■ Manages Strategic Planning and Development process for senior management teams to crystallize future directions, and build operational organizational plans with clearly defined metrics.
■ Facilitates Managers and Entrepreneurs, one at a time, towards measurable personal/organizational results through different LMI programs: Leadership Development, Personal and Team Productivity, Communication, Management Development, and Effective Selling
■ Coaches Managers and Entrepreneurs on bi-weekly and monthly basis to be focused on strategic and annual goals
■ Utilizes LMI's Individual and Organizational Asssessments like Achiever, Organizational Needs Inventory, Leadership Styles, Communiation Styles, Development Needs Inventory, to develop short and long-term Development Plans for organization/team/individuals.
■ Improved productivity of American Express financial advisor by 100% within 3 months. Defined work challenges and career mission; developed long-term goals and daily action plan; revised prospect profile; outlined scripts for cold-calling; modified behavior to drive activity; evaluated impact on sales.
■ Influenced productivity growth in professionals and entrepreneurs generating referral engagements and annual contracts e.g.:
☞ Through a strategic analysis, planning and development process for a high-tech defense contracting company in Atlanta/Rhode Island----- resulted in improving revenue levels by over 50% within 2 years;
☞ Medical center doctor/owner – 25+% increase in revenues in 2 medical centers in first year;
☞ Attorney – saved 10-15 hours/week by seeing the "big picture" and delegating/simplifying tasks
■ Facilitated a global workshop for the World Bank on ‘Moving Out of Poverty’ comprising of top Bank teams from 20 countries and leading academicians from USA/Europe, in St. Petersburg-Russia in 2006.

■ Developed turnkey Direct Mailer strategy for NGOs to generate fund-raising for current and proposed projects.
■ Worked closely with a leading NGO, Child Relief & You (CRY), to create an effective Direct Mailer campaign - Identified historical subject areas with highest success rate; selected projects, storylines and included items for tactile experience; utilized of surveys and focus-groups; procured mass mailing lists fitting desired donor profiles; developed several mailers to ascertain acceptance; short-listed mailers for further penetration; expanded progressively; executed 'thank-you appeal' packs and 'follow-up appeal' packs at least 8 times annually to get repeat donations from 'first-time donors; computerized systems and procedures; trained staff to replicate process. Results: Achieved dollar cost/benefit ratio of 1:3 in cold-mail, improving to 1:5 within 12 months after executing 8 follow-up packs; accomplished between 1.75% and 2.00% success rate; developed long-term replicable process.

■ Managed a team of 5 Editors, 5 Sales Managers, Circulation Manager and 15+ assisting staff in Northern Region. Had profit center responsibility for all the magazines.
■ Initiated/Launched largest selling computer magazine in India in 1987. Conducted statistical research, surveys, focus group interviews and discussions with industry experts; studied demographics and trends of computer manufacturers, end-users and comparative media; conceptualized format; selected name; recruited editorial and sales staff; designed marketing strategy e.g. direct mailers, newsstand promotions, free sample mailings with aggressive follow-up and long-term subscription discounts; developed advertising strategy; cemented technical collaboration with Ziff Davis Publishing (PC Magazine and PC World) for use of articles. Results: Reached 50,000 paid circulation within year; became profitable after 4 months; magazine ranked among top 3 in media segment; achieved advertising ratio of 50%.

■ Managed Sales teams nationally and regionally for diverse consumer products (in publications, cosmetics and cigarette industries) between 1975 and 1981. ■ Oversaw Sales, Office Administration and Distribution teams ranging between 20 to 50 personnel. ■ Held profit center responsibility for G. Claridge & Co Ltd. and Lakme` Ltd. ■ Recorded revenue increases between 10% to 15% per annum resulting market share improvements by 2% to 3% in both Lakme` Ltd. and VST Ltd. for my Region/Area respectively.

★ Ranked one of the Top Colleges in India - refer to some excerpts from a recent article in Economic Times: The Economic Times Special February 6, 2014 - "13 Indians now head major global firms, four studied at St Stephen's".... From Satya Nadella at the helm of software giant Microsoft to Rajeev Vasudeva heading professional services firm Egon Zehnder, there are 13 Indians who are today CEOs of major global corporations. As many as four of these 13 are alumni of St Stephen's College in Delhi, the institution that figures most often in the educational background of this elite list. Interestingly, three of those four are also from IIM, Ahmedabad. ★ Colors in Badminton ★ Committee Member of World Student Organization ★ Poems published in the college magazine:Stephanian