
Boardroom Ki Paathshaala
The Real Keys to the Boardroom, Taught by the People Who Hold Them
For decades, boardroom wisdom has stayed inside the boardroom.
You can read every governance textbook, clear every certification exam, and still walk into your first board meeting unprepared, because the real skills of the boardroom (how to ask the right question, how to challenge respectfully, how to read the room, how to build influence without authority) are rarely taught. They are absorbed, over years, by people lucky enough to have a mentor.
Boardroom Key Pathshala exists to remove the "luck" from that equation.
• Anyone preparing for their first seat at the boardroom table
• Founders, promoters, and business owners who want sharper governance instincts
• Professionals at any stage building a long-term board career
• Leaders who already sit on boards but want to sharpen how they think, question, and decide
• Anyone who wants to understand how boards actually think and decide — not just what the law requires of them
Meet Your Mentors
11 experts · curated for this programme

CS Sidhartha Priyadarshi
Senior Company Secretary | IPO & Corporate Governance Expert | Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) | LLB, LLM, CS, MBA (Corporate Finance) | London School of Economics
Duration: Full Day | Mode: Online | Fee: ₹30,000
This course reframes regulatory and compliance requirements not as a burden, but as a genuine business enabler. Participants will understand how strong compliance directly drives talent retention, organisation-wide governance, and exponential brand value creation.
Most professionals treat compliance as a checkbox exercise. This course flips that lens — showing how the same regulatory discipline that protects a company can actively build its brand, retain top talent, and unlock long-term value.
What You Will Walk Away With: • A clear view of the regulatory and compliance landscape as a strategic asset • Practical understanding of governance across the entire organisation • Insight into how compliance strengthens talent retention and brand equity
Who Should Attend: Promoters & Business Owners, Senior Leadership & CXOs, Working Professionals

Divyaa Advaani
Founder, Suave U | Executive Presence & Personal Brand Coach for Founders & CXOs at ₹5Cr+
Duration: 90 Days (1-on-1 Program) | Mode: Online | Fee: ₹2,00,000
A 90-day, one-on-one program for founders and CXOs at the ₹5Cr+ stage, built to close the gap between who they are and how the world sees them. Across three months, it rebuilds inner brand, executive presence, and online visibility — ending with a concrete roadmap for how that brand translates into revenue.
For senior leaders, personal brand is no longer optional — it is a business asset. This is a deeply personalised, one-on-one journey (not a group workshop), designed for those serious about converting presence into pipeline.
What You Will Walk Away With: • A rebuilt, high-impact LinkedIn presence • A sustainable content system you can run long after the programme ends • Real clarity on your personal positioning as a leader • A concrete roadmap connecting your brand to revenue
Who Should Attend: Directors & Independent Directors, Promoters & Business Owners, Senior Leadership & CXOs

Mansi Y. Thakkar
Leadership Coach | 2x TEDx Speaker | 600+ Talks & Trainings | Board of Studies, Kes Shroff College | Mentor at MentorMyBoard
Duration: 2–3 Days (Multi-Day) | Mode: Hybrid | Fee: ₹30,000
A practical, hands-on course teaching Board Directors and professionals how to build an organic personal brand on LinkedIn, generate leads without ad spend, and establish genuine thought leadership on the platform.
LinkedIn is where boardroom reputations are increasingly built and discovered — yet most professionals use it passively. This course turns it into an active, organic growth engine for your board career.
What You Will Walk Away With: • A repeatable method to build an organic personal brand on LinkedIn • The ability to generate inbound leads without paid ads • A practical framework for building thought leadership visibility
Who Should Attend: Directors & Independent Directors, Promoters & Business Owners, Senior Leadership & CXOs, Working Professionals

Sunil Deshmukh
C-Suite Executive | Leadership Coach | Strategy Consultant | Independent Director | 30+ Years Global Experience
Duration: 1–2 Hours | Mode: Online | Fee: ₹50,000
A focused session on how a Board or a Leader creates real impact, and what it takes to remain effective as a leader amid constant corporate change.
Delivered by a leader with three decades of global C-suite experience, this concise, high-density session distils a career's worth of leadership lessons into a format built for busy schedules.
What You Will Walk Away With: • A sharper understanding of how leaders and boards create measurable impact • Practical tools to stay effective as the corporate landscape shifts • Perspective drawn directly from global C-suite and board experience
Who Should Attend: Directors & Independent Directors, Promoters & Business Owners, Senior Leadership & CXOs, Working Professionals, Students & Early Career Professionals

Brigadier Sushil Bhasin (Retd.)
Mentor of the Year (Fluxx Awards) | TEDx Speaker | Published Author | Former Brigadier, Indian Army (34 Years)
Duration: Custom / Full Session | Mode: Hybrid | Fee: ₹1,00,000
Great boards are shaped not just by expertise but by the quality of leadership each director brings. This experiential session explores how directors can shift from operational thinking to genuine boardroom influence — by developing the right "Heartset", asking better questions, building trust, and influencing without relying on authority.
This is an experiential, not theoretical, session — led by a decorated Army Brigadier turned leadership authority who has spent 20+ years turning military-grade leadership discipline into boardroom-ready influence.
What You Will Walk Away With: • The ability to transition from operational leader to strategic board contributor • A method to influence through questions, relationships, and credibility — not authority • The "Heartset" mindset required for effective boardroom leadership and governance
Who Should Attend: Directors & Independent Directors, Senior Leadership & CXOs, Working Professionals, Students & Early Career Professionals

Hariharan Iyer
Founder, WisdomKeys Learning & Consulting | "The Enter-Trainer" | 25+ Years L&D Experience | Corporate Trainer | Author | Reiki Grandmaster
Duration: 2–4 Weeks (Weekly Program) | Mode: Offline | Fee: ₹2,50,000
The OCEAN Model explores leadership as a limitless possibility, incorporating a systematic, practice-based approach to handling complexity in leadership and decision-making.
Delivered by one of India's most versatile corporate trainers — known for entertaining, high-retention sessions that go well beyond typical leadership training.
What You Will Walk Away With: • A systematic framework (The OCEAN Model) to navigate leadership complexity • Practical tools for handling ambiguity and change as a leader • An engaging, memorable learning experience designed for real retention
Who Should Attend: Directors & Independent Directors, Promoters & Business Owners, Senior Leadership & CXOs

Sandhya Iyer Bhide
Leadership Facilitator & Coach | Founder, Xceedibles Leadership Advisory | The Leadership Challenge Practitioner
Duration: Half Day | Mode: Offline | Fee: ₹50,000
An interactive exploration of how leaders translate boardroom intent into meaningful action and influence across the organisation. Participants examine practical leadership behaviours that build credibility, inspire commitment, enable people, and turn strategic intent into collective impact.
Strategy set in the boardroom often dies before it reaches the frontline. This session directly addresses that gap — turning board-level intent into organisation-wide execution.
What You Will Walk Away With: • Practical leadership behaviours that build credibility across the organisation • Tools to translate boardroom decisions into frontline action • A framework (5 Practices of Exemplary Leadership) for driving collective impact
Who Should Attend: Directors & Independent Directors, Promoters & Business Owners, Senior Leadership & CXOs

CA Pramod Jain
Chartered Accountant | Company Secretary | Cost Accountant | Registered Valuer (IBBI) | Independent Director | 40+ Years in Corporate Finance & Governance
Duration: 2–3 Days (Multi-Day) | Mode: Offline | Fee: ₹1,50,000
A course built to help participants become effective and impactful Board Members through a deep, practical understanding of strategic finance and how it drives value creation.
Financial fluency is one of the most common gaps among board aspirants. Learning it from a CA with four decades of hands-on valuation, restructuring, and governance experience gives this course rare, real-world depth.
What You Will Walk Away With: • The ability to read and question financial strategy at a board level • A clear understanding of how finance drives long-term value creation • Confidence to contribute meaningfully to financial decision-making as a director
Who Should Attend: Directors & Independent Directors, Promoters & Business Owners, Senior Leadership & CXOs, Working Professionals

Charudatta Pande
India Partner, Expandeers (145 Partners, 80+ Countries) | 28 Years in Technology & Manufacturing | Author | Executive Board Member
Duration: 2–4 Weeks (Weekly Program) | Mode: Hybrid | Fee: ₹1,00,000
A practical roadmap covering how to assess your organisation's readiness for global growth, identify the right target markets and entry mechanisms, and effectively execute a global business expansion plan.
Global expansion decisions are made at the board level but often without the frameworks to evaluate them properly. This course, backed by a global network spanning 80+ countries, brings real structure to that process.
What You Will Walk Away With: • A framework to assess organisational readiness for global growth • The ability to identify and evaluate the right target markets and entry mechanisms • A practical plan for executing global expansion effectively
Who Should Attend: Directors & Independent Directors, Promoters & Business Owners, Senior Leadership & CXOs

Sindhuja Rai
ICF-Certified MCC & Master Coach | 33+ Years Experience | Coached 4,000+ Leaders Across 50+ Global Organisations | NLP Practitioner
Duration: Custom / Flexible | Mode: Online | Fee: ₹40,000
A focused programme designed to help certified Independent Directors define their board positioning, build authority in the market, become visible to decision-makers, and access the right board opportunities.
Certification alone rarely leads to a board seat — positioning and visibility do. This programme closes that exact gap, led by a coach with 33+ years of experience helping leaders get seen by the right decision-makers.
What You Will Walk Away With: • A clearly defined board positioning statement • A strategy to build authority and visibility in the market • A concrete path to accessing real board opportunities
Who Should Attend: Directors & Independent Directors, Senior Leadership & CXOs, Working Professionals

MentorMyBoard
WOMB - Women on Management and Boards
Duration: 1.5 Months | Mode: Blended (E-courses, group mentor sessions, 1:1 mentoring, live sessions) | Fee: ₹ 75,000 Course Description: A transformative mentorship programme empowering aspiring and existing female leaders for board and management excellence. The journey moves from an introduction and peer session, through a curated core learning curriculum (leadership psychology, board effectiveness, finance for non-finance leaders, corporate strategy), into specialised group mentor sessions, personalised one-on-one mentoring, and concludes with a dissertation and formal convocation. Inaugurated by Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon'ble Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs, at the Women Directors Conclave 2022 hosted by MentorMyBoard at BSE. Who Should Attend: Aspiring female leaders and existing women leaders aiming for management and board positions Why Attend: Women hold only around 19% of board seats in India today. WOMB directly addresses that gap — pairing curated learning with access to world-class, handpicked mentors and a genuine community of women who've already made the journey. What You Will Walk Away With: Boardroom-ready skills across leadership, finance, strategy, and governance Personalised guidance from one-on-one mentor sessions A completed dissertation and formal certification/convocation Ongoing access to the MentorMyBoard ecosystem and network post-programme