Srividya Veeraraghavan Motivator Consultant Trainer
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Storyteller Srividya Veeraraghavan Motivator Consultant Trainer “The most powerful person in the world is the story teller. The storyteller sets the vision, values and agenda of an entire generation that is to come” – Steve Jobs About: Srividya Veeraraghavan Srividya Veeraraghavan is a founder of an initiative – “Story Train” in Chennai aiming to encourage oral storytelling in all aspects and segments for engaging, teaching, empowering and entertainment. She also specializes in taking customized sessions for Corporates, Libraries, Educational institutions, NGOs and Healthcare providers in English, Hindi and Tamil. With a background experience in HR leadership, Corporate Social Responsibility, Training, Theatre acting, Family & child welfare and writing she chose to follow her passion for storytelling and training since 2016. Since then being part of the Indian Storytelling Network and Federation of Asian Storytellers, She has contributed actively in the art of storytelling in Chennai. Within this span, she has worked with best of best schools, colleges, libraries, corporates, publications and more in and around Chennai, India. Known for her passion, energy and unique style of presenting a story for any given setting, she has received immense recognition from the audience, groups and media. In Media: Srividya Veeraraghavan has been specially featured in Indian Express, Dina Malar, and many neighbourhood newspapers including Adyar Talk, Anna Nagar Times, Porur Talk and Pillar Times. Leading storytelling website “Tell-a-tale” has also featured her part of talented storytellers in Chennai. She has been part of the DD Podhigai (Tamil) program “Illikya Durbar – Kathai” thrice within a span of 1 year. She has also performed for All India Radio and Hello FM – Lysa Lysa. Srividya Veeraraghavan – Storyteller, Motivator, Consultant & Trainer Page 1 [email protected] +91 979 111 9634 Storyteller Srividya Veeraraghavan Motivator Consultant Trainer Special appreciations and Programs: The most recent recognition: Being the recipient of New Voices Scholarship 2019 (the only one from India) given by the Northlands Storytelling Network. She is pursuing her 1st international trip as a storyteller this April’19 to attend a national confabulation in Madison, WI USA. For her work in training young people on effective storytelling, she has also received an exclusive award wining author and international storyteller Judy Sima signed book “Raising Voices” from the author. In 2018 MasterClass branded her as the top 10 storytellers in Chennai during the Storython held at Oddessy, Adyar. Some of her popular public workshop initiatives include “Tell me a story!” – Parents Workshop on storytelling, “How to tell a story effectively?” – Students Special workshop, “Engaging Storytelling – For adults in general”. “inculcate reading habits among students etc., Previous corporate work experience before professional storytelling 1. TATA Consultancy Services : Held positions under Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Unit Human Resources. 2. Cognizant :Talent Management – Human Resources 3. Redington Groups : Role of Head HR for 2 group companies (SCM & Retail) Nook Micro and Currents retail respectively Educational Background 1. Masters in Human Resource Management – Loyola Pondicherry Twining Program 2. Masters in Social Work (MSW) – Madras School of Social Work Bachelors in Corporate Secretaryship - SDNB Vaishnav college under Madras University 3. Senior Secondary Schooling - Kendriya Vidyalaya , IIT Srividya Veeraraghavan – Storyteller, Motivator, Consultant & Trainer Page 2 [email protected] +91 979 111 9634 Storyteller Srividya Veeraraghavan Motivator Consultant Trainer Contact information Name : Srividya Veeraraghavan Designation: Founder – Story Train – happy path to success... Role : Founder Storyteller and Trainer , Chennai , India Phone : +91 979 111 9634 Mail : [email protected] FB : https://www.facebook.com/storytrainchennai/ ISN : http://indianstorytellingnetwork.org/Chennai.html#Srividya Feast : https://feast.wildapricot.org/Sys/PublicProfile/47619930 Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/in/srividya-veeraraghavan- 23685b139/ For internal reference alone: Some of the key storytelling assignments include: (Please excuse as the list is quite long) TAFE Dalmia Cements Podhigai TV Channel Madras School of Social Work All India Radio , Chennai Media Point Tata Consultancy Services FREUDENBERG – CSR ,CHENNAI Srividya Veeraraghavan – Storyteller, Motivator, Consultant & Trainer Page 3 [email protected] +91 979 111 9634 Storyteller Srividya Veeraraghavan Motivator Consultant Trainer Kids Central High School Amar Chitra Katha Madras Literary Society Mahindra World School Chinmaya Vidyalaya Vedanta School Kendriya Vidyalaya Madras University Dept of counselling psychology St. Johns, Virgumbakkam British Council , Chennai World Storytelling Institute Dept of EE, TN – Story Corner in Govt. Schools Anna Centenary Library , Villivakkam, Ashok Nagar , Ghandi Nagar Govt. Libraries Hello FM The Indian Express – Madras Day Shri R.M. Jain Vidyashram (Tiruvallur) Vellammal School Chennai Storytelling Festival & World Storytelling Day Celebration MasterClass Storython 2018 SOS Village ,Chennai Hindu Car free Sunday Storytelling session @ Chennai Urur Kuppam’(Fishing Village near Besant Nagar) Hindu Lit Festival 2016 part of MLS Hari Shree Vidyashram Proevents – Event Management Story Train exclusive workshops “ How to tell Stories effectively “ & “Showtime with Stories” , “How to inculcate reading habits” Crayonz Montessori School Athichudi Pre International School Many more … Srividya Veeraraghavan – Storyteller, Motivator, Consultant & Trainer Page 4 [email protected] +91 979 111 9634 Storyteller Srividya Veeraraghavan Motivator Consultant Trainer Srividya Veeraraghavan – Storyteller, Motivator, Consultant & Trainer Page 5 [email protected] +91 979 111 9634 .