Dr Harish Kr Purohit
Sr. Manager Research

Dr Harish Kumar Purohit has more than ten years of industry exposure, and about five years in academics. He obtained his doctorate from Yashwantrao Chavan University, Nashik, on “Evaluation of the Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) degree course of the University of Mumbai.” He has a post graduate master’s degree in management from the University of Mumbai and has a bachelor’s degree in science from Mumbai University as well. He has taken sessions at institutions like NMIMS, Sasmira, Poddar College, K.J. Somaiya, and Usha Pravin Gandhi College of Management, and has been invited as guest speaker at various seminars and workshops in advertising, branding, marketing, sales training, and supply chain management.

In the industry he has worked in various capacities and departments as varied as production, sales, MIS, logistics, and marketing. With Brown Kraft Industries Limited, which specializes in packaging, he has initiated the development of eco-friendly, bio-degradable water-resistant packaging solutions that fetched Brown Kraft ‘Indiastar’ award and its client L&T the prestigious ‘Asiastar’ award. He has successfully managed packaging solutions to the varied needs of multinational clients, such as Reliance, Slivassa Industries, Telco, M&M, Bayer, Telco, Hoechst, Aventis, Raychem, Blue Star, and ITC.

Before joining MCX, he was with Narsee Monjee College of Commerce and Economics where as course coordinator and head of department of BMS he ensured quality education. He has been a part of the NM team that successfully conducted workshops, seminars, and personal interactions of students with industry icons like Ratan Tata, Keshub Mahindra, Dr Anji Reddy, Sajjan Jindal, and Dr Verghese Kurian, as well as branding guru Jagdeep Kapoor.