An entrepreneur, consultant, startup advisor, investor, author, and lawyer based in New Delhi & Pune, India, Ankur is a branding & marketing strategy consultant who designs brand identities,  intelligent content, and communications campaigns for startups, MNCs, public figures, and everything in between. In 2017, he founded Dictum Media, a 360-degree digital marketing & branding services firm with clients around the world. Ankur was also the Founder & Editor-in-Chief of Indus Dictum, the critically acclaimed news publication for thought leaders with over 100k subscribers.

A storyteller at heart, Ankur is a keynote speaker at various institutional events, sharing his knowledge on personal & corporate branding and telling the tales of his journey through entrepreneurship and journalism, dotted with anecdotes from his experiences as a lawyer and personal interactions with experts and thought leaders. With a treasure of knowledge & experience to draw from, Ankur consults for businesses and Executives on enterprise growth strategy. He also conducts corporate training sessions & workshops on entrepreneurship, business growth, branding & marketing strategy, design, and CX.

Before setting off to establish Dictum Media, Ankur worked at some of India’s top publications, including The Indian Express, NDTV, and Network18. He stepped into the world of journalism as the Chief Editor of the Pune division of food & lifestyle giant Burrp.com before heading on to more social & politically oriented fields.

As a speaker, Ankur often interacts with people from all walks of life to share his experiences and knowledge, including professionals at news & media organisations, government officials in policy formulation and think tanks, CEOs and CXOs and corporate teams in various businesses, students and teaching faculty in universities & colleges, Rotary, YPF, and other community organisations.