Tete`-a- tete with Trust Research Advisory's N.Chandramauli

N. Chandramouli has over 20 years of multifunctional experience in communication, finance, technology and education. In the last decade of his career he has promoted 6 different communication companies under the Comniscient Group umbrella. Comniscient is the umbrella brand that includes Blue Lotus Communications, Blue Bytes News Research, Trust Research Advisory , i9 Communications , Brix Media and Reverb Events. Chandramouli is CEO at Trust Research Advisory and also heads the Blue Lotus Group since its inception in October 2002. The Group which has interests in communication, research, social media and publishing has grown from two people to over 150 people with nine offices across India.

He has had successful and varied entrepreneurial stints giving him exposure into diverse disciplines and sectors. A strong belief in, and vision to spawn entrepreneurial growth distinguishes Chandramouli's growth philosophy. Many of the Blue Lotus Group companies have former employee-turned-owners running them today. Along with his unique combination of an engineering background , communication business experience and his other entrepreneurial exposures, Chandramouli also conducts lectures in several communication colleges and is the author of the recently published book 'Decoding Communication’. 

• Your favourites from the industry: Friends and/or Competitors/company: Madison
• TV show you love watching: Zee Studio 
• Favourite books / magazines: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
• Food that you do not mind indulging in sinfully: Indian Chaat 
• How do you unwind on weekends: Cycling 
• What would be the three things that you will not leave your house without: My phone, key & wallet. 
• Any particular gadget that you are eying and keen to buy or get your hands on at the earliest: Goggles through which we can watch television with 3 D technology. 
• Favourite getaway destination: Ladakh 
• Your strength and weakness: My strength-I believe in me and my team / My weakness- Being emotional   
• Perfect happiness for you is: Listening to my favorite songs. 
• A cloud 9 moment for you: Launch of Brand Trust Report 2013
• Any luxury item that you want to indulge in as soon as possible: Lamborghini
• Favorite vehicle (Car/bike/etc): BMW
• What has been your best film in Bollywood / Hollywood: Anand & Die Hard 1 respectively.
• Your greatest extravagance: Music 
• Left alone on an island, 3 things you would want with you: Friends, Food & Drinks so that we can party. | As told to Aanchal Kohli [aanchal(at)adgully.com]