Ajay Hiraskar
Success Alchemists
Pune, Maharashtra, India
About
Ajay is passionate about helping entrepreneurs succeed.
As the only certified Scaling Up Coach based in India, he brings a wealth of 33 years of experience starting, building & growing businesses in India & globally. He has been an intrapreneur as well as an entrepreneur in telecom, IT services, publishing & industrial products. He has managed complex projects, large global teams & business growth even under challenging situations. As a Scaling Up Coach, he has worked with companies in IT services, Recruitment, Manufacturing & Industrial services, helping implement the various tools in the Scaling Up methodologies.
For the last 7 years, he has been a Charter Member & then subsequently Governing Council Member of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE) Pune chapter. TiE is a global non-profit organization that supports start-ups through Mentoring, Education & Networking programs. He has been involved with their Mentoring initiative ‘Nurture’ for the past 7 years which has seen many companies from Pune succeed in Indian & International Markets as well as get multiple rounds of funding. He has also helped organize the biggest start-up conference in Pune – TiECon which has been held annually for the past 6 years.
Professional Highlights
Ajay is an alumnus of IIM Bangalore (Executive General Management Program), Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies (Master of Marketing Management) & Mumbai University (Bachelor of Economics).
His roles in the Corporate Sector encompass Sales, Marketing, Training & IT Services. His stints have been in companies like DELL, Idea Cellular, Reliance Infocomm, Eureka Forbes & The Times of India.
He is a popular speaker & is regularly invited to speak at industry forums, online events & television shows.
Personal Highlights
Ajay lives in Pune, India & loves meditation, music, books & traveling. His wife, Jyoti is a volunteer with the international NGO - 'Art of Living' & teaches yoga & meditation. His son studied in the UK & works in the sports management industry.
Both Ajay & Jyoti are very active members of Toastmasters International, a non-profit global organization that helps individuals develop their leadership & public speaking skills. He has held various leadership roles over the past 4 years & has helped charter 3 Toastmasters clubs exclusively for entrepreneurs in Pune. He now plans to replicate this in Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Surat & Nagpur.
Another area of interest for Ajay is support for 'Rang De', a non-profit organization that seeks to tackle the problems of rural India by encouraging entrepreneurship. They have a platform where social investors can invest & then provide low-interest loans without taking any collateral to people for setting up small businesses.
Coaching Regions
Middle East
Asia
Africa
Industry of Expertise
Automotive
Building/Construction
Computer/IT/Software Development
Customer Support
Education/Training
Engineering
Food Services/Hospitality
Logistics/Transportation
Mfg./Production/Ops.
Retail
“Ajay is a great coach who keeps you on your toes. He has a very holistic approach to your problems and he makes you think out of the box. His years of industry experience adds value to you by giving a practical solution. His global experience and understanding of international markets, as well as clients, is a key differentiator. I sincerely recommend Ajay Hiraskar to anyone who is looking to scale their business and achieve new heights.”
— Dheerajj Agarwal, Founder & CEO | VSynergize Outsourcing Private Ltd
“I started working with Ajay a year or so back. I come from an engineering background & therefore running, let alone scaling the company, was proving to be a steep learning curve. Ajay helped us in building the One Page Strategic Plan and implementing Rockefeller habits. OPSP helped us build out our company vision and align the organization, it would not have been possible without Ajay’s guidance. Ajay’s ability to give us a new perspective, thought-provoking insights, and being a sounding board helped us in implementing Scaling Up methodology and processes. This has helped us scale and scale with minimal chaos.”
— Girish Shilamkar, Founder & CEO | InfraCloud Technologies Pvt. Ltd
“Our company Growel Softech, is active in IT Hr solutions & has been in engagement with Ajay for the last 18 months. It has been a very interesting journey and he has helped us get aligned as a team. The daily huddles and reviews set up under his guidance are helping us stay on top of what is important. We have been able to stop our losses and have also improved our cash flows. Seeing the success in this business, we have recently started an engagement with Ajay in our manufacturing business. Here too in a short span of 45 days, we have already identified our weak spots and have started working on our B-HAG.”
— Rohit More, Director | Growel Softech Pvt. Ltd.
“It has been a great experience working with Ajay. It has personally helped me up my game. pause and reflect on what is really going on in the current business. It has helped me find all existing gaps and fix them. Weekly meetings are keeping me on my toes. I wish as a company we had done this 19 yrs ago when we just started with $500 we would have certainly been in fortune 50. I recommend businesses to take advantage of Ajay’s industry experience & network to accelerate & scale your business.”
— Trish Agarwal, Co-founder & CSMO | VSynergize Outsourcing Private Ltd