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Karthik TM

Judge · DISC type Dc
Theatre induced management trainer and coach/Actor/Social worker at Self-employed
📍 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Karthik is a versatile professional who blends his corporate experience in innovation at Cognizant with his passion for the arts. He is a theatre-induced management trainer, coach, and co-founder of Sideways Training, using drama and storytelling to deliver behavioral workshops. People who have worked with him describe him as energetic, passionate, and versatile.

Outside of his corporate training work, Karthik is an accomplished actor in Tamil cinema and theatre, having performed in over 60 productions. He is also deeply committed to social causes, actively working in crisis management, disaster relief, and human and animal welfare. Recently, he has been involved in fundraising for dementia care through theatre.

Unique fact: Karthik is a character actor who appeared in the Oscar-winning film "Life of Pi" as Pi Patels science teacher.

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Experience
32 Years
Current Role
Theatre induced management trainer and coach/Actor/Social worker
Location
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Personality Overview

How Karthik shows up

Quality Focused
Fast But Wary
Generally Skeptic

More than the product, they care about the impact of the product. They are not always relationship oriented. They like to move fast and expect the same from others.

Priorities

Topics Karthik cares about

Art-Based Training
He co-founded Sideways Training and uses theatre, arts, and storytelling as primary methodologies for corporate behavioral management workshops.
Character Acting
An established theatre and film actor with numerous credits, he often reflects on the craft and challenges of being a character actor in his social posts.
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Career

Work history

2-2011
Theatre induced management trainer and coach/Actor/Social worker
Self-employed
2-2006
Theatre induced management training
Self-Employed
2-2004
Actor
Tamil Cinema
2-2011 - 10-2018
Co-Founder
Sideways Training
6-2010 - 3-2011
Senior Manager-Innovations Group
Cognizant Technology Solutions
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
9-2020 - 10-2022
Master of communication
Lincoln University College
2004 - 2006
PGDM
Indian Institute of Foreign Trade
BE
Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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