Meet Our Team
The Management
Sumang Purohit
Co-Founder & Director – Marketing
Sumang brings knowledge of strategic planning, marketing research & analysis, new product development, database, & web analytics. Read More
Santosh Karnuk
Co-Founder & Director – Operations
Santosh is highly skilled at managing operations, research, and database management. Read More
Nameeta Chaudhary
Head of Research & Analytics
Nameeta heads the Analytics and Research team at Ascentrik Read More
The Custodians
Shekhar Kedar
Business Manager – Operations
Shekhar has 11 years of experience in managing projects and mainly works to implement the right processes and practices across the organization. Read More
Riddhi Vaghera
Business Manager – Life Science Division
Riddhi brings around 11 years of experience in Hospital Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Production/Quality, and the Clinical Data research field. Read More
Hetal Mirani
Business Manager – HR
Hetal is a dynamic HR professional with extensive experience in designing, managing, and facilitating HR processes. Read More
Sumang Purohit
Co-Founder & Director – Marketing
Sumang brings knowledge of strategic planning, marketing research and analysis, new product development, database, and web analytics.
As the head of the Marketing & Sales functions for Ascentrik responsible for all Business-2-Business activities. Client Management, Generating ideas for prospective clients & ensuring a healthy marketing pipeline. Serving as a strategic marketing leader for the organization, building out a team that allowed the company to scale to meet growing market demand. Created a data-driven function that tracked, measured, and informed improvement with every opportunity. Uses leadership, creative thinking, process expertise, and genuine enthusiasm to achieve results. In a short span of time grew Ascentrik into a global brand and got Ascentrik associated with some leading companies across North America, Europe, The Middle East & Asia-Pacific.
He has more than 15 years of industry experience in the field of market research and analysis. Before Ascentrik, Sumang held leadership positions in the Sales and Marketing teams of various multinational companies. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. He also has a Master’s degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Project Management and Business Analytics from Liverpool John Moore’s University, United Kingdom.
Sumang is a Sports Enthusiast and also likes to explore new places and sets out with his backpack as and when he gets spare time from work.
Santosh Karnuk
Co-Founder & Director – Operations
Santosh is highly skilled at managing operations, research, and database management.
Santosh is responsible for the smooth functioning of operations and plays a pivotal role in improving performance, productivity, efficiency, and profitability through the implementation of effective methods and strategies.
He brings in more than 15 years of industry experience in the field of research and database management. Being a firm believer of “The 3 P’s of B2B Businesses” i.e. People, Processes, Platforms; he always works towards achieving these goals by Guiding and Nurturing his Team (People), Continual Improvement in Day-To-Day Operations (Processes), Introducing Automation Tools for Better Quality Output (Platforms).
Santosh graduated from Mumbai University and has a Master’s degree in Business Administration with a specialization in Operations from the Institute of Technology and Management (ITM), Mumbai.
Santosh is a nature-loving person and actively participates in initiatives taken toward the conservation and preservation of nature.
Nameeta Chaudhary
Head of Research & Analytics
Nameeta heads the Analytics and Research team at Ascentrik
She is an Expert in Research & Analytics and her understanding of the importance of real-time accurate data immensely helped Ascentrik in its accelerated growth. Experienced team leader, strategic thinker, and motivating team builder. Ability to interface with all levels of management to establish credible, results-oriented relationships. Uses leadership, creative thinking, process expertise, and genuine enthusiasm to achieve results. Well-respected among colleagues and Fortune clients. Driven by new challenges, creative thinking, and a belief in continual learning.
She brings in more than 10 years of industry experience working with global financial institutions. She has worked with BNY Mellon, and Deutsche Bank on financial services, capital market, and financial research. Nameeta focuses on providing Primary and Secondary Research services to large clients all over the world. Her deep knowledge in Financial Domain has assisted Ascentrik in creating a world-class service platform. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Technology and a Master’s degree in Finance.
Nameeta is really passionate about sports such as Cricket. She loves traveling and to explore new places around the world. Outside work she loves to hang out with friends.
Shekhar Kedar
Business Manager – Operations
Shekhar has 11 years of experience in managing projects and mainly works to implement the right processes and practices across the organization. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree with a specialization in Economics and History from Mumbai University, and a Master of Business Administration in Operations.
He is skilled in the areas of Team Management, Data Analysis, Secondary Research, Data Mining, Data Management, Project Management, Business Analysis, Vendor Management, and Customer Relationship Management.
He started his career in Ascentrik in 2011 and got the chance to work on different kinds of projects, which has enabled him to enhance his skills as well as helped him to grow in Ascentrik.
His role at Ascentrik involves regular interaction and communication with clients regarding project status, challenges and results achieved. He keeps track of all projects and monitors the CRM to make sure all projects are running smoothly and are delivered to the client on time. He is involved in discussing project strategy with the team and making a project plan accordingly, and planning for monthly targets.
He has spent the greater part of his career with Ascentrik and has grown considerably during these years. He started as a Quality Analyst and Team Leader for Project Management, making sure the team is functioning smoothly on the various projects assigned. Then he progressed to the role of Assistant Manager and is currently Manager of Operations.
Riddhi Vaghera
Business Manager – Life Science Division
Riddhi brings around 11 years of experience in Hospital Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Production/Quality, and the Clinical Data research field.
She completed her B. Pharmacy and started her career as Hospital Pharmacist and QA officer. After gaining 1.5 years of experience, she wanted to bring on more understanding and knowledge so she headed to get her Post-Grad from the University of Greenwich in Pharmaceutical Science.
She found herself very dedicated towards the community where she volunteered in a small Pharmacy and part-time to sustain her living In Customer based field jobs. This helped her groom herself a lot in talking with people, handling customer feedback, and escalation from clients.
Moving back to India, Pune, she restarted her career as an Editorial Associate in Springer Nature, and Research Officer in KEM Hospital. Here she was able to learn manuscript handling for multiple domains and lab skills. She was keen to understand more on research and grabbed the opportunity at Ascentrik Research for the pilot project it had received from a client.
Through her experience in various fields, she was able to create processes for operations & Interviews, SOPs, Quality metrics, and automation while stabilizing the team for future projects. Understanding people from various fields gave her a wide horizon on handling the team efficiently. She believes in a fast-moving strategy whenever required which implies changes in real-time, taking decisive and effective action in the competitive environment. In her tenure of the past 5 years at Ascentrik, she has successfully been able to grow the business.
She is a nature-loving person who enjoys gardening, DIY craft ideas, and exploring new places in her free time.
Hetal Mirani
Business Manager – HR
Hetal is a dynamic HR professional with extensive experience in designing, managing, and facilitating HR processes. As the head of the Human Resource function for Ascentrik, Hetal oversees the Global HR Operations, Compensation & Benefits, Employee Safety, and HR Compliance.
Being the HR subject matter expert her expertise is in both operational and strategic HR practices. Managing all aspects of human resources, she establishes and develops teams and infrastructure for Ascentrik to support rapid business growth. Passionate about the people that bring organizations to life, Hetal is known for taking a complex process and making it simple. She has streamlined various HR processes at Ascentrik over the years. She is dedicated to creating a robust corporate culture and motivates employees to bring their best to the job.
She has over 8 years of experience in all areas of HR including talent acquisition, performance management, learning & development, and HR Analytics. She has a Master’s degree in Business Administration with specialization in Human Resources.
Hetal is a bibliophile, she spends her spare time reading inspiring and motivational books. She also likes to travel and explore new places.
