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Mr. Harsha Ramdas Bhatkal, born on 15th August 1962 - a book publisher at heart, leads his 85 year old family publishing house, Popular Prakashan,. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai and has 25 years experience in publishing and marketing industry. He is a passionate collector of contemporary Indian art and is also Chairman of Foundation B&G, nonprofit entity dedicated to creating awareness for visual arts through publishing projects, special exhibitions and artist’s workshops. Apart from this he has been involved with several businesses.

He is a Whole time Director of Talwalkars Better Value Fitness, India's leading operator of gyms having over 130 gyms in 70 cities. He advises the company on its marketing strategy and new technology initiatives.

He has worked as a business journalist for Update magazine before joining his family business Popular Prakashan Private Limited as Sales Manager. He took over Value Added News Service a fledgling business database service and went on to create Vans Information Limited http://www.bseindia.com/stock-share-price/in-house-productions-ltd/in-house-prod/526610/ one of the pioneers in the electronic information services in India. He has won several awards; including the Paul Hamlyn scholarship for young Indian publishers and also the Award for excellence by the Federation of Indian Publishers to young Indian publishers. He is responsible for brand strategy and overall brand building for Talwalkar’s Better Value Fitness.

He is also a founder promoter of Brainworks Educational Learning, a leading preschool company in India respected for its excellent curriculum and now having 72 schools across India. He is now involved with global expansion of Indian Cookery Private Limited, a A restaurant company in association with celebrity Chef Sanjeev Kapoor, Indian Cookery Private Limited currently has 40 restaurants in 5 countries. He lives in Mumbai with wife, Smeeta and daughters Tanvi and Mitalee.

Bloomberg Business Week: http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=25142608&ticker=TALW:IN

Sanjeev Kapoor's Blog: http://sanjeevkapoor.wordpress.com/category/harsha-bhatkal/

Capital Market.com: http://www.capitalmarket.com/cmedit/story28-106.asp?SNo=387714

India Infoline: http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets/News/Archived/Budget-Reactions...-Harsha-Bhatkal-Director-Of-Popular-Prakashan/665166810

Indii.in: http://www.indii.in/directors.html

Wikipedia Popular Prakashan: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Prakashan

Zoom info: http://www.zoominfo.com/#!search/profile/person?personId=83984471&targetid=profile

The Economics Times: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/talwalkars-better-value-fitness-ltd/infocompanymanagement/companyid-31270.cms

Money Control: http://www.moneycontrol.com/company-facts/talwalkarsbettervaluefitness/management/TBV

GoBollywood.com: http://www.gobollywood.com/wallpapers/parties-events/marwari-vegetarian-cooking/0002.jpg.html