Jan 2021 – Dec 2023 · 2 yrs 11 mos · India

Jan 2020 – Mar 2023 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Aug 2012 – Present · 13 yrs 9 mos · Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Jun 2005 – Jan 2008 · 2 yrs 7 mos

• Saurav set up the one of the first structured Outbound Learning Centres in eastern India at Bhubaneswar, in collaboration with Pegasus Institute for Excellence, right from a scratch. He was one of the founding Directors of the company and continues to facilitate OBL programs there.

Oct 2002 – Present · 23 yrs 7 mos · Bangalore

• Saurav started his entrepreneurial journey by co-founding CDS in 2002 with a clear objective of 'Creating Learning Opportunities'. CDS focuses on leadership coaching and mentoring, imparting skill based training programs and counselling students on careers. CDS also does assessments and OD assignments. Saurav has been retained by many MNCs to run skill enhancement initiatives and coach their executives - many of whom have gone on to reach top leadership positions. His ability to connect with his participants, understand them and help bring out the best in them is what has made him a popular and respected name in this field.
• Saurav's specialized offerings are :
• Leadership Mindset
• Coaching Mindset
• Entrepreneurship Mindset
• Winning Mindset

Feb 2001 – Oct 2002 · 1 yr 8 mos

• Saurav was the Program Manager for a critical initiative on enhancing Client Experience. This project was highly successful and rewarding. It went on to win critical acclaim from the clients as well as the top management of the company.
• Saurav was also the Manager for Calendar of Events which oversaw planning and execution of mandated soft skills training opportunities for all the offshore employees of the organization. It called for collecting relevant data of training needs, mapping corresponding programs, onboarding faculty, organizing training calendar and facilities, readying learning content, ensuring capacity utilization & coverage, tracking effectiveness and managing the reporting systems across eight DCs in India.

Mar 2000 – Feb 2001 · 11 mos

• Saurav was in charge of conceptualising, designing and delivering high impact skill ehancement learning programs to various clients of TPCL. He earned great respect and name for his ability to conceptualise solutions, customise them and deliver to match the expectations and needs of the clients.

Feb 1998 – Aug 1999 · 1 yr 6 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Saurav focused on sales of GE medical imaging equipment in Karnataka. He was responsible for sales to Medical Colleges, Hospitals, Clinics and Individual Medical Practitioners. He managed the Dealer network, supervised their operations and helped build stronger channel partners. He was also instrumental in developing the talent pool of the dealers.

Jun 1994 – Oct 1994 · 4 mos

• Saurav joined as a BMT straight from the campus to support the Regional Channel Development Manager (South). Soon he learnt the basics of management and leadership. He got a great foundation and ensured that he learnt all that he could in the domain of sales, channel management, product training, sales training, customer relationship management and Key Account Management.

Jan 1994 – Jan 1997 · 3 yrs · Ludhiana / Bangalore

• Saurav was in charge of Sales team managing direct sales, corporate sales and also a team of channel partners in Ludhiana and later in Bangalore. He also supervised the Paging service operations. He was instrumental in putting together a highly dedicated and successful team of Paging Service Officers and Sales Executives. Subsequently he moved to the marketing team at HO to roll out the launch of two in-house brands of pagers.