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R Sreenivasan is one of
the founder directors of Career Launcher and Nalanda Foundation.
He is a teacher and a motivator at heart. His responsibilities in
the institutions include contributing to strategy, business development,
quality, and last but not the least helping people realize their
potential. He at present is the chairman of Indus World School,
Hyderabad apart from helping the Indus philosophy to spread to the
interiors of the nation.
Sreeni, as he is called, did his Masters in Computer Applications
(MCA) followed by M. Tech (Computer Science) from Jawaharlal Nehru
University, New Delhi and went on to work with Tata Consultancy
Services, one of the largest software development organizations
in the world. During his four-year stint with TCS, he held various
responsibilities including project leader for a few projects.
He then went to do his PGDM (MBA equivalent) from Indian Institute
of Management-Bangalore, one of the top business schools in the
Asia-pacific. He later joined Sony Corporations' Sony Entertainment
Television during its initial phase and held various responsibilities
including EA to VP (programming) and to CEO, manager (production),
manager (on-air promotions) and was instrumental in streamlining
production and reducing costs drastically.
Sreeni then moved to Career Launcher in its inception stage. From
being the fourth member of the team he has held responsibilities
of Technology, People and Processes, and International Business
during the growth phase of Career Launcher. His enthusiasm is infectious
and he is a livewire. He is also seen as the mascot of CL, representing
true spirit of CL.
His passion is pushing people to realize their dreams. He is one
of the most sought after consultants for leading newspapers like
The Times of India, Hindustan Times and The Indian Express on careers,
having contributed regular columns and key speaker in seminars.
His motivational talks have inspired a large number of students
and he continues to be in demand by the school community - schools,
teachers and students. Through his weekly columns and emails he
answers numerous queries on careers from far and wide, spread across
the age groups of 12 to 60. In the gulf, he has contributed to Gulf
Times through his column 'Career Pathfinder', EDUMAP column in Khaleej
Times and Q&A / feature columns in Gulf News. He contributes
immensely to FutureMap, the career facilitation program from CL.
Dr. Farooq Wasil, chairman of Gulf Council for CBSE schools, invited
Sreeni to be part of a two-day workshop for all the CBSE principals
of the GULF during the Gulf Council Conference held in Doha, Qatar
in January 2002. This workshop was conducted by eminent organizational
development expert, Dr T V Rao, ex-professor Indian Institute of
Management, Ahmedabad and Chairman, TVRao learning systems.
Sreeni, also a corporate trainer has been a facilitator for CRESTCOM,
Denver, US-based, largest executive training corporate in the world
with presence in over 55 countries. He spends a lot of time every
month, facilitating and training top management of corporates for
developing an open environment in their organizations to improve,
synergize and harness the resources and to keep ahead of competition.
His interests are varied, having had exhibitions of his own in photography
and painting; taking part in theatre. He has directed a 52-part
series on Indian classical music for television channel Star Plus,
each episode had an eminent musician performing. He works with theatre
guru, Mr. Barry John, and is a director on the board of Imago Theatre
Group. He also works on documentary films.
He brings with him immense experience not only in the area of education
but also performing and fine arts along with entrepreneurship dimension
to the portals of the Indus World Schools.
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