Amit Bhargava is a senior partner with the firm, having over 25 years of experience. He has partnered both domestic and global majors in driving their strategic agenda. He has specifically worked with promoters and CXOs on varied themes including expansion / diversification; establishing and refining operating model; digital value extraction and circularity. His areas of specialization are business strategy, business build, operating model enhancement and manufacturing performance improvement.
He has worked across asset-intensive industries including metals/ mining, chemicals, petrochemicals, upstream oil and gas and pharmaceuticals. Within metals, Amit has worked across the value chain both for ferrous ( iron, steel, ferro alloys) and non-ferrous ( Al, Zn, Cu, Ag) sub segments. He is currently managing firm’s positioning, presence and partnership with leading domestic metals conglomerates. He is also shaping and leading firm’s agenda in the metals and mining sector.
Amit is also driving smart manufacturing focusing on digital manufacturing and business build. He has partnered a large conglomerate in driving growth and diversification (into Hi tech electronics) while leveraging the business and policy environment resulting from the government’s strategic focus around ‘Make in India’. He has also partnered metals major in improving manufacturing performance through AI / ML and advanced analytics. Amit has helped establish technical / strategic partnerships (as part of business build) across display, semiconductor, lithium-ion battery recycling, rare earth magnets and precision explosives.
Before his tenure with KPMG in India, Amit has earlier worked with Accenture and A.T. Kearney. He has also been the head of strategy for a large domestic pharmaceutical major. Amit started his career with a leading petrochemical major and was managing operations for select plants.
Amit received his Post Graduate Degree in Business Management from the Indian Institute of Management Bengaluru and holds a BTech degree in Chemical Engineering from Harcourt Butler Technological Institute, Kanpur.