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WLCI Mentors & Trainers

 

We understand that you can be successful in achieving your goal in industry only if you are trained and mentored by the best in the field. We therefore, ensure that you learn from professionals who have achieved success in industry in their areas of specialisation. This provides you with cutting edge knowledge and skills which form the pillars of your learning experience.

At WLCI, you will find that your trainers are passionately interested in nurturing you and are accessible and responsive to your needs. You will be guided on a day-to-day basis and have individual mentoring sessions to help you progress and overcome any difficulty that you may encounter during the course of your programme. So, its not surprising that WLCI learners are sought out by industry and regarded as assets by the organisations they work for.

Let us introduce you to some of our most experienced and qualified mentors and trainers who will guide and train you at WLCI.

 Malobika Sengupta
Ms. Sengupta is a marketing professional with over 18 years of experience in the industry. Her expertise lies in product development, brand and media management, marketing, administration and developing and implementing strategies in India and overseas. Ms. Sengupta has always excelled in academics. She won a National Scholarship and topped the PGDBM Batch of Marketing & Finance at the National Productivity Council. She graduated with an honours in Mathematics from Ranchi University and was ranked first in the university. She then proceeded to take a course in Statistics from the prestigious Indian Statistical Institute, Hyderabad. She is also a postgraduate in Marketing and Finance from FMS, Delhi. Ms. Sengupta began her career in Product Management in the building material industry and then moved on to Brand Management, Corporate Communication and Advertising. She is one of the founder members of WLCI and has been associated with the organization for the past fifteen years.
 Col. Pushkar Prasad
Col. Pushkar Prasad has served in the Indian Army for over 23 years and has a wide range of experience in HR and material management. A qualified instructor, he has handled several important operational, administrative and instructional appointments, including Commanding Officer of the Combat Engineer Regiment. His last assignment in the Army was as Director (Engineer Staff), Ministry of Defence (Army).

An Electrical Engineer from the College of Military Engineering, Pune he also holds a postgraduate in Defence and Strategic Studies from the prestigious Defence Services Staff College at Wellington.
 Nilanjan Mukherji
Mr.Mukherji holds a Masters degree in Business Administration and has 15 years of work experience in industries such as packaging, education and financial services. He has worked for prominent brands like HDFC Standard Life, TATA AIG and PEARLPET in the areas of Sales, Channel and Business Development. He has held senior management positions and was formerly Assistant Vice President, Channel Sales at Tata AIG Life . He has traveled extensively and has attended several international conventions in Singapore, Middle East and South East Asia and also senior management programmes at IIM, Ahmedabad. His expertise lies in channel development, distribution network development, new product launches and professional training.
 Brahm Sharma
Mr. Sharma is a B.E. (Mech) from Malviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur and a MBA from Western Illinois University, Macomb, USA, Mr. Sharma brings with him an extensive experience of 30 years in New Product Development, Marketing, Plant Operations & Management and establishing green field projects in the industry.

He has worked with several international companies including Dole, Emerson Electric, Alcan and Continental Boilers. He has been associated with renowned industrial houses in India such as Kirloskars, Advani Oerlikon and ICL at senior management level positions including as Chief Executive with the Kirloskar Group's German collaborated company. Mr. Sharma's expertise lies in the domains of strategic management, marketing, plant management, industrial relations, human resource management and capital budgeting.
 Vishal Dixit
Mr. Dixit is a Senior Associate with Zephyr Bangalore. Prior to joining Zephyr, he was an Associate with Macquarie Capital in New York, focusing on principal investments and financial sponsor transactions. Mr. Dixit started his professional career with the United Nations in New Delhi as the Group Coordinator for the education sector. He subsequently joined the Planning Commission of India to manage a joint UNDP-Govt. of India project on development financing. He went on to serve the Secretariat for the Indian Prime Minister's Committee on Infrastructure, where he supported multibillion dollar initiatives and transactions in the airports, highways, ports and power sectors. Mr. Dixit holds an MBA from Stanford University, an MA in Mathematical Economics from the University of Bombay and a B.Com from the Sydenham College in Mumbai.
 Sunil Gideon
Mr. Gideon is an M.Sc in Industrial Chemistry, a Postgraduate Diploma holder in Business Management from Wigan & Leigh College UK and a postgraduate from the Chartered Institute of Marketing UK. He has an experience of over ten years in Marketing, Sales Planning, Strategy and Sales Training. He has successfully developed impressive partner networks with leading companies across several sectors in the industry. An effective planner and Sales trainer, he has trained many marketing and sales teams across the country. His expertise lies in understanding market and customer needs and suggest solutions to satisfy them.
 Philip Abraham
Mr. Abraham has extensive experience in the field of Sales & Distribution, Branding, Public Relations and Advertising in various sectors like Education, Consumer Goods and Dairy product. He has worked for over 10 years in reputed Indian FMCG majors like GCMMF Ltd. (Amul) & Mother Dairy, Delhi.

Mr Abraham is an Engineer and a Post Graduate Gold Medallist in Management from the Management Development Institute (MDI), Gurgaon, and is also pursuing a Ph.D. from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). He has published cases in Social Sciences in International/National books/publications.
 Rabin Acharya
Mr. Acharya has more than twenty years of experience as a Human Resources specialist and academician. He has been associated with various reputed organisations in Nepal in banking, manufacturing, hospitality and IT sectors. He has organised and participated in various seminars and training workshops. His focus is on entrepreneurial and professional development.

He holds multiple qualifications including M. Phil in Educational Leadership, MBA (International Marketing and Market Research), MPA (Human Resources Development), MA in Sociology with specialisation in Project Management and Gender Studies, Diplomas in Tourism, Human Resource Development and Bachelors Degree in Business Administration ( Marketing).
 Mir Naseem Ahmed
Mr. Ahmed has worked at various senior executive positions including as Vice-Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Lakes and water ways Development Authority where he executed Dal Lake Conservation as a part of National Lake Conservation Project by Ministry of Environment and Forest, Government of India.

He was also the Chief Town planner for Kashmir for about twenty years. He has international experience with the reputed oil company, AGIP OIL in Libya..

Mr. Ahmed is a Postgraduate diploma holder in Urban Planning Practices from University College London (UCL). He is also a postgraduate in Urban and Regional Planning from School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi and graduated as a Civil Engineer from NIT Srinagar.
 Deepti Baveja
Ms.Baveja has 23 years of experience in advertising. She has been a Creative Director and Design consultant and has worked on leading brands like TATA, Godfrey Phillips India, Dabur, HMV, ITDC, Nestle, Delhi Tourism and Kerala Tourism.

She holds a Bachelor's degree in Applied Arts from Delhi College of Art, Delhi University. An MFA, Gold Medalist from Delhi University, she has conducted workshops and projects in the Royal College of Art London, UK.
,br> She was also empanelled as specialist lecturer with the Dept. of Technical Education and Art colleges. She is an active member of Indian Design Alliance Institute (IDAI). Her interest lies in the area of idea generation and lateral thinking.
 Abuzer Bengali
Mr. Bengali has corporate experience in Sales & Marketing of more than fifteen years with various MNC's such as Dunlop, Pepsi, British Petroleum, Chevron and Nokia. He has been responsible for setting up the sales and distribution systems in these companies and brings with him hands on experience in managing people and distribution channels.

A proactive professional, his expertise lies in finding business solutions, strategising in challenging environments to enhance revenue generation, market share expansion and profitability.

Abuzer holds a Bachelors' degree from St Xavier's College, Kolkata and an MBA specialising in Sales and Marketing from XLRI, Jamshedpur
 Bulbul Chaudhary
Ms. Chaudhary graduated in - Botany (Hons) from Delhi University, where she was a university rank holder. She completed her post graduation from NIFT-New Delhi and was adjudged all round topper.

Subsequently she worked with top American Buyers-Ralph Lauren, Liz Claiborne, Donna Karan, and Calvin Klein amongst others. Having worked with the garment industry she taught in reputed Fashion schools.

Ms. Chaudhary trained as a certified Applied scholastics trainer and also completed certain programmes of the Landmark Curriculum for Living.
 Nikhil Datta
Mr. Datta is a management professional with more than fifteen years of professional experience in Business Development, Franchisee management and Retail management across industries like Hospitality, Entertainment and Retail. He has varied industry experience having worked with General Mills India Pvt. Ltd., Häagen-Dazs in India, Inox Leisure Ltd, Holiday Inn hotels at Ahmedabad & Agra and Hotel Hyatt Regency, New Delhi.

His areas of specialisation are Operations & Marketing. He has presented papers in several national-level conferences, and has been associated with various hotel management and MBA colleges as a guest faculty.

He has professional training and academic qualifications in Hotel Management and Business Management .
 Sarath Garimella
Mr. Garimella started his career with Citi Financials, where he handled the Personal Loans department. Later, he moved to a University affiliated college and was in charge of training & development of the management students.

Mr. Garimella has guided several research projects and has been a consultant to various business houses. Mr. Garimella holds a Masters degree in Business Administration. He also teaches module in Corporate relations, Marketing and Business Strategy.
 Wg. Cdr. Vibhas Gupta
Wg. Cdr. Vibhas Gupta is an experienced professional with over 25 years of experience in the Indian Air Force and corporate sector. An alumnus of IIM Bangalore, a Fellow of Life Underwriting Training Council (LUTCF) of the American college and an Associate Financial Planner, he is also a qualified lawyer. He was the Sales Training Head for Andhra Pradesh & Tamil Nadu for ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. He also has several NCFM certifications, besides a PGDM (HR) from Symbiosis, Pune. Vibhas has a decade of experience in Training, Learning & Development in the Indian Armed Forces and in the corporate sector.

He is a certified trainer and specializes in Managerial, Behavioral skills, HR and Financial Markets and carries out psychometric tests and role plays in his workshops to ensure practical on the job learning.
 Rajoshri Haldar
Mr. Haldar has an experience of almost a decade in the Services Sector. He has worked at senior managerial positions in the Education, Business Processing and Knowledge Outsourcing industries. Mr. Haldar has a keen interest in corporate training and has conducted workshops for several companies and organisations, including ACC, Toyota Motors and Magma.

He graduated with a BSc. in Physics from Calcutta University and then obtained a Masters in Business Administration with a specialisation in Marketing and Systems. He also holds an Advanced Diploma in Web Technologies.
 Sanjiv H. Hade
Mr. Hade is an expert in Business Operations and Sales & Marketing. He has over thirteen years of experience in these domains and has worked with several organizations in responsible managerial levels including as the CEO of Pravin Khode Memorial Trust in Amravati. Besides this he has served as a Director of Venus Info Systems Pvt. Ltd.

He has also worked with Tata Infotech, NJ IndiaInvest and Frankfinn Institute of Air Hostess Training and played a vital role in Marketing & Sales functions. Besides these his expertise lies in marketing strategy, manpower planning and selection as well as, project planning and execution. He has an MBA in Marketing from Amravati University, B.Sc. (Electronics) from Amravati University and a Diploma in Software Applications (DCPA) from Apple Computers Ltd.
 Lt. Col. Yogeshwar Singh Katoch
Col. Katoch has served in the Indian Army till 2009. While in the Army he led critical assignments including as Second-in-Command of an Infantry Battalion, Operations Officer of an Infantry Brigade, Instructor Class 'A', Faculty of Studies, Infantry School Mhow and Training Officer in the Regimental Training Centre.

He has over twenty-one years of rich and diversified professional experience in developing cross functional skills and in grooming and motivating large teams.

He graduated from Jawaharlal Nehru University (National Defence Academy, Pune) and proceeded to take a postgraduate degree in Defence & Strategic Studies, Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, followed by a Post Graduate Diploma in HRM – DAVV from Indore and qualified in MDP on Managing the Training Function at XLRI, Jamshedpur.
 Ramesh Chandra Kashyap
Mr. Kashyap has over 30 years of corporate experience and has held senior positions like Sr. General Manager, Vice President, Chief Executive, in reputed companies like WIMCO, EICHER, MP United Chemicals & Pesticides Tri Star Soya Products, Pidilite Industries and Radial Consulting. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters degree in Business Management.
 Akram Khan
Mr. Khan has an experience of over twelve years in diverse industries including Retail, Electronic Media, Entertainment, Recreation and Education.

He has proven leadership skills having worked his way up from the floor level to hold senior management positions as a General Manager. His expertise is in the areas of General Management, Personnel Administration, Sales Coordination and MIS control. He has experience in policy formulation and administration of HR activities like manpower planning, recruitment and selection, performance management, organizing training and development programs.

He is a Business graduate from Australia and has obtained an MBA in Marketing from DAVV Indore.
 Mujeeb Khan
Mr. Khan is a Marketing professional and a corporate trainer. He has experience of working across disciplines having worked in the Banking and Automobile industry and in the area of Corporate training. After serving at managerial levels in Sales & Marketing at Axis Bank and Hyundai, he began his career as a Soft Skills trainer at NIS Academy and then moved into the field of training.

A versatile personality, he has also taught Management subjects. He is a certified trainer from NIS-SPARTA Ltd. and has trained over 3000 professionals in companies like TATA AIG, Birla Sunlife, Aviva, ICICI- PRU in soft skills, sales and business etiquette.

Mr. Khan holds a MBA with a specialization in Marketing, a Postgraduate Diploma in Hotel Management and a Masters' degree in History
 Anantha Rama Krishnan
Mr. Krishnan has served in senior positions in educational institutions as well as the corporate sector in USA and India.

He served as Director Computer Applications at the T. John College at Bangalore, Director of Training & Development VIBAVS, Los Angeles and Director of Software Development in Amalgamated Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Madras. Mr. Krishnan has a rich experience in both the IT and educational sector in USA and has worked at senior levels in ITT Educational Services, East Texas State University and in Orbit Software Inc.

Mr. Krishnan holds a MS degree from Texas A&M (formerly ETSU), M.B.A. and a Bachelor's in Engineering from University of Madras.
 Sandip Mitra
Mr. Mitra began his career as a Management Trainee in SAIL (Durgapur Steel Plant) in 1987. He has a rich and varied industry experience of 20 years and has worked with reputed companies such as Eureka Forbes Ltd. Jenson & Nicholson, Khadims, Macmillan India Ltd., Ananda Bazar Patrika Group and the Indian Express Group. While in the industry he has held senior management positions in the functions of Sales & Marketing, Distribution, and Customer Relations. A self-driven and result-oriented professional, he ensured exponential growth in sales and circulation in each publication that he has worked with. He has held independent charge at both the regional and national level. He is today using his experience and versatile talent as a marketing consultant and in recruitment and professional training.

Mr. Mitra has a B.Tech (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering from IIT-Kharagpur and a PGDM (Marketing) from Indian Institute of Social Welfare and Business Management, Kolkata.
 Srikant Mokashi
Mr. Mokashi brings with him a diverse industry experience of 28 years in the Pharma and Writing Instrument Industry where he was Vice President Marketing. He has worked with reputed companies like like Cyanamid India Ltd., Makune Solmex Ltd. and Jineshwar Writing Instrument (Montex). In the educational field, he has an experience of 13 years having been the head of various reputed management institutions in Nasik and Pune. He has also a visiting faculty with several reputed management institutes. He also has training experience and was a corporate trainer for Reliance Petroleum, PCS and Jet Airways. He holds three postgraduate degrees in Science, Management Studies and Personnel Management.
 Col. Sanjib Nag
Col. Nag has served in the Indian Army for 34 years. During his long tenure in the Army, he has served in varied capacities and has attended a large number of prestigious Army courses including the LGSC, DSSC and LDMC Courses.

He holds three postgraduate degrees, a doctorate research scholar of the University of Pune and has taken a short course in IIM-Calcutta. Col. Nag has extensive teaching and training experience, having trained thousands of middle and senior level Indian and Foreign Armed Forces Officers, DRDO scientists and PG Management students.

He is also an Accredited Management Trainer certified by AIMA.
 Amit Nagpal
An MBA-Marketing and a doctorate from DAVV University of Indore, he has been associated with Media marketing for more than 12 years. His has worked with Sage Publications and Sahara TV where he was involved in several product launches, media relations and brand building activities.

He has been in professional training for the past 6 years and has worked with leading Management Institutions. He has written several articles for reputed journals and attended many national/international conferences.
 Sangitika Nigam
Ms. Nigam is a documentary film maker and has 30 years of experience in the Media. An Economics Honours' Graduate from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University and also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Mass Communication from IIMC, Delhi.

She has directed, scripted and produced numerous films for the corporate sector, TV channels and the Government of India. Widely travelled, Ms. Nigam has worked on numerous film/video/photographic documentation projects in India, UK, USA and South East Asia. Her areas of specialisation include scriptwriting, TV/Video film direction, production, Communication & Life skills training. She is a certified trainer of SDI , UK and is also a Senior Fellow of the Department of Culture, Government of India.
 T R Subramanium
Mr. Subramanium started his career as a Management Trainee with Brooke Bond India and has specialised in Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations (JWT International, Inter Publicity Group). He then rose to become the Managing Director of MC&A (Marketing Consultants and Agencies). He has been a Faculty and Consultant for the past seven years.

Mr. Subramanium holds a Bachelors and Masters degree in English from St. Stephens College. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Law from Government Law College. He has also completed his Troiseme Degree in French.
 Major Ashutosh Pandey
Major Pandey is Ex-Army Officer, alumnus of MDI, Gurgaon and has over a decade of experience in Sales & Marketing in the automobile industry.

He began his career in Bajaj Auto Ltd., and then entered the Army as a Short Service Commissioned Officer. While in the Indian Army he managed and monitored training and development of a multi-cultural task force. He then returned to the corporate sector and worked with ICICI LOMBARD GIC LTD. where he rose to become a Branch Manager within a year managing General Insurance business in ten locations across Uttar Pradesh.
 Kamal Parmar
Mr. Parmar has 15 years of corporate experience and has worked in diverse industries, primarily handling channel sales and franchisee business.

He has held senior managerial positions with Citicorp Finance handling the franchisee wing of the Finance division at Andhra Pradesh. He has also worked with companies like Dunlop, Sterling Resorts, Westar International and Timex. His expertise lies in the fields of portfolio management, managing sales, collection and compliance.

He has an MBA from Andhra University. A dedicated trainer, he has also trained employees of LG, Virgin Mobiles amongst others on topics like Effective Communication, Personality mapping, and Conflict management.
 Nirmal Purushotham
Mr. Purushotham is a Supply Chain and Foreign Trade veteran with over 20 years of managerial experience at corporate in India and abroad.

He has a passion for teaching and developing young minds. His thorough understanding of business processes coupled with a passion for teaching makes him an ideal mentor for large institutions that demand “employable education” for their students. His expertise has been harnessed to serve top multinational companies including Forbes Forbes Campbell & Co. Ltd., Shriram Refrigeration Industries Ltd., 3M India, Sahney Paris Rhone Ltd., Frankfinn Institute of Airhostess Training and others.

He has a Bachelor's degree in Science and a Masters degree in Business Administration from Bangalore University and is currently pursuing his PhD. in International Trade Logistics from Rajasthan University.
 M. Seshasai
Mr. Seshasai is an MBA in Sales and Marketing from Academy of Management Studies, Dehradun. He also has an M.Sc in Applied Mathematics with Specialisation in Advanced Statistics and Operations Research from IIT Roorkee and a Bachelor's degree from University of Delhi.

In his career of 11 years he has had the opportunity to work in companies like Anchor Electricals, H&R Johnson India Ltd., Godrej Hicare Ltd. and Ma Foi Management Consultants Ltd. He has specialised in various aspects of Sales including Corporate, Institutional, Project and Channel Sales. During his career he has handled turnkey projects. He has also specialized in Recruitment Selling (B2B) especially in the Pharma, Healthcare and Life Sciences verticals.
 Shivendra Seth
Mr. Seth has worked as an Area Sales Manager in Baxter India Pvt. Ltd. and Eli Lilly. An experienced and successful professional with over a decade of industry experience in multinational organisations in Sales, Market Development, he has trained several young recruits in the profession. His areas of expertise incude business development, distributor channel management, market development and customer relationship management.

He holds a Bachelor of Science (Electronics) from Lucknow University and Business Administration from MJP University, Bareilly.
 Vikas Soppin
Mr. Soppin is an Engineering graduate with a Masters in Marketing from Karnataka University, Dharwad. He has over 9 years of experience in management consultancy and has specialised in skill assessment and talent development. He has worked with ICICI Lombard GIC, Max NewYork Life, in the areas of sales and marketing and with LearningLabs Pvt. Ltd. where he headed the business unit focusing on educational services. His specialisations include Services, B2B Marketing, Statistics / Quantitative Techniques, Entrepreneurship, and Business Opportunity Guidance.

He is a Consultant and Trainer with MSME (Ministry of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises) and many other leading institutes.
 V Sudhakar
Mr. Sudhakar has a professional experience of 25 years in the corporate world. He has diverse work experience in Sales and Marketing in various business organisations of repute. These include pharmaceutical giants such as Alembic Chemical Works, May & Baker (I) Ltd., Rhone-poulenc (India) Ltd., Nicholas Piramal and ICICI Prudential Life Insurance.

He is a graduate in Mathematics and a financial planner certified by LUTCF from IAIFM in U.S.A. He also has a postgraduate degree in Psychology and he is deeply committed to processes in self development and has extensive experience in training. An inspiring and successful motivational trainer he has conducted workshops in various institutions and corporate organizations.
 Geisha Thapar
Ms. Thapar began her career as a Fashion Designer with the leading export house-“Opera House”. She has experience of handling the entire spectrum of Design operations including conceptualisation, planning & implementation, design strategies, organisational growth and development. She was instrumental in developing profitable business relations with a range of domestic and overseas buyers. She also presented sequences of Fashion attire for Fashion Studios and various Fashion colleges. Her expertise lies in designing, professional training, communication and personality development.

Ms. Thapar, is a BSc. with specialisation in Textile Science from Lady Irwin College, Delhi University, and an Advance Professional Diploma holder in Fashion Technology from Delhi University where she topped her batch.
 J. Venugopal
Mr. Venugopal is a Mechanical Engineer with PGDBA in Marketing from Welingkar Institute of Management. He has also done his DMS from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management. Having worked with companies such as Taj Group of Hotels, Datamatics Technologies and Citigroup Global Services in the functional areas of Operations, Marketing and Quality, he has amassed immense amount of experience.

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