Team

Deep Bhandari

BIZVANTAGE CONSULTANT

Deep Bhandari is an Executive Coach and a veteran of the pharma industry with over three decades of experience. Having worked in various management roles, he brings with him a wealth of knowledge and understanding of the pharma market in India, especially in commercial excellence and new business model. He has also addressed various global conferences as a keynote speaker.
In the last decade he has worked extensively in experimental sales setupsusing different business models including experimentation with sales force sizing and structure as well as performance management system aligned with global initiatives. He has devised various business models including Alliance, Co-promotion andContractual SalesOrganizationsin developing rural markets. He is one of the pioneers in developing strategic contractual sales organizationframework in pharma industry. At present he is an Advisor to UCB. his earlier responsibilities include Business Unit Head for Multiple Sclerosis at UCB, Director Marketing and Sales Excellence at UCB. General Manager, MSO with Novartis where his role involvedSales Force Effectiveness, Marketing Science and Sales Force & Management Training. Additionally he takes keen interest in management and talent development across organization. He is a reputed global trainer and facilitator for M1 program "Leading at the front line" and has trained and coached a number of managers across organizations.

Rachna Sharma

BIZVANTAGE CONSULTANT

Rachna is an energetic people and leadership specialist with a work experience of 23 Years, out of which 20 years have been in leading Organization Effectiveness, Change Enablement, Learning & Development and 3 years in sales. She has been leading capability development and culture building initiatives and have played key role in implementing learning culture in several organizations. A certified coach by Clarity Development Consulting Inc, Canada to facilitate Coaching for Engagement workshop in Asia, Rachna is also certified performance coach on "Energy for Performance" by HPI, US and conducts courses at various levels across India.
She has been coached for a year by Bob Hancox of Clarity Development Consulting Inc. who has been nominated for Canadian Coach of the Year. Rachna has extensive experience in designing and conducting Training Programs on multiple Leadership Skills (including LSW, Managerial Effectiveness, Effective Appraisals, Situational Leadership and Collaborating & Influencing), Selling Skills & Field Coaching Skills. She is a certified MBTI trainer. She has been working for the past several years in identifying training/development needs and customizing learning curriculum based on the needs. Rachna started her career in Sales with Colgate Palmolive gained in-depth experience in Sales & Sales Training. She then joined Samsung Electronics Ltd. as Manager Training and later moved to American Express (I) Ltd. as Training Leader. She has been now consulting for the past 11 years with large companies and MNCs in IT/ BPO services, Financial Services, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, and other domains. She has led several organizations' effectiveness and culture building initiatives and advises on change enabling requirements for strategic initiatives. Rachna has been the Master Facilitator of Global Programs and has experience of designing Global Training Programs and travelled extensively to countries like Malaysia, Korea, Singapore, Dubai, Bahrain UK, Germany and Canada for Training and certifying Trainers. Her industry experience includes financial services, construction, telecommunications, FMCG, Consumer durables, Pharmaceuticals, software, government, Hotel services, BPO. She is an Executive Coach to Manager strategic planning in Canada, Head - HR and Training Head in India besides conducting various coaching sessions as a follow up on learning interventions.

Satish Kumar

DIRECTOR

Satish Kumar is New Delhi based, facilitator, executive coach and business consultant. Satish has more than 30 years of work experience out of which last 13 years have been as full time coach, consultant and facilitator. Satish has successfully managed workshops on areas related to Leadership & Managerial Skills, Supervisory Development Skills, Team Building, Motivation, Customer Service Management, Personal Effectiveness, Key Account Management, Selling Skills, Communication, Change Management etc. for various levels of participants.
During his industry work experience Satish demonstrated expertise in setting up new divisions, managing channel networks, and expanding customer segments.

Satish has conducted experiential (Outbound Managerial Development) programs focused on themes such as team building, motivation, setting & achieving challenging targets, creativity & innovation, interpersonal relationships, passion to win and many more.
In his role as a consultant, Satish has trained more than 25000 professionals from various industries. Satish is also associated with different management institutes for helping students with development of soft skills.

Satish's last assignment was with Dabur India Ltd as Head Sales (North & East) for their healthcare division. Some organizations where Satish has contributed as facilitator,include names like Honeywell, Century Pulp & Paper, Intas, Coca Cola, Bharti Infratel, Ericson, Ranbaxy, G.D Foods, Elcom Innovations, Bayer, Dr. Reddy's Lab & Fresenius- Kabi

Besides India, he has conducted workshops in South Korea, Kenya, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Saudi Arabia Satish is certified Executive Coach from Results Coaching (ICF), DiSC profiler from Thomas International, MBTI Certified Coach and Certified Trainer from XLRI(Jamshedpur).Academically Satish did his PGDBM from Xavier's Institute Mumbai and Masters in Science.

Shirish Sahasrabudhe

BIZVANTAGE CONSULTANT

Professional outdoor facilitator with close to 20 years work experience, Shirish has achieved international recognition having conducted workshops for global companies in Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia. Expertise lies in designing and delivering outdoor workshops in the areas of Team Work, Customer Service, Leadership, Change Management, Managerial Skills, Team Building etc. Shirish has Masters Degree in Commerce with Costing as a Special subject from BMCC, Pune & an MBA from Pune.

» Shirish is an 'A' grader alumnus of the Nehru Institute of Mountaineering (NIM), Uttarkashi, a veteran rock climber, Himalayan trekker, freelance outdoor trainer and experiential learning coach. He lives, breathes and swears by adventure sport.
» Shirish took to the sport at an early age. When just 17 he climbed Fort Raigad, from the western face, a sheer drop of 1200ft.! Till date he has notched up 86 successful rock climbing expeditions. He is a veteran of 9 expeditions (6 of them 6,000 meters plus) to the Himalayas.
» After a short stint at a corporate assignment, Shirish plunged into adventure sports, his passion and his lifeline and made it his career. For four eventful years (1992-96) he worked as a freelance outdoor trainer. He cut his teeth in the business by being a mountain guide, safety expert and outdoor management development program coach. He partnered some of the bestknown names in the sport.
» Experiential learning has held a fascination for Shirish. He had personally experienced the tremendous benefits that these programs provided. In 1996, when just 26, with a focused mind and a burning desire, Shirish launched WCL. Many a talent from the corporate world has got recharged by the activities and adventure sports conducted by Shirish, across the Himalayas, Rajasthan, UP, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Karnataka.

Adventure Sports:
Professional Mountaineer, has done many Himalayan Expeditions, Rock Climbing Expeditions in Western Ghats. Professional River rafter for more than 7 years. Also pioneered White Water Rafting in Kundalika river in Maharashtra. Has done rafting in all major 7 Rivers in India. Basic level courses in Scuba diving, Under Sea walking, Skiing etc
Outdoor consultant: UCB, Accenture, BPL, Onida, Vodaphone, MTV, Coral Telecom, Templeton, HDFC, Bank of America, Foseco India Ltd, Baan, SAP Labs, Kirloskers', L & T Infotech, British Gas, IBM, JP Morgan, JM Morgan, MVM Pharma, Mother Dairy, Owens Cornings, Computer Associates, Galderma, Tata Tele Services, etc.

Ajith Kumar Chelote

BIZVANTAGE CONSULTANT

» A research scholar in training. (PhD)
» A Dale Carnegie Certified Business Coach.
» Certified Instructional Designer from JCI-University, Florida, USA.
» Certified Neuro- Linguistic Programmer from The National Federation of Nuero -Linguistic Psychology, USA.
» An advanced Diploma holder in Train the Trainer from American TESOL Institute USA.
» Train the Trainer Certification from London College of Business Sciences. (Certified, validated and accredited by British Accreditation Council, BAC)
» Taught Cambridge University "O" level at Ministry of Education, Republic of Maldives. Specialist in CRT training for MBA's, MTech and BTech students for many top Universities and Colleges.
» Conducted more than 1500 programmes for various Corporates and Universities. Including many 'maha, and 'nava rathna' companies like, Indian Railways, Integral Coach factory, Indian Military, ESI, Superintendents, doctors, BEML staff, Naively Lignite Corporation Chief Managers, BHEL doctors, BARC scientists, CGHS officials, Cochin Port, Chennai Port, Novartis, Hetero, Directorate of Drug control, Hero Moto Corp, Good Year, Muthoot Fin Corp Managers and many others.
» He has won many outstanding awards for all most all Training events, including the outstanding Presidents award of Zone IV JCI- India (2006.)
» He was conferred JCI- Senatorship in 2009, for his outstanding contribution in training.
» Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me present to you, the International Soft Skills Expert- JCI-Senator Ajith Kumar Chelote.

Rajiv Khanna

DIRECTOR

Overview : Executive coach (Marshall Goldsmith SCC certified) and soft-skills facilitator withmore than 30 years of work experience. Passionate about helping individuals enhance personal productivity and maintain healthy relationships. Extensive experience of working with global participants across geographies and varied cultural contexts.
Certifications :
» Executive Coaching from Marshall Goldsmith &Results Coaching
» Myer Briggs Type Indicator
» Hermann Brain Dominance Index (HBDI)
» Thomas Profiling (DISC)
» VOICES 360 (Korn Ferry)
» PROFILOR (PDI)
» Six Sigma Green Belt
Countries Worked Australia, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Czeck Republic, Dubai, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, Sri Lanka, UK, USA,
Practice Areas :
» Executive coaching
» Leadership and Managerial Skills (Change, Influencing, Coaching)
» Personal effectiveness (Goal setting, Time Management, Assertiveness)
» High Performing Teams (experiential workshops)
Assignments with : Honeywell Intl, Textron, KONE, Hero MotoCorp, Bayer, Grohe, Coca Cola, United Biscuits, Wockhardt, Pfizer, Novartis, LBSIMT, Apeejay, Godrej Properties and more.
Education : PGDMM from Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management (JBIMS)
Experience : Founder & Director at Bizvantage Training & Consulting Co. Past industry experience includes Honeywell (as Head L&D); Pharmacia (Training Head); Dabur Pharma (Training Manager); Merind (Sales Management)
Additional Info : Contributed as author for Sales Management Curriculum at IGNOU

Arvind Pratihar

Sales and Marketing

Arvind Pratihar is Post Graduate in Management with 15 years experience in Sales and Marketing and 8 years in Training and Consulting. He is certified trainer from XLRI Jamshedpur.

He is conducting classroom and field training in FMCG, Healthcare, Hospital, Tyre and Tobacco Companies.

He is conducting OJT for Pre-sellers and Sales team on Planning, Selling Skills, Negotiation Skills, Professional Communication, Territory Management and Merchandising Skills.

He is conducting Stress Management, Conflict Management, Team Building, and Customer Delight workshops for Doctors and paramedical staff in Army, Civil, and Railway Hospitals.