New Delhi, Delhi, India
Pursuing my calling at long last. After spending 15 heady years in the corporate sales and marketing world, I decided I had had enough. Rediscovered the passion for coaching,heritage exploration, storytelling, painting, linguistics,biking,running and writing. And thus began my entrepreneurial journey. On the way, picked up running as a pet passion. Something which I find meditative and that which aids in pushing the envelope for me. Firm believer in mind,body and soul triad!! Eclectic experience in corporate coaching,leading heritage walks, storytelling, art appreciation, English language coaching, sales & marketing,brand solutions and business development. Have had the privilege of working with leading institutions like Saavn,Reliance,Citigroup,and Temasek Singapore/Fullerton India.
- Wearing multiple hats with ease, being a corporate coach,heritage explorer,storyteller,art aficionado, and marathoner. - Passion for history and heritage led to my becoming a Heritage Explorer/Enthusiast. I conduct curated and customised heritage walks across India for corporates, embassies, schools/colleges and private groups. Google,E&Y,Unilever, Walmart,Nykaa,KPMG,Bharti Enterprises,Ramboll,Upgrad etc have already done heritage walks with me. I was associated with INTACH (Indian National Trust For Art & Cultural Heritage) for many years for heritage exploration assignments - Engaged with corporates as a freelance corporate coach for last seven years, tasked with augmenting the behavioral skills, verbal/non verbal communication skills, written business communication,cross cultural sensitisation, confidence augmentation, customer service, business etiquette et al. - Foray into storytelling that talks about stories of hope and courage. Associated as a guest speaker with Story Clubs.I have also given orientation to MBA students in the ‘Art of Storytelling’. - Keen interest in Art has led to a close association with famous art historian and film maker Mr. Benoy K Behl after having completed his course in Appreciation and History of Indian Art. It prepared my foray into painting, drawing and sketching. Now I am an amateur painter and an artist. - Language coaching entails building capabilities in English for immigration purposes via British Council 's IELTS (International English Language Testing System) and PTE (Pearson Test in English) coaching. Accomplished top scores in both test formats. I have successfully trained many to clear these tests. - Passionate about photography in general and nature/art/culture/architecture in particular. Curated travel,nature and architecture photo blogs on Tripoto and and Medium. Launched an Instagram page (Garden of Eden) dedicated to nature photography that I love to do, https://www.instagram.com/gardenofeden20?r=nametag
- Expertise in developing profitable & productive business relationships and building an extensive client base with distinction of accomplishing multi-fold revenue increase - Proficient in providing consultancy to brands after in depth dialogue about their key performance indicators and past experiences to deliver solutions that maximize their marketing impact and drive sales - Sound exposure in monitoring Pan India corporate sales for about three year at the country's leading music streaming company - Initiating & developing relationships with key decision-makers in target organizations for business development - Skilled in breaking new avenues and conducting opportunity analysis by keeping abreast of market trends and competitor moves - Track record of increasing sales revenues, exceeding targeted goals, developing profitable & productive business relationships and building an extensive client base - Pioneering work done with Levi's,Benetton,Apple, Maruti Suzuki, Audi, Honda,Tata Motors,Reliance, Hyundai, Shopclues, Jabong, OLX, Subway, Logitech, Mahindra et al
- Responsible for new business development, client retention and collections - Achieved revenues of Rs 2.27 Cr for Feb 13, creating a benchmark in the company for highest ever performance in a month, got CEO commendation for it. - Received senior management’s commendation on bagging BSNL’s account - Proud to add BSNL, Oriental Insurance, Powergrid, ITPO (India Trade Promotion Organization), Ministry of Panchayati Raj, UIDAI-Aadhar, NPR as new clients, an extremely tough ask in government vertical - Given additional responsibility of BIG Magic TV(our Hindi GEC channel) and BIG CBS Spark Punjabi(Punjabi GEC) business sourcing, managed to get Ministry of I&B, Ministry of Road Transport ,Ministry of Statistics, NACO, Indian Air Force and NPR-Home Ministry business on board - Managed government business since the beginning without any agency leading to better relationships and huge cost savings for the organization - In the forefront for DAVP rate revision with the I&B Ministry and DAVP, in close consultations with senior most bureaucrats
- Responsible for client liaison and retention (Client roster includes HP,Samsung,Aircel,Reliance,Subway,Yokohama Tyres,Galgotia's University et al) - Handling the corporate communication piece for Aircel - In charge of the fresh business prospecting - Driving the copy-writing aspect of the communication - Conceptualizing various branding initiatives and communication strategies
- CEO commendation for achieving cumulative break even for the branch in record time - Got 'Best Trainer' award from National Training Director for superlative performance - Responsible for driving the sales and collections function at the branch network level - Responsible for branding and communication at branch level - Handled sales of personal loans,home finance,two wheeler loans,life/general insurance