Anuj Datta, Founder and Owner

Anuj Datta

Founder and Owner

Red Champa

Location
India - Gurgaon
Education
Higher diploma, Business
Experience
19 years, 10 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :19 years, 10 Months

Founder and Owner at Red Champa
  • India - Gurgaon
  • My current job since December 2017

Founded Red Champa (previously Mala’s Limited Batch) with my wife Mala.
- Self funded bootstrapping startup with multiple verticals like Home and
Food
- Responsible for forging partnerships with large format retailers
- Social Entrepreneurship with Unlimited Responsibilities - Business Strategy
decisions, Sales Partnerships, Accounting, Digital Marketing Content, Raw
Material Sourcing, Marketing Tie-ups, Operations and Logistics and more
- Website creation, curation and handling - redchampa.com

Founder Owner at Ridgeback Productions
  • India - Gurgaon
  • My current job since November 2019

Audiobook Production Specialists from Narration to final product delivery
- Empaneled with Audible Singapore with multiple titles produced
- Turnkey Service providers to publishing houses like Penguin Random
House, Harper Collins and more
- Production capabilities in male and female voices and in English, Hindi and
French

Lead Penguin Enterprise at Penguin Random House
  • India - Gurgaon
  • My current job since April 2024

- Bespoke Publishing arm of the global publishing leader
- PnL driven lead role
- Business Developement to increase the revenue 3 fold

Marketing Div Lead at Penguin Random House India
  • India - Gurgaon
  • June 2022 to March 2024

- Lead and Manage Awareness team for multiple imprints
- Media Planning and Management
- Stakeholder Management - Authors, Editors, Journalists
- Budget Tracking and Adherence
- Brand collaborations for Offline marketing activities
- Fortnightly updates and reports to CEO and Exec Team

Founder at Mynit
  • India - Gurgaon
  • December 2014 to April 2017

MYNIT, a Short Format News Portal and a Personal e-Bulletin Board positioned as a B2B2C
product.
- Raised two rounds of Seed Funding
- Created an extremely engaging product with 100K downloads and great traction
- Involved on all aspects of the startup specifically- Business Strategy, Team Creation, Content,
Fund Raising, Investor Relations, Sales, Digital Marketing, Design Ideation and more.

Product Head at RadioMirchi.com
  • India - Gurgaon
  • April 2011 to July 2014

Head radiomirchi.com with emphasis on Network generated Content
- Responsible for Talent Management, Content Curation, Digital Marketing, Monetisation,
Prod Development, Loyalty Program and Analytics
- Complete redesign and representation of Mirchi’s biggest online property, Mirchi Top20
charts leading to a 150% plus jump in traffic
- Introduced and promoted the visual spectrum of a radio station. Celeb videos, Radio Presenter
blogs, On-ground Event videos et al
- Set up the Digital calendar process for monthly big-ticket digital activity in coordination
with on-air teams spread across India
- Support of Mirchi CSR initiatives across the network
- Back On-air with my own Radio Show

Sr Manager, Digital at Radio Mirchi
  • India - Delhi
  • August 2009 to April 2011

Conceptualised and Executed the Radio Mirchi Website Development 2.0
- Content for other mobile initiatives including VAS worth Rs 100Cr
- Put into place the Digital Marketing Framework
- Hosted ‘What’s Hot’ Radio show - Consistent high TRP for the weekend show.
- Trained web team leaders across India

Education

Higher diploma, Business
  • at BIM-Tech
  • May 2024
Bachelor's degree, Economics Honours
  • at Hans Raj College
  • May 2024
Diploma, Diplôme De Langue
  • at Alliance Française de Delhi
  • January 2003
Higher diploma, Post Grad Diploma In Business
  • at BIRLA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT
  • January 1997
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's in Arts (Economics)
  • at Hansraj College Delhi University
  • January 1995
High school or equivalent, Class XII (Economics)
  • at St. Xavier's School
  • January 1992

Specialties & Skills

Mass Communication
Creativity
Entrepreneurial Experience
Stakeholder Relations
Content Management
BROADCASTING
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
MANAGEMENT
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
IDEATION
DIGITAL MARKETING
CONTENT STRATEGY

Languages

English
Native Speaker
Hindi
Native Speaker
French
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Internet Marketing Strategies Course - Harvard Extension School (Certificate)
Date Attended:
April 2012
Strategic Communication & Partnership Building for Social Impact - MICA (Certificate)
Date Attended:
February 2022

Hobbies

  • Long Road Trips
  • Tennis
  • Bread Baking