Bish Agrawal

Dr Bish Agrawal (Doc) is widely perceived as the pioneer of the organised search & selection profession in India. He founded ABC Consultants the first professional recruitment group in India. Accord Group was founded as the executive search arm of the group in the mid 90s.

Born to a modest family in a village in Bihar, Doc worked his way up the professional ladder with “tons of self-belief, hard work and more than a stroke of luck”. He earned his Engineering and Management Degrees from British Universities and PhD from Arizona, US and worked with American multinationals in India and the UK, before setting up ABC

In 2020, Doc was the first Asian to be awarded the Global Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to the profession by AESC , the Association of Executive Search and Leadership Consulting firms. He also received the prestigious Shiromani Award from former President of India, Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma, and the Rajiv Gandhi Excellence Award by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.

He has served as the President of The Institute of Management Consultants of India, a Visiting Professor at IIM Kolkata and a Companion of The Institute of Management, London.. He has personally completed over 1,000 senior leadership searches across various industries. His forte has been in partnering with Indian conglomerates and helping them build out their professional management teams.

When he is not talking about recruitment, Doc spends his time collecting Indian contemporary Art and investing in the Indian stock market.