Professor Chaudhuri is the Dean, Centre for Economic Research & Advanced Studies at IIPM (The Indian Institute of Planning & Management, New Delhi). IIPM is ranked No.1 in India in global exposure and is ranked specifically high in the industry interface category of B-school rankings in India.
In the year 1996 Professor Chaudhuri founded Planman Consulting. Planman Consulting today has more than 750 self motivated MBAs contributing to its ever increasing growth making it one of the fastest growing Management Consulting Firms in Asia and the largest Indian multinational management consulting firm. With branches in Asia, Europe and America, it provides consulting solutions to leading Indian and Global firms.
In 2001 he launched Planman Motion Pictures : A fully dedicated production and communications venture.
In the year 2002 Prof. Chaudhuri started The Great Indian Dream Foundation in memory of his brother Aurobindo Chaudhuri. With focus on education, health and employment, today, GIDF supports developmental activities in 18,000 villages across various states in India wherein it runs primary schools, medical camps and medical vans, supports low cost open heart surgeries, does developmental and employment generation work through varied activities like donating sewing machines to building of check water dams, toilets, schools etc.
In the year 2004 Prof. Chaudhuri diversified into IT enabled services through Planman Technologies which now has over 1000 people working in Delhi, serving more than 20 international clients.
In 2005 June Prof. Chaudhuri started Planman’s media arm through two best selling magazines : Business & Economy and 4Ps Business & Marketing. In 2006 he launched The Sunday Indian, a news weekly. Today The Sunday Indian comes out in 14 languages - making it the world's largest edition news weekly.
His book 'Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch' fetched him the highest ever advance for a non-fiction work in India and created a new benchmark in India by selling more than 1,00,000 copies in record time! It has been in all national best seller lists from the first week of inception, till date. He broke his own record for the highest advance with his last book "The Great Indian Dream", published by Macmillan India which he co wrote with his mentor, guru and father Dr. Malay Chaudhuri. It also went on to become a #1 best seller.
Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri has also been conducting workshops, seminars and lecture tours on Comparative Management Techniques worldwide. His talks have always had a spell binding effect internationally. As a management consultant he specializes in the areas of Strategic Vision, Leadership, Social Sector Consulting, Comparative Management Techniques and Global Opportunities & Threat Analysis. His contribution to the field of management studies can be found in the iconoclastic "Theory 'i' Management" which he has developed for India Inc. "Theory 'i' Management" is about India centric management ideas with global applicability. For the last few years he has been conducting workshops on Leadership and Strategic Vision exclusively for CEOs, MDs, Directors and Presidents from the corporate sector.
Planman Consulting is India”s largest multi interest consulting and business services corporation engaging a variety of organizations, institutions and enterprises in diverse industry and government verticals. It was established by Professor Arindam Chaudhuri in 1996. Planman Consulting”s core competency remains its people. The teams that make up Planman”s projects work forces worldwide comprise of individuals who have developed competencies in specific industries. Planman”s Consulting services are utilized by a number of the Fortune 500 organizations. There are various sister concerns of Planman Consulting, namely:
Planman Media(publishing house)
ICMR(market research company)
Planman Marcom(Advertising and PR company)
Planman Motion Pictures(Film production house)
Planman Technologies(An IT firm)
Planman Stars( An Event Management Company)
Another unique feature associated with the Planman Consulting is the EDPs(Executive Development Programs). EDPs are also regularly conducted through Planman Consulting for India Inc. by IIPM professors along with some of the best known professors from the top B-Schools in the recent past.
PLANMAN MEDIA
Planman Media is the media and publishing wing of Planman, and is the fastest growing media house in India. It publishes 2 business magazines(4Ps Business and Marketing and Business and Economy), a current affairs magazine (The Sunday Indian) in 14 Indian languages and India”s only HR magazine, The Human Factor, apart from publishing various journals in association with IIPM Think Tank and a web newspaper(The Daily Indian). It also produces a weekly Television Program- The Sunday Indian show in a leading regional television channel.
Planman Media was launched by noted economist and management guru Professor Arindam Chaudhuri in the year 2000. Mr. Deepak Kaistha is the CEO of Planman Media.
Awards and Events: Planman hosts a plethora of events. It hosts some of the most prestigious events in the country, recognising the best from the fields of business, advertising, politics etc. Planman acknowledges leaders from the diverse fields.
Past Events: 4Ps Power Brand Awards 2008 featuring 100 most valuable brands awards and top 30 Automobile Awards.
4Ps Business,Marketing and Advertising Awards 2009
B&E Royal Polo Day 2008.
