User:Kangkan78/sandbox

Kangkan Mahanta-born in 1978 in the city of Guwahati to Dr H.C Mahanta and Dr(Mrs) N.Mahanta. After completing secondary school he moved out to Pune for higher studies. He completed his B.A in Economics from the premier institute of Symbiosis College of Arts & Commerce. He did double masters in M.A in economics and M.B.A(marketing) from Pune University.

His professional life started with Sify broadband where as a young professional he had the expertise to give Sify a good platform to start its broadband operations in Pune. After his stint in Sify he joined The Indian Express, Pune and handled the Ad sales department for different verticals. His good connect with the market including clients and agencies in Pune made him a poster boy in the organisation. His penchant for taking risks landed him in a start up called New Global Indian. This start up targeting NRIs/PIOs made an incredible mark in the space  in a span of a year. The group could reach out to this community and had a good clout in NRI forums like Prabashi Bharatiya Divash, Vibrant Gujrat to name a few.

After years of spending his professional life in Pune he finally got married to an Assamese Smita Sharma in 2009.He then shifted to greener pastures of Bangalore and joined The Times of India in Bangalore.

Currently he is working for United Business Media which is the number no 1 B2B media company in the world.

He currently stays with his wife and 1 year old baby girl in Bangalore.He also has a sister who is doing her Ph.D in biotechnology.