Advisory Board
Advisory Board
Vinita Radhakrishnan
Vinita Radhakrishnan is a Bharatanatyam Artist with years of performance and training experience. She has been associated with Ambalam as a Student since 2018. She is also a sought after Patent attorney and working as a Senior Partner at BananaIP Counsels. Her dual pursuits reflect a unique blend of artistic discipline and legal acumen.
Shashidhar Khokale
Shashidhar Khokale is widely recognised as a bridge-builder between tradition and modernity.
For more than two decades he has guided complex, multi-stakeholder projects in enterprise, corporate ,banking and government while at the same time quietly nurturing young talent and promoting Indian classical arts. As the father of a young Bharatanatyam dancer, he has invested years of planning, mentoring and support behind the scenes of performances and community programmes, seeing cultural work not just as an event but as a way to build discipline, confidence and values in the next generation.
He represents a combination of professionalism and service — clarity with empathy, discipline with encouragement — values he now brings to Ambalam as it enters its next phase of growth.
Keshavan Belagod
Keshavan Belagod is a seasoned Learning & Development strategist, Instructional Design expert, and entrepreneur with more than 30 years of experience in eLearning and multimedia solutions. He is the Founder & Director of Swift Solution Pvt Ltd, an AI-native eLearning company based in India, which has delivered over 2,000 hours of custom content and 3,000+ SCORM modules to 200+ marquee clients across industries including Retail, BFSI, Manufacturing, Defence, Government, Healthcare, and IT.
His clients include Reliance Retail, Bosch, FLSmidth, Swiggy, Zepto, ORRA, ITC, Standard Chartered Bank, Google, ISRO, DRDO, and several Government of India ministries, establishing him as a trusted advisor for enterprise and public sector learning initiatives.
At Swift Solution, Keshavan has driven innovation by embedding Artificial Intelligence into instructional design and content delivery, leading to measurable impact such as 40% cost savings for large enterprises and 50% faster multilingual training rollouts for nationwide workforces. His Human–Agent Workforce model and AI-driven localization solutions have set benchmarks in speed, scalability, and personalization.
Recognized as an innovator and thought leader in AI-powered learning ecosystems, Keshavan brings a rare blend of strategic vision, technical depth, and cross-sectoral experience, making him a sought-after expert for government, industry, and global collaborations.
Meenakshi Suresh
An accomplished business leader with extensive 30+ years of Indian and International experience in Life & Health Insurance across Operations & Customer Service, Process Governance & Re-engineering, Risk & Internal Audit.
She supports social causes of NGO's and Trusts as an Advisor / Consultant in the areas of operations, finance, fund raising, risk & compliance.
She is a passionate art connoisseur and to take it a step forward, she completed a course on artist management to help artists move forward in their artistic goals. She is excited about her foray in Artist Management.
Narayan A Kamat
Narayan A Kamat - Managing Director, Kamat Yatriniwas Hotels Group, An alumnus of IIM Bangalore and a seasoned 3rd generation hospitality entrepreneur with over two decades of experience building and managing successful ventures in the hospitality industry. Passionate about the intersection of hospitality, arts and culture — actively supporting and promoting creative initiatives that celebrate heritage, enrich community and cultural landscapes. Enthusiastic about creating spaces that not only serve but also inspire, blending hospitality with cultural enrichment.