AVANTIKA ZENKAE
AVANTIKA SINHA
AVANTIKA SINHA
Current specialization
- Avantika is a Managing Partner, Trainer and Executive Coach at Stillwater. She is certified at the ICF PCC level as a coach.
- Avantika has trained and coached high potentials from Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL), the Aditya Birla Group, Tata Communications, BNP Paribas, J&J, Nestle, HDFC Life, Infosys BPM, Teach for India etc.
Recent engagements
- Mental resilience workshops for the Indian Women’s Cricket Team before the World Cup 2017 and U-19 Men’s Team with Rahul Dravid before the World Cup 2018.
- Professor of Business Communication at ISB PGP Pro in 2018
- Leadership development program for the CEO and the Top Team at Damco India, Damco Dubai, Ezycollect Australia.
- Executive coaching for the directors reporting to the CEO at Groupon India (Nearbuy.com) and top leadership team at Bluestone
- Coaching for World no.1 junior table tennis player on mental resilience
- Leadership development programs for mid-career recruits at Hindustan Unilever Limited.
- Women’s leadership programs at Uber India.
- Programs for First Time Managers at BNP Paribas, Hindustan Unilever, BASF, HDFC Life.
- Trained and coached leaders from Teach for India, India School Leaders Institute (ISLI), Akanksha Foundation, iTeach, Dasra as part of her commitment to pro-bono work for the social sector.
Work experience
- 20+ years of work experience across Law, Human Resources, Training and Development, and Executive Coaching.
- Headed the human resources function at the Akanksha Foundation and set up many of the HR systems and processes for the organization including performance appraisal system, recruitment, employee on-boarding, compensation, and employee welfare.
- Previously, worked as a lawyer at the Mumbai affiliate of the American law firm Kelly, Drye and Warren LLP and advised clients who wanted to set base in India on various Indian laws relating to corporate compliance, telecommunications, real estate, intellectual property, foreign exchange regulation and taxation
Education & Personal interests
- Avantika graduated in Commerce and then Law from the Delhi University
- Avantika has studied Human Development from the Harvard Extension School.
- Avantika is passionate about women empowerment and aims to empower women across the country to take up leadership positions in all spheres of life.
- Avantika loves photography and her main subjects are usually her two children.
