Background :
BA (Hons) Economics : University of Delhi, India
MBA : University of Dayton, Ohio, USA
Base : Mumbai
Professional Experience :
Roshan has over 30 years of experience in Sales, Marketing, Human Resources and General Management. He was on the Board of Directors of a major consumer products company, Eveready Industries India Ltd, with responsibility for Marketing and Sales. He later was Managing Director for Franke, a Swiss manufacturing and sales company, in Kitchen Systems.
As Manager for Human Resources with Union Carbide India Ltd, he revolutionized the training of shop floor employess. He created the very first Training Modules for the workforce. Was sent to the Professional Development Laboratory, in New York, for certification in 'High Performance Selling', a sales training programme based on the Xerox and Huthwaite Sales Systems. He was the designated HPS trainer for Asia and Far East, conducting HPS Programmes for the sales force of Asia Pacific.
Established Professional Skills Development : A Sales Training Cell which today has developed to a full fledged Eveready Academy of Sales Training.
He was then elevated to the Board in 1997.
Roshan has done a 3 year internship with ISISD, a society for furthering behavioral research in India. President of the Advertising Club of Calcutta. Vice-President of the Calcutta Management Association. He was also Chairman of the Technical Education sub committee of the CII (Confederation of Indian Industries) of Eastern India.
A widely respected expert in Rural Marketing,
Roshan has spoken at many a fora urging companies not to ignore the potential of interior India.
On June 1, 2007, formed
Roshan Joseph Associates to offer inputs into the growing market for Sales training, consolidating his experience in and passion for Training and Development. With partnering world renowned sales training companies like Carew International, USA and The Retail Centre, Australia,
Roshan is poised to bring world class training skills to the Asia region. He is also been accredited as Master Trainer for Carew facilitator certification in Asia.