
Mr. S. Vishwanathan: (Excellence In Public Speaking And Leadership)
Since 1975, Mr. S. Vishwanathan has been a Faculty Member of Indo-American Society, Mumbai. He is a motivational speaker and a well-known Public Speaking teacher, famous for his interesting, inspiring and novel methods of teaching. He has conducted in-house training programmes for many well-known companies. For over 30 years, he has trained people from all walks of life. He is also a commentator and a dubbing artiste.
Colonel Ravindra Joshi (retd.) (Personality Development)
Colonel Ravindra Joshi, an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and the Indian Military Academy, is a consultant, trainer and educator in the field of human potential development and management education. He is trained in communication, personal effectiveness, creative thinking, leadership, team building, ethics, and law.
A member of the National Institute of Personnel Management, he has been a personal empowerment and soft skills trainer for the last 10 years. The range of people he has trained covers the whole gamut from businessmen and corporate executives to doctors, chartered accountants and engineers as also from sixteen-year-olds to people in their late fifties.
Mr. Avinash Gulrajani: (Personality Development)
Avinash Gulrajani is an ace Motivational Trainer, Master Communicator and International Marketing Consultant. He is the Founder Director of Avinash Gulrajani Academy dedicated to Personal and Professional Excellence. A recipient of several scholarships and awards, including the Rotary International Scholarship for study in North America and the Award for Academic Excellence from the Department of Communication, Fort Hays University, U.S.A.
The creator of O.R.T.T. (Optimum Results Training Technologies) in his training programmes, he blends the wisdom of the East with the latest in management thought, psychology and behavioral sciences from the West.
Dr.(Mrs.) Aruna Tijare (Personality Development & Fast Reading & Memory Efficiency)
Dr. Tijare is a practicing Psychologist. Counselor and HRD trainer. She has been training, counseling and undertaking workshops on a wide range of subjects such as human relations, communication skills, emotional intelligence, leadership skills, memory skills with students, housewives, senior citizens, as well as the corporate world, and educational institutions in various parts of India. Her programmes have helped a large cross section of people to live a more meaningful and happy life.
Mr. Kartik Vyas / Mrs. Rupa Vyas: (Personality Development & Fast Reading & Memory Efficiency)
Mr. Kartik Vyas and Rupa Vyas are the Director of Potentials Unlimited, Mumbai, which provides consulting and 'training solutions' to corporate houses and individuals to become more productive, perform better and be truly successful. They are acclaimed as versatile trainers in the fields of Professional-Personal-Spiritual Development, Yoga, Behavioural Sciences and Subconscious transformation. Mr. Vyas is also a NLP trainer (Neuro Linguistic Programming).
As trainers, motivational speakers and life coaches, they have collectively trained over 42,000 people of 14 nationalities over the last 43 years of their combined training careers. They have trained professionals of the senior levels of CEO’s Executive Directors, V.P’s, G.M.’s as well as middle level managers and executives.
Their corporate clients have included Fortune 500 companies, multinationals, large corporate houses and organizations like L&T, Exxon Mobil, Reliance, CIBA, Aditya Birla Group, Ernst & Young, Godrej, Bharat Petroleum, Johnson, Pfizer, KPMG, Essar, Tata Group, Taj Group of Hotels, Zee Telefilms, Idea Cellular, etc.
They are faculty for Indo-American Society, Ahmedabad and Bombay Management Associations, Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Mrs. Vyas has been a visiting faculty for SNDT University and K.C. College – Management department for Organizational Behaviour. Mr. Vyas has also been faculty for FICCI, Tata Management Training Centre and has been a guest trainer at IIM Ahmedabad.
They senior teaching faculty, training teachers and trainers, at the world’s oldest organized institute of yoga – the 90 years old ‘The Yoga Institute’, Mumbai. Their rich, vast and varied experience there involved training teachers and trainers, in Yoga education, philosophy, yoga psychology, therapeutics, health and the spiritual dimensions of Yoga.
Mr. Vyas has trained the entire staff, including the IAS officers of Gujarat’s Chief Minister – Mr. Narendra Modi’s office on more than one occasion.
As corporate trainers, they conduct in-House seminars and workshops in a wide range of subjects in the fields of Leadership Skills, Yoga, Human Potential Development and Communication Skills.
Their website is www.managementguru.in
The Purpose of their lives is:
“To Evolve and Inspire Every Person In The World To Evolve To Their Highest God Given Potential and Achieve Outstanding Results.”
Mrs. Aarti Agashe: (Advanced English Conversation)
Mrs. Aarti Agashe has a post-graduate degree in English from Bombay University. She has attended special workshops on language study in Germany, Denmark, Holland, and Hong Kong. She has conducted courses for various organizations and institutions to improve the daily usage of conversational English while dealing with customers. She has also taught elementary and higher level English to Germans, Japanese, Indonesians, South Americans, Iranians and Arabs as well as refresher courses for housewives and executives. She has been teaching at the Indo-American Society since 1975.
Mr. Vasudev Advani : (Advanced English Conversation)
Mr. Advani has a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from Bombay University. He has worked with Air India handling correspondence. He is also a faculty member with various institutes that offer post-graduate diplomas including S.N.D.T. Women's University in Mumbai.
Ms. Fiona D'Souza (English Usage & Conversation & Advance English Conversation)
Ms. D'Souza has been teaching at the Indo-American Society since 1990. She has graduated in English Literature from the Bombay University. She started her career in advertising and has always been in an industry where communication and interaction with people is important. Besides teaching Basic English, she has also conducted special classes for foreign groups at the IAS. Over the years she has taught English as a subject to students of ICSE schools like Bombay Scottish, G. D. Somami and Hills Grange.
Ms. Pushpa Pillay: (English Usage & Conversation)
Ms. Pillay has been teaching English to secondary level students since 1964. From 1966 to 1972 she worked as a lecturer in the Nirmala Institute of Education, Panajim,Goa where she taught English as a method of teaching to B.ed students and Dip.ed students. She has also conducted Conversational English classes for parents, teachers and other adults. As principal of Diamond Jubilee school for boys, Ms. Pillay worked on expanding the English curriculum offered in her school to suit current needs. Ms. Pillay also visited the Philips Academy, Andover, Boston, U.S. in 1996, to observe the English teaching methods used for students of grades IX to XII.
Ms. Sudha Nair: (English Usage & Conversation)
Ms. Sudha Nair has Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science & Psychology and B.Ed. degree with English & History from Mumbai University.
She has trained Adults & Students for Conversational & Academic English. Over the years she has contributed to websites, journals & professional projects, interschool English Elocution Competition, etc. She has taught English at Don Bosco English High School and Rose Manor English High School.
Mrs. Ranjana Rao : (English Usage & Conversation & Advance English Conversation)
Mrs. Ranjana Rao an English Literature- Post graduate from Chennai University; after completion of Masters degree in English Literature, she was working as a Secretary in McMillan & Co. Ltd, Chennai. She worked as a Teacher in Railway English Medium School, while in Andhra Pradesh. Later on, she worked with Speciality Publications, Chennai, as Sub-Editor.
Simultaneously, she was also conducting Fabric Painting Courses for CAMLIN Pvt. Ltd, over week ends, This course was attended by good number of participants.
She also taught in South Indian Associations School (English Medium school) at Dombivli.
She joined DAV College, Bhandup as a lecturer and was Teaching Business Communication to B.Com students. Besides, she taught Shorthand in an institute near her home.
She also taught English in various Coaching Classes to students of State as well as CBSE and ICSE levels.
She also taught Spoken English, Communication Skills and Personality Development in Various Classes in Mumbai and Thane namely, Russells, Lets Talk, VETA and Spectra Soft over a period. Until recently, she had the privilege of teaching Business Communication, Technical writing and Personality Development to 1st, 2nd and 3rd year of B.C.A students respectively in SNDT college, Matunga. She also taught Communication Skills and Personality Development to B.M.M. & B.M.S. students in the same college.
Being an animal lover and lover of nature, she has been a member of Blue Cross Society of India, Chennai for Animals and SPCA-Mumbai & Thane, to safeguard animals from cruelty or ill treatment. She is also a member of friend of Trees to protect nature and environment.
Mr. S. M. Chaturvedi (Export & Import)
Mr. S. M. Chaturvedi has over 30 years of experience in the areas of Export/Import Customs, Exchange Control Regulations and Industrial Policy. He has conducted over 300 seminars on these subjects-both open as well as in-house programme for leading companies in india. Besides teaching and consulting experience, Mr. Chaturvedi has considerable experience in industries where he had handled these portfolios. He is a regular faculty with leading institutes of Management and Trade Associations.
Dr. Regan Firdosh Homavazir : (Export & Import)
Dr. Regan Firdosh Homavazir is a Graduate in Business Management and an MBA
in Finance. He has also completed his Doctorate. He believes that his People
Management skills have been his greatest asset. His passion for studying new
subjects has been constantly growing, he has been a key faculty for Export -
Import Management subject since the past year. He also professes Public
Relations and Marketing Management in various other institutions.
His career objective is to gain knowledge and position, to become a guiding
force in the future of an organisation. To work as part of a high profile
team in a growing and innovative environment, where his skill set,
experience and academic background can be positively deployed, thus allowing
him the opportunities for technical excellence and growth.
Mr. P. K. Bhatia: (Photography)
Mr. P. K. Bhatia is a professional, self-developed photographer
with extensive experience in photography. His notable work includes
contribution to a number of leading magazines and newspapers including
Mid-Day and Afternoon, as well as all India and international exhibitions
for which he has won certificates and awards. He has been teaching
photography for over twelve years now. He has had a number of one-man
shows of his work at the Jehangir and Bajaj art galleries.
Mrs. Chhaya Kadam: (I E L T S / T O E F L / G R E / G M A T & S A T)
Ms. Chhaya Kadam is a Science graduate in Mathematics and Computer
Programming. She has worked with Agarwal Overseas Education Services for
more than two years as a faculty for GMAT, GRE, SAT, TOEFL & IELTS tests.
She has also worked as a career and visa counselor for students going abroad
for further studies.
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