{"id":3930,"date":"2021-02-01T06:13:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T06:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/projects.rapidmind.in\/navgati\/?page_id=3930"},"modified":"2021-02-16T07:23:44","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T07:23:44","slug":"gopakumar","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.rapidmind.in\/navgati\/gopakumar\/","title":{"rendered":"Gopakumar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lalign ubunR font14\">There\u2019s something about Gopa that earns him the large fan following of participants that he has \u2013 the sharp intelligence, the self deprecating humour, the depth of expertise that he carries ever so lightly, the ability to connect with almost everyone he meets.<\/p>\n<p class=\"lalign ubunR font14\">Gopakumar has a PGDM from IIM Bangalore (1991). He worked as an investment professional in two venture funds, ICICI Venture Management and CDC Capital Partners (now called Actis), over a eleven year period, investing in and working with small and medium businesses, emphasising organisational growth, management and team development, with a number of profitable disinvestments. <\/p>\n<p class=\"lalign ubunR font14\">He\u2019s an expert in the areas of negotiation, influencing and strategy. In addition to the best selling programme&nbsp; \u201cWinfluence\u201d, he facilitates workshops on leadership&nbsp;for entry and middle level leaders as an outbound, experiential program. <\/p>\n<p class=\"lalign ubunR font14\">Gopa runs the Nityata River Otter Conservancy, a volunteer group working on the conservation of otters and otter habitat and is passionate about organic farming as well. &nbsp;&nbsp;When not in training or conservation related work, he could be&nbsp;watching birds, teaching children about conservation&nbsp;and applied economics (as if people and the planet mattered) or&nbsp;inspiring others to work on wild life.&nbsp; When not doing any of these, he could be (a)&nbsp;writing short stories and essays, (b) taking an afternoon nap with All India Radio playing,&nbsp; (c) laughing at others struggling with work-life balance issues.&nbsp;<<\/p>\n<p class=\"lalign ubunR font14\">Profound yet gentle and rooted, an interaction with Gopa reminds you of what matters in life\u2026that we should do our best and that we really shouldn\u2019t take ourselves so seriously.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s something about Gopa that earns him the large fan following of participants that he has \u2013 the sharp intelligence, the self deprecating humour, the depth of expertise that he carries ever so lightly, the ability to connect with almost everyone he meets. 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