Meet Our Team
Dr. JM Sampath
Founder & Managing Director
- Managing Director of Arpitha Associates Pvt. Ltd., a Centre for Excellence with offices in Malaysia, Singapore, and India.
- Director of Punarnava Ayurveda and Managing Director of EFIL Educational Services Private Limited
- Managing Director of Nidharshana Technologies, with Opptimise and Discoverself – assessment portals
- Nearly three decades of experience in management consulting and leadership coaching, with Vision, Values, and Learning as the cornerstones having created Evolutionary Excellence Model
- Nurtured and transformed over 30,000 individuals from organizations in different countries, including India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Oman, the United States, UAE, and Sri Lanka.
- Proven expertise and experience in influencing high-profile business leaders and decision-makers
- Extensive experience in coaching and Consulted with leading business houses, governmental agencies, public-service sectors, not-for-profits and social start-ups across the world
- Architect of developmental frameworks and assessment instruments for organizational and individual excellence and innovation: The DNA of Decision Making, The Excellence Framework, The Vision Values Instrument, and The Values Profile Instrument
- Originator of www.Storycards.in, a patent-pending endeavor that aims to promote human and moral values
- Author of three books, namely Discovery, Inner Realities, and How Full is your cup?
- Presented at several international conferences and seminars (such as AHRD, KAHRD, NHRD, IFTDO, TLC, AOM, NIPM, APERA) to audiences from diverse cultural backgrounds
Pavan Kumar Sampath
Director
- Pavan currently a director in Nidharshana Technologies, an Arpitha company, where he has been instrumental in business development and manages client user experience and operations.
- He is also the COO of an EdTech start-up in Singapore called Ascend Now, which works on personalized academic and extracurricular education for K-12 students.
- He has created his own non-profit organization called UpgradeWale, which looks to enable SMEs in India by providing them with the latest technology and pricing/loyalty strategies.
- Former Goldman Sachs employee, Pavan worked in the securities division – focused on risk management of corporate action events in EMEA and the Asian Pacific regions.
- Graduated with Magna Cum Laude in Finance from Michigan State University and a CFA Level 2 candidate.
- Pavan also specialises in Graphic design, website development, and is a passionate C-suite executive with exquisite people skills.