Rajarajan Venkatappan
Program Producer at Tamil Vision International- Claim this Profile
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Credentials
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Teach for India fellowship
Teach For India
Experience
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Tamil Vision International
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Canada
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Broadcast Media Production and Distribution
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1 - 100 Employee
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Program Producer
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Mar 2018 - Present
Media production shows, Specialist in Script writing and editing, Manages post and pre production Media production shows, Specialist in Script writing and editing, Manages post and pre production
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Co-Founder
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Feb 2018 - Present
Choreograph and teach Bollywood dance to kids. Teach kids different styles of dance like Bangra, Semi Classical, Folk, Western and Freestyle. Make them showcase their talents on special events. Choreograph and teach Bollywood dance to kids. Teach kids different styles of dance like Bangra, Semi Classical, Folk, Western and Freestyle. Make them showcase their talents on special events.
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YMCA of Greater Toronto
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Canada
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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Group Fitness Instructor
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Dec 2017 - Feb 2018
Role: • Deliver a group fitness class through Dance in accordance with YMCA standards and values. • Provide a quality group fitness class that includes all members regardless of age and ability and motivate them to participate in the sessions regularly. • Provide a safe environment for participants. • Attend trainings and meetings as required to ensure the overall quality and integrity of the Group Fitness program. • Respond or direct participant inquiries or concerns. • Build relationships with members and introduce them to other members, staff and volunteers. Achievements: - Was part of the New Guinness World Record @ Sweat for Good Campaign held at Toronto YMCA. - Lead dance fitness for 100+ members on MEGATHON event at Mississauga YMCA. - Was part of 3 hrs non-stop dance fitness @HAVANA NIGHT event held at Mississauga YMCA. -Specialized in Bollywood dance and introduced One hour non-stop dance session in bhangra , semi classical, folk and free style dance fusion. Show less
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HDFC Life
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India
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Insurance
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700 & Above Employee
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Sr. Corporate Sales Manager
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Apr 2016 - Apr 2017
Profile : To handle the sales team of 6 HDFC bank branches. Manage and promote in selling life insurance, Mutual funds and long term investment products to the bank customers. Implemented effective client appreciation events and created excellent relationship with business associates, which Increased the sales revenue by 30% and Customer Experience Index by 67%. Initiated strong sales management activities and lead my branch to #1 position out of 138 branches in the cluster in 2017. Created exceptional client experience by pro-actively engaging the sales team with clients to understand and meet their immediate day to day banking needs. Highlights: In retail business we were 2nd across PAN India for selling the highest number of term insurance plans. Received the Loyalty Award from CEO for successful completion of 10years with the company in 2017. Awarded with CEO’S Excellence Award for activating the lapsed cases and increasing the renewal premium income by 84% in 2016. Improved the profitability by rigorous sales, Annual received premium in my cluster increased from $48 million to $126 million in 2016. Show less
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Teach For India
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India
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Non-profit Organizations
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700 & Above Employee
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Fellow at Teach For India - Leadership program for Educational Equity
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May 2014 - Mar 2016
Fellowship role was to serve as full-time class teacher to 38 children from low-income communities in some of the nation’s most under-resourced schools. This included building up learning environment, creating lesson plans for all the subjects, teaching Values, Imparting knowledge, Behavior management, Impacting the community and investing on parents to support the kids in providing “Excellent Education”. Through this experience of teaching in classrooms and working with key education stakeholders like students, principals, and parents I gained exposure to the grassroot realities of India’s education system and began to cultivate the knowledge, skills, and mindsets necessary to attain positions of leadership in education and identify my role in building a wider movement for educational equity in the country. Acheivements@School Organized fund raising activity and built a library and audio visual classroom for the school. Formed Teacher Training Club (TTC) and shared best practices / methods of teaching followed across the world. Created Clean & Green Club and planted 40 trees around the school. In standard curriculum assessment, average reading and comprehending level of my class raised from 0.5 to 2.5( raised by 7 levels in 2 years) Achievements@Community Conducted spoken English classes for the parents and school dropout women in the community over weekends, improving their abilities to seek better job and educated them on managing their finances Organized awareness campaign on cleanliness and installed 10 bio-garbage system around the community. Acheivements@TeachForIndia Class was short listed as ‘Top Performing Classroom’ based on cognitive level and Culture in the classroom by TFI Completed SHIKSHANA- Certified in basics of child psychology and developmental disorders of children. Qualified to understand and support children with learning disabilities, handled 3 children with learning disabilities for 2 years. Certitifed for teaching in Sign Language. Show less
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Training Manager, Learning & Development
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May 2008 - Apr 2014
Profile : Inducting the employees and channel partners, training them on products, process and selling skills. Supporting them on sales by field calls, helping them achieve their target and increasing the productivity of the organization. Handled Tele-Sales team of south zone- trained HDFC bank employees on Tele-Sales techniques and product scripts for cross selling insurance, mutual funds, credit cards on phone to HNI,Classic,Imperia and credit card customers. Re-designed the sales script and by consistent product refresher training the Tele-Sales contributed 37% of net income for the year 2009. Highlights: Achieved 100% licensing by making all the 107 employees of my mapped channel to clear Insurance Exam. Top rating - I received the top rating of 5 for the year 2009, 2011 and 2013 for performance excellence and business development. Privilege Award - Received “Shikar”- National level award from Country Head for designing an internal magazine which contains market reviews, Insurance articles and success interviews of employees. Show less
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ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company Limited
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India
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Insurance
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700 & Above Employee
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Agency Manager, SALES & MARKETING
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Apr 2006 - Apr 2008
Profile : Recruiting Financial consultants and creating a sales team, Imparting Knowledge and preparing strategies for sales development. Creating Client data base, Accompanying Consultants on sales call,ensuring policy conversion on TAT and achieving the annual target. Understanding the customer need and advising client about the appropriate service and product. Encouraging and guiding the client about E-banking (telephone, mobile and online banking). Work accurately and efficiently in a multi-tasking environment where high attention to detail is required in order to balance cash, credits and other monetary transactions. Highlights: Achieved 140% of my target in 9 months and got promoted as Agency Manager on April 2007 and enhanced my career with recognition. MDRT - Two of my team financial advisers qualified for MDRT club in 2007-08. Show less
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Education
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2002 - 2005
Loyola College
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Design and Visual Communications, General
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