Sharad Verma

Sharad Verma is the Global Leader of Boston Consulting Group’s Fractal Advantage topic, as well as a core member of the Industrial Goods practice, working mostly with automotive companies on strategy in rapidly developing economies. He was previously part of the BCG Ambassador program in New York and Boston.

Sharad's work in the industrial goods and automotive industries covers portfolio and growth strategy, organization development, turnaround, and profit improvement. He has years of experience working with leading Indian family businesses on defining aspirations, the role of the corporate center, and cultural transformation. He has led projects covering product topics including market concept development, product planning and design, variant management, and market launch. He is a topic expert on the subject of M&A and joint ventures, having worked with several multinational corporation and local clients on these issues.

Sharad has co-authored the BCG report series on Global Challengers and the recent Capital Goods policy released by the Government of India. He has also worked actively with industry and government bodies including CII, AIMA, Department of Heavy Industries (Government of India), and the Steel Ministry on topics related to national policy formulation.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

MBA, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
BA, chemical engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

Publications and Videos

India Economic Monitor

As the economy starts to open up, the new reality is unraveling across dimensions, impacting the way businesses function.

Why Global Companies Need to Become Fractal Innovators

Markets are fragmenting quickly. Scale and pedigree are no longer guarantees of success. To be contenders, global champions must design products differently.

The Organization of the Future Is Fractal

Scale isn’t dead. But it’s critical to find the right balance between scale and fractal principles—and to do it before your competitors do.

Electric 2 Wheelers: Nascent Market at the Cusp of Disruption

The Electric 2-wheeler (E2W) market, while nascent, is fast emerging as a new space for innovation, activity and potential scale. It is abuzz with excitement as old and new players are introducing and bringing in exciting products, new forms of technology, models of distribution, and value-added customer services every day. This report seeks to decode the chatter in the E2W market and assess the potential vectors for its evolution over the next 5-7 years.

Will EV be a Harbinger of Sustainability and Affordability for India?

In order to build a successful ecosystem for EVs in the future, solutions need to be constructed keeping both the automotive and the energy sectors in mind. A comprehensive view is to be developed to deliver a sustainable and economic impact on climate change in India.

Confluence of Energy and Mobility

In this BCG Perspective report, Kaustubh Verma along with other MDPs analyze India’s carbon footprint, focusing on the difficulties and potentials of EVs from a business perspective.

2020 BCG Tech Challengers

The Next Generation of Innovation in Emerging Markets

Auto: Business Platforms are the Future

Auto customers today are digitally native, time starved and expect a high degree of personalization. This perspective reflects on how a platform approach can generate exponential value and customer loyalty in an industry faced with evolving expectations, data explosion and rapid innovation. It outlines the value of platforms to OEMs and its various partners that will work together to meet customer needs across discovery, purchase and ownership.