Rakesh Godhwani calls himself a nobody. After spending amazing formative years in great organizations in the high-tech space like Wipro, Intel and Qualcomm—doing different roles in sales, product marketing and business development—Rakesh realized that his passion lay in helping others reach their maximum potential and fulfil their dreams.
Rakesh currently heads IIM Bangalore Alumni Association, coaches entrepreneurs and leaders in the hi-tech sector, teaches Managerial Communication and Communication for Leaders at IIM Bangalore, does yoga, cycles his way to work, earns a fraction of what he used to but lives a million times better. Rakesh’s first book Plunnge was released in July, 2011. More details can be found on www.plunnge.com or www.facebook.com/plunnge. His second book Seek: Finding Your True Callingwas published by Random House India in 2013.
He is an alumnus of KREC (now NITK) Surathkal, class of 1997 and of IIM Bangalore PGSEM, class of 2004. Rakesh is currently pursuing his PhD from Cardiff MetropolitanUniversity which is expected to finish in 2015.