{{Short description|Indian businessman}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Harit Nagpal | image = | caption = | birthname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|11|2|df=y}} | birth_place = New Delhi, India | death_date = | death_place = | occupation = Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Tata Play, formerly known as Tata Sky | education = Panjab University<small> (B.E.)</small><br />University of Delhi<small> (M.B.A.)</small> | years_active = | alias = | status = | title = | family = | spouse = Poonam Nagpal | children = Maanya Nagpal, Arsh Nagpal | relatives = | credits = }} '''Harit Nagpal''' (born 2 November 1961) is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Tata Play, formerly known as Tata Sky, since August 2010.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Media Dialogues: In conversation with Tata Sky CEO Harit Nagpal on Indian media landscape|url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/videos/uncategorized/media-dialogues-in-conversation-with-tata-sky-ceo-harit-nagpal-on-indian-media-landscape-4875181.htm|access-date=2020-11-24|website=cnbctv18.com|date=14 December 2019 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Kohli-Khandekar|first=Vanita|date=2020-04-03|title=We are fortunate because our goods and services are virtual: Tata Sky CEO|work=Business Standard India|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/we-are-fortunate-because-our-goods-and-services-are-virtual-tata-sky-ceo-120040301705_1.html|access-date=2020-11-24}}</ref> He has over four decades of experience in the industry.
==Career==
Nagpal spent his first 15 working years in packaged goods industry with brands like Lakme, Marico and Pepsi. At the turn of the millennium he moved over to the services sector and worked with Shoppers Stop and Hutch/Orange/Vodafone before joining Tata Play (formerly, Tata Sky) in 2010.
He took over as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Tata Sky in August 2010. Before that he was Global Director Marketing at Vodafone. He had also served as Director of Marketing and Business at Vodafone India Limited.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2010-06-14|title=Harit Nagpal To Take Over From Tata Sky MD Vikram Kaushik|url=https://www.medianama.com/2010/06/223-harit-nagpal-to-take-over-from-tata-sky-md-vikram-kaushik/|access-date=2020-11-24|website=MediaNama|language=en-US}}</ref>
He co-authored a case study on the subject of disruption "Tata Sky: Responding to a disruptive technology" which is now a part of the curriculum at the London Business School.<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://publishing.london.edu/cases/tata-sky-responding-to-a-disruptive-technology-a/ | title=Tata Sky: Responding to a disruptive technology (A) | journal=London Business School Case Collection | date=6 April 2024 | issue=CS-23-004 | pages=1–14 | last1=Spungin | first1=Jessica | last2=Birkinshaw | first2=Julian | last3=Nagpal | first3=Harit }}</ref>
He has authored two books, "[https://amzn.in/d/eRvdPRJ Adapt - To thrive, not just survive]" <ref>https://www.amazon.in/Adapt-thrive-not-just-survive/dp/9360452963</ref> and "[https://amzn.in/d/084SHiG Pivot - Between two options pick the third"] <ref>https://amzn.in/d/084SHiG</ref>
==Early life and education==
Nagpal graduated in Chemical Engineering from Panjab University, Chandigarh in 1983 and followed it up with an MBA from Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Harit A Nagpal, Tata Sky Ltd: Profile and Biography|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/17852169|access-date=2020-11-24|website=Bloomberg.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-07-31|title=B-School Profile: Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), Delhi {{!}} CareerAnna|url=http://www.careeranna.com/b-school-profile-faculty-of-management-studies-fms-delhi|access-date=2020-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130731203659/http://www.careeranna.com/b-school-profile-faculty-of-management-studies-fms-delhi|archive-date=31 July 2013}}</ref>
He is listed as an illustrious alumni of Panjab University<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indianewscalling.com/sunday-magazine/news/147138-felicitations-to-illustrious-alumni-during-the-grand-alumni-reunion-2023-of-dr-ssbuicet.aspx | title=Felicitations to Illustrious Alumni During the Grand Alumni Reunion 2023 of Dr. Ssbuicet }}</ref> and of Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.getmyuni.com/articles/fms-delhi-notable-alumni | title=FMS Delhi Notable Alumni | Official Alumni Community FMS | date=9 June 2021 }}</ref>
He was born in New Delhi, India and spent his childhood between New Delhi and Roorkee, Uttarakhand. He is married with two children, Maanya Nagpal and Arsh Nagpal.
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