Amit is a seasoned business professional with 30+ years of diverse functional experience across multiple industries. He has worked in companies like Asian Paints, Whirlpool and with HT Media Ltd. (Hindustan Times). He has been credited with the turnaround of the Hindi newspaper business for Hindustan Times and setting up the entire Digital portfolio for HT group. As Executive Director of Dalmia Bharat Group, he was responsible for new business investments and digitization of the group entities. Most recently he was the Managing Director of Hippo Stores, a retail venture in the building material space. He is a chemical engineer from IIT Varanasi and PGDM from IIM Lucknow.