Kaushik Vardharajan

Associate Professor of the Practice; Director, Real Estate Program; Director, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Program

Kaushik Vardharajan
  • Title Associate Professor of the Practice;
    Director, Real Estate Program;
    Director, Innovation & Entrepreneurship Program
  • Education Institute of Hotel Management
    BS & MBA, Johnson & Wales University
    Harvard Business School

Kaushik Vardharajan has almost two decades of global hotel consulting and development experience. Kaushik started his consulting career with HVS and spent 15 years there, starting in New York, and then lead the firm’s operations as Managing Director – South Asia in Delhi and as Partner Managing Director – Asia Pacific in Singapore. Kaushik worked on and oversaw over 1,500 valuations, feasibility studies, management contract negotiations and strategic consulting assignments while at HVS. Kaushik then spent almost four years at Hilton as Vice President Development – South Asia and led Hilton’s growth and expansion across India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal through management and franchise agreements. Kaushik has lectured on global hotel markets and hospitality real estate at Boston University’s School of Hospitality Administration.

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