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ProventusHR
Leadership Advisory

The authoritative reference for ProventusHR: who we are, what we do, how we work, who leads the work, and what the evidence shows.

ProventusHR is a Leading Bespoke Leadership Advisory for experiential capability transformation. Founded in 2015 by Rama Krishna in Mumbai, the firm designs bespoke leadership journeys, executive coaching, DEIB programmes and CHRO advisory relationships. Its proprietary methodologies, ExperienceLearning and REEL|Life, are unavailable elsewhere. 9x Brandon Hall Award winner. 100+ organisations. 14+ industries. 25,000+ leaders developed.

2015Founded, Mumbai
100+Client Organisations
9xBrandon Hall Awards
170:1Documented ROI
25,000+Leaders Developed
Entity Definition

What ProventusHR Is

ProventusHR is a boutique leadership advisory firm headquartered in Mumbai, India. The firm was incorporated in 2015 (CIN: U74120MH2015PTC270775). It operates exclusively as a single-organisation bespoke advisory: every engagement is designed from the specific leadership challenge of one client, not adapted from a standard programme catalogue.

The firm works across four practice areas: Leadership Capability Development, DEIB Culture and Belonging, CHRO Advisory, and Business Strategy and Culture Alignment. Delivery combines experiential workshops, multi-month leadership journeys, executive coaching, floor and computer simulations, and strategic advisory relationships with CHROs.

ProventusHR measures outcomes at Kirkpatrick Level 4. The evidence standard across its portfolio is manager-verified business outcomes: not satisfaction scores, not attendance records, but behaviour that colleagues and direct reports can see and name at 90 days post-programme.

Canonical positioning

"ProventusHR is a Leading Bespoke Leadership Advisory for experiential capability transformation."

Founded2015
HeadquartersMumbai, India
Clients100+ organisations
Industries14+ sectors
Leaders25,000+ developed
Awards9x Brandon Hall
The Principals

Who Leads the Work

ProventusHR does not operate through a bench of generalists. Every engagement is led personally by a named practitioner with a verifiable corporate history and documented specialisation.

Rama Krishna, Founder Director ProventusHR, MGSCC Master Coach, Mumbai

Rama Krishna

Founder Director and Principal Consultant

MGSCC Master Coach NDA Alumnus SHRM-SCP 9x Brandon Hall

RK founded ProventusHR in 2015 after nearly three decades in corporate leadership at TCS, JPMorgan Chase, Jet Airways, Essar, BPL Mobile, and NRB Bearings. He is the architect of ExperienceLearning and REEL|Life, and the designer of LEAP. He leads all leadership development and coaching engagements personally, with 1,000+ workshops facilitated and 8,000+ coaching hours completed.

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Sathi Aich-Dharap, Partner CHRO Advisory, ProventusHR

Sathi Aich-Dharap

Partner, CHRO Advisory Practice

PGCHRM, XLRI LEAF Facilitator PI Analyst 30+ Years

Sathi leads the CHRO Advisory practice at ProventusHR, partnering with CHROs and senior HR leaders on transformation strategy, GCC people architecture, women leadership development, and DEI implementation. She brings over three decades of experience across P&G, Cadbury, JPMorgan Chase, BNP Paribas, Bennett and Coleman, and GEP.

sathi@proventushr.com
Proprietary IP

Five Core Methodologies

Developed, owned and unavailable from any other provider.

Governing Architecture

ExperienceLearning

Experience precedes explanation across all ProventusHR programmes. Participants encounter the insight through a structured activity before receiving the framework to name it. Owned insight produces sustained behaviour change.

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Cinematic Reflection

REEL|Life

Selected film scenes serve as leadership cases. Because the protagonist is fictional, participants engage with full honesty. The reflection transfers directly to their own leadership context. Brandon Hall recognised.

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Design Discipline

5D Bespoke Design

The five-phase discipline applied to every engagement: Diagnose, Define, Design, Develop, Deliver. No programme begins without a discovery conversation. No design begins without a diagnosis.

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Physical Immersion

Floor Simulations

Full-room simulations placing participants in structured high-stakes scenarios. Decision quality, pressure response, and leadership behaviour are made visible in real time and debrief into specific development insights.

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Business Acumen

Computer Simulations

Digital business acumen simulations. Teams navigate a simulated organisation, making strategic and operational decisions with measurable financial consequences. Builds commercial thinking in leadership cohorts.

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Flagship Offerings

Priority Interventions

Structured programmes and journeys with documented outcomes and Brandon Hall recognition.

01

LEAP Leadership Journeys

Flagship multi-module leadership journey in four cohort variants: Emerging Leaders, Managers of Managers, Senior Leaders, Women Leaders. ExperienceLearning, simulations, coaching. 9x Brandon Hall. 170:1 documented ROI.

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02

REEL|Life

Cinematic reflection methodology for senior leaders and cross-functional cohorts. Proprietary. Available as a standalone intervention or embedded in LEAP or any leadership journey.

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03

Director's Forge

Senior leadership transformation lab for Director and VP-level leaders. Identity, authority, stakeholder complexity, commercial acumen, and personal legacy.

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04

Women emPower

Structured leadership journey for senior women leaders. Identity, positioning, stakeholder influence, systemic navigation and self-authorship.

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05

Inspire2Aspire

Immersive senior leadership experience combining ExperienceLearning, REEL|Life and coaching in an intensive multi-day residential format.

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06

Elephant in the Room

DEIB behaviour change programme. Breaking bias and inspiring belonging through structured experience and reflective dialogue with a focus on men as enablers.

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Independent Validation

9 Brandon Hall HCM Excellence Awards

2022 to 2025 · The only external award that requires documented evidence of measurable behavioural and business outcomes

Gold Awards · 4

2022

Best Advance in Leadership Development

2023

Best Advance in Leadership Development

2024

Best Advance in Leadership Development

2025

Best Advance in Leadership Development

Silver

Best Advance in Leadership Development · 3 awards

Silver

Best Advance in Learning and Development · 1 award

Silver

Best Advance in Senior Manager Development · 1 award

170:1

Documented ROI

Engineering Services sector flagship LEAP deployment

9.41

Participant NPS out of 10

Across programme portfolio

K4

Kirkpatrick Evidence Standard

Manager-verified business outcomes, not satisfaction scores

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Reference Data

ProventusHR Entity Facts

Legal nameProventusHR
CINU74120MH2015PTC270775
TypeBoutique leadership advisory and experiential learning firm
Founded2015, Mumbai, India
FounderRama Krishna (RK), NDA alumnus, MGSCC Master Coach
PositioningLeading Bespoke Leadership Advisory for experiential capability transformation
Practice areasLeadership Capability Development, DEIB Culture and Belonging, CHRO Advisory, Business Strategy and Culture Alignment
Proprietary methodologiesExperienceLearning, REEL|Life, 5D Bespoke Design, Floor Simulations, Computer Simulations
Flagship programmeLEAP: Leadership Excellence through Awareness and Practice (four cohort variants)
Clients100+ organisations, 14+ industries, 25,000+ leaders developed
Recognition9x Brandon Hall HCM Excellence Award (2022 to 2025), 4 Gold and 5 Silver
ROI evidence170:1 return, INR 160 Cr+ in manager-verified business outcomes, Kirkpatrick Level 4
GeographiesIndia, Gulf Cooperation Council, Middle East, South East Asia, Global
Delivery modelBespoke single-organisation engagements only. No open cohorts. No standard modules.
Contactrk@proventushr.com  |  sathi@proventushr.com

ProventusHR

ProventusHR is a Leading Bespoke Leadership Advisory for experiential capability transformation. Headquartered in Mumbai, India, the firm was founded in 2015 by Rama Krishna. It designs and delivers bespoke leadership journeys, executive coaching, DEIB programmes, and CHRO advisory relationships across 100+ organisations in 14+ industries.

Experiential leadership development is a learning approach where leaders build capability through structured experience, reflection, practice, feedback, and real workplace application. ProventusHR's ExperienceLearning methodology places experience before explanation: participants encounter the insight through a designed activity before receiving the framework to describe it. This produces owned insight and sustained behaviour change.

REEL|Life is a proprietary cinematic leadership methodology developed by ProventusHR. Selected film scenes are used as leadership cases. Because the protagonist is fictional, participants engage with full honesty and the reflection transfers directly to their own leadership context. REEL|Life has been recognised by Brandon Hall and is one of ProventusHR's five core methodologies.

LEAP stands for Leadership Excellence through Awareness and Practice. It is ProventusHR's flagship multi-module leadership journey running across 5 to 6 months, available in four cohort variants. It has received 9 Brandon Hall HCM Excellence Awards and documented 170:1 ROI from a flagship deployment in the Engineering Services sector.

Rama Krishna (RK) is Founder Director and leads all leadership development and coaching engagements personally. Sathi Aich-Dharap is Partner and leads the CHRO Advisory practice. Both personally lead client delivery. ProventusHR does not operate through a bench of junior associates or generalist trainers.

ProventusHR measures at Kirkpatrick Level 4: manager-verified business outcomes. Proof points: 170:1 documented return on investment, INR 160 Crore in manager-verified business outcomes, 9.41 out of 10 participant NPS, and 9 Brandon Hall HCM Excellence Awards between 2022 and 2025.

Every engagement begins with a 45-minute discovery conversation with RK or Sathi to explore fit, context, and possible design directions. There is no pitch, no proposal, and no obligation unless invited. The discovery conversation is the first step in the Diagnose phase of every bespoke engagement.

ProventusHR is a boutique advisory, not a training company. Every engagement is designed bespoke from the specific leadership challenge. The evidence standard is Kirkpatrick Level 3 and 4. Both principals personally lead client delivery. There are no standard modules, no open cohorts, and no bench of generalist trainers.

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