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  • Gaurav Sabharwal to be incharge of India and South Asia

    Kantar Public appoints new CEO

    By Our Staff

    Gaurav Sabharwal
    Gaurav Sabharwal

    Kantar Public has announced the appointment of Gaurav Sabharwal as CEO of India and South Asia, based in New Delhi.

    Said Global CEO of Kantar Public, Dr Michelle Harrison: “Our team in India and South Asia are proven partners with government in providing the tools for impactful, evidence-based public policy. I am confident that Gaurav’s appointment will enable us to accelerate and expand our provision of innovation and analytics in evidence with expert, advisory services for your clients.”

    Added Sabharwal: “I am excited to take on this role, working to deliver the next steps in India’s powerful and impactful development journey. I look forward to operating in the environment of converging advisory expertise with data capabilities that Kantar Public provides. The organization is one of the oldest evidence providers in India and I am pleased to lead the expert team in India and South Asia to continue to bring evidence-based public policy services to our clients.”

     

     

  • The development practice brings together robust social science approaches and commercial private sector research models where appropriate

    Kantar Public announces leadership of its Development Practice

    By A Correspondent

     

    Soon after the launch of Kantar Public, the new operating brand which unites Kantar’s global expertise in governmental and the public sector, Kantar Public has announced Melissa Baker, CEO Kantar Public – Africa and Middle East, and Surya AV, CEO Kantar Public – India and South Asia, as co-chairs of its newly launched Development Practice.

     

    Kantar Public’s Development Practice works across multiple areas of public policy, from maternal and child health, reproductive health, disease eradication, sanitation, agriculture and education. It brings together the best of the global experience and locally tailored approaches to assess the appropriateness, effectiveness, sustainability and impact of social programmes in Africa and South Asia.

     

    In addition, the practice’s Communications for Development (C4D) expertise encompasses a range of methods that include formative research to inform interventions; operational research to assess impact and cost effectiveness; baseline research and KPI setting; partner and community mapping; pre-testing and piloting campaigns, efficiency and effectiveness modelling; and media monitoring.

     

    The development practice brings together robust social science approaches and commercial private sector research models where appropriate. Kantar has a strong history of investing in innovative and efficient methods and cost-effective ways of establishing attribution in resource-poor projects.   The practice draws on our strong global investments in technology enabled research to incorporate mobile and other digital methods within the portfolio.

     

    Commenting on the launch, Melissa Baker said, “We are excited by the opportunity this initiative provides us with to continue to invest in high quality research and evaluation experts based in Sub-Saharan Africa, India and other South Asian countries that will deliver deep insights and information to our clients”.

     

    Commenting on the launch, AV Surya said, “The Development Practice helps us bring together our best learnings across countries.  We are delighted to give our clients access to the global pool of knowledge and talent which we are sure will provide best in class service to their data and information needs, as well as create new opportunities for our people to work internationally”.