Gunjali Singh CEO, SVP Mumbai

Gaurav is a teacher through and through. His ability to simplify complex concepts and make them relevant to a specific context is phenomenal. When I worked with him I experienced first hand what it was like to be led with a no one left behind attitude. He drew on his deep and varied knowledge to ensure each individual was walking with him and could see his vision clearly. Every interaction with him was inspiring and stretched my thinking. I’m so fortunate to have had him as a mentor.

Mona Servai Renowned educator & Independent education consultant, IBO

Gaurav is a compelling leader who is able to craft a vision as well as consider minute details needed for execution. His participative leadership style delegates ownership and empowers people in the organization to pursue audacious goals. He has built and sustained some of the best teams I have ever seen. He is an inspiring communicator & an excellent trainer. People love learning from him as he warm, charming, respectful & engaging.

JP Hamilton Success Director, World Wide Generation

For me Gaurav embodies thoughtful, inspiring leadership. He goes to great lengths to understand the secrets of amazing organisations & what he did at 321 Foundation is proof of this. I am amazed by his ability to learn across disciplines, apply those learnings & then teach others to implement them. I value his guidance and I know he has been a wise and engaged companion to many a leader.

Venil Ali Senior Director - Programs & Scale, Antarang Foundation

Gaurav is a treasure trove of insights and wisdom. He has an exceptional skill of pouring through tons of material and then presenting it in the simplest, most intuitive manner. He crystalizes complex ideas from theory, his own experience, other people's experience to share tips and insights that are very valuable. I've had innumerable conversations with him discussing leadership, culture, management and much more. Every conversation has left me feeling like I've learnt something new that has stayed with me, I felt truly heard and understood and I've had a lot of fun. Gaurav has built such strong management and leadership practices at his organisation 321 Education Foundation, that led to some of the strongest culture and performance that I've seen across different comparable organisations. It is a pleasure to learn from him!

Arnab Datta Senior Counsel, Employ America

I have never grown more under a manager than I grew when Gaurav was my manager. He is passionate about helping people achieve their potential & I learnt a ton from just watching him lead our team. He is also a gifted teacher who is able to balance explicit teaching with letting you discover the lessons on your own. When I became a manager I just applied everything I learnt from him & that massively accelerated my growth as a manager. Even now when I run into leadership challenges, I ask myself “What would Gaurav do ?” I would highly recommend any opportunity to learn from him

Priyadharshani Venkat Berkeley and IESE

Gaurav is the best manager & leader I’ve worked with. He was able to scale the impact of our organization by 10X in 1 year without sacrificing quality & while maintaining the the unique high performance & caring culture we were known for. He’s a phenomenal teacher who has the ability to take best practices from research, his personal experiences and contextualize it in an engaging way to exactly what you need to progress on your journey as a leader. The principles, strategies and tactics that he has taught me has helped me be a high performing Team Lead in a dynamic, international work environment. By signing up for his course you’re getting the best in class strategies, applicable insights and coaching comparable to the best MBA schools in the world.

Seema Kamble Community and Social Responsibility Coordinator, American School of Bombay

I have known Gaurav for more than 10 years and worked with him for 5+ years. I learnt many things from him but one that has been the most valuable for me is the constant emphasis on the idea of journey: process over outcome, and excellence over perfection. He helped me internalise the idea of consistent versioning. This has helped me continuously become a better version of myself & has helped me to keep improving in everything I do.

Sapna Shahani Founder, Blurb Goa

Gaurav was a featured speaker in one of our Startup Social events. I was struck by his deep knowledge of leadership and management.

He was by far one of the best speakers we have ever had at our event.

Nandita Jhaveri Education Consultant, Resonances

I have known Gaurav for over a decade. I was always amazed at the incredible team and culture he had built. His team was always very focussed on their mission, had clear plans to reach their goals, were very open to feedback, were constantly improving & kept challenging themselves further. This led them to achieve excellent results in their work and I think a lot of it comes back to Gaurav’s leadership. He is a democratic leader who deeply cares for & supports his team. As a result I have seen his team members grow as leaders themselves & go on to achieve great things. He is a very inspiring trainer who pushes everyone to learn to their highest potential while keeping the atmosphere positive, fun & respectful.

Alekyaa Mathangi Customer Success Lead, Teachmint Technologies

From our first interaction Gaurav blew me away with his vast knowledge of, what seemed like, everything under the sun. In these interactions, I would pick up a lot of stuff explicitly & implicitly. He is a passionate & skilled leader & he taught me the principles & techniques in a wide range of topics: building strategy, planning projects, analysing data, inspiring behavior change. To this day, I try to emulate Gaurav's behaviour and thought process while I'm at work. Gaurav is a leader who not only knows the way but can show it to others. I've been lucky to have learnt with him and from him.