Sachin Kalra is the Vice President & Deputy General Counsel at HT Media Limited (Group). Having pursued his Master’s degree from Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune, he completed post-graduation and joined as a faculty of law with the same university. Soon, he decided to take up law as a career and became a practicing lawyer in litigation. Subsequently, he specialised in corporate law and intellectual property rights law.

In his prior assignments, Sachin headed and represented the legal functions of Bharti AXA, Bharti Retail, Samsung (South-West Asia), Vodafone India. He possesses a wide experience of handling a diverse range of legal matters in different industries including insurance, telecom, FMCG, retail, real estate, electronics, consumer durables, education and media.

He has always been open to challenges and learning and never hesitated in taking up new tasks in any sphere. However, with a penchant for research and a love for academics, he continues to hold a keen interest in interacting with and tutoring law students on a wide array of subjects beyond the rote learning of textbooks.

As a General Counsel, Sachin has been bestowed with several prestigious awards.

1. Business Lawyer
2. Build trust
3. Build team and relationships
4. Learn and execute.
5. Patient and sincere

Sachin Kalra and I worked together while I was heading the business at Easy Day supermarkets. It was a tough transition for us from Bharti Retail to Future Retail and Sachin helped lead the legal function very well during this transition. He exhibited great drive , entrepreneurship and was always striving to push for a legal position which supported the business pragmatically rather than playing safe and defensive . He is a great team player in a cross-functional setting and a good leader too

Manish Sabnis
Chief Business Officer, Reliance Jiomart B2B grocery