The People Who Run Your War Room
War Room's core team is a lean, senior group of professionals who have been directly involved in election campaigns, media strategy and organisational management at the national and state level. Every team member brings frontline experience - not just advisory credentials.
Nikhil Shrivastava is the founder and CEO of War Room and Asvaghosa Communications Pvt. Ltd. A seasoned political strategist and public speaker, he has been at the centre of some of India's most closely watched election campaigns since 2016.
With a background spanning some of India's leading media houses - Times Internet, Hindustan, Dainik Jagran, Dainik Bhaskar and Amar Ujala - Nikhil brings a rare combination of editorial rigour, political understanding and digital strategy to every mandate he takes on.
His approach is simple: understand the seat honestly, build a real win-path, and stay accountable until the count is in. War Room operates on a single-desk, one-fight-at-a-time model by design - because winning elections requires complete focus, not divided attention.
Avinash Chandra leads communications strategy at War Room. A veteran communications professional with deep experience in political and public affairs messaging, he has spent his career at the intersection of journalism and strategic communication.
His background at Hindustan - one of India's largest-circulation Hindi newspapers - gives him an acute understanding of how messages are received in the heartland. At War Room, he oversees narrative architecture, media relations and the communication frameworks that translate strategy into voter-facing messaging.
Rahul Srivastava serves as Chief Human Resources Officer and Business Analyst at War Room. With experience at FICCI - India's premier industry body - and Indosolar, he brings a rigorous analytical and organisational management perspective to the team.
At War Room, Rahul oversees the human resource pipeline, cadre coordination, business development and the analytical frameworks that underpin every campaign diagnostic. His role is to ensure that War Room's operations remain as disciplined and data-driven as the strategies it builds for clients.
How the Core Team Works
The War Room core team operates on a direct-involvement model. Unlike agencies that hand client accounts to junior executives, every War Room mandate is managed directly by senior team members from diagnostic to delivery. This ensures consistency, accountability and the highest quality of strategic output.
The core team is supported by a vetted network of field specialists - data analysts, ground researchers, content creators and coordination professionals - who are activated per mandate. Confidentiality agreements are signed for every engagement, and no information crosses between clients.
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