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04th February 2016
Profile of R. Balachandran, Corporate trainer, Pune
Educational qualification: B.Sc. - Madras University
Professional qualification: CAIIB (Banking)
Total Industry Experience: 25 years
This includes:
As a Banker specializing in Corporate Credit – 10 years
As a Corporate Manager specializing in Project Management & Corporate Finance – 11.5 years
Current engagement:
A freelance consultant forprojectsandcorporate trainingalongwithpersonal coachingforprofessional
skills
Total CorporateConsultancy,Corporate Training & Management Education Experience: 19
years since 1997
Industry related activities of ‘consultancy’ and corporate training:
Freelance consultant in finance and organizational development
ServedasOD consultantwithSymIndiaTraining&ConsultancyPrivate Limited, Bangalore for 3.5 years.
Was on their board as Director (Operations) for 1.5 years. Project consultancy initially in finance and
later on in developing control systems, MIS reports, employee engagement, training and coaching
(coaching begins where training ends) on implementation of the learnings in training.
Freelance corporate trainerinfinance, general management and ‘transformational skills’ areas. So far
have conducted more than 120 batches on different MDP topics in Bangalore, Chennai and Pune.
General management and professional skills MDPs = 70% & Finance related MDPs = 30%
MDP Topics (Corporate training):
1. Business finance
2. Costs in business – costing in business decisions – hidden costs that are not visible
3. Business decisions in diverse functions & their effect on bottom line of the organization
4. Key business numbers (for finance personnel) and their proper interpretation
5. Personal effectiveness
6. Managerial effectiveness
7. Effective Business communication
8. Business letters and written communication
9. High impact business presentation
10. Leading vs. managing
11. Mentoring vs. coaching
12. Challenges before 21st
century manager
13. Career planning and setting career goals, short-term and long-term
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List of MDPs conducted in Pune, Mumbai, Nashik, Chennai and Bangalore:
1. Business writing & Finance for non-finance – Mercedes Benz
2. Managerial effectiveness,Personal effectiveness,Timemanagement,Business communication,
Finance fornon-finance,bankingtermsandprocess,costing&Teambuilding – Forbes Marshall
group of companies
3. Finance for non-finance, costing, business communication & business writing – Kirloskar Oil
Engines Limited
4. Managerial effectiveness & finance for non-finance – DGP Hinoday Industries
5. International banking – KPIT Cummins IT Limited
6. Finance fornon-finance,Metamorphosis(Studenttoprofessional), Business communication &
business presentation – Tech Mahindra (previously MBT)
7. High impact business presentation – L & T Infotech
8. Student to professional – Syntel
9. I.T. Companies in Chennai & Bangalore like Verifone, Aditi, Deutsche Software, HCL
Technologies, Kshema Technologies (Now M-Phasis) etc. – Assertiveness and business
communication,Highimpact businesspresentation,BankingBasics,Finance fornon-finance etc.
10. Finance for non-finance – Zensar
11. Finance for non-finance – Volkswagen
12. Business decisions and problem solving – Finolex Industries Limited, Pune
13. Transition from managers to leaders – Kion India Private Limited
14. Open or nomination basis programs – around 10 on finance for non-finance and business
communication
15. YASHADA, near Pune University – for IAS, Maharashtra executives etc. – Finance resources
mobilization, motivation, basic financial accounting and double-entry book-keeping and
communication – around 15 batches
16. Career planning and goal setting – MITCOMEx-MBAs
17. Managerial effectiveness – MITCOMEx-MBAs
18. Finance for non-finance – MITCOMEx-MBAs
19. Businessdecisionsin different functional areas affecting financial performance – MITCOMEx-
MBA
Course Material written so far:
1. PunjabTechnical Universityfortheirdistance learningprogramthroughStudents’ guild, Pune –
Financial management (basics)
2. The Entrepreneurship foundation of India (TEFI) for their executive MBA program for working
professionals for budding entrepreneurs – Business finance (basics)
3. ArthtechKnowledgeSolutions Private Limited, Pune for their vocational training programs for
graduates – Finance, basics and advanced & soft skills – basics and advanced.
Contact details:
Residential address:
A/2-505, Kumar Prasanna
Wanawadi
Pune
Maharashtra – 411 040
India
