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Sanjay Jha is the Executive Director of the world-famous Dale Carnegie Training operations in India, which has a global experience of having worked with over 400 of the Top Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Jha is also the National Spokesperson of the Indian National Congress Party since 2013 and represents his political party in TV debates and panel discussions. He is the President of All India Professionals Congress, Maharashtra.

Sanjay is a motivational speaker, an executive coach and mentor who has advised top management, including CEO’s as well as senior political leaders. He has been a TEDx Speaker and has addressed enlightened audiences at Dell, Columbia Business School (New York), ICICI Pru, IBM, University of California (Los Angeles), Axis Bank, Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, Oracle, British Gas, Brookings, The Doon School, Toastmaster, St. Xavier’s College, Dainik Bhaskar, Crompton Greaves, Pricewaterhouse Coopers, Bajaj Electricals, SHRM, United Nations Young Achiever’s Conclave, SRCC, IIT, Standard Chartered, Tata Motors, CII, IMC, Venture Capital Association, NHRD, Apple, Bharat Petroleum, Citibank, Mahindra & Mahindra etc.

Sanjay has conducted several corporate programs focused on executive development, corporate image management and executive coaching. He has also addressed business schools, industry conferences and knowledge symposiums, and has also been engaged frequently as a strategic consultant/ advisor on training to a leading political party. Sanjay has been a frequent guest speaker on numerous national and international seminars and conferences on various subjects. He was recently a guest speaker for The India Business Conference 2019 (Columbia University), India Communication Summit (ICS) 2019, The CEO Awards 2019 by the CEO Lounge , The Economist’s India Summit 2019

Education
Jha completed his MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur and his Master’s in Economics from Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics. He graduated with distinction in Economics from Fergusson College, Pune.

Professional Career
Sanjay Jha started his professional career at Bharat Petroleum. He later founded CricketNext.com, which went on to become one of India's top ranked cricket portals and was eventually bought by the Network 18 Media group. He was part of the team that played an instrumental part in setting up the private Indian mutual fund industry during his stint as the Senior Vice President at ITC Threadneedle Asset Management (part of BAT plc, UK) and as Vice President, Alliance Capital (New York, USA). Apart from that, his financial career also involved working with Bank of America and ANZ Gridlays Bank.

Jha then became a successful mentor and coach, known for his motivational talk and leadership training. He has advised many top leaders and managers along with political figures too. He specializes in leadership development, change management, corporate culture and ethics, business strategy and emotional intelligence.

Political Career
Sanjay Jha the national spokesperson for Indian National Congress (INC). He is also the President of All India Professionals Congress, Maharashtra (AIPC). He represents the part on public forums, TV debates and panel discussions. He has also been a strategic consultant on training and development to a leading political party.

Dale Carnegie India
Jha is the executive director of the India franchise of Dale Carnegie & Associates that has worked with over 3000 firms, multinational companies, public sector, government and NGOs and has trained more than 310,000 people in the last 15 years. As a coach and mentor, he has addressed global audiences. As a motivational speaker and coach, he has addressed organizations like at Dell, Columbia Business School (New York), University of California (Los Angeles), Goldman Sachs, Microsoft, Brookings, The Doon School, ICICI, Axis Bank, etc. He has also been associated with institutions such as The Doon School, St. Xavier's College, United Nation's Young Achiever's Conclave and TEDx.

Literary Career
Jha is known for his opinion on world affairs and politics and represents the Indian National Congress for television debates and panel discussions. He has contributed to many mainstream media including mainline newspapers and business dailies such as Business Standard, Indian Express, Financial Express, Hindustan Times, National Herald , Mid-Day, Tehelka, Yahoo.com , Rediff.com, The Huffington Post and the DailyO of Indian Today Group.

Sanjay Jha has also authored a cricket anthology called 11- Triumphs, Trials and Turbulence in Indian cricket. His collection of poems and two cricket quiz books have been published too. In 2013, he co-authored a book on leadership with Dr.Myra White called The Superstar Syndrome (The Making of a Champion). This book was launched in August 2013 and featured in the Crossword Bestseller list.