Dilip Cherian (born 10 April in Kerala, India), is a communications consultant, a political campaign advisor and a practicing political & policy professional. He is also involved with political lobbying and bureaucracy decision making. He was conferred with the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 12th edition of the India PR & Corporate Communications Awards Educational qualifications Dilip Cherian went to Don Bosco School in Calcutta. He passed Senior Cambridge Examination with Science, Mathematics, and English as major subjects. In college, Dilip graduated with Honors in Economics from Presidency College, University of Calcutta. He carried on with getting a master's degree in Economics from Delhi School of Economics, the University of Delhi with specializations in International Economics, Public Economics and Industrial Economics. Dilip earned the Gurukul Chevening Fellowship at the London School of Economics in Globalization. He has scholarships from National Merit Scholarship, Presidency College, U.G.C Centre for Advanced Studies Scholarship at the Delhi School of Economics for The Shriram Foundation Fellowship. Career Professional experiences Dilip is the co founder of and Consulting Partner for Perfect Relations, established in the early 1990s. Perfect Relations was among the first agencies to introduce the concept of Image Management in India. The company advises CEO's and country management teams on external communications, internal communications and public relations. It has offices in 16 Indian cities, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka today and employs over 500 people, making it South Asia's largest image management consultancy. Dilip Cherian started his career as Economic Consultant, Bureau of Industrial Costs in the Ministry of Industry, New Delhi. The work involved advising the Central government on regulatory measures regarding pricing, etc. Dilip also writes on a weekly basis, India's only column on bureaucracy called Dilli Ka Babu. Journalistic and media sector Dilip joined Business India in 1980, where he was responsible for creating a separate section on policy making. After a long stint as the Editor of Business India, Dilip moved to television and newspaper journalism. Here, he was auxiliary in founding ‘The Observer of Business and Politics'. His work as Business Editor involved the conceptualization and creation of the entire editorial structure of the paper. Dilip writes columns that have appeared in the Asian Age, The Indian Express, and the Mumbai-based Mid-Day. These columns are based on his views of the country's economic and political environment. Dilip’s name was also included in the first ever PRWeek Global Power Book