Our guests today are Kedar & Chandrika Nayak: Founders of Octavium Music Academy. Kedar Nayak, also known as ‘Viku’ to many, started his career journey 30 years ago as an entrepreneur in Bar Code Technology and Computer Education. He then forayed into Learning & Development, designing and delivering training programs for several organisations across business spaces. Being an avid musician from his college days, Kedar moved away from everything he was doing to set up Octavium Music Academy in 2013. His focus now is on making, quality music learning available to those who seek it. He is the bassist of Dr. Prakash Sontakke Group which has two albums to its name. Apart from music, Kedar was active in Bangalore’s motorsport scene from the late 1980s to the early 90s and has dabbled in journalism as well. Chandrika has over 27 years of experience in the Learning & Development function, of which 13 years are in corporate organizations. Her last corporate assignment was as Head of People Development at Philips Innovation Campus, Bengaluru. She started her own consulting practice ‘ThoughtWeave’ in the space of people development in 2011 she has since been a Leadership coach, workshop facilitator, and HR consultant for start-ups, mid and large organizations. She is the Co-founder of Octavium and drives its Academy Operations, Curriculum Development, and student engagement initiatives. Listen in as they share their journey, the academy, parenting tips & life lessons.

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