About

Pareekh Jain is a seasoned outsourcing consultant and CEO of Pareekh Consulting and EIIRTrend, a focused analyst firm for Engineering, IoT, Industry 4.0, and R&D (EIIR). He is also an Adjunct Faculty for Industry 4.0 at the Asian Institute of Technology, where he teaches a 3-credit course as part of the Masters in Digital Transformation for Working Professionals. Pareekh has seen the engineering services outsourcing industry from four perspectives: industry analyst, enterprise buyer, sourcing advisor, and service provider. He has authored 200+ publications on topics related to outsourcing, engineering services, technology, and regional competitiveness in outsourcing. Pareekh is regularly quoted in media on EIIR trends, with over 500 media quotes and interviews to his name in publications such as Harvard Business Review, NDTV, Times of India, Economic Times, and Business Standard, among others. He is also the co-founder of Shayas, which has two business lines - Shayas Classes, a verbal study center for GMAT, GRE, SAT, TOEFL, and IELTS, and Shayas Arts, which specializes in handmade vegetation paintings and crafts for home decoration and gifts. Pareekh received his MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bangalore, and a Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi. He has 22.44 years of relevant experience and is an Indian citizen living in Bangalore. Pareekh Consulting is an analyst and advisory firm that provides sourcing advisory and thought leadership services to enterprises, engineering service providers, engineering ISVs, startups, unicorns, investors, and industry associations. EIIRTrend is its flagship platform for discovering EIIR trends, information, insights, and best practices across 12 industry segments, 24 service segments, 75+ countries, and 2500+ providers and buyers. Seven out of the top 10 Indian Engineering Services Providers have engaged EIIRTrend for understanding trends and developing thought leadership artifacts.