#HowRV – Hangout with Rakesh Vanarse
India Strategic Growth Advisory
Your Strategic Advantage for India.
Helping international businesses understand India, identify the right opportunities, build market-entry strategies and create practical pathways for growth.
31+ years of strategic planning & management experience
About Rakesh Vanarse
Experience that turns strategy into action.
Rakesh Vanarse is a strategic consultant, trainer and thinker with more than three decades of experience across strategic planning, management, business growth and brand development.
His work spans MSMEs, start-ups and corporate houses, helping organizations bring greater clarity to their business direction, positioning, growth and execution.
- Strategic Planning for MSMEs, Start-up and Corporate Houses
- Corporate Training, Workshops & EMBA programs
- Leadership & Strategy for listed companies
- Visiting Faculty at 20+ Management Institutes
Strategic Advisory
Helping businesses make better strategic decisions.
Practical advisory built around your business situation, opportunity and growth objectives.
India Market Entry
Understand the Indian market, evaluate opportunities and develop a structured approach to entering India.
Opportunity Intelligence
Identify potential markets, categories, competitors, partners and opportunities worth evaluating.
Growth Strategy
Build practical strategy and action plans for business growth, expansion and scale-up.
Brand & Positioning
Clarify your positioning and develop a strategic brand direction aligned with market opportunities.
GTM & Partnerships
Develop go-to-market plans and identify relevant distributors, partners and business relationships.
Strategic Advisory
Ongoing strategic guidance for organizations navigating growth, change, expansion and complex business decisions.
Focus Areas
Industry understanding meets strategic thinking.
Advisory support for international businesses evaluating opportunities across selected high-potential categories in India.
CleanTech
Renewable energy, resource efficiency and sustainable technologies.
Renewable Energy
Solar, wind, storage and emerging energy opportunities.
Water & Recycling
Water treatment, recycling, desalination and resource management.
Waste & Circular Economy
Waste management, recycling and waste-to-energy opportunities.
Consumer & D2C
Consumer categories looking for structured India entry.
Food & Beverage
Market opportunity, positioning, partnerships and GTM.
Health & Wellness
Emerging consumer, wellness and lifestyle opportunities.
Home & Living
Consumer products, retail and D2C opportunities.
Consumer Technology
Electronics, audio and technology-led consumer categories.
Our Approach
From understanding India to building your roadmap.
A structured approach designed to move from questions and uncertainty toward practical strategic decisions.
Understand
Understand your business, objectives and India plans.
Evaluate
Examine market opportunities, categories and competition.
Strategize
Develop an India market-entry or growth strategy.
Position
Define positioning, GTM and business direction.
Connect
Explore relevant partners, networks and channels.
Scale
Build the roadmap for sustainable India growth.
Advisory Engagements
Choose the level of strategic support your business needs.
Intelligence
India Opportunity Intelligence
Initial identification and evaluation of opportunities that may be relevant to your business.
- Market opportunity review
- Category exploration
- Initial competitor perspective
Strategy
India Growth Strategy
A strategic document and practical action plan for India entry or scale-up.
- Market entry strategy
- Positioning & GTM
- Action roadmap
Advisory
Strategic Growth Advisor
Ongoing strategic involvement for businesses establishing or expanding their India operations.
- Strategic guidance
- Partner ecosystem
- India scale-up support
Advisory Engagements
Choose the level of strategic support your business needs.
Get In Touch
Start the conversation.
Tell us about your business, your India plans and the opportunity you are exploring.
rv@rakeshvanarse.com
Phone
+91 9867410029
Location
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Response
Within 24 hours
Strategy. Advisory. Leadership.
Empowering growth at every level.
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Contacts
rv@rakeshvanarse.com
9867410029
Mumbai, Maharashtra.