The people behind the thinking.

Samir Parikh

With over two decades of consulting experience, Samir works closely with senior leaders to strengthen leadership capability, align culture, and build organisation-wide effectiveness. As the founder of NamanHR, he has shaped its philosophy of integrating behavioural science with business reality.

Gallup Certified Strengths Coach | Accredited Belbin Team Roles Expert

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Virag Shah

Virag brings over 15 years of experience in driving revenue growth, building strategic accounts, and scaling HR solutions across industries. At NamanHR, he has played a key role in expanding market presence, managing P&L, and strengthening long-term client relationships. His work focuses on aligning organisational needs with the right mix of leadership, talent, and culture interventions to deliver measurable business impact.

MBA – Sales & Marketing, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University

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Adish Deshpande

With over 20+ years of experience across consulting and corporate L&D, Adish specialises in building scalable learning ecosystems and diagnosing enterprise capability gaps. His work focuses on linking learning interventions to business outcomes, enabling organisations to strengthen leadership, drive culture change, and embed continuous learning. He brings a data-driven and systems-oriented approach to capability building across complex organisations.

Certified in 16PF® (PSI), DISC, and NLP.

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Gargee Davda

With over 15 years of experience, Gargee specialises in designing and delivering large-scale learning and leadership development interventions. Her work focuses on translating organisational strategy into structured capability-building journeys that drive measurable outcomes. Her expertise spans curriculum design, OD interventions, organisation design, and talent development frameworks.

ATD Certified Instructional Designer | Certified 16PF® Practitioner

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Shruti Nayak

An industrial psychologist with over 15+ years of experience, Shruti specialises in strengths-based development, behavioural diagnostics, and organisation-wide assessment interventions. She works closely with organisations to build leadership capability and embed strengths into everyday performance. Her forte lies in competency mapping, 360° feedback, and organisation development interventions, enabling leaders and teams to translate insight into sustained behavioural change.

Certified in 16PF® and Virtual AC™ (PSI)

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Aditya Rao

With over 20+ years of experience, Aditya works at the intersection of leadership, culture, and organisational transformation. He specialises in designing culture change journeys, strengthening leadership capability, and driving systemic OD interventions across organisations. His work focuses on embedding sustained behavioural change while helping leaders rethink decision-making, collaboration, and effectiveness in an AI-enabled environment.

Associate Certified Coach (ACC) – ICF | Certified in MBTI® and Situational Leadership®

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Uravi Raichandani

A psychologist with over 25 years of experience, Uravi specialises in Assessment & Development Centres, competency mapping, and organisation diagnostics. She works closely with leaders and teams to translate behavioural insights into meaningful development and performance outcomes.

An ICF-certified coach (ACC), she integrates multiple frameworks including REBT, NLP, strengths-based development, and psychometric tools such as 16PF® and Virtual AC™ to deliver context-driven, actionable insights.

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Atul R. Mankad

With over four decades of experience, Atul specialises in organisation restructuring, HR technology integration, and large-scale HR transformation. He works closely with organisations to anticipate evolving business needs and design practical, scalable people systems that support long-term growth.

At NamanHR, he also mentors consulting teams and brings a strong systems-thinking approach to solving complex organisational challenges.

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Sudhir R. Kulkarni

With over four decades of HR leadership experience, Sudhir brings deep expertise in Assessment & Development Centres, organisation restructuring, and performance systems. An NTL (US) certified OD practitioner and CFI-certified executive coach, he works closely with senior leaders to translate insight into sustained behavioural change. His approach combines structured diagnostics with reflective coaching, enabling leaders to strengthen decision-making, influence, and organisational impact.

Certified in MBTI, Belbin, Hogan, 16PF® (PSI), and VirtualAC

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Prof. Vikas Agarwal

With over 25 years of experience, Vikas specialises in leadership facilitation, behavioural science, and strengths-based development. At NamanHR, he has spent close to a decade designing and delivering learning interventions that enable individuals and teams to build self-awareness, communication capability, and leadership effectiveness. His work blends structured learning with experiential methods to build self-awareness, communication, and leadership effectiveness.

Gallup Certified Strengths Coach | Certified in 16PF® and Virtual AC™

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Bikas Mukherjee

With nearly four decades of experience, Bikas brings expertise in designing scalable learning ecosystems, salesforce capability frameworks, and leadership development initiatives across global organisations. His experience spans global L&D strategy, sales and marketing excellence, digital learning initiatives, and the design of scalable learning academies across geographies.

Certified facilitator – MBTI® | Adair Leadership (UK) | Strategy Implementation (MCE, Spain)

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Lisa Dunn

With 15+ years of global experience, Lisa specialises in leadership development, change management, and building scalable learning ecosystems aligned to business and culture transformation. Her work spans designing leadership academies, driving DEIB learning, and enabling workforce transformation through structured learning, coaching, and change interventions—helping organisations embed capability that sustains beyond programs.

Certified in Organizational Design (eCornell) | Prosci Change Practitioner | Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

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Dr. Shreya Shah

An Industrial & Organisational Psychologist, Shreya brings a research-led approach to behavioural diagnostics, learning design, and employee engagement. Her work enables evidence-based, context-driven interventions across organisations. She has contributed to building learning ecosystems through training needs analysis, psychometric assessments, and content design, while also anchoring research in areas such as organisational behaviour, emotional intelligence, and workplace effectiveness.

PhD – IIT Bombay | Certified ISO 9001 Lead Auditor

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