Lead OBT Facilitator

Name Lt Col (Retd) Sumant Khare
Qualifications MBA (HR), Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies
M.Sc. Defence &Strategic Studies, University of Madras
B.Sc., Jawaharlal Nehru University

Certifications Certified Coach from Results Coaching Systems, Australia, accredited by the International Coach Federation
Certified Practitioner of the Art and Science of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) from the International NLP Trainers Association (INLPTA)
Certified SCM professional from IIT Delhi

Current Assignments Successfully completed a one year program in Afghanistan for a Telecom client in Jan 12 and a Team Building assignment in Sri Lanka in May 12. Engaged in an OD Consulting assignment at Indore & Kolkata, a pan – India program on Occupational Health & Safety for Nokia Siemens Networks, a Coaching engagement for 22 middle level managers of an auto major, mentoring engagement at the School of Inspired Leadership (SOIL) and Oyster Learning, and ongoing Corporate Training.

Training Experience An accomplished facilitator, trainer and mentor with more than 10,000hrs of training delivery and over 300 hrs of coaching and mentoring engagements to his credit. An expert in coaching corporate professionals at all levels in Maximizing Performance & Potential and conducting transformational workshops in a host of areas including Leadership, Managing Change, Team Building, Management Development, Behavioral Change etc, he also conducts Personality Development Programs for college students. Equipped with key skills & in-depth knowledge of needs analysis, instructional design and training methodology, he brings to the table experience & expertise in conducting both, ‘Outbound’ and ‘Onsite’ workshops.

Corporate Experience National Head - Training, Future Learning & Development (Future Group)
National Head - Training, Reliance Retail

(include Key Positions Head- PR & IBS Acquisitions, Bharti Airtel Ltd
held in points) HR Consulting for emerging Blue Chips (Eko Financial Services, Prabhat Dairy Group)
Instructor at the National Defence Academy amongst others

Professional Graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington

Achievements Earned the ‘Achievers Award’ in Bharti Airtel
Award of certifications as an Executive & Performance Coach and as a Practitioner of NLP
Nvision’s Clients Roshan(Afghanistan), Campbell Shipping (Jamaica), Nokia, Nokia Siemens Networks, Pyramid IT , HDFC Bank, Vazir Sultan Tobacco, Ernst & Young, Fiat, BIG 92.7 FM, RIMC, Luminous, Mahindra & Mahindra, Rehau Chemicals, Hewlett Packard, Max New York Life, EXL, Rangoonwala Foundation, PNB, Godrej, Genpact , GMR, Promaynov,EMC2 , Hays Group, NIAM, Trelleborg, Nepa, Tyre Corporation of India , Image Incarnate.

Others Over 30 years of work experience in India & Overseas primarily in the General Management and HR functions; 22 years in the Indian Army and 8 years in the Corporate Sector.

Books / Articles / Dissertation on ‘The Influence of Islamic Fundamentalism on Central Asian

Papers / Research Republics’.

Publications (if any) NLP Project on ‘The Use of Preferred Representational Systems by People with Special Needs’
Personal Interests Writing poetry, playing guitar & singing, painting & sketching, swimming and trekking