Mr. Ankoor Dasguupta
Achiever's Success Story
Achieving Excellence Across Industries
Ankoor, a seasoned marketing practitioner and knowledge manager, is an active speaker and jury member in esteemed forums, including reputed B-Schools in India such as IIT Delhi, NMIMS, NIT Trichy, ISB Mohali, GD Goenka School of Management, Jaipuria Institute of Management, IIM Ranchi, and ISBR Business School. As an industry expert, Ankoor is now also on the Advisory Board of the Marketing Department at ISBR Business School.
One of Ankoor’s key goals is to become a certified life and business coach to help individuals become more self-aware and unleash their true potential.
An advocate of social impact, driven by kaizen, Ankoor believes in the power of energy and energize. With a pedigree of 23+ years of rare combination experience across the spectrum of media, including print, digital, mobile, event production, and successful pilot projects, Ankoor has worked across functions such as ad operations, business operations & strategy, content, brand strategy, sales, events, media planning & buying, and spearheading P&L. Ankoor has been part of a Six Sigma Green Belt project and worked in cross-functional roles with MNCs, media conglomerates, and start-ups. Ankoor has been part of the core pilot team for launching and scaling international IPs such as ad:tech, iMedia Summits, Modern Marketing Summit, and TechCrunch events in India. He has directed and enabled the winning of multiple award-winning case studies for brand advertising campaigns.
Ankoor is POSH certified and was selected to be part of the core committee for POSH at two organizations during his work tenure.
Ankoor has been selected by the International Board of the global Luxury, Lifestyle, and Business magazine Passion Vista for their collector’s edition award “CIRCLE OF EXCELLENCE 2024.” Ankoor is featured in the magazine’s cover story in this collector’s edition, and his podcast has also been featured in Passion Vista.
In addition, Ankoor has been selected as a President’s Select Member of Leaders Excellence at Harvard Square since January 2024. He has also been felicitated with the “MAN OF EXCELLENCE, 2024” by the prestigious “INDIAN ACHIEVERS’ AWARD.”
Furthermore, Ankoor has been selected and featured in the reputed business magazine CIO Today, on the cover for their special edition on “BRILLIANT MINDS- TOP 5 INFLUENTIAL PERSONALITIES TO WATCH, 2024.”
Ankoor is also honored with the “LEADER 2.0 AWARD” by adgully in December 2023 in the domain of marketing.
A thought leader trained from Dale Carnegie in Mentoring to Develop Talent, Ankoor is a member of the esteemed International CMO Council, member of MarketingKind, and also a GLG Council Member.
Ankoor is also on the Screening Council of MMA APAC and MMA Global for the reputed Smarties Awards for 2023.
An avid writer with more than 50 published articles, Ankoor writes guest columns in reputed international portals such as CMS Wire, MMA Global, CMO Council, CEO Worldwide, and national online forums/publications such as Businessworld, Reputation Today, Indiantelevision, adgully, TOI. Ankoor’s exclusive interviews have been featured by various reputed forums.
In Ankoor’s words, “My wife, my daughter, a few good friends, a strong network of people, my current team, the leaders, and all the teams that I have worked with, along with my share of challenges, have contributed to what I am today. I am grateful and in pursuit of contributing more.”
