Meet Santhosh Babu

Santhosh Babu is the Managing Director of ODA (Organization Development Alternatives Consultants Pvt. Ltd) and author of India’s first book on coaching published by Wiley. He also writes a weekly column in Business Today called ‘Buddha in the Boardroom’.

Santhosh works in the areas of Cultural Change, Leadership Development, and Organizational Transformation. During the last 17 years, he has worked with more than 200 clients and thought leaders worldwide.

An engaging and inspiring speaker, Santhosh is regularly invited to deliver key-note addresses at business and strategy conferences around the globe. Using his fun-filled, interactive, high energy, creative facilitation style and magnetic stage presence he instantly connects with individuals and captivates his audiences. Some of his recent keynote addresses include the Porter Price Event 2014 in Delhi, OPPI (Organization of Pharmaceutical Producers India), the HR Conference 2014, the CII Southern Region HR Conference 2014, and the TIE Annual Conference 2014.

Santhosh has worked as a primary school teacher in Bhutan; he also worked with the WWF and travelled around the world as a backpacker before starting at OD Alternatives.