Chitra Baskar is the founder and CEO of Red Wud. She is an alumnus
of the prestigious Indian School of Business (Hyderabad) where she
completed the Women Entrepreneurship Development Program. She also
completed PGDHM (Hospital Management) at Apollo Hospital after an
MBA program at the Indira Gandhi National Open University.
Ms. Chitra is an astute Marketing Management professional for
hospitals with over 15 years experience in managing and overseeing
the entire gamut of Hospital Marketing, Public Relations and
Business Development. She started her career as a Management
Trainee at Apollo Hospitals and progressed to head the PR
Department overseeing 9 units of Apollo Hospitals. She later
started XFactor with the aim of increasing visibility and revenue
of hospitals.
She helped set up in house marketing departments in hospitals and
was instrumental in educating numerous hospitals and doctors about
the importance of marketing in increasing brand value and revenue.
Her efforts led to the growth of the small design studio into a
Group of 4 companies offering 360o marketing services. She has
also contributed towards industry related activities for
Government, Private and Quasi Government bodies.