Kalpana Mandal
Bengaluru
Summary
Dynamic leader with a proven track record in strategic content development and reputation management at Biocon Biologics. Excelled in cross-functional collaboration and effective communication, enhancing brand visibility and stakeholder engagement. Skilled in market research and negotiation, adept at driving change and fostering team collaboration. Achieved significant improvements in internal and external communications.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Manager Global Communications
Biocon Biologics
Bengaluru
01.2023 - Current
- Developing strategic content for the company's brand building and reputation management.
- Regular updating of the company's website content in accordance with the latest information.
- Creating content for effective internal communications such as mailers, awards, quarterly earnings, leadership messaging.
- Creating content for the social media handle of the company chairperson on a day today basis.
- Cross functional collaboration for gathering inputs for annual reports, proof reading, checking for factual accuracy of the data presented in the report.
- Blog writing, thought leadership write-ups, brand building, external events
Chief Correspondent
The Press Trust of India (PTI)
New Delhi
01.2012 - 12.2022
- Covered BFSI sector extensively including big banks, NBFCs, fintech firms, insurance, financial services (BFSI); multilateral funding bodies as World Bank, IMF, Asian Development Bank, JICA, UN trade body UNCTAD
- Covered Finance Ministry, Labour Ministry, NITI Aayog, Anti trust regulator, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
- Exclusive interviews of government officials, corporate heads, trade body heads
- Covered industry events, filing of spot news
- Stock market stories, attending to quarterly earnings of listed companies in banking, finance, insurance, pension, fintech, NBFC for writing stories
- Regular meeting with industry captains to be updated about the sector and writing of exclusive stories
- Economic stories based on government data release such as inflation, GDP
- Coverage of regulatory authorities such as RBI, SEBI, PFRDA
- Parliamentary and union budget reportage
Senior Correspondent
TickerNews (63 Moon Technologies formerly FT Group Mumbai)
Mumbai And Delhi
07.2007 - 01.2011
- Covered Information Technology, Telecoms, Agriculture Ministry, Government officials
- Stock market performance and quarterly earnings spot news
- Exclusive interviews of company officials, ministers and government officials
- Covered industry bodies such as CII. Ficci, Assocham and others
- Extensive coverage of Union Budgets, sectoral stories
Copy Editor
CNBC TV 18 Group
Mumbai
04.2006 - 07.2007
- Stories covering future and spot markets for agricultural commodities
- Live feed for CNBC Awaz channel updating about arrivals, output, weather conditions
- Talk to trade bodies, traders, industry associations, government officials and future market exchanges like MCX and NCDEX for gathering information about agricultural commodities and writing stories
- Bilingual reporting - English and Hindi
- Copy editing
Education
Master of Arts - Journalism And Mass Communication
Makhanlal Chaturvedi Journalism University
Bhopal07-2006
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics, Statistics
Bareilly College, Bareilly
Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh 07-2002
High School Diploma -
Kendriya Vidyalaya
Mukteshwar, Nainital07-1999
Skills
- Verbal and written communication
- Negotiation
- Change management
- Team leadership
- Cross-functional team management
- Effective communication
- Communication Skills
- Policy administration
- Problem resolution
- Quality Control
- Collaborate cross-functionally
- Professionalism
- Project Management
- Self motivation
- Conflict Resolution
- Data Analysis
- Reporting and documenting
- Adaptability
- Multitasking
- Team collaboration
- Business Intelligence
- Problem-solving abilities
- Multitasking Abilities
- Good judgment
- Market research
- Marketing strategy
Affiliations
- Fitness Enthusiast
- Team activities
- Cooking
- Art and Craft
- Reading
- Writing
Accomplishments
- Won in-house employee awards for good performance and excelling at work
Languages
Bengali
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2
Timeline
Manager Global Communications
Biocon Biologics
01.2023 - Current
Chief Correspondent
The Press Trust of India (PTI)
01.2012 - 12.2022
Senior Correspondent
TickerNews (63 Moon Technologies formerly FT Group Mumbai)
07.2007 - 01.2011
Copy Editor
CNBC TV 18 Group
04.2006 - 07.2007
Master of Arts - Journalism And Mass Communication
Makhanlal Chaturvedi Journalism University
Bachelor of Science - Mathematics, Statistics
Bareilly College, Bareilly
High School Diploma -
Kendriya Vidyalaya
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