Boutique consulting that brings two decades of hands-on industry depth and expertise — across strategy, deals, technology and training — to every engagement.
XStrat Consulting Services LLP is a boutique advisory practice built on two decades of hands-on experience across Business Consulting, Technology Services and Leadership Training.
We bring together deep industry insights, analytical rigour, and an unwavering focus on long-term value creation. Every engagement is delivered with attentiveness to detail and a genuine commitment to outcomes that outlast the engagement itself.
From shaping corporate strategy to architecting large deals, building financial models to running leadership programmes — XStrat combines the breadth of a management consultancy with the depth of a specialist advisory practice.
Deep contextual understanding of the business, sector, and strategic challenge — before any solution is proposed.
Rigorous data-driven analysis — qualitative and quantitative — to build evidence, not assumption.
Clear, actionable insights distilled from evidence and shaped by industry experience — not generic frameworks.
Implementation support and advisory for measurable, sustainable outcomes — with attentiveness to detail at every step.
End-to-end consulting for architecting and winning large and strategic deals — from competitive positioning and solution development through commercial modelling to final close.
Workshops and programmes on sales effectiveness, pre-sales strategy, and business development — built on firsthand experience shaping large deals across APAC, UK & Ireland, and North America.
Structured advisory and workshops for developing, stress-testing, and presenting compelling business cases for technology investments and strategic initiatives.
Corporate programmes on strategy development, decision-making frameworks, balancing short-term vs long-term imperatives, project management, and AI-powered productivity.
Analytical and technology consulting engagements — IT outsourcing strategy, applications rationalisation, IT due diligence, and quantitative analysis for evidence-based decision-making.
Teaching and guest faculty engagements at premier management institutions — covering strategy, IT/IS, management principles, and related subjects to MBA and PGDM students.
Y.V. Sridhar brings over two decades of experience spanning Consulting, Finance, Business Development and Product design — with organisations including PricewaterhouseCoopers, Accenture, Cognizant, Suzlon and Geometric.
His career has encompassed a breadth of roles: Strategy and Technology Consulting, Solution Architecture for large outsourcing deals, Business Case development, Financial modeling and Analysis, Business Development and Softwar Engineering.
Sridhar serves as Guest Faculty at several premier management institutions including multiple IIMs, bringing industry depth and research rigour to the classroom. A research enthusiast with ongoing doctoral work in Strategic Management, he brings conceptual depth and quantitative rigour to every consulting engagement.
"An extremely rare combination of intelligence, knowledge, big-picture thinking, and intellectual prowess. His financial model for our new product launch was exceptional — directly enabling critical business decisions by the executive leadership. In a high-pressure situation, Sridhar remains composed and consistently gets the best from every stakeholder."
"We collaborated strategically on winning competitive opportunities for our customers globally. Sridhar brings superb analytical skill and sound business acumen — he builds effective relationships, exhibits complete ownership of priorities, and is a genuinely dependable partner in high-stakes pursuits."
"His leadership, creativity, positive energy, and above all his endearing commitment to own and deliver above expectations — is very rare. An outstanding professional whose clarity of thought and follow-through set him apart in every engagement."
"Sridhar's understanding of technology is deep — but what truly sets him apart is how he sees the human and strategic layers behind it. Whether decoding patterns, spotting trends, or asking the right questions, he brings a clarity that is both insightful and refreshing."
"Thank you for teaching Principles and Practices of Management. The concepts you shared have built a strong foundation for us, and I believe they will guide our decisions as we grow in our careers. Your clarity, real-world examples, and practical approach made a lasting impact. Grateful for the guidance and perspective."
For consulting engagements, training programmes, advisory retainers, or a preliminary discussion — reach out directly. We respond to every serious inquiry.