Rahul Kapoor

Rahul Kapoor (born Rahul Kumar K, February 18, 1976) is an Indian inspirational speaker, mentor, author and entrepreneur. Kapoor is known for his talks and seminars on peak performance, teamwork and relationships. He has authored self-helps books, which includes ‘Work Wise – Lessons in Excellence for Young Professionals’ and ‘Dad & I – Inspiring Stories for Teens’. Through his seminars Kapoor has impacted over 150,000 people across 15 countries. Kapoor is the founder of several companies and charitable trusts. Junior Chamber International awarded him with Outstanding Young Persons of India Award in 2010. He is also a youth icon and partners with organizations worldwide in inspiring youth to lead a powerful value based life.

Early life and Education

Kapoor is a native of the state of Rajasthan but was born in Bangalore, India. Rahul Kapoor is a pseudonym of Rahul Kumar Kantilal. He adopted the name Kapoor in memory of his grandfather Late. Mr. Kapoorchand.

Kapoor faced a series of challenges in his early childhood. He is the youngest of five siblings and was the only one who could go past school education due to financial constraints. His performance in middle school earned him a free seat in high school where he went on to become students’ vice president. He then lost track and got into smoking, drinking and skipping classes. Failure in his 12th standard exams and strong reproach from his parents intimated him to give up all vices.

Kapoor received his bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Bangalore University and his post-graduate diploma in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management from Bhavan’s Rajendra Prasad Institute of Communication & Management, Bangalore.

While in college he was ridiculed for his poor command over the English language. At 22, he was criticised for being too young to train in the corporate world. Despite this, he became a columnist with The Times of India and went on to author two books published by Times Group Books. He conducted inspirational sessions for over 150,000 people and became a guest faculty at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

Career

Corporate Training

Rahul Kapoor is the founder and chief trainer at Kapoor’s Workshop on Effective Communication (KWEC). Launched in 1998, the company delivers behavioral training to many Fortune 500 companies. In 18 months the company had trained over 1800 people. At the young age of 21 and still a post-graduate of student, Kapoor caught the attention of India’s most read newspaper, The Times of India, and was featured under a column “The Rising Sun”. Soon after that, he was engaged by Manipal Hospital to train doctors in Intensive Care Units on interpersonal communication skills.

In the early 2000’s, Thomas International’s India business trained Kapoor as a facilitator for DISC profiling. In 2005, he became a certified facilitator of Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats.

Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) in 2005 hired Kapoor as a guest faculty for their Executive General Management Program, where he continues to contribute to various programs.

Kapoor has also launched several business ventures including eM Play International, a gaming technology company, and Mindz Productionz Pvt. Ltd., an event management company.

Key Notes & Motivational Talks

Since 1998, Kapoor has spent significant time conducting sessions on peak performance, teamwork and relationships using a combination of science, psychology and spirituality. In 2012, he presented his "The Level 10 Game" talk at TEDx and many Fortune 500 companies.

In 2015, he launched Charan Sparsh, an initiative to rekindle the good old practice to touch the feet of one’s parents and re-imbibe value of relationships.

Kapoor, in his capacities as a speaker and presenter, has had many opportunities to interact, work and learn from the world’s best achievers like Sachin Tendulkar, M.S Dhoni, Chris Gayle, Narayan Murthy, Vallabh Bhansali, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Shah Rukh Khan, John Abraham, Sonu Nigam, Shaan among others. He talks regularly in the regions of Indian subcontinent, Middle East and United States of America.

Live Events

Rahul Kapoor also presented live sporting events, CIO Meets and high profile award ceremonies. He worked as the official in-stadium host for Royal Challengers Bangalore franchise in DLF Indian Premier League (IPL) season 3, 4 & 5.

Charitable Trust

In 2007, inspired by India’s Past President H.H. Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam, Kapoor went on to establish a charitable trust called Ignite India Initiative to train and inspire 500,000 youth in India. In 2010 he launched Jain Youth Leadership Forum (JYLF) to spread the principles of non-violence among young Jains.

Authorship

Kapoor has been a columnist with Education Times, a weekly supplement of The Times of India. His column ‘Work Wise’ appeared every fortnightly from 2001 to 2011. His work as a columnist was published by the Times Group Books as a book in 2010, titled ‘Work Wise – Lessons in Excellence for Young Professionals’.

Books

• Kapoor, Rahul. Work Wise – Lessons in Excellence for Young Professionals. Times Group Books. 2010.
• 'Dad & I - Inspiring Stories for Young Teens’ in 2015

Awards

• Young Achievers Award, 2016 conferred by ROSHNI at Young India Conclave.
• Outstanding Young Persons of India Award for 2010 conferred by Junior Chamber International in the category of Personal Improvement and Achievement
• Award for Excellence 2013 conferred by Jain International Trade Organization
• Distinguished Alumnus Award 2013 by Seshadripuram College, Bangalore University
• Man with a Vision Award in 2013 by Vishwa Dharma Chetana Manch, Tirupati

External links

• Official website
• Kapoor’s Workshop on Effective Communication (KWEC)
• eM Play International
• Mindz Productionz

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