Panel members

Faculty who've done the job, not just studied it.

Every session is led by someone who has run the function they now train — pharma leadership, RBI learning & development, storytelling, fitness coaching, and recruitment.

shirish-belapure

Shirish Belapure

Senior Technical Advisor, Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance
  • Former Managing Director, Zydus Hospira Oncology Pvt. Ltd.
  • Former President, Zydus Cadila
smita-kulkarni

Smita Kulkarni

Trainer, Coach & Speaker
  • Learning & Development Head at top pharma companies including Ipca and FDC
  • Trained close to 20,000 pharma field-force employees, and built and led a 16-person trainer team as L&D Head
chandra

Chandra Bee

Learning & Development · NLP Coach
  • 36 years with the Reserve Bank of India
  • Learning and development specialist
  • Counsellor and certified NLP coach
sarika_shetty

Sarita Shetty

The Story Teller
  • Founder, Little Readers' Nook (littlereadersnook.com)
  • Creates, plans and conducts workshops for children, teaching language and life lessons through story
  • Trains and manages a team of 60+ story educators across 25 cities in India and overseas
  • Trained Mumbai teachers of SMILE Foundation in storytelling, read-aloud and library management
  • Has run storytelling events for STAR TV, Penguin India and Hamleys
amar-salvi

Amar Salvi

Certified Mind Map Trainer
  • Acquisition expert
  • Predictive index analyst
  • Interviewing skills specialist
suchita_varadkar

Suchita Varadkar

Wellness Coach and Motivational Speaker
  • Certified fitness coach and certified yoga teacher
  • Fitness and marathon training coach since 2004
  • Founder and coach of running group "Front Runners"
  • Runs corporate workshops on fitness and stress management, and leads marathon warm-ups using aerobics and Zumba
  • Featured by Star Sports in their "I Believe" series