Hyderabad : The Atlanta Foundation (TAF), a not for profit organization that supports the education of underprivileged students by organizing value creating activities for the corporate fraternity, known for organizing India’s biggest corporate 
cycling events – Freedom Ride (15-Aug), Republic Ride (26-Jan) and one of the longest individual cycling event – Peace Ride (02-Oct) now has a new offering for the industry –TAF Leadership Gym, a leadership development program. TAF Leadership Gym invites women participants – individuals as well as from organizations – to participate in an exclusive Leadership Development Program for women to be held in the city on 24th January, 2014.
A pioneering effort in leadership development, TAF Leadership Gym is dedicated solely to discuss and debate the concepts of leadership and share resources on leadership topics. Arunima Sinha, the first female amputee in the world to climb Mount Everest will also address the participants during the program. A former Indian National level player for volleyball and football, Arunima, after the painful incident of losing her leg in April 2011, went on to conquer Mount Everest in April 2013. Women professionals and women organizations willing to participate may seek more details on phone: 9000883515
“TAF Leadership Gym is a unique initiative making leadership development a real community effort by the leaders, for the leaders and making a small contribution towards filling the biggest void experienced in every aspect of India today”, said Deenanath Harapanahalli, Founder-Chairman of TAF.
“TAF Leadership Gym is an industry neutral program where managers from various verticals participate in the workshop. Filling leadership positions with inspired leaders to achieve organizational objectives is one of the major challenges of growth. Also, the traditional methods of “Leadership Development” are no longer producing the results with desired pace and quality. TAF Leadership Gym helps organizations address these issues by providing a platform where practising leaders interact directly with managers, and are supported with a world-class team to monitor, develop, and deliver a program that creates not just individual leaders, but instills the culture of leadership”, said Flt. Lt. M. Sridhar Chakravarthi, Director- Membership Program, TAF Leadership Gym.
The main USP of TAF Leadership Gym is a community effort for ‘Leadership Development’ that is not an academic exercise but an experiential learning bringing together inspiring leaders and aspiring leaders.
Deenanath said that TAF Leadership Gym which is a four session program employs Case Study Method and Real-World Leadership Strategies. The content, framework, & exercises (including books in some cases) are all original material exclusively developed for TAF Leadership Gym. It addresses many critical aspects of “Leadership” in highly actionable & execution focused manner. The program is delivered & facilitated by Corporate Leaders (CXOs) who have gained significant experience and insights into real world leadership.
Industry leaders involved in TAF Leadership Gym are Bipin Pendyala, Thought Leader, IT & BPM Industry; Ramesh Loganathan, Center Head, Progress Software; Sushma Rajagopalan, Global Partner & M.D, LiquidHub Inc.; Prashanti Bodugum, Vice President – APAC, Capgemini; Srinivasa Rao, Center Head, Wipro; Anu Acharya, CEO, Mapmygenome; Vikram Doshi, Partner, KPMG; Deenanath Harapanahalli, Founder & CEO, Learnasium and Founder, The Atlanta Foundation (TAF); and Murali Bukkapatnam, President, TiE Hyderabad and many many more.
The Atlanta Foundation sponsors, implements, and executes educational programs that create meaningful career opportunities for students who otherwise lack such support. As a policy it does NOT accept donations. Thus, to provide funds for the education program, it conducts corporate cycling events and leadership development program – TAF Leadership Gym.