Dr. Anand Wadadekar

Dr. Anand Wadadekar (डॉ. आनंद वाडदेकर),

EdTech | Learning, Training Development | Education | Counselling and Mentoring; Ex-AXA, TalentEdge, Harbinger, HCLTech, upGrad

A passionate learner and dedicated educator who has devoted his entire life to the field of education, training, learning (KG to PG), by choice.

Has been in the education, learning, training sector for 16+ years having worked in areas of Online/Offline Learning, Digital Learning Solutions, Learning Development, Training Development, Project Management, Academics, Entrepreneurship, Teaching, Consulting, Career Counselling.

He has proven competence in online/offline program designing & development, training and learning program strategy & operations & delivery, training need identification/analysis, competency mapping, skill-gap analysis, adult learning methodologies, learner engagement and experience, e-learning technology strategy & implementation, project management, bringing process improvements, budgeting, stakeholder relations for B2B and B2C.

Google Search of his name yields around 6,250+ results.

A Former Founder & CEO of Discovering Careers India Pvt. Ltd. offering services in counselling, pre-school education, job placements, student and corporate training.

He has authored more than 200 articles on education and career development in newspapers, magazines, journals, blogs, websites collectively, published all over India. He has delivered speeches to over 5,000 students in student and parent workshops and college seminars on education, careers, job skills, personal branding.
Invited as Chief Guest in many school and college events.

He is Certified in Learning and Development from VSkills; Certified National and International Career Counsellor from Edumilestones.com, Mindler, Career Guide, University of Arizona. Has Master Certification in Neuro-Linguistic Programming.

A Former Top Career Expert on MBAClubIndia.com, Shiksha.com, CareerGuide.com.

He was awarded 'Young Entrepreneur Award" by Indian Achievers Forum, New Delhi in the hands of Shri Ramdas Athavale, Union Minister of Social Justice, Govt. of India in 2017.

"Become Employable Rather Than Just Qualified" book published in print and 2 other E-Books available on BookGanga.com.

Dr. Anand is a Life Member of Centre for Education Growth and Research (CEGR), Indian Economic Association (IEA) and Early Childhood Association of India (ECA).