Founder & CEO, Sambhaavna Partners & Caregiver Saathi

Bhavana comes with nearly 24+ years of experience in diverse global companies as a consultant, an HR leader and a passionate person with diverse interests.

She brings practical experience of accomplishments inside organisations along with a depth of professional knowledge, which she continues to challenge and build.

She is the Founder & CEO Sambhaavna (www.sambhaavna.com), a business consulting firm that specializes in Organization Development & HR, and Caregiver Saathi (www.caregiversaathi.co.in), a social enterprise that aims to create an ecosystem of well-being for the informal caregivers who are the primary caregivers to a family member with terminally illness or with chronic medical conditions. She believes that the healthcare system needs to be reimagined with the perspective of the caregiver, in a way that there is systemic social change such that technology can enable humanity.

Additionally, she is

• Fellow and practicing facilitator in Process Work & OD Practitioner with Sumedhas Academy for Human Context (sumedhas.org )
• Global Ambassador for Global Moto Adventures (globalmotoadv.com), a platform that supports women motorcyclists to achieve their dreams.
• Visiting faculty at Indian Institute for Management, Ahmedabad (iima.ac.in)

Some roles held during the corporate tenure:

• General Manager – HR at Castrol India with role of business partner for Marketing teams across Asia & Pacific for the BP/Castrol teams.
• Head Training & Org Effectiveness at Texas Instruments India, Bangalore

Academic credentials include:

• Post-graduation in Human Resources from XLRI School of Business and Human Resources, Jamshedpur (xlri.ac.in)
• Gestalt OD Practitioner, iGOLD International Gestalt Organization & Leadership Development (iGOLD™) Program (gestaltod.org)
• Certified in various psychometric tools like MBTI, Thomas Profiling, McQuaig and Existential Universe Mapper (EUM) – I/O.

Areas of interest include Change and transitions, Innovation, Creative expression, group dynamics, transpersonal psychology, somatic and Yoga. She has a trans-disciplinary approach and prefers to integrate Eastern philosophy and Western frameworks. She is currently based in Mumbai with her husband and teenaged daughter and enjoys traveling. Her hobbies include poetry, painting, crocheting, cooking, gardening, motorcycle riding and technology.

Being a motorcycle rider has helped her discover herself by pushing the boundaries of mind, body and soul and creating new possibilities, something she passionately believes in and wishes to live. While there are many ways of describing her – from a romantic poet to a relentless activist, what she relates to the most is curious learner and an adventurous explorer.