About Jayant Kelkar · Sales Fundas · Pune

The Person You Brief Is the Person Who Does the Work.

30 years in B2B sales. National revenue records at Airtel. National coaching record at Max Life. Founded Sales Fundas in 2019 to give Indian SMEs and startups access to senior sales leadership at a fraction of full-time cost.

No junior associates. No project managers. No handover to someone you haven't met. If you're considering a Sales Fundas engagement, you will speak to Jayant, be worked with by Jayant, and receive deliverables written by Jayant.

Jayant Kelkar — Founder, Sales Fundas
30+
Years B2B Sales Leadership Across India
15+
Fractional Sales Director Engagements
585+
Sales Professionals Trained
37%
Average Revenue Growth Across Active Engagements
The Origin

Why Sales Fundas Exists

For three decades, I worked inside some of India's most demanding sales organisations — carrying targets, building teams, fixing broken regions, and learning what separates companies that grow predictably from those that grow by accident.

At Airtel, I built and led a region that set a national revenue performance record. At Max Life, I led a team that set a national coaching performance record. I was not the best individual salesperson — I was the person who built the systems that made other people great.

I founded Sales Fundas in 2019 because I kept seeing the same pattern: talented founders with real products, stuck in the same 4 problems. Founder-dependent sales. No ICP. No pipeline. No playbook. The solution was always the same — it was just never affordable for companies that weren't large enterprises.

Sales Fundas exists to change that.

"Most B2B companies don't have a sales problem. They have a systems problem. Install the right process, the right pipeline, and the right coaching — and revenue becomes predictable. That is what we build."
Jayant Kelkar · Sales Fundas
📍 Pune, Maharashtra, India
Career Timeline

30 Years in the Field. Every Role in Sales.

Every methodology in Sales Fundas comes from experience that was tested under real targets, real pressure, and real consequences — not from a classroom or a consulting framework.

1993 – 2000
Early Career
Field Sales · Eureka Forbes & Early B2B Roles

Built the discipline of door-to-door and field B2B selling from the ground up. Learned consultative selling before the term was mainstream. Developed the conviction that process beats personality in sales.

2000 – 2010
RPG Group · BPL · Sify
Regional Sales Leadership · Enterprise B2B

Led regional B2B sales teams across technology, consumer, and services verticals. Built the pipeline discipline, account management, and team coaching systems that would later become the foundation of Sales Fundas methodology.

2010 – 2015
Airtel
Regional Head, B2B Sales

Built and led a regional B2B sales organisation to set a national revenue performance record. Implemented the structured pipeline, coaching cadence, and account management methodology that became the proof of concept for the Sales Fundas approach.

🏆 National Revenue Record
2015 – 2019
Max Life Insurance
Sales Leadership & Coaching Head

Led a large sales and coaching function. Set a national coaching performance record. Developed the structured talent development and performance management frameworks that proved the repeatability of the Sales Fundas training methodology at scale.

🏆 National Coaching Record
2019 – Present
Sales Fundas
Founder & Principal Consultant

Founded Sales Fundas to bring senior B2B sales leadership to SMEs and startups that cannot afford a full-time CSO. 15+ engagements. 585+ trained. 37% average revenue growth. Still personally delivering every engagement.

Founded 2019 · Pune
Named Client Results

What the Work Produces

Fractional Sales Director Partnership · IT Services · Pune
Growel Softech: ₹5L → ₹23L/Month in 9 Months

Founder-led sales with no pipeline structure. Full 6-stage pipeline architecture installed. Weekly rep coaching. Forecast accuracy within 15% for the first time. Revenue grew 4.6x over 9 months.

Fractional Sales Director · Manufacturing · Pune
PartsCity: 45% Revenue Growth · Margin 2.3% → 3%

Relationship-dependent revenue with no formal process. New ICP framework, pipeline architecture, and negotiation training. Both top-line growth and margin defence improved simultaneously — in one engagement.

B2B Startup Sales Consulting clients (10+): Adagrad AI · BlueKei Solutions · Arrka · Synthesys Solutions · ReLambda · and others. Full client list shared in our first conversation. Introductions available on request.

The Sales Fundas Philosophy

Three Principles That Govern Every Engagement

01

Sales Is a Science, Not a Talent

The belief that some people are "born salespeople" is the single most dangerous idea in Indian B2B sales. It lets companies off the hook for building process. We build the system so performance doesn't depend on the individual.

02

Diagnose Before Prescribing

Prescription without diagnosis is malpractice. Every Sales Fundas engagement begins with an audit. We do not apply a template. We look at your pipeline data, your team capability, your ICP clarity — and build around what we actually find.

03

Outcomes, Not Outputs

A Sales Playbook sitting in a folder has zero value. A training workshop that energises for a week and changes nothing by month two is a waste of your money and your team's time. We stay until the numbers move.

Network & Affiliations

Part of India's B2B Business Ecosystem

Sales Fundas is connected to India's leading startup and SME networks — enabling introductions, referrals, and community trust.

TiE Pune Member
eChai Ventures Network Partner
Pune Startup Ecosystem
B2B Sales Community India
Work With Jayant

30 Minutes. An Honest Conversation. No Pitch.

Book a free Sales Audit Call. You speak directly to Jayant. We look at your revenue situation together and tell you honestly whether Sales Fundas can help — and if so, how.