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Dr. Badri Narayanan

Location : Sammamish, Washington - USA
Email : badri@infisum.com
Location : Sammamish, Washington - USA
Email : badri@infisum.com
About

Dr. Badri Narayanan Gopalakrishnan serves NITI Aayog – Government of India, as a Fellow, wherein he previously headed the verticals of Trade and Commerce, Strategic Economic Dialogue, International Cooperation, and Vision India@2047. Prior to joining the GoI, he was an economist working to analyse a wide range of economic, disruptive technology, environmental/energy, labor, and public health policies. He has informed the process of decision-making in several major economic policies such as free trade agreements, technology regulations, etc., through his academic research and consulting/advisory projects.

Badri was on the Board of Directors of the British American Business Council. He has also been a consultant with the UN, World Bank, ILO, FAO, WHO, IMF, ADB, McKinsey, KPMG, PWC, CGD, Harvard University, LSE, ICRIER, NCAER, the Commonwealth Secretariat, Tata Group, Aditya Birla Group and several other international organizations as well as government/private bodies across the world. Badri simultaneously holds several affiliations; Affiliate/Courtesy Faculty Member with the University of Washington Seattle, Oregon State University, and Boston College, Non-Resident Senior Fellow with the European Centre for International Political Economy, Brussels, National Council for Applied Economic Research (NCAER) and Centre for Social and Economic Progress (formerly Brookings India), New Delhi.

He has also been engaged with the start-up community across the world as an advisor and co-founder. He founded Infinite Sum Modelling LLC in 2015, which has a global presence. He also co-founded non-profit service organizations such as the Policy Modelling Association for Inclusive Development (PMAID) in 2016, Cancer Aid Society USA in 2017, and Viksit Bharat Foundation in 2022. He has published over 200 papers and 10 books cited thousands of times in journals as well as popular media (FT, BBC, CNN, WP, The Economist, etc.), in reputed journals such as Nature and presented his work in 30 countries across the world, including several times

Ian’s work has predominantly been in Luxury Car Sales with Ian representing top brands such as Lamborghini, Audi, Mercedes Benz, Porche etc. In the past few years, Ian has managed some of the best international automobile brands in India and finally took the challenge to lead as a Business Head - Lamborghini Tamilnadu & Kerala (2021-July 2024). Steering the sales of Lamborghini cars & achieving the monthly, quarterly and annual targets, Ian established market goals for exclusive CBU vehicles sales, coordinating these with performance targets stipulated by Lamborghini India & drawing up a marketing plan in line to the market requirements.

Ian’s impressive management of Luxury Automobile Brands led to his being headhunted to join Trans Cars, Chennai - Head South India (2016-2021). Ian took the challenge to Independently manage the AMG Performance Center with dedication to the specific needs of the AMG and Dreams Cars Portfolio of Mercedes Benz India.

After a successful stint promoting Audi Brand, Ian took a new challenge & joined Friendly Automobiles India P Ltd Group Porsche Bangalore Business Head - Sales South India (2011- 2015). Ian marketed the brand and managed HNI Clients and also State Transport Authorities in Tamil Nadu. He sold a record breaking 35 cars in Tamil Nadu without an outlet and with competition from Porsche Dealers in the country with market knowledge and personal relationship with clients in Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry & bringing in increased revenue of 40 Crore INR for the company. He was with Jubilant Motors (Audi Brand) as a Sales & Service Head for South India (2008-2011).

Before his stint at the Automobile Industry, Ian had spent 2 decades in the Retail Industry ​ wherein he was with BASKIN ROBBINS - A Division of Allied Domecq Retailing International, USA as a Regional Head (2000-2007) for South India, Nepal, Sri Lanka & Bangladesh. He was responsible for opening hundreds of Retail Outlets in these countries.

After his MBA from the University of Madras (Chennai), ​ Ian's career started with Hindustan Computers Limited as a Regional Head for Channel Distribution (1988- 1999). Ian was Responsible for indirect channel operations handling a wide range of office automation products such as Toshiba copiers, Risograph, HP copy jets, Sharp fax machines, Key telephone systems, and Canon Electronic Typewriters and was given additional responsibilities of developing the reseller channels for HCL frontline across South India.

Ian is currently working as a Managing Director for Uni Labs India Ltd & Universal Labs (Cambodia) taking care of the international operations and expansions across the Asia Pacific Region. Uni Labs India Company was founded in 1977 with a clear vision to bring herbal medicines to society in a contemporary form unraveling the mystery behind the 5000 years old system of medicine.