About me

𝐎𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞... I am an alumnus of Tata Institute of Social Sciences and the Swedish Institute of Management Program. I superannuated in April 2024, as Director and Chairperson– Bayer Foundation India and Country Head - Corporate Social Responsibility, Bayer South Asia. An accomplished and versatile leader with almost four decades of professional experience, I have held multiple roles across diverse industries, the public sector, trade associations, MNCs, and Civil Society. 𝐌𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧: - 𝗢𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 & 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻/𝗯𝗼𝗮𝗿𝗱/𝗡𝗚𝗢𝘀/𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀 - 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝗦𝗚 & 𝗖𝗦𝗥, 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 & 𝗡𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - 𝗖𝗼-𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝘂𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 - 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗰 𝗖𝗦𝗥 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀 - 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝗼𝘁-𝗳𝗼𝗿-𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗶𝘁𝘀 - 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝘆 - 𝗡𝘂𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗴𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 - 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴/𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹𝘀/𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀/𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽𝘀 - 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 I am a Certified Independent Board Director, a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) from the International Coaching Federation (ICF), and an accredited Senior Practitioner from the European Mentoring & Coaching Council (EMCC). I am the co-founder of '𝗯𝗨' (wherein the aim is to democratize coaching by making it accessible and affordable to everyone) and a founding board member of 𝗚𝗪𝗣𝗥 - 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮. An ardent risk-taker, I thrive on venturing into the unknown. I have been in jobs for which I have had no formal professional qualifications. Each education, qualification, and role has defined and redefined me. As a student of life, I strongly believe there is much to explore and learn! There is still a lot to be done! 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲/𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐒𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, 𝐂𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠.