Suhel Seth
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- Businessman
- columnist
- Co-founder, Equus Redcell Advertising Co. Ltd
- Managing partner, Counselage India[2]
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| Born | 28 May 1963[1] Calcutta, West Bengal, India |
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Suhel Seth (born 28 May 1963) is an Indian businessman and columnist who is the founder and managing partner of the consultancy firm Counselage India.[6] Seth is also a columnist, actor, keynote speaker, and a TV Pundit.[6]
He currently serves as the chairman, Marketing Committees of Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI). He is also on the Experts Committee of Indian Railway Board.[7]
Seth was born in Calcutta to Punjabi parents[1] and lived there with his parents till the age of 28. His father owned a chemical factory in Calcutta, which was closed down on account of the then prevailing political unrest, largely due to Naxalite activities, union conflicts, and strikes.[8]
Seth was educated at La Martinière Calcutta, where he was a member of the debating team,[9] and at St. Joseph's College, Nainital. He then pursued his higher education from Jadavpur University.
Career
In 1996, Seth and his brother founded the advertising agency Equus.[8] He also founded Quadra Advisory with Shunu Sen.[1] He started Counselage India, a consultancy firm in 2002, of which he is still a managing partner.[1]
Seth was inducted to the global Advisory Board of the San Francisco-based blogging platform LiveJournal Inc. in 2008.[10][11] After working with the Tata Group during the management crisis to reconstruct their brand image in 2016, Seth was hired by the Adani Group as a brand consultant in 2018.[12][13][14][excessive citations] Seth is an established speaker on social and commercial trends for the Indian consumer base at business, advertising, and marketing events including several Indian Institute of Management (IIM) colleges.[15][16][17] He is a regular columnist for the Financial Times, Hindustan Times, The Telegraph, and the Indian Express.[18]
Seth is also a theatre enthusiast and has performed in over 135 English plays, and 6 films.[19]
Books
Seth has four books to his credit. His first book, In Your Face, is a compilation of interviews and columns by him published in different national dailies and magazines.[20] He has co-authored the book Kalighat to Calcutta, with Khushwant Singh and R. K. Laxman.[20] His last individually authored book Get to the Top, published in 2011, acts as a perfect guide for the aspirational Indian. It tells readers how to get ahead in life by connecting with the rich and famous.[21] He has also co-authored The Target with Shantanu Guha Ray. It talks about the downfall of business tycoon Jignesh Shah's global empire.[22]
Filmography
Seth has acted in several English plays as well as a few Bollywood films. He sits on the international board of Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA).[23]
His first role, in the movie Rog, was one that he took up on the request of a friend. He did a very small role in critically acclaimed movie Ek Din Achanak in 1989. He was then seen in the much-acclaimed multi-starrer Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara, where he played the father of one of the female leads. Seth was also a part of the critically acclaimed film Guzaarish.[24] He was last seen in the 2015 film Calendar Girls, playing a character based on liquor baron Vijay Mallya.[25]
Philanthropy
Seth also sits on the board of the Max Foundation that works to provide access to cancer treatment for people across the globe.[26] Seth is a donor at the Partition Museum established in Amritsar in 2017. He made a donation of ₹50 lakhs towards a gallery in the museum which is dedicated to his parents.[27] He has a seat on the advisory board of the Indian Head Injury Foundation (IHIF).[28] The foundation works towards building brain trauma care systems in India.[29]
