Vivek Y. Kelkar is a researcher, journalist, and strategy consultant with extensive global top management experience across the media and the corporate world. Kelkar focuses on writing, research, and analysis across several global and Indian publications and delivering strategic solutions to a select clientele.

Kelkar is skilled at analyzing the nuances of political economy, industry, and corporate strategy. He has extensive experience of new product launches, marketing, business strategy, investor relations, and M&A.

A former editor of The Strategist at the Business Standard and a Senior Editor of Business Today, Kelkar has written extensively for The Spectator, Asia Times, Singapore Business Times, Asia Inc., and Asian Business. Kelkar has an M.A. in International Political Economy from the University of Sheffield, U.K. and an M.B.A. from the Ashridge Business School. He is also a visiting faculty at several universities.