Saugata is a Partner with Avasant LLC, largest privately-held and independent deal advisory firm in the world. He specializes in strategy, technology, research, digital transformation, and strategic sourcing. He leads the Middle East region for Avasant M.E. FZ-LLC and is based out of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He has 15+ years of experience spread over consulting, research, and business strategy engagements. 

Prior to Avasant, he was a Research Specialist at ISG, the largest strategic sourcing firm globally. Saugata was instrumental in creating communication portal at ISG Dynamic RFI, a cloud-based data exchange program with service providers around the world. He initiated the set-up of new service lines including ISG City Risk Assessment and Location Assessment. He has also engaged with captives in India in an extensive benchmarking exercise. 

In his first job before ISG, Sengupta was a Consultant with Tholons Inc. and specializes in service provider research/consulting including location assessment/ selection frameworks and methodologies. His experience with emerging locations study and other client specific engagements which required location selection enable him to have a deep insight and in-depth expertise in the subject. He has been involved in multiple engagements with governments and trade associations for laying out strategic roadmaps for offshore nations. He has also delivered on complex cost and operational benchmarking engagements with excellent results derived by client from the implementation of recommendations. He has led the Tholons Top100 Outsourcing Cities research from 2008 to 2010 and helped to significantly improve and develop the standardized methodology for ranking outsourcing cities around the world and other research activities at Tholons.