Meet Our Trainers
Chillibreeze Writing and Communication Skills Trainers
If you’re interested in having one of our trainers conduct a workshop at your company or institute, please email us at testing at chillibreeze dot com.
Business Communication & Travel Writing Trainer
David, an American writer, publishing professional, English trainer and communications expert is also the founder of a content and training organization. He provides editorial consulting, content solutions and training services to a range of companies in India and elsewhere.
While in the US, he held positions with Simon & Schuster and a number of other prominent publishers. He was the Associate Publisher and Managing Editor of Thomas Travel Ventures’ Official Tour Directory.
Currently, he provides travel-related writing and editing services to PhoCusWright, one of the leading sources of information on the travel industry.
As a writer, he has contributed articles on travel, culture, English and music to publications including The Hindu, Dainik Jagran, and numerous websites and portals. He has traveled extensively throughout much of world, including India and other parts of Asia, Africa, Europe, North and Central America.
Area of Specialization
- Travel writing workshops
- Workshops on Business writing
- Workshops on media articles and journalistic writing
Communication Skills & Press Release Writing Trainer
Rupmala comes from a background of journalism and media marketing. She is currently Head of Marketing and Communications of Pathways.
She has been a regular contributor to The Telegraph, The Times of India, Anand Bazar Patrika, Hindustan Times, Travel Plus, India Today Home and many travel and art magazines.
For eight years she was an editor with The Telegraph and since then has been in various marketing roles with leading media brands like The Telegraph, Business World, Hindustan Times and India Today.
She has trained officials of the Government of Sikkim, Nagaland and Manipur on PR writing and media management. She has also held a short term media management course for officers of the Indian Army. She was an editorial trainer with the Hindustan Times initiative for Youth. She has successfully run courses both in the media and public relations industry as well as in the corporate field, tailoring courses to meet the client’s needs.
Area of Specialization
- Press Release writing workshops
- Business etiquette workshops
- Commercial writing workshops
- Workshops to develop, write and design corporate documents like brochures and white papers
- Workshops on client specific media articles and promotional articles
Technical Writing Trainer
Padmaja returned to India after spending a decade in the United States, where she worked for several years for Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, California.
During her stint with this technology giant, she worked initially as a Rotation Engineer, and later as an Internet Consultant and a Senior Systems Analyst, interacting with software developers, managers and QA personnel across the globe. She worked on several internal and external software development and web development projects as a designer, developer, project lead and analyst. During the course of her work, she authored scores of technical documents, made presentations to senior management, interacted with clients and vendors, and managed geographically diverse teams. Upon her return, she joined Chillibreeze’s team of writers, editors and coordinators, and has worked on several projects for them, authoring technical and business documents, including white papers, product and process description documents, technology review documents, user manuals, online help systems etc for clients from the US, Europe and India.
Padmaja secured an MS in Computer Science from New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, NM (in the US). Her Master’s thesis focused on User-centred design. Prior to this, she got an MS in Physics from Bangalore University, with a focus on Microprocessor Architecture.
Area of Specialization
- Workshops in Technical writing
- Workshops to develop English writing skills
- Workshops on Business English skills
Freelance Journalism Trainer
Kavitha Rao is an established freelance journalist and trainer specializing in current affairs, pop culture, travel, books, lifestyles, people, women’s issues and all things Indian.
Her features have appeared in the New York Times, the Guardian, the South China Morning Post, the Far Eastern Economic Review, Grazia India, the Hindustan Times, Mint and several others.
She has conducted workshops on freelance journalism at the Times School of Journalism, Sophia Polytechnic, and the Kala Ghoda literary festival.
Area of Specialization
- Freelance Journalism Workshops
Media Communications Trainer
Debasis Sen has over 22 years experience in business-technology journalism in senior positions in top media publications in India and has been involved with conceptualization of new niche business publications, recruiting and managing editorial staff, and benchmarking editorial quality with international standards.
He has authored a significant report on ICT opportunities in rural India for Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, USA and many articles on the IT industry, pharmaceutical, sustainable development, advertising, marketing and retail in a number of publications.
Area of Specialization
- Workshop on blending creativity with business
- Workshop on Email etiquette
- Creative Writing Workshop
- Workshop on The beauty and utility of design in the field of Editing
- Workshop on Writing proposals for raising funds (NGOs)
- Workshop on How to use Twitter for business
