T CHENDIL KUMAR :
T Chendil Kumar or CK as he is known is a Civil Engineer by training and a trainer by choice. He has over 20 years of experience in sales and marketing in the industrial consumables sector.

He began his career by marketing their adhesives and sealants largely in the automotive industry. He subsequently was involved with Dow Corning developing niche markets for their silicone sealants in the automotive sector.

He was briefly involved with City Online Services an ISP as their General manager and set up their Bangalore facility from scratch.

Presently, he is the Chief Catalyst of CK Consultants, offering training in influencing and persuasion skills, negotiation skills and advanced presentation skills. He works extensively with TCS delivering customized programs to their managers across various geographies like USA, Europe,Singapore, Malaysia and UAE. Nokia, Samsung, Ingersoll Rand, Volvo (Construction Equipment division), Titan Industries, CSC,Delphi and Toshiba India are some of his regular clients.

Encouraged by Dr DVR Seshadri of IIMB, CK has been teaching at various MDP programs conducted in IIM Bangalore as a guest faculty since 2003.

CK has honed his skills by getting trained at Harvard Law School in a program “Teaching Negotiation in organizations” conducted by Prof.Lawrence Susskind and Prof Michael Wheeler in Boston in 2007.

He has attended a two day “Principles of Persuasion” conducted by “Influence at work” an organization headed by Dr. Robert Cialdini of Arizona State University in Phoenix AZ in 2009.

CK is an avid Toastmaster and has sponsored and mentored more than 12 Toastmasters clubs in India.