Raja is a mental wellness expert, neuroscience researcher and mentor/coach, and an industry keynote speaker/writer specialising in leveraging the latest advances in brain science to improve mental wellness, professional and personal leadership, and peak potential. As an industry speaker, he has delivered keynotes at several industry events and corporate leadership conclaves across the world, leveraging cutting edge brain research.
His work has earned him prestigious honours including the “Marshall Goldsmith award for coaching excellence” for being a top 100 coach in the year 2018 and recognition as a LinkedIn Top Voice and Global Influencer in 2018 and again in 2024 for generating the platform’s most engaging content and insightful thought leadership on mental wellness. His research has been further cited in the book “The Michelangelo Pipeline: Nurture the talent of each professional” by Professor Giovanni Manchia.
Raja has 30 years of cross geographic corporate experience, the last 15 years as CXO and board director, building technology services and product organisations from ground up to mature setups. His experience spans all facets of organization development from strategic business planning and sales through client engagement, execution and growth. An entrepreneur at heart, Raja has successfully built, scaled up and exited startups.
Raja is a family man, father of two teenagers and a travel connoisseur who has been to and enjoyed delicacies of 50 countries across 4 continents. He is an alumnus of Government College of Engineering, Pune (COEP) in India and the Harvard Business School at Boston, USA.
Raja’s insights empower audiences to make emotions work for them, optimise decision-making, build high-performance teams and thrive amid transformations.
