Manjiri Gokhle Joshi is CEO, Global Talent Track (GTT), a company specializing in training and CSR projects, with the mission to make India employable.

She has a master’s degree in Mega-Project Management from Said Business School, University of Oxford. Prior to this, Manjiri and her husband Abhay Joshi co-founded Elephant Connect, helping students and professionals transform their lives through school and university education and leadership training.

In 2016, Manjiri was one of the 12 professionals among 13,000 applicants selected by LinkedIn and Virgin Media to assist Virgin Founder Richard Branson judge, select and mentor entrepreneurs for a UK-wide contest for a 1-million-pound fund across the UK.

In 2009, she co-founded Maya CARE, a charity, working with senior citizens. She is a recipient of the British High Commission Chevening Scholarship (2006). 

She has authored four other books: Inspired, lessons from 23 contemporary inspirational leaders (co-author Dr Ganesh Natarajan), 2006; Crushes, Careers and Cell Phones, Foreword by former Miss Universe Sushmita Sen, 2011; Bosses of the Wild: Lessons from the Corporate Jungle, Foreword by Mr K.V. Kamath, Chairman, ICICI Bank, 2013 and Maya, Foreword by Shabana Azmi, 2016.

Among her past assignments are Learning and Development Specialist and Head, Project Management (Primal) at Informa PLC, London; Programme Manager, GlobalLogic, UK; National Management and Head, Corporate Communication, ICICI Lombard, Mumbai; Head, Contact Centre and Head, Human Resources, Zensar BPO; About the Authors 229 Assistant Editor, Dataquest, New Delhi and a reporter with the Indian Express.