century" organized by Young President's Organization (YPO) Annual Conference, Delhi, India, August 1996

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