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Anil Sachdev is the founder and CEO of the School of Inspired Leadership (SOIL) (1), a unit of Grow Talent Company Limited. (2) Recognised as a thought leader in leadership development (3) (7) and organizational transformation, Sachdev has done pioneering work with leading global firms. (4) His experience in India and across the world covers areas such as talent management, strategic change and organizational transformation. (5) Career Sachdev completed his MBA from the University of Pune and began his career with Tata Motors in 1975. Three years later, he founded Eicher Consultancy Services in 1978 (6) His brainchild, Grow Talent was created in July 2000 and he became the leader in strategic HR consulting industry by 2006. (2) In October 2008, Sachdev and the other co-founders of Grow Talent entered the field of Education by creating SOIL. SOIL, an innovation driven school, has been co-created by a consortium of 32 leading firms such as Aditya Birla Group, Dr. Reddys, Hindustan Unilever, Infosys, Johnson and Johnson, Kohler, Larsen and Toubro, Mahindra, Max, Maruti Suzuki, Nokia, SAS, SAP SRF, Schneider, Symphony, Tata Steel, TVS Motors, Volvo-Eicher etc. (16) Students of SOIL also work for not-for profit organisations once a week throughout the year, so that they innovate solutions to societal problems. (9) In August 2010, a Research study of IIM-Ahmedabad named SOIL as a ‘game changer’ in Higher Education (10) and in November 2010, the case study on the model of SOIL was named as amongst the top 3 Innovations in India along with the innovations of Tata Chemicals and Indian Oil Corporation by an eminent Jury of the All India Management Association. SOIL has also been announced as the winner of SHRM’s ‘Game Changer’ Academic Institute of the Year Award 2013. (11) Achievements Sachdev has spoken at national and global conferences all over the world and has written contributory pieces for leading publications. He has also been adjunct Faculty to leading business schools such as Indian School of Business, Kelly School of Business, Indiana University, GMI, Flint Michigan, Antioch University, Seattle, Ohio University AND University of New Brunswick, Canada. (12) He has held several public offices such a Chairman of National Committee on Industrial relations and Regional Committee on Human Resource Development of Confederation Indian Industry. (13) He has been the Chair of the National Committee on Leadership Development of CII for 2011-12 and 2012-13. Anil serves on the Academic Committee of CEDEP, the Leadership Institute at Fontainbleau and is a Trustee of the Global NGO, Chinmaya Mission. His biography appears in “Who’s who of the world” published by Marquis in 1991. (14) Sachdev was also awarded the Learning Luminary Award. (15)

Links http://www.soilindia.net/ (1) http://growtalent.in/ (2) http://www.claws.in/index.php?action=details&m_id=468&u_id=36 (3) http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=CAP/2013/09/11&PageLabel=46&EntityId=Ar04600&ViewMode=HTML (4) http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/hr-expert-calls-for-ethics-in-business/921166/ (5) http://eicherconsulting.net/ (6) http://www.techgig.com/expert-speak/Plan-your-career-over-a-webinar-with-Anil-Sachdev-537 (7) http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-company/corporate-trends/india-inc-looking-for-ceos-who-can-tackle-slowing-economy-build-a-team-gracefully/articleshow/24789564.cms (8) http://www.deccanherald.com/content/369680/039make-money-humane-way039.html (9) http://insideiim.com/et-now-covers-a-game-changer-business-school/ (10) http://www.free-press-release.com/news-kudos-soil-bags-shrm-s-academic-institute-of-the-year-award-2013-1385450152.html (11) http://www.mbauniverse.com/imc2011/mranil.php (12) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/careers/job-trends/Dream-of-becoming-a-CEO-Heres-what-you-need/articleshow/24812134.cms?intenttarget=no (13) http://www.cfi.co.in/management-team.aspx (14) http://www.zoominfo.com/p/Anil-Sachdev/21927229 (15) http://www.soilindia.net/industry-consortium.html (16)