Dr. Ramya Ranganathan has a B.Tech in Electronics from IIT Madras, a PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad and a PhD in Organizational Behaviour from London Business School. She has been awarded by the MHRD (Govt of India) for being one of the top 15 innovators in higher education in India, has won an academy of management best paper award and has delivered 3 TED talks. She leverages her corporate experience (ICICI, Citibank and Infosys), as well as learnings from over a decade of being a faculty at IIM Bangalore to coach individuals to be more effective in their personal and professional lives. In parallel to teaching as an adjunct faculty at IIM Bangalore, Dr Ramya now runs a venture www.craftingourlives.com to help people find joy and meaning through their work. She has impacted over 10,000 participants worldwide through her coaching and workshops over the past decade. Apart from coaching she also conducts workshops on Leadership, Executive Resilience, Innovation, Design thinking, Mindfulness, Conscious Living and Holistic Energy Management, for individuals as well as organizations to catalyse change that is driven from the inside. She is on the advisory board of Samatvam, centre for mindfulness at IIM Bodhgaya, and Kohai and she has conducted workshops for more than 50 organizations spanning public sector, private sector and educational institutions. She has multiple courses online including courses on the edX and swayam platforms. Dr. Ramya is certified in the Coaching with Depth Methodology by IIT Madras and PeopleFirst Consulting, in Life and Leadership Coaching by Coach For Life Institute, USA and Back to Source, India, in Pranic Psychotherapy by World Pranic Healing Foundation, in Reiki, in Access Consciousness, and in Yogic approach to holistic development from SVYASA University. She integrates multiple modalities and creates customized meditations and activities to help shift mindsets, limiting beliefs and emotional blocks. You can access her TED talks, video courses, interviews and meditations at www.craftingourlives.com and on her Youtube Channel.