Trainer Profiles

Srinath Raghavan - Chief Facilitator
Srinath Raghavan is a Learning and Development professional who has a passion for life long learning. He is well-known for his ability to deliver information with credibility, personality and a genuine sense of fun.

He has been in the field for more than 10 years, his last job profile being that of an OD Manager, for a reputed International firm. Always experimenting with new teaching mediums and methods, his style is  innovative and unconventional, yet highly engaging and effective. 

Srinath’s strong background in learning and development make him a natural fit for organizations looking for programs that deliver usable tools. His experience as a personality coach, help people and organizations break through the barriers that prevent them from achieving personal performance goals and process solutions.     

Sri is known for his signature leadership sessions for Supervisors, Managers, and Executives and a general broad based-curriculum that can be tailored to meet specific individual needs or organizational demands.

As a Personal Coach and Facilitator, Srinath Raghavan, brings vivid humor, real world experience and uncanny insightfulness to his audience, while giving them practical guidance to improve their personal and professional effectiveness.

He is an avid part-time writer and poet; you can read his written exploits at - http://srinathraghavan.blogspot.com

Stella Dsouza - Associate Facilitator
Stella D’souza - our youngest team member on board, nonetheless, a highly experienced and talented facilitator, with great class control. Her core strength is teaching Soft Skills and Cross Culture training, with an uncanny ability to involve her audience right from start to end.

Her training programs are an eclectic mix of practical fun filled activities and serious knowledge sharing moments. She is a superb team builder with a knack of breaking the ice tactfully and building bridges among diverse age groups.

Her penchant for innovative training methodologies makes her a unique facilitator, leaving no room for the typical “classroom type session”. She ensures personal attention is given to every one of the  participants, making her an instant hit with all.

Stella, with her overflowing sense of enthusiasm, is a virtual human dynamo and it's a joy to watch her build instant rapport with the participants, helping them to overcome self-limitations and skillfully guiding them to share their inner most apprehensions with confidence and ease. Her methodic approach to training, and a keen eye for detail, make her a highly efficient and disciplined facilitator.

Stella's significant contributions from the time of inception, has earned her accolades at S.R. Associates, undoubtedly making her an invaluable knowledge asset.

Vishal Pardessi - Business Development & Guest Facilitator
Vishal is an extremely talented individual, and has years of experience in guiding and driving people towards success. He was an integral part of various Talent Management campaigns, to help candidates find their true niche and potential.

He is our integral guest facilitator, armed with an Executive Degree in Business Communication, he is a think-tank of pragmatic business knowledge and acumen. His polished sense of delivery and commitment, make him very engaging and effective indeed.

Vishal, is open and articulate with his subject of delivery, and he ensures to get the same from all the participants. His engaging style of facilitation, is an envy of many, but at the end of the day, a job well done is what matters the most. He fulfills this with complete satisfaction. He has a keen sense of personal responsibility towards each participant, so he sees to it, that every one of them gets the best out of him.

Nilima Pai Pandya - Instructional Design & Guest Facilitator 
Nilima is an ace facilitator, who specializes in Instructional Design. She has the knack of analyzing and identifying training needs and translate it skillfully into various training modules and templates.

She has a MBA in Information Technology, from MET, Mumbai. Her keen analytical and reasoning skills,  make her an effective interface for organizations wanting to identify key skill-gap and behavioral issues. Nilima, is an integral  part of the core training team; with more than 12 years of experience in various ITES industry.

Her quick wit and natural charm makes her a great facilitator in class. Her training methodology is packed with nuggets of practical wisdom and her interests spans over many areas of knowledge. A past Microsoft Master Trainer, her skills are beyond doubt, one of the best in the industry.


Afshan Khanzada - Logistics & Guest Facilitator 
Afshan, has more than 13 years of work experience, of which 8 years being in the field of Business Process Outsourcing. Her varied associations in this vertical include Learning & Development, Operations and Process Management.

She is an experienced Trainer,with countless hours of classroom delivery and facilitation. Afshan takes care of training logistics and data mining, with timely intervention in specialized training modules, on topics such as Conflict Management, Managing and Developing Leaders etc. She has a natural talent of handling and guiding people towards a common goal, making her an example of a skillful leader.

Afshan's strong presence and masterful command over the subject, make her highly visible and an impactful facilitator. With a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce from Mumbai University, she brings in years of experience and expertise to the team.