Learning and Development Speakers in India
Learning and Development (L&D) is a systematic approach to enhancing the skills, knowledge, and capabilities of employees within an organization. It involves creating programs and initiatives that support continuous professional growth, ensuring that employees are well-equipped to meet current and future business challenges. A Learning and Development Speaker can greatly enhance your event by providing insights into effective training strategies, skill-building techniques, and the latest trends in employee development. They can inspire your audience with practical advice on fostering a culture of continuous learning, driving both individual and organizational growth. SpeakIN connects you with top Learning and Development Speakers who are experts in creating impactful training programs and fostering professional growth. Through its curated platform, SpeakIN offers access to thought leaders who can deliver tailored presentations that resonate with your audience, ensuring your event is both educational and motivating.
Deepshikha Kumar
Often counted amongst the most-networked entrepreneurs of India, Deepshikha is at the helm of making a global mark with her startup - SpeakIn, Asia's largest network of business experts and thought leaders. One of the most respected women entrepreneurs in the region, Deepshikha is the winner of 2021 Economic Times Most Promising Women Leaders, 2020 Google Digital Women Award in Leadership, 2020 Top 100 Women Entrepreneurs by Ministry of MSME Government of India and 2019 and 2017 Asia Women Icon Award Singapore, which celebrates Excellence in Entrepreneurship.
Ketan Krishnna
Getting into a role is one thing; Sustaining in it is second; Growing further in the role is third. All threeneed differentiated focus and attention. Unfortunately, most of us wait for too long for our organisation to define these for us and ignore our power to drive the change we deserve. As a coach and speaker, I focus on the third part, where I take people on a journey to become "The Million Dollar Employee". Their journey towards becoming so Incredible, so Amazing, so Extraordinary that no one would like to lose them, even for a Million Dollars in cash! And one needs to just focus on fivecompetencies to become an MDE.
Pradeep Prakash
Pradeep Prakash has close to 34 years of work experience that includes teaching, sales, marketing, manufacturing, entrepreneurship and behavioural training and consulting after graduating in engineering and management. He has been involved in training of thousands of executives from all the leading names in India and multinationals operating in India. He has successfully executed number of Organization wide cultural change initiatives in Pharma (especially GBP, Good Behavioural Practices paradigm for Pharma), Power and environment sectors leading to massive transformations and business turnarounds.
Pavan (tejpavan) Gandhok
Pavan is Clinical Strategy and Entrepreneurship faculty at ISB, and a visiting fellow at University of Melbourne and Anderson School UCLA. His research interests are in Adaptive Strategy under high flux and uncertainty e.g. New Technology and Emerging Markets. Pavan is a serial entrepreneur with a strong track-record of investor returns and successful exits including start-ups, high growth and turn-arounds. He also has 20+years of international Senior Partner level corporate advisory experience in Country and Regional Head roles across Australia, USA, South East Asia and India.
Chandra Kant
Chandra Kant is cofounder of Akulmach Technologies; a company which specialize in Business Technology Consulting Services. Akulmach works with many startups and SME across the global and help them sell better/faster. Akulmach also contributing in nation building buy introducing Global leadership program for Indians known as "EDIFY". Edify learning program is meant for senior students and young professionals and enhance their leadership foundation manifold. Akulmach works with many universities and corporates in order to improve their overall human resources and make them standout.
Nitin Srivastava
My real and unique expertise is the reason why various companies (MNCs) in many locations have given me the opportunity to work with them with high-performance evaluations. My ability to understand different cultures and diversity, Develop High-Performance Teams to turn around operations permanently, and generate significant productivity savings through structured methodology and processes in a stable way are some of my key strengths. I have been helping the business in transforming our Carlsberg Manufacturing operations by Manufacturing Excellence Journey.
Amardeep Vishwakarma
Amardeep Vishwakarma is a technology leader specialising in scalable software architecture and digital platforms. With over 15 years of experience, he has led engineering teams delivering high-traffic applications and enterprise-grade digital products. Amardeep delivers keynote sessions on software architecture, agile delivery, digital transformation, and engineering leadership for corporate audiences. Invite Amardeep Vishwakarma for technology conferences and leadership events in India.
Vinay Solanki
Vinay Solanki is the Head of IoT Business for Lenovo APAC with 16+ years of experience across business development, strategy, alliances, risk management, and product leadership. His prior roles include Director of Strategy at Aeris, leading IoT and Wi-Fi business at Bharti Airtel India, and VP Technology at Goldman Sachs in New York. Vinay holds an MBA from IIM Ahmedabad and is the founder of IoT-NCR, one of the world’s largest IoT communities with 7,500+ members. He is a member of NASSCOM and DoT TEC and contributes as an author to platforms including YourStory, EFY, and IoT Central.
Invite Vinay Solanki to speak at IoT industry conferences, technology leadership forums, enterprise innovation summits, and startup ecosystem events.
Asma Batool
Asma Batool is an Executive Coach and leadership educator with over 19 years of experience enabling personal, team, and organizational transformation. She specializes in vertical leadership development, emotional intelligence, and authentic leadership, helping senior leaders navigate transitions, complexity, and change. Asma designs and delivers high-impact learning journeys through immersive in-person and virtual workshops focused on leadership agility, team dynamics, and advanced coaching capabilities. Her work blends deep inner development with practical tools for performance, collaboration, and culture-building, making her a trusted partner to organizations seeking sustainable leadership impact in fast-changing environments.
Invite Asma Batool to speak on vertical leadership development, emotional and authentic leadership, executive transitions, leading change, leadership agility, and building high-performing teams.
Gaurish Wagh
Gaurish is a master facilitator (US), Certified OD practitioner (Hult Ashridge - UK), International Coach (Berlitz - US), a Keynote Speaker and a Prof. of Practice. He is an Electronics Engineer and an alumnus of ISB, Hyderabad. Gaurish has over 20 years of experience across industries, he has led CXO level profiles in Talent Management & Leadership Development with Fortune 500 companies like Accenture, Sodexo & Credit Suisse. Gaurish is associated with SHRM, Kirk Patrick Partners, HBP, SHL. Gaurish features as speaker at conclaves with IITs, IIMs, People matters, Marksmen, ET, UBS Forum. Gaurish’s has designed Organization Development Projects including building Leadership Academies from scratch for Accenture & Sodexo. He had led global culture & learning technology transformation for Credit Suisse. He is an expert in learning performance measurements from ATD and has performed learning benchmarking for Accenture.
Amita Sehrawat
Amita is a Software Quality Lead, blogger, and public speaking enthusiast. She is also an active member of the Toastmasters club and has been on an executive committee for the same. She loves to read books and reviews them on her blog. She has a keen interest in soft skills sessions and is looking forward to opportunities in the field including software testing training, storytelling, presentations, and seminars on general topics of her interest, etc.
Sophia Benjamin
Sophia Benjamin is an author, speaker, ghostwriter, and confidence and communication coach with a diverse background across media and corporate leadership. She began her career as a program announcer with Goa Doordarshan and later worked with Citibank Goa and Citigroup Dubai. Passionate about creative expression, Sophia writes for local and international publications and is the author of “Claudia,” a historical novel set during Goa’s liberation. Her coaching work focuses on helping individuals find their voice, build confidence, and communicate with authenticity across personal and professional contexts.
Invite Sophia to speak on confidence-building, communication skills, storytelling, personal branding, and expressive leadership.
Aswini Bajaj
My focus centers on Finance & Excel education, training students and corporate clients, Offshore Strategic Consulting & Financial Advisory, and Career counseling for commerce students. My education includes B.Com from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, along with CA, CS, CFA, FRM, and more. As a Guest Lecturer, I've spoken at institutions like ICAI, IAIP, NSE, BSE, IIM Rohtak, and more. I've trained professionals worldwide for CFA, FRM, CA, and Financial Modeling. I'm the Director of Leveraged Growth, a Consulting Firm offering Management Consulting, Research Advisory, Training, and L&D. I was honored as the Best Finance Trainer in India by India Education Awards 2019, and I've served as Chief Guest at St. Xavier's Collegiate School's Republic Day event. Business Standard also covered one of my lectures in Mumbai.
Dennis Sugumar
An entrepreneur at heart, I've walked through multiple avenues in life, From being a Mobile Marketing expert to a Serial Entrepreneur and then transforming in to Learning Professional. I have Professionally Engaged with more than than 500 Professionals as a Learning Catalyst & Perception Reflector, A Certified Emotional Intelligence Expert,Certified Human potential realization coach for Individuals, Teams and Organizations. Active Consultant for Organizations like TNEB, Indian Bank and some Educational Institutions. A Technology Activist Promoting the use of Technology in the Social Space.
Lokesh Nathany
With an inspired zeal to make a difference in the lives of individuals who want to go the extra mile and make a difference in their life and of people around them, I decided to start my own firm that will help people and organisations unleash their potential. I have conducted workshops and given talks on various subjects like - How to make your money work, My Life My Dreams, Celebrate Failure, Commitment, Communication, Motivation, Networking, Interpersonal skills, Entrepreneurship, Customer service, and Business etiquettes. I believein creating customized need-based solutions.
Subhankar Choudhury
Subhankar is a marketing professional, Life Coach, Motivational Speaker and reputed consultant in education sector with over 18 years of experience. He regularly writes in leading publications on diverse subjects including economic affairs, development economics, and business development. Before wearing the hat of an entrepreneur he was Vice President, G D Goenka Group, BML Munjal University, ISEED and others. He is also Council member with Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG), USA. and Guest Speaker with EU-Asia Network, Netherlands.
Dr.Kanan Khatau Chikhal
Equipped with tools from Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and learning's from Clinical Psychology, Dr. Kanan blends her medical knowledge of neuro science and biology with innovative training & coaching techniques to create & develop business leaders. Dr. Kanan is a Certified Coach at Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder Centered Coaching. She has specialized in training people to optimize the internal resources to maximize output through re-wiring the mind and developing winning competencies. She is a Certified Coach trained with Dr. Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder with a Global 360° Assessment.
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Learning and Development Speakers
There is a broad range of engaging Learning and Development Speakers ready to elevate your next event. Inviting a high-caliber speaker or expert can truly transform the experience, whether by sharing innovative learning strategies or driving meaningful change within your organization. You can connect with top Learning and Development Speakers and industry leaders through the Indian Speaker Bureau, a trusted platform where leading organizations collaborate for their business conferences and events. This platform offers keynote presentations, cross-industry engagements, and powerful sessions on learning and development that captivate and inspire your audience.