Speakers
Mr. SM Chaturvedi is a management consultant in International Business besides being a visiting faculty with leading Institutes of Management in India. He is corporate trainer and Motivational speaker who has conducted more than 5200 seminars on all India bases besides over 240 In-company Training Programs. He possesses over 17 years of corporate experience and over 33 years of consultancy experience catering to corporate client. He is also a consultant in the field of Foreign Trade Policy, Export-Import Customs, Exchange Control Regulations and Industrial Policy, FEMA, Laws of Weights and Measures.
Kartik Raina
Management Consultant
Kartik is/has been Visiting Faculty at various Management Schools including IIM Ahmedabad, IIFT, New Delhi, SP Jain Global School of Management at their Mumbai, Singapore, Dubai & Sydney campuses, IMT, Ghaziabad & Dubai, IBS Hyderabad, IMI New Delhi, B M Munjal University and the Amity Business School, NOIDA. He also is a regular Guest faculty at the Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration(LBSNAA), Mussoorie. He has also been the Executive Director of Hoechst West Africa for Ghana, Nigeria, Togo & Benin. He concluded his International career in Colombo as the Managing Director of the Unilever Bestfoods company, looking after Sri Lanka &the Maldives.
Ms. Sabira Merchant
Management Consultant
Ms Sabira Merchant completed her studies in Liberal Arts from Switzerland. Being a expert communicator and a lover of stage, Sabira was inclined towards the theatre and made her first breakthrough with Theatre group’s ‘‘The World’’ And it was followed by ‘‘The Wild Duck’’, ‘‘Tughlaq’’, ‘‘Duet for one’’, ‘‘The Idiot’’, ‘‘Winter Set’’ and many more. She bagged the All India critics’’ award for her role of Blanche Dubois in the play ‘‘A Street Car Named Desire.’’ She also played the enchantress Madame Manaeksha in the BBC production ‘‘Six steps to happiness.’’ Sabira also debuted in ‘‘The Rummy Game,’’ a sweet and bitter comedy that won rave reviews from all over the world. Sabira made her presence on the big screen too, playing roles in some select Hindi movies including Shyam Benegal’s ‘‘Trikaal.’’
In the 70’s Sabira became very popular on the television circuit as her show ‘‘What’s the good word?’’ ran for a record 15 years on Doordarshan (India’s only terrestrial television network). Besides being a theatre and film personality, Sabira is an expert guide on speech, diction, etiquette, grooming, stage presence and public speaking. She has the honour of having trained a whole lot of beauty contestants including past Ms. Universe – Lara Dutta Ms. World – Yukta Mookhey, Diana Hayden, Priyanka Chopra etc. The male pageants too have witnessed her students putting up a fabulous performance. Aryan Vaid, Raghu Mukherjee – Mr India 2002 to name a few.
Even the corporate and general public from various walks of life regularly benefit from her knowledge and experience in communication and overall personality development to lead a happy and successful life. The sessions are aimed towards personal/corporate finesse improvement, which is not only personalized but also customized. It meets Organization as well as personal needs of an individual as a separate and as a part of the team as a whole. Participants are helped to create self-awareness empowering them to shed their inhibitions and negativity. Particular care is taken to enhance their pronunciation, diction, voice modulation, communication skills, phone etiquette, table manners and dinning skills in particular. The pedagogy deployed i.e. the lectures, role plays, exercises, interactive discussions supplements for social and business graces of international protocol are proved to be best case examples providing individuals to master the art of Public Speaking.
The course is tailor-made fitting each individual’s parameters of day to day requirement and yet a uniformed eye-opener which step by step opens the window of a new world. It is an introduction and exploration of the self and a realization of your personality and potential.
Late Mr. Subhash Lakhotia
Tax Guru & Director of R.N. Lakhotia & Associates LLP
Late Mr. Subhash Lakhotia was the Director of R.N. Lakhotia & Associates LLP. He was an Income-tax Practitioner for the last over 40 years. He regularly writes in various national dailies. He was the Director of Lakhotia College of Taxation & Management. He was practicing as a consultant on tax planning, tax documentation and investment planning. He has also addressed thousands of seminars and lecture meetings on taxation and tax planning and is conducting the popular course known as ‘Zero to Hero in Direct Taxes’.
He was selected as the best youth of India by the Lions International to represent India at the World Youth Congress held at Atlantic City, USA in 1970. He is Secretary General of Investors Club and President of Spiritual Club International and Unite to Invest (UTI). He is Chief Strategist of Real Estate Strategy Group and was actively associated with various professional bodies connected with real estate. He has written nearly 100 books on Income-tax, Investment, Real Estate and Spirituality. He is actively associated with Lions Clubs International. He has been awarded the “Sahityashree” award and “The Suryadatta National Award, 2010”. He is on the Governing Council of Proton Business School.
Mr. Subhash Lakhotia was conducting a very popular show “Tax Guru” on every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday on “CNBC AWAAZ” a popular TV Channel from the house of CNBC. The National Television Awards, 2010 for “Best Business Talk Show of the Year” has been awarded to the Tax Guru programme.
Mr Suresh Gopalaswamy
Visiting Faculty at IIM & Senior Advisor
Experience of 20+ years in Behavioral and Functional Training, Profit Centre Operations and Sales & Distribution Management. Have facilitated and coached clients from wide range of industries. Retired from HUL as Senior Manager Channel Operations. Currently operating from Bangalore, Kolkata and Delhi. Mr Suresh is Guest Faculty at IIM-C for MDC programs for Senior management as well as ISS probationers
Mr. Gopalaswamy has Diplomas in Management, HR Management, Change management and a certification in Storytelling. Mr. Gopalaswamy’s area of expertise include Sales Management, selling techniques, Business Partner Management, Lead Management, Train the Trainer, Competency Mapping & Development, Business Story Telling, Change Management, Execution Skills among many others.Mr. Gopalaswamy has a wide Industry/Functional Experience / exposure Sector exposure: Manufacturing, Heavy Engineering, Industrial Products, Automobile, Automobile Parts, Oil and Gas, PSUs, Energy, Electricity Supply, Infrastructure, Paints, Adhesives, FMCG, Consumer Durables, Hospitality, Health Care, Fashion, Music Sales, Appliances, Real Estate, Projects, Telecom, IT, Banking, Jewelry.
Mr Nayan Marphatia
Management Consultant
Mr. Nayan M have a 30 years experience in the field of Soft Skills, Communication, Negotiation, Time Management, Acing Interviews and Group Discussions at the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Corporate. He used his vast experience with MNC’s and Entrepreneurial Skills to help Executives achieve their professional and personal goals. Mr. Nayan worked with several MNC’s like Pizza Hut Mumbai, DHL, Arthur Andersen & Co, Wimco Ltd, RAS-KMK Lamipack Ltd (Swiss), Elf Lubricants India(France), etc. Mr. Nayan’s few Key achievements are Trained over a 1600 professional in areas of Soft skills such as Interview preparation, Group Discussion, Interpersonal Skills, Communication and Public Speaking, Assertiveness and Negotiation Skills, Acquisition of the DHL Express Business in Pakistan, Buyout of DHL Agency Business in Bangladesh, Establishment of the “Pizza Hut” Brand in Mumbai from scratch – Including sourcing of Kitchen Equipment, Construction of new restaurants, Worked with McKinsey & Company to lay out the India Vision for the DHL Group.
Mr Dinesh Divekar
Management Consultant
Mr. Dinesh is a veteran in the field of training. He started his career in Indian Air Force and conducted his first training programme in 1991. Thereafter, he has been involved in the field of education. In 2001, he left Indian Air Force and worked for Amritsar Woolen Swadeshi Mills, Bangalore. There he was in Procurement Department. Later he started working for Federal Express Corporation (FedEx). He was Training Manager for the southern region of India. His stint in FedEx gave him on-hand exposure of corporate training. He later tried his hand at Hospitality Industry and from 2007 onwards he is on his own doing training programmes in various segments. From July 2009 onwards, he has trained over 4500+ procurement professionals across India. Companies like ISS Facility Management Services, Air Liquide, Gammon India, Cognizant Technology Solutions, IFB Automotive Pvt Ltd , ACC Limited & many more; took benefits of his training. From Jan 2007 onwards, Mr. Divekar has provided training services to 60+ companies spread across 20+ industries. His expertise areas are Purchase, Inventory, Warehouse, Vendor, Stores, And Quantitative Techniques for Purchase Decisions, Strategic Procurement, Demand Forecasting, Supply Chain Management.
Mr. Vijayan R Iyer
Lead Auditor & Visiting faculty – NMIMS
Graduated from Madras University, India. Further Mr. Iyer had done diploma in Materials Management, Diploma in Central Excise Management, Diploma in Export Import Management and also an ISO Lead Auditor. Mr. Iyer have work experience of 45 years in the areas of Stores, Warehousing, freight forwarding, customs clearance, Transportation, in E Merck, CIPLA, Johnson & Johnson, Geoffrey Manners, Marico Industries, Rhone Poulenc, Smith & Nephew, Jet Airways ,Uniworld Logistics and Jyoti Structures. Mr. Iyer – Visiting faculty – NMIMS – Deemed university, Mumbai Mr. Iyer areas of expertise include establishing Stores, warehouses, training people for import export operations, making SOP for customs clearance, warehousing operations, implementing inventory control, developing best transportation system to achieve JIT, man management, and online lectures.
Mr Bhadresh Vyas
Chartered Accountant
Mr Bhadresh Vyas is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years of post- qualification experience. He is expertise in handling GST, Customs, FTP and erstwhile Indirect Tax matters (ie Excise, service tax and VAT / sales tax). He is Director with indirect tax practice of K.C, Mehta & Co. – Chartered Accountants. Prior stints include experience with SKP, Siemens, EY, L&T, IPCL and GSFC. Mr Bhadresh has extensive experience in managing and leading indirect tax related assignments across sectors including structuring, advisory, managing compliances, audits, refunds, litigation, SVB, customs and FTP related assignments and Was also involved in helping his clients set up systems and processes in place to take care of GST in India and VAT in GCC region (more specifically UAE). Mr Bhadresh has been actively involved in matters relating to advocacy and representations before the Government through various chambers of commerce and also directly for his clients on matters related to GST and customs. Mr Bhadresh is a regular speaker at various events and seminars on topics related to Indirect Taxation.
Mr. Vineet Bhatia
Senior Partner and Founder – Bhatia & Bhatia Advocates & Solicitors Advocate – Indirect Taxation
Mr. Vineet Bhatia is a law graduate from Campus Law Centre, Delhi University and specializes in the practice of Indirect Taxation especially VAT laws and Service Tax laws since 1991. He regularly argues matters before the Supreme Court, High Court, Sales Tax Appellate Tribunal, Customs, Excise and Service Tax Appellate Tribunal (CESTAT) and Commissioners as well as before all Indirect Tax authorities. He was President of Sales Tax Bar Association (Regd), a body comprising of approx 1700 professionals (Advocates and CA) in the year 2014. He was also standing counsel for Govt. of NCT of Delhi, VAT department. He has standing of more than 25 years at the Bar. He has in depth knowledge of VAT and Service Tax and has addressed many seminars, conferences and meetings on VAT. He was also Editor in chief and in-charge of publishing a journal “Delhi Sales Tax Cases” (during the year 2004-05), which brings out the latest case laws, determinations, judgments, notifications and circulars relating to VAT. Mr. Bhatia has advised many trade associations, Chambers of Commerce and Industry and Corporate houses and Industry on various complex issues relating to VAT. He has structured transactions for many corporate houses so as to minimize the VAT implication for the Company. Mr. Bhatia has been felicitated with many awards and trophies at various seminars and functions.
CA Tarun Arora
Associate – Bhatia & Bhatia Advocates & Solicitors
CA Tarun Arora is a Commerce Graduate from Delhi University and is an Associate Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India since October, 2011.
He has worked in various areas of Sales tax and service tax and presently specializing in the area of GST.
He has vast experience in Sales Tax, Service Tax, Internal Audit and Domestic Taxation.
He is member of the NIRC GST Study group for the year 2016-17 and was also a member of the GST Study Group of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
He has done certificate course on Indirect Taxes and Not for Profit Organization from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India.
Mr Ashok Sharma
UN Certified Trainer, Supply Chain Advisor & Consultant
Mr Ashok Sharma, Bachelor of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT, Delhi) and MBA from the Faculty of Management Studies (FMS). He successfully completed specialized programmes at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania & the American Management Association, USA. He is a UN Certified and trained Trainer and is the recipient of several awards; including a national award at the hands of Mr Pranab Mukherjee, Best Trainer Award from Chartered Institute of Logistics & Garner Themoin Award for outstanding contribution to Purchase and Supply profession internationally. Earlier, he has held senior positions in corporates for 35 years as Dy Controller of Stores, Bombay Port Trust, Vice President-Blue Star Ltd, Whole Time Director-Mather & Platt Ltd, Chief Operating Officer-TechNova Imaging Systems, & President-Pidilite Industries Ltd.
He is Former President of Bombay Management Association (BMA), World President of International Federation of Purchasing & Materials Management, (IFPMM). He has co-authored a book on “Supply Chain Management” published by Tata McGraw Hill.
Mr Neeraj Agarwal
Ex. National Head Talent Management – Shoppersstop
Mr. Neeraj is HR Professional With 24 years of experience in OD, NLP, Balance Score Card, Leadership Development, Sales Training, Customer Service, Performance Management, Planning and many more.
Mr Neeraj also worked with Shoppersstop, Hypercity as a National Head Talent Management, In Infinite Learning Solution as a Director, VP – HR & OD at corporate team of JM Baxi Group. Mr Neeraj is Zonal President for Mumbai NHRDN Chapter.
He awarded CHRO of the Year 2016 by Genius Consultants also received the Innovations in Succession Planning award by Genius, Top 100 Global Training Minds in India 2018
Mr Neeraj is a Certified Trainer of NLP from NFNLP USA and done all 3 levels of Basic, Master Practioner & Train the Trainer. He also certified by SHL on Assessment & Development Centers.
Mr. Neeraj has been a Faculty member of the GCM Worldwide Group and has conducted numerous Workshops and Seminars for us in Mumbai, Pune and other metropolitan cities in India to many of the major corporate companies like BPCL, H & V Advanced Materials, Enco Tool & Equipments, Eirich, Choksey Chemicals, Shalimar Valves, Future Factory, Phoenix, The Maharashtra Stare Co-operative Bank and many more.
Ms. Annam Suresh
International Panelist and Visiting Faculty IIM
Experience spanning 25+ years in award-winning Journalism astride reporting, editing and writing on a wide array of subjects – development, lifestyle, environment, health, education, gender, sexuality and sexual rights, HIV/AIDs, poverty, children, human rights, youth, family, workplace dynamics and relationships. Visiting Faculty at IIM, Calcutta (MDC) for Gender Diversity, Workplace Dynamics, Business Etiquette (Global and National), and Prevention of Sexual Harassment (PoSH). Consultant to Supreme Court of India Panel for Rehabilitation of Sex Workers and
Prevention of Trafficking, Visiting Faculty –Indian Institute of Coal Management (IICM Ranchi)– Gender, Workplace Dynamics, Empowerment Consultant for POSH at workplace for organizations and institutions Consultant, Trainer: Representative Client Profiles include PSUs (NTPC, ONGC, SAIL, GAIL), Civil Services (ISS), NGOs, (UNICEF, CINI- Asha, Women’s Sahyog, Sanlaap), Institutions and Corporate Houses. Panellist for Prevention of Sexual Harassment, Gender, Sexual, Sexuality and Human
Rights, Media, Development, Child Protection, Education, Poverty and Health; as well as International Conference Panellist on “Terrorism and Journalism” in Sweden
Ms. Rachana C
Management Consultant
Ms. Rachana C is the Training Manager of OSF InfoTech. She is professional trainer in MS Office, MS Excel, Dashboard and VBA Macro’s. She is a Commerce Graduate from Saurashtra University, Diploma in Advanced Software Technology (DAST) and Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Application (PGDCA) Ms. Rachana has a seven year long stint with the Sunshine School, Gujarat, as a Computer Teacher for Higher Secondary Section. Ms. Chotaliya was also deputed to Innovative Schools, Gujarat as Head of Computer Department for setting up their MIS and represent the strategic decision making team. She had two years of experience of Corporate Training at CBT Infotech Pvt. Ltd. (Mumbai).
During her career she has also experience of conducting corporate training for NIIT(Delhi), Karrox Technologies (Mumbai), Vynsys Technologies, SBI Mutual Fund, Aditya Birla Groups, Roche Diagnosis, Central Railways, Shopper Stop etc. (Mumbai). She has trained more than 10,000 corporate employees till date.
Mr. Vikas Chandwani
Management Consultant
Traversing an enriching journey of 23 years, in industry in people development roles, Mr Vikas Chandwani is there to share what he learnt; as a soft skills trainer, coach and mentor, for people to advance their necessary soft skills, so that, they set ambitious goals high, innovate their environment, plan and organize themselves better, to achieve what they deserve.
Mr. Vikas a graduate from Delhi University and undertook Post Graduation in Computer Science from National Computing Centre, Manchester, UK.
He has undertaken training sessions for organizations in Automotive, Power, Telecom, Electricals, FMCG, Agro based, IT, Financial consulting, Aviation, Governmental, Health, Natural resources and Travel. Some names include Indian Oil, Vodafone, BHEL, NHPC, NHDC, Delhi Govt., Airport Authority of India, IRCTC, New Holland, Adani group, Central Silk Board, Agro Food Tech, Daiken, Accenture, NIIT, Capgemini, Algol Inst of Tech & Mgmt, Air India.
He attributes his ability to support people, to numerous certified trainings programmes, which he attended. These include performance enhancement coaching, Emotional Intelligence, Lateral Thinking, Managing Difficult Situations, Neuro Linguistic Programming and Yoga and Life Philosophy by various recognized teachers.
Training and coaching experience, over the past 9 years, includes aspects related to business communication skills, goal setting & achievement, planning & organizing, leadership attitude, change management, corporate life induction, inter personnel relationship, creative thinking, self management & effectiveness, team building and time management, selling & customer orientation, negotiation skills and motivation enhancement.
Mr. S Swaminathan
Management Consultant
Mr. S Swaminathan is a Power Motivator, Educator, Motivational Speaker, Soft Skills Trainer, HRD Consultant and Director – Asktenali.com and has held several senior management positions in the Information Technology Industry. Thousands have benefited through his seminars, workshops and lectures on Leadership, Management and Personality Development related topics conducted for Senior Management Professionals, Executives, Faculties and Students of educational institutions.
Mr. Swaminathan workshop topics are creative, innovative, and inspirational and focus on shifting perspectives on leadership and life. He has influenced thousands of people through his influential and entertaining presentations. Some of the key note topics are Work and Life balance, Positive Attitude, Creativity, Life Skills, Effective Leadership, Personal Effectiveness, Health and Happiness etc. He is a motivational keynote speaker who has by now ignited many professional’s will to lead. His speeches are content rich and especially made to address company’s distinct and exclusive needs. The keynote topic not only captivates the audience but also teaches them to become leaders of self and organization. The list of corporate beneficiaries includes MNC’s and Indian companies like LUGI, KCP Limited, Korcomptenz, Suzlon Energy Limited, FLSmidth, Federation of Indian Export Organizations, The Economic Times, DP World, Inautix (Subsidiary of Bank of New York), William Hare, UTI Technology Services, Caresoft Global, Cognizant Technologies, Reliance Life Insurance, West Asia Maritime, City Union Bank, United Liners; Shasun Chemicals & Drugs; Durr India, GCM Worldwide, GS3 Services, SRM Infotech, Tesa Tapes etc.
He has conducted Leadership and Faculty Development Programs for various educational institutions which include Sastra University, Easwari Engineering College, Kongu Engineering College, Jerusalem Engineering College and for institutions in Karnataka. He conducted workshop on “Building Managerial Capacity” under TEQIP – A World Bank Project in Karnataka. He has also appeared in number of T.V. Programs on HRD topics.
Mr Ramana Kumar
Management Consultant
Mr Ramana K is a Corporate Trainer & Certified Soft Skills Trainer. Mr Ramana K Did certification in Time Management from Harvard Mentor, UK, Train The Trainer in Soft Skills from Bodhih’s Training Solutions, Prevention Of Sexual Harassment at Workplace Certification from IIGH, Hyderabad & ICC Member. He did his LLB & LLM (Corporate Law) prestigious Mahatma Gandhi Law College, Hyderabad & MA (Psychology.
Mr Ramana has treasure trove of experience in Corporate via Dell, HSBC, Genpact & Google training on various topics like Interpersonal Skills, Emotional Intelligence, Office Etiquette etc. Since 2009 his roles and responsibilities have spanned from Corporate Training to Delivering Soft Skills training programs for external clients includes topics on Personal Effectiveness & Office Etiquette.
Over the past 10 years, he has trained over 10,000 individuals including Students, Government Officials, Corporates, MNCs among others. His key areas of expertise lie in developing Communication & Presentation Skills, Inter-Personal Skills, Building Teams, Goal Setting & Grooming, Office Etiquette, manners, and cross cultural, have become critical elements required for all Business executives, managers, and employees. He has Implemented the full training cycle of Client Profiling, Psychometric Profiling of participants, Training need analysis ,Content development, customization of training programs according to learning needs, delivery , feedback, measuring effectiveness of training by creating handouts and worksheets, one to one feedback and coaching of participants.
Ms. Anuja Roy
Management Consultant
Ms Anuja Roy is the Director Consulting with TWARAN, Mumbai and a Sr. Consultant with Talentserve, Mumbai.
Ms Anuja has over 17 years experience as an accomplished professional with valuable experience in delivering Corporate Trainings, Management Education, Communication & Relationship Management– spanning across, Training, Business Development, Operations & Client Interactions.
She has a sound understanding of needed traits for workplace success and her proven success in designing, developing and delivering training programs, enhancement of employability skills in individuals & organizations has led to a positive change in workplaces and individuals.
Ms Anuja coaches and trains with a vision to empower people including individuals and organizations about image management, social skills, life skills and its importance towards better life and success. She believes in creating positive long lasting impressions!
Her strong passion in human behavioural study & research has made her realize the need to create a niche consistently.
Mr Uday Banerjee
Management Consultant
Mr. Uday has over two decades of experience with Pfizer in Indian market ,the world’s largest Pharma company followed by Ranbaxy in largest African market Nigeria and Ghana. Mr. Uday has been closely involved with a number of important strategic initiatives in the areas of Marketing, Organizational restructuring including M&As and Business Effectiveness, Sales Force effectiveness. Mr Uday has a blend of Strategic and operation excellence. He has excellent track record of Performance Growth expansion portfolio management of 25Million – to 180Million USD in International Market. Mr. Uday’s last assignment was for start up company GB Pharma UK based at Nigeria. Mr. Uday has established experience for providing end to end solution ie Product registration, Procurement, Commercialization, Sales and marketing, Recruitment, Training, Man power Induction, Logistic and Distribution network.
Mr. Uday has been certified in globally reputed programs such as Situational Leadership, Applied Strategic Thinking, Targeted Selection Interviewing, Leading Edge, 8 Step Coaching and several others. Mr. Uday Banerjee is a consultant in International market for Pharmaceutical formulation.
Mr Uday’s professional qualifications include Diploma in Business Management Narsee Monji Institute of Management sciences, Leadership Development Program Indian Institute of Management IIM – Ahmedabad.
Mr. Uday has coached, mentored and developed hundreds of managers at various levels both in India and abroad, Several of them are today occupying senior positions in the Healthcare industry in India and abroad. He traveled extensively across, UK Africa Middle East and South East Asia in connection with international seminars and developmental assignments, he is often invited as a speaker at various Management Institutes and Seminars. Mr Uday follows inner transformation of individual as skill development, Tested communicator and as motivational speaker Uday has made significant contribution in changing Human life for peace and happiness in societies beyond boarders.