Ashwamegha Pai

Consumer & Market Insights (CMI) | CEO’s Office | TATA Croma

Role
Manager - Consumer & Market Insights Strategy & Transformation at Croma
Location
Mumbai, MH, IN
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Ashwamegha Pai

I work in consumer research and strategy, with experience largely on the agency side and currently with Tata Croma. My role sits at the intersection of understanding people, structuring ambiguity, and supporting informed decision-making across teams.Beyond functional research skills, I bring curiosity, quick grasping, and adaptability, along with a strong ability to work across people and contexts. I value effort, thoughtful contribution, and clarity of intent, and I engage best in environments where ideas are debated constructively and decisions are shaped collaboratively.As a manager, I take ownership of guiding work, supporting teams, and contributing meaningfully to decisions — balancing judgment, alignment, and practical constraints. I care about outcomes, but equally about how we get there, because good strategy is built as much on people and process as it is on insight.Outside work, music, food, and thoughtfully curated experiences keep me grounded. A lifelong learner, emotionally intuitive thinker, and proud cat person.

Experience

  1. Manager - Consumer & Market Insights Strategy & Transformation

    Croma

    Sep 2025 — Present · Mumbai, IN

    Manage brand and consumer insight programs to diagnose business challenges, inform strategic decision-making, and support cross-functional teams with actionable consumer understanding. Oversee research design, agency partnerships, and insight delivery across key initiatives within the CEO & MD’s Office.

Education

  • Xavier Institute of Management(XIM Bhubaneswar)

    Master of Business Administration - MBA

    2019 — 2021

  • University of Mumbai

    Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Financial Accounting & Auditing

    2016 — 2019

  • R. A. Podar College of Commerce & Economics

    Bachelor of Commerce - BCom, Financial Accounting & Auditing

    2016 — 2019

  • St. Mary's Multipurpose High School, Vashi, Navi Mumbai

    Schooling upto Secondary (SSC)

    2001 — 2014

  • Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

    Executive Management Development Programme (eMDP), Women Leadership Programme (Executive Education)

  • R. A. Podar College of Commerce & Economics

    Higher Secondary (HSC), Business/Commerce, General

    2014 — 2016

  • Institute of Chartered Accountants of India

    Chartered Accountancy, Accounting and Finance

    2015 — 2016

  • Harvard Business School Online

    Certificate in Business Analytics

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