Alumnus of IIT Bombay, experience in R & D, engineering, manufacturing, marketing & sales, general management, brand & leadership development.

Specialist in strategy, branding, business process breakthroughs and leadership development - developed tools and processes in these areas.

Set up Exponient Consulting for business strategy, business process breakthroughs & Leadership Development.

Set up PURPLE STREAM Branding & Design in association with Falguni Gokhale.
Turned around Industrial Automation Division in Philips India.

Established Global Weighing as a new company and as an industrial brand after de-merger from Philips. Mr. Karandikar led Global Weighing as its MD for three and half years.

Achieved turnaround at an engineering company through consultancy to its MD on business strategy, leadership & for achieving breakthroughs in business processes.

Developed a breakthrough product development and launch process for better products and quicker launches.