Wing Commander Joseph Paulson (Rtd.)

Mentor

Wing Commander Joseph Paulson has been in the startup world of consulting, training, coaching and psychometric assessments since 2003. He is from Indian Air Force with 2.5 decades of experience as a fighter pilot and flown the air superiority fighter Jet MiG-29.

He took pre-mature retirement from the Air Force holding the rank of Wing Commander. He holds multiple post graduate qualifications including M Sc., MS Counseling, MBA, and Diploma in Training and Development. Holding the unique Level A/B certificate from British Psychological Society, he is one of the few delegated assessors authorized to deliver psychometric certification training in India from publishers from UK. He is an authorized user of more than 50 psychometric tools from 5 different global providers used in hiring, training, coaching and talent development. He is certified in range of tools including MAPP, 15FQ+, JTI, MBTI and Hogan tools used for hiring, personal development, coaching and career guidance.. Read More

Dr. I. S. F. Irudayaraj

Principal Consultant - People Practices

Dr. I. S. F. Irudayaraj is a well-known Faculty and Consultant in the fields of Organization Behaviour, Organization Development, Mentoring, Coaching, Leadership Development and many other areas.

He has more than 40 years of professional experience in teaching, consulting, coaching and mentoring. He was associated with XLRI, Jhamshedpur as a Professor in the area of Organization Behaviour, Director Corporate Learning Centre and Fellow Programme Coordinator - Academy of Human Resources Development, Hyderabad; Assistant Professor and Research Fellow - Centre for Organization Development, Hyderabad; Asst. Professor, Loyola College, Madras and he had independently handled a Consulting Business. The major clients were IFFCO, Dubai; Masreq Bank, Dubai; Bank of Muscat, Muscat; CAPEGEMINI, Bharat Electronic Limited, SAIL, Coca Cola, Crompton Greaves, Tata Timken, Tata Steel, ITC Limited, NTPC, Mahindra and Mahindra, CTS, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Govt. of India, Mussoorie, Vardhaman Group, World Vision, HCL etc.,

Dr. I. S. F Irudayaraj is a very sought after faculty and is a Visiting Faculty for many well-known institutions of repute IIM, Ranchi; Rajagiri Business School, Cochin; Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA); Crescent School of Business (CSB), Chennai; Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM), Chennai; Xavier Institute of Management, Mumbai; National Institute of Agricultural Marketing, (NIAM), Jaipur; Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar; IIM – Kozhikode… Read More

Narayan G. Muramatti

Principal Consultant

He is a BE (Mechanical) Engineer, having a rich and vast experience of 34 years in project management, manufacturing, operations, vendor management, sourcing, process planning, stores management, quality assurance and HR activities. He retired as CEO in 2017 from Micromatic Grinding Technology Ltd., and continue to spread the message on technology and management services with passion and zeal. He has diverse industry experience working with, The Mysore Kirloskar Ltd., L&T Mcneil Ltd., and Gabriel India Ltd....Read More

K. K. Vishwanath

Principal Consultant

Mr. K. K. Vishwanath is a Post-Graduate in Organic Chemistry from Government College of Science and Technology, Raipur with several Original Pharmaceutical Analytical Research Papers published in International Journals.

He has got about 25 years of Quality Assurance and Quality Control experience in Pharma companies as a Senior Scientist in parenteral and non-parenteral in Antibiotics, Vitamins, Synthetic drugs and various formulations in all pharma dosage forms worked at Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Ltd., at various locations in India.

Worked for more than 14 years in QA in Godrej as GM and Head of Quality Assurance dealing with FMCG products. And worked about 3 years as Sr. General Manager in KCL Foods who are co-packers for Nestle and Cadbury foods.

He worked as the Head of R&D in a reputed Spices and foods industry in Chennai with an attached in-house NABL laboratory. He also worked as a Sr. General Manager QA in Clinical Studies and Bio-Equivalence/ Bio-Availability Research Center.

He has faced all the top audits of regulatory bodies starting from WHO, USFDA, MHRA UK), ANVISA Brazil, Audits from Dr. Reddy's, Sun Pharma, Zydus Cadila, Glenmark etc.,

Mr. Vishwanath has worked as a Senior Consultant in Steril-gene, Pondicherry for preparation of USFDA audit approval for their sterile area.

He has also worked as a Senior Quality Consultant in Quality Assurance & Systems in Rossari Biotech Pvt. Ltd, Silvassa, manufacturing enzymes, detergents and textile chemicals.

Much to his credit he is a certified Six Sigma Black Belt from SSA Mumbai and secured a Management Diploma from IIM Ahmedabad. Certified Lead Auditor for QMS and audited several companies for systems certification and GMP. He is also a Qualified Quality Assurance expert for World Class Manufacturing Excellence from CII Bangalore.

Mr. Vishwanath has a strong exposure to Gap Analysis, Quality Systems, Risk Analysis, FMEA and Lean Sigma and transforming the Quality Culture of the company. Read More

Dr. Priti Mody Iyer n.d.

Lead- Digital Learning

Dr. Priti Mody Iyer n.d. is a Storyteller and Leadership trainer with a focus on behavioural and soft skills training. She conducts executive coaching, individual sessions, groups and workshops all essentially aimed at personal and professional growth. She has also to her credit outbound leadership programs, team building workshops and induction programs. .. Read More

Commander K. K. Saji (Rtd.)

Sr. Consultant

Commander K. K. Saji (Rtd.) is a senior professional with over 24 years of experience in Indian Navy and Corporate sector in the areas of procurement, contracts, operations management, project management, and supply chain management with respect to Marine, Aviation, Automotive and Hospitality sector with Indian and globalsuppliers.

He is an alumnus of National Defence Academy, Pune; Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta.  He has completed his Advanced Program in Supply Chain Management from IIM, Calcutta, Certification course on “Supply Chain Management” from IIT, Delhi,  Master of Science (Defence Operations & Strategic Management) from Defence Services Staff College, Wellington; Master of Business Administration (Logistics & Operations Management) from Goa University, Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) from KSIMT, New Delhi, Certification Diploma course in Logistics, Contracts and Operational Planning, Bachelor of Science from National Defence Academy from Jawaharlal Nehru University. He is a trainer and a public speaker on various subjects … .. Read More

Pragati Lal

Principal Consultant

Pragati Lal is a skilled Senior Leadership Coach, Facilitator, Psychometric Assessor and NLP practitioner with 24 years of extensive experience in industries ranging from IT consulting, Pharmaceuticals, FMCG, Infrastructure, and Real estate, BFSI, Media, Retail and Hospitality among others. Pragati also facilitates large outbound interventions which rely on the experiential learning methodology with incisive debriefs and self-reflection. She overcomes an individual’s limiting beliefs using powerful metaphors like NLP techniques, fire walking. glass walking and iron rod bending. Read More

Basavant Kulkarni

Principal Consultant

Mr. Basavant Kulkarni is a Mechanical Engineer with more than 35 years of experience in the field of Sales, Marketing and Learning and Development. He worked with companies like Bajaj Auto Ltd., LML Ltd., Reliance Industries Limited, NIS Sparta and Escourts Limited before joining TransCat People Solutions Pvt. Ltd.

He has a strong exposure to Learning and Development activities in Automobile sector and managed corporate training programs at Maruti Suzuki, Hero Motocorp (Certified Trainer), Reliance Industries- Petroleum Division (Master Trainer), Escorts Limited (Head -Sales Training), Hindustan Unilever, Ultratech Cements, Ujjivan Finance, Kotak Mahindra Bank, NIIT, WIPRO, ICI Paints, Honda Cars, Unitus, ITC, India Post,New Holland Tractors, Japan Tobacco Company, Essilor, Bausch &Laumb, Nokia, Tata - Construction Material and other corporate entities.   Read More

Sabarish Vasudevan

Senior Consultant

Mr. Sabarish Vasudevan has 25 years of overall experience in sales management of pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and OTC brands. He is a certified professional in training and development with special focus in selling skills and field coaching. His last assignment before joining TransCat was with Nestle Health Science, India as “Head of Sales Force Effectiveness (SFE)”..... Read More

Regina Lobo Kaul

Senior Consultant

Regina has completed her Graduation and Post-Graduation in Psychology, specializing in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and she has done a certification on Positive Psychology from the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Read More

Vishal Simon Joseph

Senior Consultant

Vishal has more than eighteen years of experience in enabling people to achieve their KRAs leading to impact on businesses. He has trained people in various fields. He is presently on the Advisory Board of Flewid Capital, US based Start-up.  He worked as the Director of knowledge management of IIFA, an organization into business advisory services to individuals as well as companies around the world.  Read More

Dr. Veliyil Vasu Sugunan

Principal Consultant

Dr. Veliyil Vasu Sugunan did his M. Sc. in Marine Biology from the Department of Marine Sciences, University of Kerala and Ph. D from the University of Calcutta.

Dr. Sugunan has rich experience in Research Management and Research Teaching  in National and International arena for 47 years. He was the Assistant Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi and he was the Theme Leader of CGIAR (World Bank) Challenge Program on Water and Food, WorldFish Centre, Penang Malaysia and Cairo, Egypt. He was the Director, Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute (CIFRI), Barrackpore Kolkata and FAO Andre Mayer Fellow, HQ (FAO Rome) deployed in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Brazil, Mexico and Cuba. Read More

Sameera Rath

Senior Consultant

She has more than 17 years of experience in HR and L&D worked with Telecom Sector Skill Council as State Head managing operations in Odisha, Chhatisgarh and Jharkhand; Empower Pragati Vocational and Staffing Pvt. Ltd., as Odisha State Head for skill development; AIRCEL-Dishnet Wireless Limited as Circle Training Manager, Odisha; NIS Sparta (A Reliance ADA Company); as the Head Trainer for Reliance Petroleum; Hindustan Lever, SQL Star International Ltd., etc. Read More

Dr. S. Nithyaleela

Director

Unnikrishnan K. B.

Principal Catalyst

He has more than 26 years of experience and his last assignment before joining TransCat was with EPIC Group, Bangladesh as Vice President – Human Resources – Talent Management. Prior to this he worked for HR ANEXI as Regional Head and  Vice President-Client Engagement; RELIANCE NIS SPARTA as Business Manager - Cross Knowledge;  SUN PHARMA as Regional Sales Manager and CIPLA as Regional Coordinator.  

He is a Fire walk Instructor and Empowerment Coach certified from the  The Sundoor  School of Transpersonal Education – California, certified Coach and Global facilitator of Helping Others Succeed® (HOS) - BlessingWhite’s (U.S.) and a Master Trainer in Behavioral and Leadership Programs - Domain, Product, Process and Sales Training Programs from Reliance - NIS Sparta. He has also been certified in SPIN Selling Program (Huthwaite International – U.K.) and a certified facilitator for Adventures in Attitude and DiSC based programs, Canada). He is certified in 35 Psychometric and Behavioral Assessments from Psytech International (U.K.).Read More

Vinay Prithiani

Principal Consultant

He has more than 21 years of experience in the Technology space and has worked with many companies before starting his entrepreneurial career in 2015. He is the founder of Anytime Learn. He worked with Amazon heading technology projects suitable for India.  Read More

Smriti Goel

Principal Consultant

She is a Mentor Coach with Coaching Development, UK. She has wide experience in conducting Assessment & Development Centers across many organizations in India and Africa. She is certified in Level A& B (Intermediate) from British Psychological Society, UK. She is qualified and experienced in administering, interpreting and giving feedback on instruments like Hogan Personality Assessments, MBTI Step I & Step II, 15FQ+, 360 degree and Baron EQi, an instrument to assess Emotional intelligence. She is a certified Neuro-linguistic Programming and Transactional Analysis Practitioner.

She has held positions as a Senior Manager in KPMG Nigeria and as a Senior Manager in Genpact South Africa amongst others. In KPMG, she established the client-facing unit for corporate training. She also established the internal Learning and Development desk in KPMG to train all levels from Staff Analyst to Partners. In Genpact South Africa, she worked in the Re-engineering Division in the Hire-to-Retire domain. Read More

Rajesh M. Krishnan

Senior Consultant

An experienced professional in the domain of Learning and Development and Organizational Consulting, with a total experience of over 25 years, which includes 19 years in L&D.He has high connect with the audience and delivers programs in tune with audience perception to facilitate behavioral change, in sync with the organizational objective. Read More

Dr. James Thomas

Chief Catalyst

He has worked with multiple companies in various capacities and lead large HR teams. He was the Vice President HR of EPIC Group, Bangladesh, a multinational company and worked in leadership roles with  Page Industries Limited (Jockey India),  Gokaldas Exports Ltd.,  Shahi Exports Pvt. Ltd.,  Esix Technologies Pvt. Ltd.,  Kumaran Systems Pvt. Ltd., etc.

He has received many awards viz. "Most Talented H R Leaders in South India” award given by Asia Pacific HRM Congress and Times Ascent in 2016 and 2017, 100 Most Talented Global HR Leaders Award from CHRO Asia in the year 2015, "50 Most Influential Training and Development Professionals in India" award from CHRO Asia in the year 2015 and HR Leadership Award – 2012 form Employer Branding Institute.Read More

Chhandashree Dua

Senior Consultant

She has pursued her Masters in Industrial Psychology and Post Graduate Diploma in Counseling Psychology, Psychometric Certification from Psytech International and she is OPQ32r Certified. She is Assistant Test User (ATU) from British Psychological Society.  Read More

T. S. Ravishankar

Principal Consultant

Ravishankar, after completing his B Sc. Physics - Honors degree from Bangalore he joined the well-known National Aeronautical Laboratory, Bangalore. He started working as a Scientific Assistant in the Materials Science Division. He has picked up his talent in going in depth of any issue is from this prestigious institute. He then moved on to Raman Research Institute, Bangalore and worked as a Scientist. He has achieved very noteworthy accomplishments as a Scientist.  Read More