Consultancy

Pramod Sukumaran, who once started his career at the Taj Group of Hotels, now has over 4 decades of experience in the hospitality industry. As a hospitality expert in India, Pramod’s expertise lies in kitchen design and set up, operations, menu set up, costing and budgeting. His work spreads across, but isn’t limited to a variety of hotel chains like the Choice Hotels, Protea Hotels, Lords Hotels and Wyndham Hotel Group. As a consultant, he has worked on projects like airport lounges, flight kitchens and lounge bars and restaurants. In addition to his years worth of expertise and exposure, as a Certified Hotel Administrator (CHA) and Member of Institute of Hospitality (MIH), Pramod excels at any project he takes up. Some of the projects that Pramod has worked on include Noor Mahal, Karnal, Viraj Sarovar Portico, Jammu, Ramada Encore, Dar es Salaam, and Baba Resorts, Kasauli.

Pradeep Asawa has a whopping 35 years of experience in the hospitality space. From training the staff, managing food quality, hygiene, and presentation to boosting employee morale, you name it - he’s done it all. He’s even helped businesses in knee-deep losses bounce back as stronger, profitable businesses. As an hospitality expert overseas, Pradeep’s expertise lies kitchen design and set up, operations, menu set up, costing and budgeting. Pradeep’s tangible recognition includes Silver Medals for Best Chef at the Ahara Food Festival and the Taj Food Olympics. Furthermore, he’s had the opportunity to serve renown dignitaries like Princes Charles and Late Princess Diana in ’92, Late Rajeev Gandhi in ’87, and Atal Bihari Vajpayee (for the last time) in ’99. Before bagging all these laurels, Pradeep received his Professional Diploma in Hotel Management from Jaipur in 1982 and currently has a Level 2 certification in Food Safety & Hygiene. As a consultant, he has redesigned menus and revamped interiors in the UK, and set up two restaurants from scratch in India. Some of the projects that Pradeep has worked on include joy Indian cuisine fine dining, Golden Triangle of India, Origin Asia, Masala Indian Cuisine, Vari Indian Cuisine, Chapati Club.

With several years of experience across verticals like Sales & Marketing, Management, Strategy and Business Development under his belt, Rajat Mahajan is the Managing Director at Restokart. A through and through people’s person, Rajat enjoys nothing more than meeting new people and forging new relationships, personally and professionally. He thrives off of the rush he experiences when he enters established markets with disruptive products, and Restokart is one such example. Restokart has not only been delivering some of the best F&B equipment, but also boasts a team of R&D experts. By investing time and energy into solving problems, he has been able to expand his business and the two pillars that he often falls back on are trust and dependability. He also stands out as a leader because he lives and breaths customer satisfaction. With Rajat’s expertise, you can always make the right selection for your kitchen and refrigeration needs thanks to his thorough knowledge of products and understanding of the solution requirements.

Seema Fauzdar, a Principal Consultant & facilitator at SKOPE India Business Consulting, has worked in the corporate world for more than a decade. Her impressive list of work experiences includes her role in management and strategic positions at the big names like HDFC Bank, ICICI Prudential, and Max New York Life Insurance. Through her training and mentoring journey of four years, Seema has facilitated more than 100 workshops for executives and managers across industries, in addition to facilitating workshops on Leadership & Managerial Effectiveness, Sales Effectiveness and Business Communication. Her expertise is to enable people to optimise their talents and skills. Seema ranks highly on the business communication and soft skills, managerial effectiveness, and frontline leadership scales.