Team Mantrana

Rajan Sinha, Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Rajan Sinha, Chief Executive Officer, Mantrana Consulting is a PhD, Fellow AHRD, Professionally Certified Coach(from ICF) and Accredited team Coach member(ITCA) of EMCC. A former Head, Human Resources with many organizations like HMT, Escorts (including Escorts Heart Institute), Denso India,Hindustan Zinc Limited, etc., Rajan is an advisor, trainer and coach to many corporates and NGOs. He has continued to hold a consulting and practitioner role. The last such gig role was as Head-HR, OCM Ltd. He has also facilitated hundreds of workshops and training programs in organizations in India, the Middle East and East Africa.

His penchant for diagnosis-based work, whether in training, consulting or coaching, eventually led him to complete the certification of the largest range of psychometric assessments like Hogan(Advanced), Harrison(Advanced), DISC, PDA, FIRO-B, SOSIE, Facet5, Belbin, EIQ, OPQ32R, Lumina, Strong, Mapstell, MBTI(Step 2) etc., probably the widest range of tests under one roof in India. This has added to the already distinctive competence of Team Mantrana in advising corporates in selection and development decisions.

His other major works have been in the area of design and implementation of KRA/ goal setting, performance assessment & management systems, policy making, HR audit, team building & audit, employee/industrial relations, climate surveys and manualization of HR systems in India and abroad.  

Rajan is also associated with many organizations like Indian Institute of Business Psychology, Uexcelerate, etc.

Lila Andrea Chaudhuri

Lila Andrea Chaudhuri is the Director- Personality Assessments & Coaching Practice. She is a Marshall Goldsmith Stakeholder-Centric Coach(MGSCC), a Professionally Certified Coach(PCC-ICF), Senior Practitioner(EMCC),Coach Supervisor, and Coach Mentor. She has been coaching clients from across the world, including the US, China, and Europe. 

Currently, she is also involved in personality assessments for SMEs, large Indian corporates, and MNCs for their employee development and coaching. Specifically, her deep skills of observation, listening into vulnerabilities and values, aspirations and anxieties, competences and concerns of individuals not only help her in career counselling and coaching, but also in finding an appropriate fit with organisational culture and values. Often, she has helped organizations redefine and fine-tune their needs.

Lila is a graduate from Delhi University, has a master’s degree in commerce, and also a master's diploma in personnel management from Symbiosis Institute of Management studies. Besides academic degrees, she has also acquired certification from PDA psychometric assessments from PDA International and Advanced Hogan Assessments certification from Hogan Assessment Systems, Inc.

Her huge network of over 20,000 people, including thousands of C-level executives, admires her eye for detail, service orientation, and passion for her work. This is manifest in countless recommendations and endorsements

She is a perennial learner and is constantly pursuing her further study in cognitive behavioural therapy as well as coaching practice.

Dr. H N Arora

Dr. H N Arora is an organization change specialist. He retired as Group Corporate Head HR & IR, Escorts Group, after having held top positions in Bhilwara Group, Reliance, Indian Rayon, etc. He has observed from a close range the management philosophy of the founder of Reliance Group, Late Sri Dhirubhai Ambani, in action. Dr Arora has helped many MSMEs and large industrial conglomerates in successful change management efforts, including in seemingly hopeless situations.  Subsequently, he did his doctorate on change management and leadership under Dr T V Rao.

He is a keen observer of human collective behaviour and a strong believer and practitioner of value-based leadership.  He has also written a book on it, published by Sage Publications.

Dr. Arora is the senior-most member of the Mantrana Board.

 Dr. V P Singh

Dr. V P Singh Top human capital leader with over 4 decades of industry and academia experience and proven credentials for building process-driven, people-centric & customer-focused organizations. Has had outstanding record in diverse organizations including Vizag Steel Plant, Escorts JCB, Escorts Corporate, RJ Corp, Patanjali Group etc. Currently, Dr. Singh is a Professionally Certified Coach(PCC), Advisor and guest faculty to a large number of institutions including IIMs and universities. 

Dr. Singh is the inspiration behind Mantrana endeavour, along with Dr. Anand Prakash & Yoganand (Raghu) Sinha, besides having mentored hundreds of HR professionals in the country. He is also the Chairman of Asia Coaching Network, LLP.