Trainers’ Profile

A former Sr General Manager & National Head, Godrej Home Appliances Division based out of Mumbai, Nirjhar is a visionary with over 24 years of cross-sector Leadership experiences. He had facilitated High Impact Training Workshops (Mid & Sr Management) for more than 33,750 participants till date and counting. He is not only a trusted advisor to senior executives, but also extremely passionate about turning Individual Potential into Real-time Performance

• High Impact Motivational Speaker
• Certified Chartered Coach
• Certified Training Facilitator
• Professional Life Coach
• Author

A Training Facilitator, Certified Chartered Coach & a Business Strategist, Soumitra with over 30 years of experience had worked in many senior Leadership Roles in the Corporate Sector including HUL.

CURRENT POSITION

• Strategic Business Consultant & Corporate Trainer
• Expert Communicator & Motivational Speaker
• Entrepreneur – Leading digital & retail initiatives for companies in India & Abroad

ACADEMICS

• Master’s Degree in Communications, Syracuse University, New York (Ranked among the top 3 Universities for Communications). Attended through scholarship
• Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Christ University, Bangalore
• Certified in Business English, Cambridge University, UK

CREDENTIALS

• Founded a Digital Services company head quartered out of Bangalore that has grown exponentially and currently services large clients in India and overseas
• Served as Director – National Affinity Strategy for Johnson Insurance, a leading Canadian insurance company with a portfolio of 1 billion dollars. Built comprehensive strategic plans and delivered significant growth for the company
• Have held multiple corporate roles including Head of Marketing (Canada), Integration & Change Management Leader following one of the largest acquisitions in Oman, (Middle East), Head of Communications (Asia & Middle East), Sales & Operations Lead (Middle East), Brand Leader & HR Lead for key initiatives (Middle East)
• Multiple Global & National Awards Won in Branding, Digital Marketing, Leadership, Strategy, Creativity & Sales

Passionate Trainer, Certified facilitator with a passion to build people and transform organisations. Worked with multiple brands including Prestige, Royal Sundaram, Intercontinental Hotels, Christ University, XIME, Oil India, Toyota, ICICI Bank & more.

RESOURCE PARTNER:

Formerly in the IA&AS, Served as Principal Director of Audit in the Department of the Comptroller & Auditor General of India, and Programme Manager for capacity development in the INTOSAI Development Initiative, Norway

 ACADEMICS :

• Masters in Sociology, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University.

CREDENTIALS : 

• Two-year training in public sector auditing as Officer Trainee, National Academy of Audit & Accounts, Shimla
• Adult Training Specialist Diploma, INTOSAI Development Initiative, Canada
• Certified Balanced Scorecard Practitioner, Balanced Scorecard Institute, U.S.A. in collaboration with George Washington University, U.S.A.
• Certified Knowledge Manager, Knowledge Management Institute, U.S.A.
• SAI Performance Management Assessment Framework, INTOSAI Development Initiative, Norway.
• Certified Internal Auditor, Institute of Internal Auditors, U.S.A.

More than 18 years’ experience in public sector management as well as international capacity development efforts. Have designed and delivered training and product development workshops for managers and international advisors in the public sector in Africa, Asia, Europe and Oceania on various subjects such as strategic planning, strategic communications, empowering facilitation skills, learning and development, capacity development needs assessment, project planning, environmental auditing etc

RESOURCE PARTNER :

Worked as Dy General Manager in charge of various Business Functions at Godrej & Boyce Mfg Company Ltd based out of Delhi. Exposed to multi-discipline, multi-industry and multi-location experience.

ACADEMICS :

BE (Electrical) from Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur (now IIEST, a Public Technical University), Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from IISWBM, Calcutta University

CREDENTIALS :

Cross Functional experience and understanding of various Business processes acquired over a period with hands on experience in implementation. Headed various functions in ongoing as well as upcoming Business organizations of repute in Light Engineering sector and Steel sector through a considerable span.

RESOURCE PARTNER

• Formerly a media personality having travelled across the country and a visiting faculty to many Management Institutes to deliver on Human Psychology and Effective Human Behaviour. More than two decades of experience in relevant fields.

ACADEMICS

• Masters in Psychology (Gauhati University), LLB (Gauhati University)

CREDENTIALS

• Behavioural Trainer and a Psychologist for many reputed corporates and upcoming brands.
• Helps design Management Development Programmes
• Key resource for understanding employee retention.
• Personal Coach for individuals
• Authority in Stress Management and Problem

RESOURCE PARTNER

• He is an associate of over a dozen national and international consulting firms – including 5 of the top 10 HR consulting organizations, reputed national consultants for development of Competency Frameworks, Assessment Tools, Conducting Assessment and Development Centers, Feedback and formulating Individual Development Plans. He has an experience of over three and a half decades in the areas of Leadership Development, Assessments, Psychometrics, Coaching, Finance, Research, Training, Consultancy, Statistical Analysis, and Positive Psychology.

ACADEMICS

• MA (PSYCHOLOGY), Allahabad University

CREDENTIALS

• Served over 150 organizations, in 1000+ ADCs, by Fortune 500 companies, 7 of the 10 Maharatna companies, Indian and Multinational Corporates
• Brings a unique blend of psychometric profiling, behavioural assessments and multistakeholder feedback, which is combined to deliver ROI based Individual Development Plans
• Designed and delivered Multi Stakeholder Feedback where he uses a proprietary report on 360° Unboxed –Voice of the Coach.
• A few of the organizations where has assisted in development of human potential include Indian Oil Corporation, Oil and Natural Gas Commission, BPCL, HPCL, NTPC Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Maruti, Suzuki, Honda Cars, JCB, TAFE Motors and Tractors, Tata Hitachi, Oracle, SAP and several others.

CURRENT POSITION

• 15+ years of experience in Front end operation of Retail MBO & EBO business, L&D domain and HR operation

ACADEMICS

• BA Hons (POLITICAL SCIENCE), Calcutta University
• PGDBM (IIRM), Jaipur

CREDENTIALS

• Expert in Retail Business Understanding
• Worked with lifestyle brand of ABFRL (Louis Philippe, Allen Solly, Van Huesen, Planet Fashion and Peter England) and building a learning culture at the network of 200 plus retail stores and 60 plus MBO SIS
• Driving Store Project for improving business performance through training and skill handholding

• Manage Retail processes to improve customer experience at stores and smoother operations by training and developing store manager across lifestyle business.
• Adept in designing retail business models for maximum ROI