Ivaturi was previously at Quess Corp, where she worked on scaling training programmes in social enterprise, and has more than 20 years’ experience working in research-based consulting at Feedback Consulting.

In her new role, Ivaturi will report to Amit Adarkar, chief executive officer at Ipsos India.

Adarkar said: “With the increasing demand in a highly growth-oriented market like India, we have expanded the team at the top level with the hiring of Rajashree Ivaturi, whose experience straddling private and government clients will be a great asset to Ipsos Strategy3.

“We are seeing a lot of clients demanding research-based consulting and Ivaturi brings with her a lot of rich experience that will upscale our client delivery, even for uncharted sectors.”