Aravindan Umashankar has over 16 years of rich leadership experience with some of the leading global market makers like IBM, EMC, CA, HP and Satyam. During his stints he has effectively delivered on rainmaking, client relationship and change management mandates.

In his role with PeopleSmart, Aravindan has the charter to deliver on Client Development mandates.

He has a deep passion for people and an aspiration to positively impact the most critical faculties of leadership development in human capital.An avid blogger, social networker, an executive coach aspirant, "Ara" as he is called by his colleagues and friends digs staying tuned to the latest practices in management, innovation and global economics.

Promoting women leadership to the corner office across industries and geographies is his stated personal mission.