MANAGING DIRECTOR

Sarbendra Sarkar

Founder and Managing Director

Sarbendra Sarkar is a seasoned hospitality leader with over three decades of diversified experience across hotel operations, project development, business growth, and brand management. A Hotel Management graduate with an MBA, he is also an alumnus of Cornell University’s Executive Education and Professional Development Program, combining strong academic grounding with deep industry insight.

Throughout his career, Sarbendra has been closely associated with leading global hotel brands, playing a pivotal role in building, scaling, repositioning, and strengthening hospitality businesses across varied market segments. His expertise spans the complete lifecycle of hotel development—from concept and commissioning to stabilization and sustained profitability.

Recognised as a trusted turnaround specialist, he has a proven record of transforming underperforming assets into profitable, well-governed enterprises through strategic clarity and disciplined execution. His strengths include operations management, project and site leadership, and performance optimization, along with deep expertise in strategic and resource planning, budgeting and financial control, sales and marketing strategy, and the conceptualization of distinctive food and beverage experiences.

His leadership is further strengthened by hands-on human capital development, including structured training methodologies, leadership grooming, and strong relationship management across stakeholders. Sarbendra’s leadership philosophy is rooted in vision, foresight, operational discipline, and long-term value creation, supported by a pragmatic understanding of market realities.