Jan 2018 – Present · 8 yrs 2 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Currently teaching and previously taught leadership communication, presence, public speaking, media handling and/or storytelling in over 80 executive education programs, to over 3,000 business executives, and government and nonprofit leaders.
• Taught the core “Business Communication (BCOM)” course to the entire incoming PGP (MBA) class of 900+ students in 12 sections in 2022-23. Coordinated with a large teaching team, and received the highest course evaluation scores for core courses across several categories.
• Taught the BCOM course to the entire Hyderabad PGP (MBA) cohort across 8 sections in 2023-24.
• Taught the popular elective “The Arts of Communication (AOCM)” course on public speaking, leadership and media. Course introduced in 2018, and grown from two to five sections year on year, due to student demand and strong course evaluations. Students bid over 1,000 points for course in 2021.
• Taught required course in the Advanced Management Program in Public Policy (AMPPP) for senior government officials, and in the Advanced Management Program in Business Analytics (AMBPA) for senior business executives. Received highest faculty feedback on the majority of areas.
• Teaching in various other annual and ongoing executive education programs: GMP for senior general managers, ELP for Emerging Leaders and WLP for women leaders. Instructed over 1,500 participants over five years.

Aug 2013 – Present · 12 yrs 7 mos · Greater Boston

• Professor of Practice in Leadership Communication (Fletcher School, 2013-19, Friedman / Cummings 2018 – Present)
• Taught popular courses on public speaking, leadership communication and media ("The Arts of Communication" and "Adaptive Leadership and Managerial Communication"). Course introduced in Fall 2013, and grew to become one of the most popular elective courses at the school (out of 100+ courses).
• Over 700 graduate students, including a record 100+ cross-registrants from 11 Harvard and Tufts schools, enrolled till date. Innovative syllabus covers a range of scenarios, including podium speeches, media interviews and leadership case simulations in both private and public sectors. Unprecedented growth in number of courses (25 to date at Fletcher and Friedman) and several school and university-wide teaching awards and nominations (Paddock Teaching award finalist, “Teaching with Technology” university wide award, “best new innovation” at Fletcher).
• Served as the Deputy Director of the Edward R. Murrow Media Center at Fletcher, coaching speakers at annual TED style events, hosting key international media guests such as Anderson Cooper and Lester Holt, spearheading a new John Oliver inspired TV news show, leveraging an impactful board, and conducting media training for key faculty members.
• Developed curriculum for and taught over 50 executive education groups at Tufts and Harvard, with consistently strong evaluations. Groups include Central Bank Heads, corporate CXO’s, & senior diplomats, including Ambassadors.
• Contracted by the career office to conduct case interview workshops and coach students on consulting case study interviews. Workshops to date at Harvard and Fletcher have included over 1,000 registered attendees.
• Guest lectured at multiple institutions including Ashoka University Young India Fellowship, the Indian School of Business and Stolkova in Russia.

Jan 2009 – Jan 2011 · 2 yrs · Greater Delhi Area

• Managed the country operations of the Clinton Foundation Health Access Initiative (CHAI), focussing on HIV/AIDS care, support and treatment of children. Oversaw staff across 4 national departments. Served as a primary liason to the Ministry of Health, and strategized on new disease and growth areas for intervention.
• Core Operations: Responsible for all national programs, comprising Pediatrics, Labs/Diagnotics, Supply Chain and Program Monitoring and Evaluation. Oversaw national Care and Support program that provides nutrition, counseling and travel support to over 15,000 children with HIV, via a network of 200 NGOs.
• Support Functions: Led or assisted in the organization's Administration, HR and IT functions at various points, in addition to managing core operations. Managed a staff of 15 across the Delhi and Hyderabad offices.
• Partner Collaboration: Developed key relationships with top personnel at the Ministry of Health’s National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), served as key partner member of the National AIDS Control Plan, and collaborated on several initiatives with other top development organizations such as UNAIDS, Gates, UNICEF, WHO & World Bank.

Jan 2008 – Jan 2012 · 4 yrs · New Delhi, India

• DD Sports / DD National / Indiatimes - Sports Anchor, New Delhi, India (Aug 2008, Oct 2010, Jan 2011 to Present)
• Live anchored with official broadcaster DD for three of the most watched sport television events in Indian history – the 2008 Olympics, the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and the 2011 Cricket World Cup, with daily viewership crossing 40 million. Anchored daily online cricket pre game show "IPL Insights" during the Indian Premier League with indiatimes.com, official online broadcaster. Acknowledged in several newspapers, including the Times of India, for “outstanding” anchoring.
• NDTV (New Delhi Television) - Business News Anchor, New Delhi / Mumbai, India, (Aug 2008 to Aug 2009)
• Anchored daily prime time bulletins at India’s premier news television company. Shows included the flagship 9 pm Profit at Night, 8 pm Business Prime Time, and 10 pm Nasdaq Live, as well as popular feature show Boss’ Day Out.
• Extensively researched and analyzed financial markets, corporate strategies and macroecomic policies and events.
• Zee Sports / Ten Sports - Sports Anchor, New Delhi, India (Mar 2008 to Aug 2008)
• Anchored the daily Sports Planet bulletin (competitor to ESPN’s popular SportCenter), and weekly Sport Sundae show.

Jan 2004 – Jan 2006 · 2 yrs · Greater Delhi Area

• Media/Tech Competitive Strategy: Engaged by a large Indian media and technology company to make one of its key channels the #1 player in its category. Created a detailed strategy touching both content and distribution, and gained a deep understand of the Indian television industry in the process.
• Govt Strategy: Spearheaded team and worked with three senior partners on a client development study for the city-state of Delhi. Presented plan to make Delhi a world class metro to the Chief Minister through a detailed analysis of several segments (power, water, transportation, media) as developed on a former study for Mumbai.
• Sports Marketing: Retained by the Indian Golf Union (IGU) on a mainstreaming strategy study that would open up the sport to more women and underprivileged children. Over course of project, coordinated with other sports bodies.

Jan 2000 – Jan 2002 · 2 yrs · San Francisco Bay Area

• Sharpened analytic, people and project management skills at top-tier global management consulting firm.
• Sports – Product Line Segmentation: Devised a positioning strategy for a $500M women’s division of a leading global sports equipment & apparel manufacturer. The “active lifestyle” positioning led to significantly improved results.
• New Business Development – Media/Tech: Researched the US media and technology industries with the goal of enhancing Bain’s expertise in the sector. Developed issue presentations used extensively in client development.
• Private Equity Due Diligence: Supported Bain’s private equity investment group with due diligence support, market/financial analyses, and company valuations that proved critical in the development of M&A strategies.