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Professor Chaudhuri is the Dean, Centre for Economic Research & Advanced Studies at IIPM (The Indian Institute of Planning & Management, New Delhi). IIPM is ranked No.1 in India in global exposure and is ranked specifically high in the industry interface category of B-school rankings in India.

In the year 1996 Professor Chaudhuri founded Planman Consulting. Planman Consulting today has more than 750 self motivated MBAs contributing to its ever increasing growth making it one of the fastest growing Management Consulting Firms in Asia and the largest Indian multinational management consulting firm. With branches in Asia, Europe and America, it provides consulting solutions to leading Indian and Global firms.

In 2001 he launched Planman Motion Pictures : A fully dedicated production and communications venture.

In the year 2002 Prof. Chaudhuri started The Great Indian Dream Foundation in memory of his brother Aurobindo Chaudhuri. With focus on education, health and employment, today, GIDF supports developmental activities in 18,000 villages across various states in India wherein it runs primary schools, medical camps and medical vans, supports low cost open heart surgeries, does developmental and employment generation work through varied activities like donating sewing machines to building of check water dams, toilets, schools etc.

In the year 2004 Prof. Chaudhuri diversified into IT enabled services through Planman Technologies which now has over 1000 people working in Delhi, serving more than 20 international clients.

In 2005 June Prof. Chaudhuri started Planman’s media arm through two best selling magazines : Business & Economy and 4Ps Business & Marketing. In 2006 he launched The Sunday Indian, a news weekly. Today The Sunday Indian comes out in 14 languages - making it the world's largest edition news weekly.

His book 'Count Your Chickens Before They Hatch' fetched him the highest ever advance for a non-fiction work in India and created a new benchmark in India by selling more than 1,00,000 copies in record time! It has been in all national best seller lists from the first week of inception, till date. He broke his own record for the highest advance with his last book "The Great Indian Dream", published by Macmillan India which he co wrote with his mentor, guru and father Dr. Malay Chaudhuri. It also went on to become a #1 best seller.

Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri has also been conducting workshops, seminars and lecture tours on Comparative Management Techniques worldwide. His talks have always had a spell binding effect internationally. As a management consultant he specializes in the areas of Strategic Vision, Leadership, Social Sector Consulting, Comparative Management Techniques and Global Opportunities & Threat Analysis. His contribution to the field of management studies can be found in the iconoclastic "Theory 'i' Management" which he has developed for India Inc. "Theory 'i' Management" is about India centric management ideas with global applicability. For the last few years he has been conducting workshops on Leadership and Strategic Vision exclusively for CEOs, MDs, Directors and Presidents from the corporate sector.

Since the year 2001 he has been presenting IIPM Think Tank’s Alternative Budget every year a day before the budget is tabled in the parliament on national TV channels and is called upon regularly on the budget day by leading TV channels for post budget analysis. The alternative budgets he has been presenting coupled up with his weekly editorials in The Sunday Indian has had its visible effect in various manners on the government policies from time to time. The IIPM Think Tank which he heads also takes out a quarterly journal called The India Economy Review – which is today a highly regarded journal in the country.

IIPM Publications

IIPM is India's Global B-School. IIPM was established by noted economic visionary Dr.M.K Chaudhuri in the year 1973.It has 18 campuses through out India and Delhi campus is the International campus of the institute.IIPM is ranked no.1 in Global Exposure ahead of all the IIMs and is ranked no.5 overall in India.Planman Consulting is IIPM's sister organisation.Planman Media publishes several world class magazines in association with IIPM.These magazines are-4Ps Business and Marketing, Business and Economy and the Sunday Indian(India”s only news magazine which is published in 14 regional languages.

4Ps is India”s truely Global Business and Marketing magazine. It is an initiative by Planman Media.

The magazine was launched by noted economist and management guru-Professor Arindam Chaudhuri. The magazine examines global issues with an Indian lens, ranging from an analysis of advertising campaigns to emerging trends and practices in marketing and advertising.

Its leadership position in the segment is a resounding signal of the connection it has built with readers and the chord it strikes with every issue. It has an absolute cult following and readers swear by it.

4Ps BMA Power Awards 2009 is a platform to acknowledge Corporate Magicians who have made a Product into a Brand. The award ceremony was held in the evening of 8th april 2009 at JW Marriott,Mumbai. The spotlight of these awards rests on the magical genesis of the state-of-the-art creative and contemporary practices of the business, advertising and marketing fraternity.

B&E is India”s most influencial Business and Economy magazine. It is an initiative by Planman Media. The magazine was started by noted economist and management guru- Professor Arindam Chaudhuri in the year 2005.

B&E has completed glorious 5 years and its every single issue has been selling like hot pan cake since its inception. Prof. Arindam is the Editor- in- chief of B&E magazine.

It is India”s fastest growing Business Magazine. B&E is nation”s pioneering business and economy magazine and has been acting as a strategic business tool with its readers and decision makers at various functional levels. It has an exemplary print run of 110000 copies currently. It is a fort-nightly with a production quality that exacts world class standards, resulting in an exquisite and an elegant end product.

International layouts, unparalleled and well differentiated editorial contents have propelled a phenomenal growth in circulation and readership figures.

It features regular exclusive editorial contributions from International luminaries par excellence like Jack Trout, Al Ries, C.K Prahlad etc. It is a complete macro business and economy magazine that interlinks business, economics and politics.

The analytical approach differentiates B&E from others in the genre. B&E are the only Indian publication to have been selected by The NewYork Times to be in their official syndicated distribution list on the supply side, joining the elite club of Mckinsey Quarterly, IMD journal, Wharton Knowledge Centre Publication and Booz,Allen and Hamilton Publication.

B&E has a huge target audience from the most influential people,CEO's, top, middle and junior management of most companies,politicians,bureaucrats, academicians,economists, business aspirants, entrepreneurs, IAS and B-School students.

B&E provides the best value offer any business magazine can provide to your brand. From rates to readership, we are offering the best values.

B&E has been associated with the B&E Royal Polo Day 2008.

The Sunday Indian is nation”s greatest news magazine. It is world class weekly news and features magazine. It is an initiative by Planman Media. The magazine was launched by noted economist and management guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri on October 1,2006.

TSI is the only news magazine in the world to be published simultaneously in 14 different languages. It has rapidly emerged as the preferred weekly news magazine for quality conscious and discerning readers across the country. TSI magazine covers all news, education, politics, sports, editorials opinion, industry analysis, and current affairs.

More than 2 million readers spread over metros and also in interiors of nation. TSI is the only analytical and opinion creating newsweekly in the country. It covers national and vernacular readers.

TSI caters to all genres of society such as lifestyle, undercover, tourism etc. Wide focus is being laid on editorial content. TSI has started the Sunday Indian School of Journalism( one year PG diploma course) from this academic calender.

Planman Media & IIPM are the proud publisher of the world class magazines viz: 4Ps-Business and Marketing, Business & Economy and the Sunday Indian....

IIPM has forayed into the Much Competitive Indian Media Industry with the help of its various World Class Journals And Magazines......