Goutam Auknoor

Goutam Auknoor is the VP & Head of India Operations at EZJobs. Goutam was previously the Director at DQ Entertainment from June 2015 to November 2020.

DQ Entertainment (DQE) is a animation, gaming, live action entertainment - production and distribution – company with amongst the largest animation production capacity for Television, Feature Films, Home Video, Online Game Art, Visual Effects, mobile and next generation console games.

With in-house skills sets of over 2700 production associates, DQE can be considered as one of the largest animated content production houses in the world today. DQE has grown into a fully integrated production and distribution group distinguished for its corporate governance, adherence to the highest quality and one of the first companies in this industry to receive the ISO 9001:2000 certification by DNV Norway, for its sophisticated production and delivery systems.

The company’s vision of producing iconic brands and quality entertainment has provided the edge to DQE in a content-driven world. The awards won by DQE at various national and international forums are an affirmation of the quality of work being produced by the associates. DQ has been recognized as an organization that fosters excellence and encourages quality and creativity.

DQE has received over 35 awards including an EMMY for ‘Tutenstein’ animated TV series and several others such as the Red Herring Top 100 private companies Asia, E&Y Entrepreneur of the Year Award, The UK Broadcast Award 2010, Sichuan TV Festival International "Gold Panda" Award, 11 Emmy nominations and an Emmy Award, Pulcinella Awards, Italy for The Jungle Book which was nominated in 5 categories at the Cartoons on the Bay - Italy in 2011. DQE was also awarded the prestigious ‘International Studio of the Year’ at the 16th ceremony of Cartoons on the Bay, Italy 2012.

Goutam Auknoor has been instrumental in driving DQE’s growth and success over the past five years. Under their leadership, DQE has established itself as a leading player in the global animation industry.

Goutam Auknoor has completed Executive Education from Harvard Business School in the field of Managing and Transforming Professional Services Firms. Goutam also has a Certificate of Accomplishment from Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad in Executive Education in Managing IT Projects. Further, they are a SAfe Agilist certified from CA Agile Academy Boulder USA and has done Executive Education from Stanford University Graduate School of Business in the field of Scaling Up Your Venture Without Screwing Up. Additionally, they have completed a Master Class in Strategy from Woxsen University and has a Certificate in Research from IJAR - INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH in the field of Analysis of trends in Supremacy of US Dollar. Furthermore, they have a Certificate of Accomplishment from Indian School of Business in Education in an Era of Globalization. Goutam Auknoor holds a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance from Vinayaka Mission's Research Foundation - University. Goutam has also attended a Workshop on International Strategies & International Marketing at Hanns Seidel Foundation, Germany.

They are on a team with Priyadarshan Patil - Chief Technology Officer, Sahasrajit Mitta - Product Manager, and Jyoti Vazirani - Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer. Goutam Auknoor reports to Anil Vazirani, CEO.