Our Team

Samir Parikh

Energy and versatility are Samir's hallmark. Widely travelled, great communicator and astounding human being, Samir leads by example.

An international leadership trainer, successful coach & prominent speaker, Samir has managed to carve a niche for himself in the HR practices. Armed with more than 25 years experience, Samir is one of the successful mid-career entrepreneurs. He worked for 15 years with various pharma and chemical companies of international repute. Being a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach and a certified individual & organizational assessor, he has been contributing immensely in various domains of HR viz. leadership development, entrepreneurial coaching, learning & development, etc.

A keen observer of adult learning practices, he has delivered more than 5000 man days of training and lead more than 40 major HR & OD assignments. His uniqueness lies in being action-driven, market-driven and amenable at the same time. He has lot of passion for studying global economic & political trends and is on board of several prominent professional and social organizations.

Samir is also the Founder & Chairman of Foundation for Capability Building - an NGO dedicated to develop leadership in high school students. He is a member & past Convener of HR - IR Panel constituted by CII in Central Gujarat and past President of Baroda Management Association (BMA). Samir is a nature enthusiast and is Hon. Secretary of Gujarat Nature Conservation Society.

Sudhir Kulkarni

Veteran HR Leader with more than 40 years of experience. CFI certified executive coach, accredited trainer of MBTI, certified Development (OD) from NTL(US), Certified assessor for Belbin, Hogan,16pf® (PSI) and VirtualACTM (PSI). Domain Expertise in Organization restructuring and design, Compensation & Benefits, AC/DC,Change management and Performance management System. His calm and pleasing personality makes him an extremely affable and approachable person

Atul Mankand

A veteran HR leader, a creative thinker and a thought-provoking person, Mr. Mankad is highly respected in the HR domain for the unprecedented knowledge to drive the projects with right strategies.

An independent HR strategist with a career spanning more than four decades, he brings with him the versatility of proven experience in multi functional management. Before getting associated with Namanstaffing, he retired as Senior Vice President from Indian Petrochemicals Corporation Limited. His ability to take well thought out decisions, his prudent policies and his dexterity to implement various HRD interventions speak unequivocally of his expertise as a seasoned HR leader.

He holds a BE (Electrical) from Gujarat University, a Diploma in Management from All India Management Association, a Diploma in Business Management and, a PG Diploma in IR & PM from Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and a LL.B degree from MS University Baroda. He constantly looks for new ideation and converting them into successful implementation.

He is a mentor and source of inspiration for many of us at Namanstaffing. He holds a lot of passion for appropriateness of tools to meet client’s business needs and strongly believes that HR can be a partner to further business ends.