An all-out people person, Gaurav is best at sales pitches, training, ideation, and execution. Currently leading the Growth Alliances vertical at Eroute Technologies, Gaurav has over 20 years of experience in Business Development Alliances in companies like Bertlesmann Music Group, Contests2win, Media2win, Disney UTV, Omnicom Media Group, Near.Store and QUIKAF. Gaurav also had his own Solutions company, What’s Cooking Solutions for about 4 years where he partnered with various start-ups and packaged their products as solutions for his clients. In that stint, he worked on technologies like beacons, NFC, WiFi proximity marketing, sentiment analysis, employee advocacy, and various mobile solutions (both online and offline). Gaurav is a regular visiting faculty at MICA Ahmedabad, Jaipuria Institute of Management, ITM, and IIM Kozhikode for teaching and training. Gaurav is also a Cannes Lions Winner for the Missed Call Radio platform, Kan Khajura Tesan, a flagship advertising platform of HUL.