Ankur Garg

Ankur Garg

Garg presenting at Asia Liberty Forum held in Kathmandu, Nepal - Jan 2015
Born (1982-04-06) 6 April 1982
Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Residence Mumbai, Ghaziabad, India
Nationality Indian
Alma mater University of Pune
Occupation Founder – iForIndia,
Partner/Producer – Luv Films,
Advisor, Digital Strategist
Known for iForIndia & Luv Films
Website www.ankurgarg.com

Ankur Garg (born 6 April 1982) is an Indian entrepreneur. He is the founder of iForIndia.org, a social organisation which enables citizens to rate their elected representatives on various performance metrics.[1] He is also a partner and producer at Luv Films.[2] Interested in Governance, Politics,[3] Technology[4] and Bollywood[5] he holds views[6] on various aspects of these areas[7] and is often invited as a speaker and panelist to various events and discussions.[8][9][10][11][12][13]

Early life

Garg was born in a business family of Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, where he received his education. He did his Bachelor of Engineering (Information Technology) from the University of Pune and has done 3 day course at IIM Ahmedabad.[14] During college, he interned at GE Capital, Stellar Information Systems, and Perot Systems.

Career

Garg started his professional career in 2005 with Datamatics Global Services, Mumbai and worked on one of their key projects for Inmarsat. Same year, he was offered a position at the Hyderabad campus of Microsoft India (R&D) Pvt Ltd, where he worked for almost 5 years. He graduated from a Microsoft leadership program that enabled him to work in various different roles and teams across India and the United States. Garg was also instrumental in running various different initiatives like the Microsoft Annual Giving Campaign, Technical communities etc. at Hyderabad campus.

In August 2010, Garg moved to the Microsoft India Sales Marketing & Services Group. He was offered a role of Lead[15] – Customer & Partner Experience for Microsoft India based out of their Gurgaon office. In this role he worked with hundreds of important Microsoft India customers and partners and travelled the length and breadth of the country.

Garg quit his 7-year long association with Microsoft in September 2012.[16] As his first new commercial venture, he started a film production house known as Luv Films with Luv Ranjan. He then launched a social organisation iForIndia.org to drive accountability in Indian politics in August 2013.

Stellar Information Systems, a company for data recovery solutions and services, has appointed him as their advisor for new businesses. Garg is also a digital advisor and strategist to various public figures and brands.

In 2016, Garg produced a sitcom Life Sahi Hai[17][18] [19][20][21]that was released on YouTube and Facebook.

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes
2015 Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 Associate Producer
2016 Life Sahi Hai Producer

Awards and recognition

While at Microsoft, Garg was awarded a number of key awards for individual as well as team excellence. In September 2013, he was awarded REX Karmaveer Global Fellowship and the Karmaveer Chakra awards instituted with The United Nations. On its 35th anniversary special in June 2014, Mid Day listed Garg in their list of 35 achievers under 35 to watch out for.[22] Garg has been covered and quoted in various media publications like Hindustan Times, The Economic Times, Forbes, and The Indian Express among others.

Personal life

Garg is primarily based out of Versova, Mumbai. He, however, prefers to divide his time between Delhi and Mumbai.

References

  1. ↑ "iForIndia". People Behind iForIndia.
  2. ↑ "Luv Films". Luv Films – Meet The Team.
  3. ↑ IBN, CNN (2 December 2013). "CJ launches website to educate voters". IBN Live. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  4. ↑ Naidu, Prashant (13 September 2013). "Initially Indian Politicians Might Not Be Bothered About iForIndia But Eventually They Will, Says Founder Ankur Garg". lighthouseinsights. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  5. ↑ Sen, Sohini (22 November 2013). "Policybazaar extends awareness to buying life insurance". Best Media Info. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  6. ↑ "Gujarat, Goa, Chhattisgarh among best performing states: Report". Yahoo News. Indo Asian News Service. 3 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  7. ↑ "Now, a website to rate your MLA, MP, CM". First Post. 16 August 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  8. ↑ "CNN IBN – Google Hangout with Founder Ankur Garg". YouTube. CNN-IBN. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  9. ↑ Pande Lavakre, Jyoti (23 March 2014). "Lok Sabha Elections 2014: How political start-ups are empowering young voters to engage more". The Economic Times. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  10. ↑ Saha, Devanik (9 April 2014). "Engaging Citizens to Rate the Performance of Politicians: 'I For India'". Huffington Post. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  11. ↑ Pancholi, Aditi (10 April 2014). "Vote's the big point". The Asian Age. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  12. ↑ Roy, Vaishna (29 March 2014). "Indian Spring?". The Hindu. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  13. ↑ Ghosh Debojyoti, Peter Griffin (15 April 2014). "Elections: Spawning Business Opportunities". Forbes India. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
  14. ↑ "Now, a website to rate your MLA's performance". DNA India. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  15. ↑ Joshi, Devesh (24 August 2013). "iForIndia – an online portal to rate elected political representatives". iamwire. Retrieved 30 September 2013.
  16. ↑ "Now, a website to rate your MLA's performance". The Hindustan Times. 12 August 2013.
  17. ↑ "Pyaar Ka Punchnama director Luv Ranjan to launch digital sitcom Life Sahi Hai". http://www.deccanchronicle.com/. Retrieved 2016-06-09. External link in |website= (help)
  18. ↑ "Pyaar ka Panchnama's Luv Ranjan & Ankur Garg to launch digital sitcom 'Life Sahi Hai'". Indian Television Dot Com. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  19. ↑ "Life Sahi Hain Episode 1 Goes on Air and it's Super Funny". www.pinkvilla.com. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  20. ↑ "Life Sahi Hai's first episode hits the internet waves - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  21. ↑ "Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 boys introduce Life Sahi Hai cast". The Indian Express. 2016-05-18. Retrieved 2016-06-09.
  22. ↑ Kumar, Rinky. "mid-day's 35th anniversary special: 35 achievers under thirty five". Mid Day. Retrieved 24 June 2014.

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