Bhaskar Bhat began his career in 1978 as a Management Trainee at Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Company. After spending five years with Godrej, he joined Tata Watch Project. After that, he was associated with Titan Company Limited. He retired on 30 th September 2019, after serving as Managing Director of the Company from April 2002 to September 2019.
Titan Company Limited, under Bhaskar’s leadership, enlarged its portfolio and extended its market to Eyewear, Accessories, Fragrances and Sarees. The market cap of Titan Company grew to 13 Billion USD in 2019 and is now the second largest in the Tata Group.
Bhaskar is the Chairperson of the Board of Governors of the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappali. He is a Board Member of IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation.
Bhaskar graduated in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Madras and completed his PGDBM from IIM Ahmedabad. He has been conferred the Distinguished Alumnus Award at IIT Madras and IIM Ahmedabad.
Bhaskar is also a Director in Tata Sons Private Limited, Titan Company, Trent and CaratLane Trading Private Limited and Chairman of the Board of Rallis India and Tata SIA (Vistara). He is also the Independent Director in Bosch India Ltd and Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited.