FACULTY

Peter Stewart brings substantial multi-cultural experience and insights into corporate and private work practices and mixed work cultures. A passion for sports and travel has resulted in many outdoor and pioneering pursuits, including work with major network filming projects in Australia, Nepal, Tibet, India and Sri Lanka. Training alongside Robert Kiyosaki for eight years (New York Times Best Seller 5 years running & World Stage Presenter) Peter enhanced his training programs to combine the outdoors' and adventure as the learning medium for organizations like HSBC, Cisco, Nike, Wipro and several others. Peter is an Australian Citizen living abroad since 1995 and traveling Asia for work and research since the 80's.

Saraswati Sharma (ASSOCIATE FACULTY) comes with over 12 years of corporate experience in Learning and Development. Saraswati has been delivering program on Service Skills, Personal Effectiveness, Out Bound Team building, Assertiveness Skills, and effective communication skills programs. She has worked across industries varying from manufacturing to IT, ITES,PSU's and financial services. Saraswati is a post graduate from Delhi University with International Diploma in Teaching and Training from City and Guilds (UK).She is pursuing intership program with 'Sumedhas' Academy for human context and is a accredited facilitator for administering the FIRO-B® instrument. Saraswati is a yoga and meditation practitioner.
 

Amit Chowdhury, An alumnus of Jadavpur University, Kolkata and IIM, Ahmedabad, avid mountaineer who has led expeditions to Mount Everest, Kamet, Satopanth and several other peaks in the Himalayas, Wing Commander Chowdhury headed the IAF Adventure Wing before he took early retirement from the IAF. An active skydiver, paragliding pilot and skier, in a previous assignment, he has been the Principal of the Indian Institute of Skiing and Mountaineering, Gulmarg. Amit was awarded the Vishist Seva Medal by the President of India. He has facilitated learning initiatives for several corporate clients such as ICI Paints, Microsoft, Vodaphone,Oracle, Foster Wheeler, INX Media and Brittania and is a accredited facilitator for administering the FIRO-B® instrument

Ravi Kumar. Advisor for Outdoor Safety & Risk Assessment, he is also faculty for Wilderness Medicine Institute and NOLS (USA). Ravi has extensive experience in program management has worked several years in outdoors programs for NOLS and with well known adventure and outdoors organisations like GETHNA and iDiscoveri.

Tirthankar Dash B.E (Electronics& Telecom) and an MBA with 12 years of collective experience in the corporate landscape covering industries of engineering, advertising, consumer goods, petrochemicals, research & consulting, in India, Srilanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Thailand, Singapore, Vietnam. Tirthankar has competencies in marketing, organisational process management and life enhancement skills training. Tirthankar has been a guest faculty in business schools and training institutions. Takes time off from his consulting work to fulfil his passion for developing capabilities among Youth purely as a social responsibility.

Suman Mitra. Alumnus of NIM Uttarkashi. Accomplished rock climber, experienced and accomplished outdoors trainer. Has worked extensively on Corporate and Youth programs with adventure training organisations.

 

Kritika Uniyal. Qualified Mountaineer and rock climbing enthusiast, an MBA and alumnus of Miranda House. As an accomplished skier, has represented the country at the Asian Winter Games Has worked on Youth programs with adventure training companies.