Bhawna is an award-winning Digital leader & an entrepreneur with 16+ years in leading media houses, Internet companies & start-ups in India.
Having initially dabbled between fashion & pharma, she started her internet journey in 2000. Initially consulting clients for ecommerce solutions, she joined the founding team of Times Internet where she took up her first major challenge in 2004 – to create India’s 1st online travel platform -Indiatimes Travel that proved to be a precursor to launch of $5 bn online travel industry.
In 2006 she joined the founding team of Yatra.com, where she was heading P&L responsibility & provided operational leadership for Sales, Alliances, Product, Marketing, Business management, Technology & Built high performing teams. She scaled the business from incubation to becoming a leader in the online Travel industry, building capacities of scale ensuring complete fiscal responsibility & accelerated high business growth. In 2010, she joined the leadership team of Seventymm & led the turnaround & scaled e-com business with strong focus on industry best efficiencies.
She is very active across the start-up ecosystem in India & is a member of various forums, where she is involved in mentoring digital start-ups & nurturing entrepreneurship. In addition to consulting, she is also on the advisory board of a few ventures helping accelerate their journey to commercial success.
She is an organization builder & a strong leader, known for starting up & scaling businesses through vision, intuition, technology & user-experience know-how.
LinkedIn featured her in 'Power Profiles in India' - indicating the most visited industry profiles in 2012. A guest lecturer at leading B-Schools & a keynote speaker at industry conferences on digital & e-com.
Specialties: Start-up business, E-com & Online Travel Strategy, Scale-up & Turnaround, P&L Mgmt, Online Customer behavior, Strategic Planning, Extensive customer insights, Internet Mktg
Chief Executive Officer @ From August 2015 to Present (5 months) Advisory Board Member @ From April 2013 to Present (2 years 9 months) New Delhi Area, IndiaAdvisory Board Member @ From October 2013 to Present (2 years 3 months) Gurgaon, IndiaChief Executive Officer @ From April 2013 to July 2015 (2 years 4 months) Gurgaon, IndiaChief Executive Officer @ From January 2013 to March 2013 (3 months) Chief Operating Officer @ From October 2010 to December 2012 (2 years 3 months) Gurgaon, IndiaFounding Vice President @ From March 2006 to October 2010 (4 years 8 months) Business Head @ From April 2002 to March 2006 (4 years) Manager @ From March 2001 to March 2002 (1 year 1 month)
MBA @ Institute of Management & TechnologyBachelor of Science (B.Sc.) @ Delhi University From 1994 to 1997 Bhawna Agarwal is skilled in: E-commerce, Start-ups, Product Management, Internet marketing, Consumer insights, Strategic Planning, Growth Strategies, Organizational leadership, Web Marketing, Product Development, Business Alliances, Organizational Leadership, Customer Insight, Entrepreneurship, Cross-functional Team Leadership