Neelesh kulkarni is a management graduate from FMS Delhi University who quit the corporate world in 1985 to start his own venture. He continues to run his company while finding time to do many other things.
He is a theatre and voice-over artist with almost 50 plays and over a thousand voice-overs under his belt.
He set up and continues to lead as Master Coach the ‘Speak to change foundation’, which works to enhance communication skills amongst children from less privileged backgrounds.
He has been a cricket commentator, covered almost 100 matches, and is an avid reader and traveller.
He has recently joined ‘Clownsellors’ and goes clowning monthly to Kids’ hospitals, old age homes, and schools for kids with special needs to help them smile.
His first book, ‘In the footsteps of Rama- travels with the Ramayana’ ( co-authored with Vikrant Pande), published by Harper Collins, has been a runaway success. It is already an audio book, and a six-part documentary series based on it is being shot currently and will be on OTT platforms by Divali. The first edition has sold out, and a paperback edition is in the market since April 2022. In addition, Westland books invited him to be a part of the anthology ‘Where the Gods dwell- thirteen temples and their (hi) stories’ released in November 2021.
His third book, ‘All India Radio – The Great Unifier’ for HarperCollins, is in the press and due for release over the next few months.
He is currently working on a mega book on an absolutely unknown episode of the freedom struggle and another on Delhi University.