The Founder
Eika Chaturvedi Banerjee is one of India's leading women business leaders and has, in pursuing her purpose, founded Eikam in 2020, where she, along with her community of researchers, trainers and facilitators, delve into ancient wisdom to solve contemporary issues – across Leadership, Teamwork, Self-awareness, Performance and The Art of Balance.
Eika is a Chevening Gurukul Fellow for Leadership & Excellence from University of Oxford. She is also, by training and passion, among the leading Corporate Mythologists in India, a certified executive coach, the best-selling author of 52 Red Pills, and a sought-after speaker on organizational & personal transformation, meaning & engagement, diversity & inclusion.
Eika's business experience over two decades spans Private Banking, General Management and Entrepreneurship. Post her MBA, she started her professional life as a Banker with over 12 years of core operating experience in various Business Leadership roles with Standard Chartered Bank, ABN Amro (now RBS), Citibank & Kotak. She then gained entrepreneurial skills operating her Wealth Consultancy “Finsutra”, both in India & Singapore. In her last corporate role, for over 6 years, Eika has been the CEO of Future Sharp Skills Ltd (a Public-Private Partnership between Future Group & National Skills Development Corporation) - India's leading Skills, Talent and Leadership Development organisations. From 2020, she serves as an Independent Director on the Board of the same Company.
Eika's living is deeply immersed in her age-old Indian wisdom, and she regularly draws upon her Indian blood memory for her unique pedagogy. She is the founder-curator for “Aakhyaan” since 2014, India's first ever Annual Mythology festival, a knowledge platform that she has conceptualised with the Department of Sanskrit, University of Mumbai - integrating the corporate world, academia, and popular culture.
This unique balance of the two colliding worlds - the ancient & the modern - is the core of the Eikam value proposition to a host of clients across industries.