We help professionals and students transition into enjoyable careers and professional pathways. We have delivered 1200+ hours of executive, leadership, and sales coaching to 125+ senior pros. and startup entrepreneurs.Professionals, businesses, and entrepreneurs- achieve positive and lasting change in their behaviours to catalyze action for the next steps in their lives. We work with our clients to successfully navigate through challenging transitions, achieve radical shifts, and move up to the next level in their careers, business, hobby, and spirituality, In short, Unleash their Potential to Achieve their Dreams. Through our 1Cues (earlier Career Clinic) platform we have also helped 5000+ students (and their parents) identify and pursue enjoyable careers. We do this first by identifying the best options and providing services to make the student eligible.1Cues.com is an online platform that connects students, parents, educators, and educational service providers. It acts as a centralized marketplace where users can find, offer, and access a variety of educational services.

As a startup consultant, I have advised and mentored around thirty startups in some of the following areas:1. Strategy development: Developing business plan, marketing strategy, and overall roadmap for growth2. Financial planning: Assisting with financial forecasting, budgeting, and fundraising efforts.3. Operations optimization: Identifying areas for improvement in the operations and helping to implement changes that increase efficiency and reduce costs.4. Networking: Introducing you to potential partners, investors, and customers, and helping to build relationships with these key stakeholders.5. Mentorship: Providing guidance and support to the founders and management team, helping them to overcome challenges and make informed decisions.6. Fundraising support: Advising on fundraising strategy and helping to prepare presentations, pitches, and investor materials.7. Manpower planning/Recruitment/HR Processes: Identifying right talent for the startup and help in recruiting and retaining them.

Noble Manhattan Coaching Ltd is one of the largest and most successful Coaching Training organisations in the World, operating in 31 countries. It is a multi-award winning organisation with a well-earned reputation for delivering the highest quality coaching courses and for creating superb coaches. Achieving and maintaining high standards is paramount and every NMC coaching course is accredited or recognised by some of the leading accreditation bodies:the IAPC&M (International Association for Professional Coaching and Mentoring);ILM (Institute of Leadership and Management);ILM City & Guilds; ICF (International Coach Federation); and the IRCM (International Regulator for Coaching and Mentoring.Noble Manhattan Coaching offers a wide range of courses from Coaching Foundation, Certificate and Diploma courses, Executive and Corporate Coaching courses that are equivalent of an MBA; Certificate in Workplace Coaching, specifically designed for in-house coach training and Child and Adolescent Coach training.

Instated 25 years ago with a vision to nurture great ideas towards the path of glaring success, Eureka! offers a platform for aspiring entrepreneurs to showcase their innovative ideas and accelerate their journey towards commercial success.

Wadhwani Entrepreneur (WE): Inspires, educates, and enables thousands of startup entrepreneurs. - WE NEN: Empowering students with ‘why, when and how’ to do startups - WE Liftoff: Enabling startups to get seed capital - WE Champs: Awards and mentoring program in Silicon Valley

StartupLanes is an ecosystem for Startups and Investors. SL offers dedicated Investment Banking services for startups. Responsibilities include Consulting, Mentoring and guiding Regional Directors for the purpose of further expansion of StartupLanes in the region.Consulting and mentoring startups in areas of Funding, business startegy and expansion, marketing, services, franchisee expansions,etc.

Deepankar is on a mission to change the way school and college students choose their careers and pathways. We use reliable assessments, expert sessions and semi-automated tools to help students shortlist enjoyable careers, course and streams. To enhance access , responsiveness and quality we adopt digital methodologies. We also build the eco-system for professional guidance.Specialties: Career Coaching , Executive Coaching , Talent Management and Assessment

Setting up a platform and services that drive purposeful engagement of students (academia) with industry organisations through academic projects with a mission to- build employability competence in students through industry-led projects & programs- impact business outcome for organizations- incubate, foster and support innovation at campus and workplaceStrategic tie-ups in the field of Project Based Learning for K-12 segment

As a Lead Consultant, Deepankar is responsible for Sales growth and transformation of our partners, which includes Training and Development, hiring and consulting. This has Professional Assessment, Business skills, Project Management and Behavioral Skills to enable business growth and maximize sales

• Administered a team of more than 60 members to manage HCL Career Development Centre, Learning Business Nationally• Spearheaded the entire gamut of learning verticals like Institutions, Corporate, Government and Retail segment catering both Core IT & Non-IT training Products at HCL Learning Division• Instrumental in managing network of more than 100 CDC centers across the country.• Successfully turned around the CDC business from negative growth to a profitable unit in the last one year• Established HCL CDC in East, HCL’s Foray into training & education.• Led efforts for developing a franchisee network of more than twenty training centres in East• Handled business development functions in Govt. segment through Skill Development and Capacity Building Training Programs• Nurtured healthy relationships with partners like Microsoft, Redhat, Oracle, IGNOU, BSNL, CRIS, etc.• Distinguished efforts for promoting products such as:o HCL Digischool, a multimedia based product for equipped teaching and interactive learning through digital classrooms in K-12 segment.o Core IT training products like Dot Net, Java, Oracle, Redhat, MCSE, NTD, A+, N+ HCL Certified Career Program in Networking Track and Software Track for both retail and Institution campuso Value Added Services (VAS) products like HCL Learning Studio (Language Lab Platform Hosting British Council contents covering communication, ERP-Classroom Management System, Learn IT Programs, Xcelerate program for IIT / AIEEE / PMT coaching through live video learning in association with Resonance Kota• Holds the credit of maintaining extremely high standard customer and channel satisfaction through sheer passion and complete engagement

Head Government Business of HCL Learning nationally based out of Head officeHandled business development functions in Govt. segment through Skill Development and Capacity Building Training Programmes like SJSRY, TNCDW, VK, VTP, DOPART, Defence, etc. Nurtured healthy relationships with partners like Microsoft, Redhat, Oracle, IGNOU, BSNL, CRIS, etc.

Zonal Head for Career Development Center, HCL's foray in Education and training.Established HCL’s Foray into training & education in East. Successfully led efforts for developing a franchisee network of more than twenty training centres in the first year of operations alongwith Company Owned Centers.

• Looked after technical support services and revenue generation functions for entire East (West Bengal, Orissa, Jharkhand, North-East and Bihar) from 2004 to 2008• Drove team towards bringing consistent business growth in service revenues• Provided leadership to East Region Support Operations, Service Business Function, Channel Partner Management entailing office manpower planning, SPO operations, escalation handling, cost control, key client handling, MIS, service centre setup, etc.• Instrumental in establishing Outsourced Service Points as per HCL standard and ensuring stable profitability of these centres• Founded more than forty numbers of HCLSPs across all major towns and cities of Eastern and North Eastern States• Delivered facilities management solutions, warranty extensions (direct & channel both), annual maintenance contracts (direct & channel both) & other IT products like Toshiba Note Book, HCL Note Books, HCL Servers, HCL Desktops, Toshiba Projectors, HCL all range of Networking items directly to our Key Clients and existing FMS customers

• Customer Satisfaction: To provide best possible services to customers and generate more business opportunities.• Business Development: To make services as profitable source of income and generate more revenues through system integrations and solutions, FM and also through new solutions like Security and Surveillances.• Developed the Service Setup right from scratch and made it as a profit centre.• Created new opportunities in the field of security and Surveillance and developed channel network for the same in and around Delhi and North India.

• Headed the operations for the Northern Region based out of Delhi, thereby providing Support to the entire VSAT Networks of customers running mission critical applications.• Handled more than 15 major programs of Government ,PSU and Corporate in manufacturing, FMCG,Stock exchanges, Banking and other industries.• Responsible for implementing projects within schedules and budget and ensuring the deliverables on all aspects like technical, commercial and logistics were met.• Accountable for repeat business and receivables

• Managed the service operations of UOL, North having branch offices in New Delhi, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Jaipur and Indore.• Led a big team of more than 100 engineers and support staff in Northern India.• Made service as an Independent profit Centre( 16 cores of services revenues in 1999)