Harshad Fad Pune, IN

I build brand communities that market, support & connect.

Hi, I'm Harshad, Community Programme Manager at TraceLink. For nine years I've turned customers, users and members into the people who advocate for a brand better than any campaign could, because word of mouth, familiarity and trust quietly govern how we buy.

9 yrs
building community
6
sectors
51
countries
547
companies
Work

Brand communities I've built.

TraceLinkCommunity Programme ManagerNOW
GAMP (Kira Studio)Tournaments & Community, GTM'24
BizongoCommunity & Growth'23
Walfin TechCommunity-led Growth & Marketing'21
91SpringboardCommunity Manager'18
KahaniyaCommunity Manager'17
Off the clock

The rest of me.

Travel

New places, and the long unplanned walks in them.

Books

Paper ones. Usually more than one at a time.

Talking

Real conversations, the kind that go past the first three questions.

Art

Galleries, street walls, anything made by hand.

Photos

Life as it happens, mostly at golden hour.

The bike

Fresh air, open road, no destination required.

Where it began

Before brand communities, there were human ones.

I founded the Human Library Hyderabad (later Incluspace), where books are people and reading is a conversation. 200+ events, 25,000+ people and a TEDx talk later, it taught me everything I know about belonging, and started this whole journey.

TEDx talk
TEDX · NIT TRICHY
WOW magazine cover
WOW! COVER · '17
With S.S. Rajamouli
W/ S.S. RAJAMOULI
Partnered with

Through Human Library & Incluspace.

MicrosoftDE ShawTCSIIT Hyderabad NIT TrichyBITS Pilani GoaOsmania University NALSAR University of Lawand many more
As featured in

Press.

Field notes

Community, honestly.