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| Mr. Anil Bhatnagar |
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Anil Bhatnagar graduated from IIT Delhi in Civil Engineering in 1979. He is a man with wide spectrum of interests each of which he pursues with tremendous zeal. His intense, passionate and life-transforming articles and books have been widely acclaimed both in India and abroad.
Apart from being the author of four books
- ‘Water The Roots, Let The Leaves Take Care of Themselves’ (Global Business Press-255 pages),
- ‘10 Keys To Corporate and Personal Success’ (Excel Books-335 pages),
- ‘The Little Book of Forgiveness’ (Penguin Books-145 pages)
- ‘Transform Your Life with Reiki’( Penguin Books India Ltd—336 pages)
He is an experienced Reiki teacher, motivational speaker, personal growth coach and a pioneer in spiritualizing Corporate operations as a Corporate Trainer.
He is also a visiting faculty on Business Communication to a number of management institutes.
Mizoram Government, in 2003, selected him among the top 42 motivators in the country it interviewed and invited him for motivating the 575 fresh graduates of the state as a part of their ambitious human resource development drive. In terms of impact it had on them, 95% of the participants rated this 3 day motivational workshop as a ‘10’ on a ten point scale.
He also writes prolifically for magazines of national and international repute and speaks passionately on subjects relating to attitudinal change and personal growth
He now writes regularly for Training & Management also. |
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| Ms. Suman Pahwa |
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Suman Pahwa has over 10 years of experience in the service industry out of which last 8 years have been in Training. Before taking up training as her core area of work,she has worked with Hutch and GE Capital.
Her Training experience , both in India and Abroad has helped her gain expertise in various facets of Training. She started her Training career with Evolv Management Services,one of the leading Training Companies in India. As part of her work Profile at Evolv, Suman was responsible for Training Trainers in facilitation skills as well as in modules on customer services, communication skills & business etiquette. Suman comes with a rich experience in designing and rolling out processes built around skill assessment and enhancement. As part of her Training career, she has been actively involved in Training needs Analysis, Content design and Training Delivery for clients in India and Overseas.
Suman launched herself as a Learning & Development Consultant about a year back and has trained over 200 people on soft skills including Assertive Communication, Business Etiquette and Customer Service.
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| Ms. Shiffolika Kapila |
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Expert in Voice & Accent Training(American & British), Customer Service, Language Skills Written & Spoken in the Call Centre Industry. Ms Shifolika Kapila brings with her an experience of more than 2000 hrs of Training in above areas. She has received focus language training & methodology from Dr Diane Sol - A language specialist from university of california. She has trained call centre persons in I SHIVA, DAKSH, Exl, EpiCentre, ICICI, Customer Care Executives, Software Developers in BIRLA SOFT. Media Persons in Sahara Airlines etc.
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| Ms. Brinda Balakrishnan |
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Graduated from Delhi University-Economics (Hon) followed by a Masters in Business Economics, PG diploma in Personnel Management from YMCA and a Diploma in Training & Development from ISTD. . Presently she is working for a doctorate from BIMTEC, B R Ambedkar University.
Over 16 years experience in all areas of HR in SAIL. Currently freelancing with training, consultancy and teaching assignments
Training forte- Conducted training programs on ‘Negotiation Skills’, ‘Counselling & Mentoring’, ‘Disciplinary Action & Proceedings’, ‘HR for Line Managers’, ‘Training of Trainers’ OD workshops on development of Vision, Mission, Strategies and Goals, Communication and Team working.
Research /Publications- Team Building: The Dynamics within, Compensation strategies, Published articles include: Development & Growth: A Human competence perspective, Innovations & Creativity-nurturing in Management, Organizational Goals & its linkage to Strategies, Structures and Systems, HRM in NGO’s- is it different? Training and Developmental needs for managers in NGO’s, ‘Social entrepreneurship’, ‘Retention- A Behavioural Perspective’
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| Dr. Sumit Datta |
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Dr Sumit Datta is a Ph.D. in Management, a Fellowof Institution of Engineers (India) and is a Bachelor ofEngineering (Honors). He is a Certified Auditor of Training fromBSCOS,UK. a Certified Lead Assessor forISO: 9001:2000 and Certified Lead Assessor for ISO: 14001:1996 He hadsuccessfully completed Advanced Project Management Course inAshorne-Hill Management College,UK.After working in shop floor and in various projects, he hasestablished himself as a well-recognized corporate trainer. He has conceived,designed and delivered more than hundred training programs and workshops forcorporate.He has also designed andupgraded corporate training policy; systems and established Systematic Approachto Training, He hasdeveloped Quality Systems leading to ISO 9001certification and designed and installed paperless documentation of QualitySystem. He is a visiting professor in management colleges and traininginstitutes.He has successfully undertaken consultancy assignment inSaudiArabiain 2002. He has also designed andconducted training programs inSaudiArabiain Risk Management during September – October 2003and visitedUK,France,Germany,Italy,Switzerland,Bahrain,MuscatandAbu Dhabionvarious assignments in corporate training.He is recipient of National Scholarship, Government ofIndia(1975), National MetallurgistDay Award (1987 and also in 1988), Jawahar Award, Best Completed Project Award(2001) and Best Paper Award (2001)He has also published many papers, case studies etc. in nationaland international refereed journals. One of his recent paper entitled “HumanCapital in a Global Environment: New Perspectives on Training and Development”has been accepted and will be presented in 35th IFTDO World Conference 2006 onTraining&Development to be held at Kualumpur.MalaysiainAugust2006. <>/font |
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| Prof. S. D. Tyagaraj |
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Prof. S D Tyagaraj (61) is a HRD Consultant. Till recently he was Dean (External Programs) with Xavier Institute of Management & Entrepreneurship, Bangalore. Earlier he has held many positions in HRD with Steel Authority of India Limited and has been the head of SAIL’s Management College. Prof. Tyagaraj holds a Masters Degree in Statistics from the prestigious Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta with Diploma in Statistical Quality Control and Operations Research. He has been a Consultant on Statistical Process Control with Indian Statistical Institute for 8 years, before joining SAIL.Mr. Tyagaraj has attended many training management courses both in India and abroad. He holds a certification from Industrial Society, UK as a Certified Tutor to conduct Action Centred Leadership courses. He has designed Executive Development Programs for executives at different levels and has conducted many such programs.Mr. Tyagaraj has held several teaching and managerial positions at Management Training Institute, Ranchi. He has over 30 years of experience as a consultant and trainer. His experience includes assignments in Chemical, Textile, Fertilizer, Glass besides Steel Industry and in Small Scale Units and Government Departments (Public Health and PWD). He has also conducted a number of organizational studies.
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| Mr. Joseph Paulson |
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Joseph Paulson is the India Affiliate of. HRSG is a global leader in providing software for Competency Mapping and other services associated Competency Based Human Resource Management. He also runs in-house Developing Competency Profiles Workshop in association with HRSG. All participants will be offered free webinars post workshop, to demonstrate the use of software assisted Competency Mapping, Generating Competency Based Interview Questions, Learning Need Analysis and Performance Management process. With over 25 years of work experience as a military pilot, Master Trainer, Member of Air Force Selection Boards, Corporate Consultant, Facilitator and Coach, he has international experience working with UNDP as facilitator/consultant. He is the only Indian Associate of www.change-facilitaion.org , a global network of consultants from all the continents who are committed to Explore, Create and Celebrate Change globally! He holds Level B certification of the British Psychological Society and is a member of International Association of Facilitators. He is also life member of ISTD and NHRDN in India. |
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| Mr V R Gupta |
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Profile of Vishwa Ranjan Gupta
Shri Gupta is B.Com; Fellow member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (All India Rank Holder) and M.B.A. (U.K.). He was the head of the Cost, Budget and MIS Group of Corporate Finance. He was awarded the `Jawahar Award`. Best Group Performance Award was also conferred on his group. He had undergone six weeks training in U.K. on `Advanced Financial Management` from Royal Institute of Public Administration. He was the member of the delegation headed by Chairman, BICP for conducting cost study of the steel producing companies in Germany, U.K., France and U.S.A. He was also associated with the working group constituted by the Planning Commission to recommend measures to improve resource mobilization by Public Sector Enterprises for the 9th Five year Plan. He served as Director (Finance) in the Department of Public Enterprises, Ministry of Industry, and Govt. of India for about 3 years. He served as Professor for about 2 and 1/2years in National Institute of Financial Management, Faridabad, an Institute built to impart training to IAS probationers. Presently, he is working as Joint Director (Finance) . He has contributed Articles in Economic Times and Kaleido SCOPE.
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| Mr. David Wittenberg |
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An exceptionally versatile business leader, David’s specialty is combining research, advanced critical thinking skills and out-of-the-box creativity to produce fact-based analyses, identify the leverage points that drive growth and profitability, and develop innovative, breakthrough strategies for success. His million-dollar ideas have included new products, responses to competitors and product positioning decisions.
Prior to joining Optimus, David worked as an independent management consultant for such firms as American Express, AT&T, Kelly Services, Philip Morris, Standard & Poor’s and UPS. His successes include launching a ground-breaking entertainment product that exploited an innovative distribution channel to achieve record sales, turning around a consumer services company from the brink of bankruptcy, developing the most successful continuity marketing program in the history of a collectibles firm, researching and writing a best-selling guide to electronic invoicing and increasing the client base of a business services firm by 50% in two years.
David is an alumnus of one of the world’s leading innovation labs, the Advanced Concepts and Technology group of Pitney Bowes, a Fortune 500 office technology corporation, where he was a key contributor to a number of innovation and product development efforts. Earlier, as project director in the E-business group at Pitney Bowes, he analyzed markets, formulated new product plans, advised the CEO on competitive strategy and trained senior sales personnel. He previously served as marketing director of an industrial equipment company and a vertical application software firm.
David earned an MBA in international management with honors from Thunderbird, the Garvin School of International Management, where, as a research assistant he co-wrote three business cases. A highly rated speaker, he has lectured on innovation, marketing, strategy and salesmanship. In addition to his consulting work, David is a published author and songwriter and holds two patents. He is fluent in French, can conduct business in Spanish and Portuguese and has studied three other foreign languages. The father of two adult children, he resides near Detroit, Michigan with his wife, Pat.
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| Dr. Kush Shukla |
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Dr. Kush Shukla is a renowned Consultant in HR field in United Kingdom. He is also a Master Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP). He has been trained by some of the best names in the field, such as Ian McDermott and Robert Dilts. He has vast experience in the private sector (large multinationals and SMEs), as well as the not - for profit and government sectors. Dr. Shukla`s previous engagements include developing work force improvement, efficiency improvement and identification of success factors, reorganizing competency based structures within businesses, advising entrepreneurs in managing their success and improving their potential and wining business.
He has worked with Executives, Managers and general staff of many Organizations like Bosch UK, Barclays Bank and HSBC. He has also trained and coached professors, teachers and students from many institutions including The University of Westminster in London and the University of Derby. He also runs NLP for Business courses in Cambridge and London. Through his combined knowledge of finance (he has Chartered Account also) and the factors that enable people to perform at higher levels, Dr. Kush has turned companies that were on the brink og liquidation in to highly profitable organizations and helped and motivated individuals to achieve to higher level of success.
At present Dr. Shukla is the Director of Arivu Centre of Excellence where he has top people in his team. "Arivu" traditionally means Knowledge by the senses and acquired wisdom. By his own sense of spirit, expertise and wisdom, Dr. Kush is able to help individuals as well as Organizations unlock their human potential and inspire minds and look at things in different perspective. He uses and teaches simple yet highly effective tools and techniques that can help people and Organizations reach the level of excellence that they continually strive and take themselves to higher levels.
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| Mr. V.K.Sharma |
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Dr. Vimal Kumar Sharma is a Senior Faculty at MTI, Ranchi. During his total experience of 30 years in SAIL he has held the responsible positions in areas like Purchase, Material Planning & Procurement, Stores Management, Insurance Contracts, Settlement of Insurance Claims with Railways, General Insurance Companies, Inventory Control and Computerization of Inventory Management.
After working in shop floor, he has established himself as a well-recognized corporate trainer. He has conceived, designed and delivered more than hundred training programs and workshops for corporate. He had organized various programmes on Materials Management, Contract Management, Business Finance, Communication & Presentation Skills, PC Skills, Training of Trainer’s Programme, Strategic Management, MDPs Performance improvement Workshop etc. Other assignments include conducting post-training evaluation of training programmes, development of case studies, articles, book review etc.
He is a recipient of President Award (1986), and CSIR Scholarship (1975).
He was selected as Manager (HRD) at Management Training Institute (MTI), SAIL, for HRD assignment involving procurement of Training Aids/Equipment under World Bank Technical Assistance Loan; conducting training needs survey in SAIL plants, reparation and monitoring of Annual Training Plans of SAIL, HRD Consultancy Contracts under WB TA Loan. Worked in close association with Consultants like SCOS, UK, VAIS, Austria, BHPE- Kinhill, Australia for HRD assignments of SAIL.
He was also selected for HRD assignments under World Bank Technical Assistance Loan for Management Training Institute, Ranchi.
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| Mr. Sanjay Dhar |
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Mr. Sanjay Dhar Bsc. Engg, MBA is a Sr. Faculty member at Management Training Institute (MTI), Ranchi, the Corporate Training Institute of SAIL. He has extensive experience of designing and conducting management training and workshops for Senior Executives since 1998. Mr. Dhar has extensive experience of facilitating the launch of KM initiatives in SAIL. He has presented many papers in the area of HR and knowledge management in various national and international forums.
In addition to Management Training, Mr. Dhar has also facilitated many HR interventions for Organizational Learning, Performance Improvement and leadership development.
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| Prof. T.S.Srinivasan |
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Presently an independent management adviser based in Chennai, India, he has been Professor, International Management Institute at Delhi and at Kiev, Ukraine. He has over 30 years of experience in management education and training, including industry experience as Director, Oberoi School of Hotel Management, and senior faculty member at SAIL’s management education center at Ranchi. He has also been Visiting Professor at institutions such as the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow, Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Delhi, and the Management Development Institute, Gurgaon. A product of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, where he won the Hindustan Lever award for outstanding academic performance, Professor Srinivasan brings impeccable learning and experience to his sessions.
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| Mr. Naveen Coomar |
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A University of Leeds (UK) and IIM-A alumni with over 24 years of corporate
experience of handling and managing HR portfolio in organizations - small (1000
employees) to large company (over 36000 employees) in manufacturing and process
organizations; from the traditional economy sector as well as IT and Services from the Knowledge sectors of business. Has successfully established at least three
organizations in IT/ITES sector from level zero. Also experienced work in Australia, UK and former CIS on project assignments. In the last 10 years of his career, he has held senior corporate positions in HR as Director, Vice-President and Business Head.
He has trained over 10,000 corporate managers in his career and has logged more
than 25,000 training hours. He is a certified international trainer on Leadership and
Team Building. He designs and conducts customized training programs in the soft
skills areas. He has also designed and conducted several organizational surveys on
issues like Internal Customer Satisfaction, Employee Satisfaction, Total Employee
Involvement, Customer Feedback, Marketing Focus Requirements as well as Impact
Assessment Studies for corporate organizations as well as government. He is a keen
OD practitioner.
He has worked with and been trained by several internationally renowned
Management Gurus and consultants. He trains managers and executives in Team
Building, Leadership & Management Skills, Feedback Skills, Conflict Resolution Skills,
Personal Effectiveness, Communication Skills, Presentation Skills, Training Skills,
Customer Orientation, Managing outsourcing effectively, Counseling skills. He has
keen interests in Executive Coaching and Mentoring.
Visiting faculty with some of the prominent Business schools in and around Delhi like - Delhi School of Economics, FORE School of Management, ICFAI, Amity Business
School. A visiting faculty to the British Council Division at New Delhi for its MBA course being offered by University of Bedfordshire, UK. A corporate trainer with several reputed companies including MNCs.
Key Professional Strengths
• Corporate & HR strategy, Management of Organizational Values
• Setting up green-field ventures (set up three organizations in IT/ITES)
• Competency Management, Organization structure and design
• Performance Management including strategies for right-sizing, restructuring
• Certified international Trainer for Managerial Grid, Action Centered Leadership
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