Stanza Living bolsters senior leadership, appoints Kanishka Mazumdar as VP, Food & Beverage

Stanza Living, India’s largest student housing company, has strengthened its senior leadership team with the appointment of Kanishka Mazumdar as Vice President, Food & Beverage.

Kanishka will lead the building and growth of a consumer-focused Food & Beverage vertical, ensuring quality and efficiency of operations across the value chain. Kanishka joins a list of recent senior leadership appointments, including Ranju Goyal as General Counsel and Nitin Mohan Srivastava as Vice President, Growth Strategy, bring a collective experience of over six decades.

The recent hiring underscores Stanza Living’s focus on leveraging the multiplier advantage of intergenerational leadership. As part of this, the company is building a high-potential capital of experienced and young leaders. Enabling amplification of a diversity of experiences, expertise and approaches this capital can serve as a critical differentiator in triggering transformational and sustainable growth for the company and the sector.

At Stanza Living, each team member is also encouraged to go beyond their role fitment and explore evolving and fulfilling growth paths in sync with the company’s rapid scale and business expansion. 

Anindya Dutta, Co-Founder of Stanza Living, said, “We are delighted to welcome Kanishka to our high-quality senior leadership team, as he takes on the responsibility of building out our strategic business roadmap. As a leader, he has extensive experience in helping businesses create a transformative impact for all stakeholders, and we look forward to his counsel and expertise in crafting our scalable growth.”

 

Sandeep Dalmia, Co-Founder, Stanza Living, stated, “At Stanza, we are proud of our team of young and experienced multi-domain experts, with rich experience across some of the most prominent new-age and traditional businesses. Kanishka brings a seasoned view to our growth trajectory and we are excited to have him on our journey.”

 

Kanishka Mazumdar, Vice President (Food & Beverage) of Stanza Living, added, “As a hospitality-led brand, Stanza Living’s F&B service is a key component of high-quality daily living experience for thousands of residents across the country. I’m keenly looking forward to build a hospitality experience that can elevate and reimagine operating yardsticks for the entire student housing sector.”  

Stanza Living, which was declared LinkedIn’s Top Startups of 2019, has recently scaled its employee base to 750 personnel across the country.