AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

Hotel Operations, Executive Coaching, Counseling, Training and Development, Hospitality Education.

 

 

  RECENTLY...

• Freelance counsellor and coach

• Consultant Trainer for the hospitality industry 

• Visiting Trainer at Montfort College Bangalore

• Adjunct faculty at ITC Welcomgroup Graduate School of hotel administration, Manipal, Karnataka

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QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL COURSES ATTENDED

 

• Certified Executive Coach from CEC California, headed by Andrew Neitlich.*Recognized by ICF

 

• Certified in Counseling Psychology Montfort College Bangalore​

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• Certified in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy from Muktha Foundation, Bangalore

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• Workshop attended: Understanding the psychology of Forgiveness 9th to 10th June 2021

 

• Workshop attended: Understanding adolescents, Suicide prevention & Introduction to Therapeutic Counselling for Teachers in Higher Education from 21st to 24th May 2018. NMAM Institute of Technology

 

• General Manager’s Program from Cornell University Ithaca, New York, June, 2005.

 

• Strategic Marketing and Strategic Hospitality Management from Cornell University Ithaca, New York, July, 2001.

 

• Certified Hospitality Administrator (CHA) from American Hotel and Motel Association, 1997.

 

• Certified Hospitality Educator (CHE) from American Hotel and Motel Association, 1995

 

• Finance for Non Finance Managers from Welcomgroup Mughal Sheraton, Agra, 1995

 

• Post Graduate Diploma in Hotel Management from The Oberoi School of Hotel Management (Recognized & Acclaimed by the International Hotel Association, Paris), The Oberoi, New Delhi, 1981-1983.

 

• Bsc (Zoology, Botany, Chemistry) from Madras Christian College, Chennai, 1978 – 1981.

 

• High School –Cambrian Hall, Dehra Dun, India.

 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

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- OAKWOOD ASIA PACIFIC October 2013 –December 2015

 

 - AREA GENERAL MANAGER, Oakwood Premier Prestige UB City   & Oakwood Residence Whitefield Bangalore, from October 2013 - Dec 2015

 

 - THE PARK HOTELS – July 1999 till October 2013

 

 - ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT AND AREA GENERAL MANAGER, Headed The Park Chennai, The Park Pod Chennai, Development Projects, Apeejay Institute of Hospitality Navi Mumbai and Training and Development for the group from May 2009 till October 2013.

 

 - ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT TRAINING AND ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, The Park Hotels, from April 2008 – April 2009.

 

 - ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT and GENERAL MANAGER, Heading The Park Bangalore, The Apeejay Institute Of Hospitality at Navi Mumbai, and Training and Development for the group, from July’1999- till March 2008.

 

 - ITC Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration / Hotel ITC fortune Valley Nov1991- July1999

GENERAL MANAGER AND PRINCIPAL (1997-1999)

 

 - LEELA KEMPINSKI, GOA from Sept 1991 to Nov 1991

FRONT OFFICE MANAGER

                                

 - AL RASHEED HOTEL, BAGHDAD from November 1988 to September 1991

SENIOR LOBBY MANAGER

 

 - THE KRISHNA OBEROI, HYDERABAD from August 1987 to November 1988

ASST MANAGER FOOD AND BEVERAGE

 

 - THE OBEROI, NEW DELHI from April 1986 to May 1987

ASST MANAGER TRAINING, BANQUETS, AND ROOM SERVICE

 

 - THE OBEROI FLIGHT SERVICES, NEW DELHI from August 1983 to March 1986

ASST MANAGER OPERATIONS and BONDED WAREHOUSE

 

 - THE OBEROI HOTELS NEW DELHI   August 1981to August 1983

MANAGEMENT TRAINEE

 

PROFESSIONALLY ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES

 

• President   SKAL Club Bangalore -2006 and 2007 – re -elected for 2008 and 2009       

• Represented The Park Hotels at ITB Berlin in March every year from 2003 till 2008.

• Ex-Member of Bangalore and Chennai Classification committees (HRACC)- Federation of Hotels & Restaurants association and Hotel Association of India. For Star classification of hotels.

• Ex-Member Bachelor of Hotel Management (BHM) Board of studies for Mangalore University, Karnataka While at ITC Welcomgroup

• Ex-Expert panel member- Christ College Hotel Management board of studies, Bangalore

• Ex-Member board of studies of Apeejay Insitute of Hospitality,Navi Mumbai.

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