Gautam is a Platform Evangelist and India Marketing at BraveNewTalent and blogger at Gautamblogs.com. He specializes in the areas of HR,Organization Development and how businesses can leverage Social Media for Organizational Learning and Employee Engagement. SMCPune requested Gautam for an email interview ( Gautam is based in Bangalore at present ) and he was more than happy to share his learnings on Social Media.

SMCPune : Do you think Social Media helps in enhancing personal branding?  

It was a weekday and the American Center’s Public Affairs team was visiting Pune. SMCPune team made sure to have a tete-a-tete with them. Aditi was more than willing to meet us and talk about Social Media initiatives embraced by the American Center. We decided to meet at Aromas,F.C.Road.It was lunch time and we all reached the venue on time. The American Center visiting Public Affairs team comprised of Information Officer Kapil Gupta, Assistant Media Advisor/Marathi Editor Sumedha Raikar and Information Assistant Electronic Media Aditi Tandon. So here goes the interview-

1.Can you brief our members what exactly “American Center" does?

The Consulate General seeks to promote U.S.-India relations and progress towards common goals through information outreach, dialogue and exchange programs in western India, including Mumbai and the states of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and Goa.