Prashant Pitti in conversation with Asish Mohapatra is the Co-Founder and Head of Sales at OfBusiness since August 2015.
Previously, Asish was a Senior Associate in Mumbai at Matrix Management Corporation from October 2010 to August 2015. At Matrix, Asish aimed to build on his healthcare and operations experience to help entrepreneurs build their business. Apart from work Asish
kept himself alive with a plethora of hobbies ranging from indulging in sporting records to maintaining collections to creative writing.
Asish started this journey as a Maintenance Manager, and subsequently an Operations Manager, in ITC after completing his B. Tech at IIT Kharagpur. As the Operations Manager Asish managed a team of a thousand people in the demanding plant environment. During this stint he led the turnaround of a factory that grew to ~5X its size in operations and manpower within a year. Asish's experience at ITC taught him that knowledge and an understanding of details is pivotal to being a great manager and leader of people.
Post his MBA at the Indian School of Business, Asish joined McKinsey & Company. While consulting is known to offer diversity across sectors, Asish chose to focus on the healthcare sector as he believed that the sector was in its nascence and was going to be a crucial element in India’s rapid global growth. Asish has spent bulk of his time at McKinsey in serving MNCs and domestic Indian companies in pharmaceuticals, medical equipments and pharma support services. Asish has also worked in the public sector with large bilateral donors and the Ministry of Health. Asish has built a diverse and deep expertise in healthcare at both the corporate and the grassroots levels.
Asish earned his MBA in Finance and Marketing from Indian School of Business, Hyderabad and a B. Tech degree in Mechanical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Popular Podcasts
Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang
Ding dong! Join your culture consultants, Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, on an unforgettable journey into the beating heart of CULTURE. Alongside sizzling special guests, they GET INTO the hottest pop-culture moments of the day and the formative cultural experiences that turned them into Culturistas. Produced by the Big Money Players Network and iHeartRadio.
Crime Junkie
Does hearing about a true crime case always leave you scouring the internet for the truth behind the story? Dive into your next mystery with Crime Junkie. Every Monday, join your host Ashley Flowers as she unravels all the details of infamous and underreported true crime cases with her best friend Brit Prawat. From cold cases to missing persons and heroes in our community who seek justice, Crime Junkie is your destination for theories and stories you won’t hear anywhere else. Whether you're a seasoned true crime enthusiast or new to the genre, you'll find yourself on the edge of your seat awaiting a new episode every Monday. If you can never get enough true crime... Congratulations, you’ve found your people. Follow to join a community of Crime Junkies! Crime Junkie is presented by Audiochuck Media Company.
The Brothers Ortiz
The Brothers Ortiz is the story of two brothers–both successful, but in very different ways. Gabe Ortiz becomes a third-highest ranking officer in all of Texas while his younger brother Larry climbs the ranks in Puro Tango Blast, a notorious Texas Prison gang. Gabe doesn’t know all the details of his brother’s nefarious dealings, and he’s made a point not to ask, to protect their relationship. But when Larry is murdered during a home invasion in a rented beach house, Gabe has no choice but to look into what happened that night. To solve Larry’s murder, Gabe, and the whole Ortiz family, must ask each other tough questions.