Neeraj a financial journalist turned communications professional turned Reputation Evangelist. He has straddled multiple roles in his career spanning over two and a half decades, 17 of them at leadership positions in marque companies such as Bajaj, Bharti Airtel, HDFC Bank and Reliance Communications where he spearheaded their Communications, Media, Advocacy and Reputation building efforts. Neeraj is currently Group President & Chief Communications Officer at Bajaj Group. Prior to this, he was Head, Corporate Communication & Corporate Affairs at Bharti Airtel which he had joined after 14 years at HDFC Bank that saw it grow into an iconic brand. Reliance Communications prior to that.

Neeraj is a life-long student of Corporate Reputation. That’s the quest that took him to Columbia Business School in 2015, and soon thereafter to Law school (Mumbai University). As a financial  journalist, he has worked with some of India's leading publication groups such as the Times, Indian Express and Asian Age reporting on a range of sectors/ industries across the print, television and wire genres. He has had the rare opportunity of knowing some of the country’s top business leaders as a journalist, and later, working with them as a co-worker. His over two decades of professional journey has been a saga of experiments, mistakes, and learnings.

 Neeraj loves to read, travel and meet new people when he’s spending time with family and close friends. A keen sportsman in hey days, he’s more into Yoga and Cycling to keep himself fit. Singing is one childhood passion that he’s taken to. Currently, he’s learning Hindustani classical music.