Sandhya Ruban

About Sandhya Ruban

Professional Storyteller | Project Manager | Dentist By Profession | Certified TEFL/TESOL Teacher And Facilitator | Certified in Psychodrama WorkshopMY PERSONALITY AS A PROFESSIONAL:Can be summed up by saying that “I believe and therefore I am.” I have always believed that ambition is the only adjuvant to hard work. I have been fueled by a desire to achieve the very best and to excel in whatever I do. My desire is nurtured by a strong will and determination and my energy pyramid has at the very apex of it uncompromising and dedicated effort.PORTFOLIO• Creative Head-Eloquens - An outfit designed to develop communication skills of an individual, group or groups using a variety of techniques. • Specializing in developing content for corporates.• Conceptualizing events, programs, thematic camps and activities for various activity centers and schools.• Designing and conceptualizing product launches, shows, events and displays.• Script writing for programs and events.WORKSHOPS:• Curated the Chennai Storytelling Festival 2013. Supplying content, liaison with international storytellers to perform at the festival.• Performed as part of the Chennai Storytelling Festival Performing night at Alliance Francais.• Worked with Aban Scientific Reading in developing word power with the use of stories at Bhavan’s to an audience of children.• Presented a whitepaper on the “power of engagement” at the Chennai Festival, related to business narrative and storytelling.• Storytelling workshops and enactment workshops as part of the children’s development initiatives at A-School, Bhaktavatsalam Vidhyashram, and Bhavan’s Rajaji Vidhyashram.• Storytelling for adults and children at the Oxford Bookstore, Chennai.• Storytelling for employees of Ford Motors, Chennai.• Storytelling as a tool for augmenting HR policies with Orchid Pharmaceuticals, Chennai Unit. This workshop was exclusively run for Senior Managers.• Storytelling and concept creation for Anna Centenary Library, Chennai.• Serving as interlocutor for various ethnographic videoconferences, the most recent one being, Mahabharatha as an Anti War Epic- Storytelling and videoconferencing meet at Bloomington, Indiana at IIT Chennai.• Thematic Camps for Children.• Working with Prakriti Foundation and WSI- Taking the message of recycling and eco-friendliness using storytelling, discussions and group activities. Implemented in PS Senior Secondary School, Mylapore, and LalChand Dhadha School, Choolaimedu.

Experience

1. Founder & Creative Head

   Eloquens

   Jun 2012 — Present · Chennai, IN

   Exercising sharp judgment and understanding of audience priorities to develop and deliver workshops on storytelling • Specializing in vision casting in corporate organizations using storytelling as a resource tool• Training teachers and lecturers in colleges and schools in using storytelling as a tool to empower their teaching pedagogy and in Public Speaking • Empowering the participants in translating complex topics into audience-friendly stories • Coordinating with creative designers and other stakeholders to prepare the presentation collateral for the workshops • Developing and sustaining productive, strategic relationships with influencers in the client organizations • Managing the administrative and the operational duties of the business

Education

• Asian College of Teachers- Corporate

  TESOL/TEFL teacher, English Language and Literature/Letters

  2020 — 2020