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Rahul Kapoor (Inspirational Speaker) Rahul Kapoor (Rahul Kumar K) is an Indian speaker, presenter and an author. He has transformed lives of over 100,000 course participants and is the author of the book Work Wise – Lessons in Excellence for Young Professionals.
 * Born: Bangalore
 * Nationality: Indian
 * Fields: Peak Performance, Teamwork, Personal Breakthroughs

Early Life: Kapoor is a native of Rajasthan and was born in Bangalore, India. He received his Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management from Bhavan’s Rajendra Prasad Institute of Communication & Management, Bangalore. He is also a certified consultant of Thomas Systems, UK and Edward De Bono’s Six Thinking Hats, USA.

Inspirational Speaking: Rahul Kapoor’s personality and popular stature is traced to a few life-changing, poignant familial incidents. From being a rank holder in school he ambled into narrow path of life’s pleasure and failed in his crucial 12th standard exams, however, he found his way back and ended up completing his post graduate diploma and 14 other certificate programs. While he was in college he was laughed at for his poor command over the English language but these insults inspired him to become a columnist with The Times of India. At 22 years of age, he was criticized and rejected as being too young to train in the corporate world but that only fueled his passion and he transformed over 100,000 lives and went on to become a guest faculty at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. All these and many other experiences inspired him to create a platform where he can share his success secrets with those who needed them most. Thus he found his first company Kapoor’s Workshop on Effective Communication (KWEC) in 1998. However, 5 years down the line he lost his voice due to excessive talking. It was in his solitude that he launched his other two successful business ventures eM Play International a gaming technology company and later Mindz Productionz Pvt. Ltd., an event management company.

Inspired by Dr. Abdul Kalam, Kapoor went on to establish a charitable trust called Ignite India Initiative to train and inspire 500,000 youth in India and also launched Jain Youth Leadership Forum (JYLF) to spread the thinking of non-violence among young Jains.

Kapoor also presents live sporting events, CIO Meets and high profile award ceremonies. He worked as a presenter and in-stadium host for Royal Challengers Bangalore in DLF IPL season 3, 4 & 5. His passion for quizzing motivated him to partner with World Quizzing Championship– India Chapter from 2004 to 2006.

Kapoor talks on areas of peak performance, teamwork and also conducts interventions for corporate clients and facilitates sessions for senior leaders. He addresses youngsters on the subjects of goal setting skills and value based living.

Columns 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.

Book/s: Kapoor’s work as a columnist was published in a form of a book Work Wise – Lessons in Excellence for Young Professionals in 2010.

Awards
 * Outstanding Young Persons of India Award for 2010 conferred by Junior Chamber International
 * 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

Ignite India Initiative

Jain Youth Leadership Forum