PhD in Developmental Psychology
MSc. Applied Psychology
B.Com (Hons)

Leadership & Behavioural Coaching and Training Positions:

• Consultant at Srishti Manipal Institute of Art Design and Technology (formerly Srishti Institute of Art Design and Technology. Part of his work involves Educational, Emotional and Design research. He spearheads their Wellness and Performance Coaching initiative for their multi-national faculty and students.
• Faculty and Scholar-in-residence at Srishti/Srishti Manipal Institute of Art Design and Technology (formerly Srishti Institute of Art Design and Technology. Part of his work involves Educational, Emotional and Design research. He spearheads their Wellness and Performance Coaching initiative for their multi-national faculty and students.
• Associate Leadership Coach at Mind Tree Limited – this role was to helps leaders to discover their potential. Also engaged with the Knowledge Management group in Mind Tree to develop and engage community champions.
• Practice Head LaB Practice @ QAI – Leadership and Behavioral (LaB) Process Practice at QAI India Limited a world leader (among the top three companies in the world) in IT Quality Consulting and Training, operating out of India, Singapore, China, Hong Kong, Malaysia and U.K. with assignments also in Africa, Europe, North and South America.
• Head – John Seymour Associates India after receiving training from them in London and Bristol, UK, (Indian arm of John Seymour Associates Limited UK

Areas of Research interest are in the following areas:
I. Philosophical and Ethnographical Morals and Ethics issues in the Anthropocene Era.
a. How moral and ethical changes we encounter in our present cultural, behavioral and social landscape – moralization and amoralization or of particular kinds of behavior including speciesism, effective altruism, divorce, illegitimacy, being a working-mothers, smoking, Health vs. Moral Vegetarianism, homosexuality, and medical care. etc.
b. Moral and Ethical dilemmas in using AI. [Larry Lessig]
c. Shift – Moral and Ethical – from Religion and Culture.
d. Practice of Moral and Ethics and Heroism and Exemplar Narratives – Understanding a deeper level of kindness.
II. Story Telling as a Tool to Harness the Moral and Ethical Landscape of Children
III. Story Telling as a Tool to Foster Kindness and Empathy Creatively in Children
IV. Story Telling as a Tool to invoke Heroism and Knights Exemplars qualities in Children.
V. Mindful, Focus, Reflective and Relaxation practices to generate Calm Abiding as an antidote to pathologies that influence our cognitive processes.

• Performance Coaching • Counselling • Group Facilitation • Research • Personal Re-Tooling • My course are designed as a stepping stone for young adults who have just entered an important phase of their lives to embark on a professional journey as artisans and craftsmen in the art, design, and technology spaces. • The program was to build on their acuity for self-awareness and self-leadership in their personal lives. • The program was critically woven into an interdisciplinary, multi-hued fabric. • Designing your Personal and Professional Life • Upeksha – Or building a capacity and an ability to generate and inculcate calmness • Both courses are rooted in the understanding that Ethical and Moral conduct are intrinsic to mental well-being.

• General Studies, Holistic Education and Supplementary Class for approximately for students. The classes are more like group coaching classes. Their prime focus is to inculcate Professionalism, Develop Self Leadership, Build Robust and Rich Relatuiionship with others – rely more on people than on devices to overcome challenging situations particularly when navigating emotional up-and downs.
• One course is named Designing your Personal and Professional Life
• The other is called Upeksha – Or growing an ability to generate and inculcate equanimity and calmness.

• Creating and Delivering programs and courses in Self Leadership and Cognitive Processes using inter-disciplinary frameworks.
• Creating Pedagogies for Teachers to teach Ethics and Morals to Children.
• A trans disciplinary research program on the ethics and morals in everyday life is offered as a course for PG students• Explorative Art using unconscious processes
• Working on a documentary that establishes the Philosophical and Psychological facets of Folk Dances in India particularly from Eastern India.
• My Creative processes are aligned with and include, writing, scripting, photography and cinematography, editing, motivating and leading young leaders in our academic space.