Raghu Ananthanarayanan
Background
Raghu is a Post-Graduate in Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He is a leading consultant to several blue chip companies. Raghu has devoted almost two decades to transforming the organisational culture of several leading organisations across the spectrum from grass roots developmental organizations to Modern Industrial Organizations. Present Focus Raghu’s present focus is in organisation design and change management and leadership coaching. He has developed a unique methodology called “Totally Aligned Organisation” that brings together his understanding of Manufacturing Systems, Human Processes and Yoga. Raghu has published a book “Totally Aligned Organisation” (second edition published by Productivity and Quality Publishing Limited in 2008) where he has elaborated upon some of the key ideas from Yoga and process work that he has used in a management context. Raghu is actively involved in the developing learning laboratory landscape of India through his involvement in Sumedhas. He has pioneered the use of theatre in lab work. Yoga He has studied yoga with Yogacharya Krishnamacharya & TKV Desikarchari. He has taught yoga at Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram for a decade and published a world-renowned book on Yoga “Learning through Yoga” (second edition published by Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram in 2002). His post graduation in Bio Medical Engineering is based on a study of Asana & Pranayanma in the therapy of Back Pain. Work with NGO’s Raghu has worked with several NGO’s helping them in personal development, leadership coaching and organisation development. He is also actively involved with reviving craft groups and theatre. Work with Academic institutions Over the last three decades, Raghu has invested in working with students. He has been part of the team (headed by Dr Indira Parikh) conducting the ‘Explorations in Identity’. Apart from this he has been conducting workshops and labs for NID, MICA, FLAME. DJ Academy of Design. Recent Papers & Cofrences
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