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D Shivakumar
{{Infobox person
| name = Shiv Shivakumar
| image = D Shivakumar, Member of the Board, Nokia, Finland, making a point on free and fair trade (8268146636).jpg
| image_size = 220px
| birth_date = 
| employer = Aditya Birla Group
| birth_place = [[Bangalore]], Karnataka, India
| occupation = {{unbulleted list| Group Executive President, Corporate Strategy at Aditya Birla Group}}
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==Early Life and Education==
Shiv was born and raised in Bangalore, India. <br />
He graduated from IIT, Madras in 1982 and from IIM, Calcutta in 1984. In 2005, he went on to study at The Wharton School. <ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/shiv-shivakumar-01012018/ | work=Shivakumar| title=LinkedIn}}</ref> 

==Career==
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=== Pre-Nokia ===
Shiv started his career as a management trainee in the Consumer Products Division at Hindustan Ciba Geigy before shifting to[[:en:Hindustan_Unilever|Hindustan Unilever]] Limited where he spent 19 years in sales, marketing and general management positions. He handled consumer major Hindustan Unilever’s foods business between 1989-97, leading brands like Lipton tea, Tree Top fruit juices and Waffles wafers in the snacks segment, before moving to handle shampoos, feminine hygiene and baby products.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/d-shivakumar-pepsi-gets-a-people-leader-with-fighters-instinct/articleshow/27200230.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst|title=D Shivakumar: Pepsi gets a people leader with ‘fighter’s instinct’|last=Vijayaraghavan|first=Kala|work=The Economic Times|access-date=2020-07-27|last2=Bhushan|first2=Ratna}}</ref>⏎
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He moved to [[Philips]], India as Chief Executive Officer of the consumer electronics division in 2003.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.iimcal.ac.in/d-shivakumar | work=IIM| title= D. SHIVAKUMAR, Alumni IIMC }}</ref>

=== Nokia (India and Worldwide) ===⏎
Shiv joined Nokia in 2006 as the Managing Director, India. Under his management, Nokia built its entire services portfolio, including [[Nokia Life]] Tools. He was also instrumental in pushing low-cost mobile devices across rural India; making Nokia a dominant brand in India. He is credited for driving Nokia’s brand from No. 71 to No. 1 in the country <ref>{{cite news| url=http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/how-did-nokia-succeed-in-the-indian-mobile-market-while-its-rivals-got-hung-up/ | work=W(contracted; show full)
* [http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/I2W8WOhKWaFlhcYJxHJ7GK/D-Shivakumar-The-management-thinker.html Reference for Leadership: Workspace design and working styles]
* [https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/how-chairman-d-shivakumar-is-trying-to-charge-up-pepsico-by-energising-people-who-make-the-brand/articleshow/46615491.cms About D Shivakumar's leadership]

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