Experience

Sino India Trade & Culture Promotion Council

• Hong Kong
• International Trade and Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Secretary General

  • May 2015 - Present

  Ajay promoted and publicised the Council and its initiatives in India including developing its personal outreach, developing an effective and sustainable media strategy, ensuring continuous and strategic media, developing public affairs relationship and networking across businesses and governmentAjay is also responsible for business development that includes researching and identification of Opportunities, Matchmaking and Handholding of Chinese Investors in India and Indian Business in China



CG Corp Global

• India
• Consumer Goods
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Global Head Public Relations

  • Jun 2022 - Dec 2022



Genie Global Limited

• Biotechnology Research

• Executive Director

  • Jun 2018 - May 2022

  Ajay is responsible for promoting international trade and cultural exchange between China and India through business development that includes researching and identification of Opportunities, Matchmaking and Handholding of Chinese Investors in India and Indian Business in China. Ajay also helps Chinese corporates develop their personal outreach, develop an effective and sustainable media strategy, ensuring continuous and strategic media, developing public affairs relationship and networking across businesses and government.



Herald Publications

• Newspaper Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Group Editor

  • May 2018 - Jul 2019

  Ajay is in charge of reengineering a complete turnaround of Herald Publications Multimedia Platforms including newspapers OHeraldo in English (the Region's largest selling daily), Dainik Herald (Marathi), Amcho Awaaz (Konkani), The Fortnight (Magazine), HCN (TV), Digital and Online Platforms amongst others. He is restructuring the organisation and laying out its policy of growth and innovation for the future. Ajay is in charge of reengineering a complete turnaround of Herald Publications Multimedia Platforms including newspapers OHeraldo in English (the Region's largest selling daily), Dainik Herald (Marathi), Amcho Awaaz (Konkani), The Fortnight (Magazine), HCN (TV), Digital and Online Platforms amongst others. He is restructuring the organisation and laying out its policy of growth and innovation for the future.



TRACCS

• Saudi Arabia
• Public Relations and Communications Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Editor at Large

  • Apr 2015 - Jun 2016

  Ajay has emerged as a key international communicator who has been independently researching, developing and writing B2B and B2C stories, interviews and speeches for key clients in the financial, hospitality, retail and healthcare sector in the Middle East as well as India. He has helped design and develop strategic public relations and corporate communications collateral such press releases, backgrounders, bios as well as reports.Ajay's recognition as a political / public affairs communicator has been proved as he helped change political perceptions for a national party as well as a regional party developing cutting edge media strategies for perception and reputation management across print, broadcast and online platforms.



The Goan on Saturday

• Editor

  • May 2012 - Jun 2015

  Ajay has steered the growth of the reputed print media newspaper by increasing reader basket and circulation. He has thoroughly planned and designed the writing style using appropriate headlines/ captions and illustrations for enhancing the general presentation of the newspaper. His efforts have yielded several outstanding results and the most beneficial being★Achieving the fastest growth in newspaper industry in the region - a hundred and thirty percent (130%) increase in circulation within a year.★Increasing growth in web traffic for any news or non-news website in the region - a three hundred percent (300%) rise in website traffic in six months



Nepal 1 TV

• Country Head / Executive Producer

  • Oct 2008 - Apr 2012

  Nepal 1 has been a great endeavor for Ajay where he has been successful in reversing the ill effects of union, employee strikes by negotiation directly and working out a purposeful solution. The effective was paramount as this resulted in saving NEPAL TV from closure and becoming history. Besides this Ajay has launched three region specific language programs aimed at different ethnic groups of specific parts of Nepal. He also partnered with Europe, US and Asia foreign television news networks for content sharing and twinning programs.



Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd. (Times Group)

• India
• Newspaper Publishing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Correspondent at large

  • Apr 2008 - Sep 2008

  Ajay was effective in researching, developing, producing, writing and reporting on a wide range of topics, news and current affairs. He had also coordinated the layout, production and proof reading of news pages on daily basis and perform other news-related duties as needed. Ajay was effective in researching, developing, producing, writing and reporting on a wide range of topics, news and current affairs. He had also coordinated the layout, production and proof reading of news pages on daily basis and perform other news-related duties as needed.



BBC News

• Australia
• Broadcast Media Production and Distribution

• Output Editor

  • Sep 2005 - Sep 2008

  Co-produced News hour program including preparation of rundown, news planning, interview planning and anchor scripting. He was also Member of News Production Team responsible for news pitching, tracking and content gathering on the Desk Co-produced News hour program including preparation of rundown, news planning, interview planning and anchor scripting. He was also Member of News Production Team responsible for news pitching, tracking and content gathering on the Desk



STV Goa News

• News Editor / Assignment Editor

  • Mar 2007 - Aug 2008

  Ajay has significantly contributed in building from ground up the region’s first ever satellite television newsgathering team by recruiting and hiring teams at STV Goa News. Here he has also conceptualized and Presented the region’s first ever Television Chat Show called Heart Talk with Ajay which was an in-the-face interview program. Ajay has significantly contributed in building from ground up the region’s first ever satellite television newsgathering team by recruiting and hiring teams at STV Goa News. Here he has also conceptualized and Presented the region’s first ever Television Chat Show called Heart Talk with Ajay which was an in-the-face interview program.



Star News

• Mexico
• Book and Periodical Publishing

• Bureau Head – Goa

  • Mar 2003 - Aug 2005

  At Star News Ajay worked as Key Correspondent reporting from the 1000 km long Konkan Coast on western coast of India, the first resident reporter to do so. He was also involved in Networking, News Positioning, Identification, Tracking, Planning, Research, Execution and Conceptualizing of News Coverage At Star News Ajay worked as Key Correspondent reporting from the 1000 km long Konkan Coast on western coast of India, the first resident reporter to do so. He was also involved in Networking, News Positioning, Identification, Tracking, Planning, Research, Execution and Conceptualizing of News Coverage



Aamby Valley City, Sahara India Flagship Project

• India
• Architecture and Planning
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Manager Corporate Communications

  • Mar 1996 - Feb 2003

  Established the Corporate Communications function and department, Crisis Communications, Strategic Communications and Brand Communications Established the Corporate Communications function and department, Crisis Communications, Strategic Communications and Brand Communications



Western India Shipyard Limited

• Manager – Public Relations / Corporate Communications

  • Oct 1994 - Jan 1996

  The start of his career Ajay served as Manager – Public Relations / Corporate involved in establishment of PR functions for the Shipyard and working on Media Relations with networking, news placement and branding in key media The start of his career Ajay served as Manager – Public Relations / Corporate involved in establishment of PR functions for the Shipyard and working on Media Relations with networking, news placement and branding in key media