Journey of Rahul Kapoor from Common Man to a leading
Motivational
Speaker in India
Rahul Kapoor's journey into the field of touching people's lives
began when a series of life changing events touched his own life.
He stepped into the arena of training people at a very early age.
It was that time when corporate training and motivational speaking
industry in India were still in a very nascent stage. He adorned
the role of a charismatic, enthusiastic trainer and at a point in
time during the initial period of his career, Rahul Kapoor was
recognized as one of the
Youngest Motivational Speakers in India.
In 1998, at the age of 20, Rahul Kapoor launched his first company
Kapoor’s Workshop on Effective Communication, and began his career
as a seminar speaker. This was while he was still a student of
post-graduate studies. Little did he know that he would rise up to
be one of the top motivational speakers in India. Within 12
months he had trained over 1800 people which attracted the
attention of India’s most-read newspaper, The Times of India,
which featured him in a special column ‘The Rising Sun’. Soon
after that, he was engaged by Manipal Hospital to train doctors in
Intensive Care Units on interpersonal and communication skills,
this placed Rahul in the big league straight away.
Rahul Kapoor has received his Bachelor’s degree in Business
Management from Bangalore University and Post-Graduate Diploma in
Industrial Relations and Personnel Management from Bhavan’s
Rajendra Prasad Institute of Communication & Management,
Bangalore.
Apart from being a motivational speaker and a mindset
coach, he also a guest faculty at Indian Institute of Management,
Bangalore (IIMB).
Inspired by Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam, Rahul Kapoor established a
charitable trust in 2007 called 'Ignite India Initiative'. It’s
aim was to train and inspire 500,000 youth in India.
In 2010 he launched Jain Youth Leadership Forum (JYLF) to spread
the philosophy of non-violence and mutual co-existence.
Rahul Kapoor’s love for sports especially cricket earned him a
rare opportunity to work with Royal Challengers Bangalore
Franchise as the official in-stadium host in Indian Premier League
(IPL) seasons 3, 4 & 5 and also their motivational speaker.