
Renu Vadhvani
Behaviorial Skills Facilitator | Capability Building Partner | Learning Designer
- Experience
- 15 years
- Corporate training
- 15+ yrs
About
Facilitator, capability-building partner and learning designer with 25+ years across Reliance Industries and Infosys. I facilitate participative, practice-led sessions in communication, presentation, leadership, managerial capability, design thinking and AI awareness for L&D and HR professionals. I can use existing content, customise it for the audience or build an intervention from scratch.
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Experience
May 2026 – Present
Facilitator | Capability Building Partner | Learning Designer
Self Employed
Freelance · Mumbai
Partnering with organisations and training companies on facilitation, capability building and learning-design assignments. My representative areas include communication, presentation and visual storytelling, stakeholder influence, behavioural and managerial development, design thinking, problem solv…
- Support L&D and HR professionals through facilitation capability, learning design and practical AI-awareness interventions.
- Use participative and application-focused methods, including simulations, role plays, visual cue cards, peer conversations and reflection.
- Design workshops, learning journeys, presentation decks, caselets, activities, facilitator guides and participant resources.
- Customise existing training content, examples and activities to suit the audience and organisational context.
- Facilitate virtual, classroom and blended sessions across communication, presentation, behavioural, managerial and leadership capabilities.
Jun 2019 – May 2026
Deputy General Manager—Capability Building
Reliance Industries
Full-time · Navi Mumbai
Led behavioural and leadership capability-building initiatives across diverse employee groups and business environments. Partnered with business leaders to identify capability needs and translate them into practical learning interventions. Designed and facilitated behavioural workshops, leadership i…
- Used learner data and stakeholder inputs to strengthen participation, utilisation and workplace application.
- Worked with external learning partners on content, delivery, budgets and programme quality.
- Managed large-scale capability initiatives from diagnosis and design through implementation, stakeholder engagement and adoption.
- Facilitated behavioural workshops, leadership interventions, induction programmes and blended learning journeys.
- Led enterprise-level behavioural and leadership capability-building initiatives across diverse businesses and employee populations.
- Partnered with business leaders, HR stakeholders and academy teams to identify capability priorities and translate them into learning interventions.
Jun 2018 – May 2019
Lead—Learning Governance and Capability Building
Reliance Industries
Full-time · Navi Mumbai
Led learning governance and capability initiatives across the Hydrocarbon business. Worked with business stakeholders and internal learning teams to identify needs, strengthen learning processes and improve consistency across academies and locations. Designed capability-building interventions for in…
- Led learning-governance and capability-building practices across the Hydrocarbon business.
- Worked with business stakeholders and learning academies to align processes, priorities and capability interventions.
- Developed and standardised learning policies, processes and operating practices across academy teams.
- Designed capability-building interventions for internal L&D teams in facilitation, learning design and consulting skills.
- Developed learning dashboards and analytics to support reviews and decision-making.
Apr 2014 – May 2018
Senior Manager—Learning Technology and Innovation
Reliance Industries
Full-time · Navi Mumbai
Led digital-learning and learning-technology initiatives aimed at increasing learner engagement and adoption. Managed enterprise learning-catalogue implementation, e-learning development, deployment and partner coordination. Introduced approaches such as gamification, mobile learning, MOOCs and simu…
- Led digital-learning and learning-technology initiatives across the organisation.
- Managed the implementation and adoption of enterprise-wide digital-learning catalogues.
- Designed strategies to increase learner awareness, participation and engagement with digital-learning platforms.
- Managed the end-to-end development, deployment and tracking of e-learning programmes.
- Introduced approaches such as mobile learning, gamification, MOOCs, simulations and blended learning.
- Partnered with internal stakeholders and external vendors to develop scalable learning solutions.
- Monitored learner-engagement data and used insights to strengthen communication and adoption.
Oct 2004 – Apr 2014
Principal—Education, Training and Assessment
Infosys
Full-time · Bangalore, Chandigarh
Contributed to behavioural and leadership development through learning design, facilitation, digital learning and capability-building initiatives. Designed classroom programmes, participant resources, toolkits, activities, role plays and e-learning modules based on identified capability needs. Facil…
- Designed behavioural and leadership-learning interventions based on identified capability needs.
- Developed classroom content, participant manuals, facilitator resources, activities, caselets, role plays and assessment materials.
- Facilitated behavioural-learning and Train-the-Trainer programmes for internal and external audiences.
- Conducted Train-the-Trainer programmes for engineering-college faculty in behavioural and soft-skills development.
- Designed SCORM-compliant e-learning modules and supported their deployment through internal learning platforms.
- Created visual communication and engagement material for learning programmes and internal campaigns.
- Collaborated with vendors and internal stakeholders to maintain content and delivery quality.
Oct 2002 – Sep 2004
Co-Founder and Senior Designer
Dreamchserz Design Solutions
Full-time · Delhi, NCR
Co-founded and managed a design practice specialising in visual communication, learning materials and instructional content for corporate clients. This experience developed the visual-design and storytelling perspective that I continue to bring to workshop design, presentations, participant resource…
- Co-founded and managed a design practice serving corporate clients.
- Worked with clients to understand their communication, learning-content and visual-design requirements.
- Designed instructional content, learning materials, presentations and communication collaterals.
- Translated complex information into clear, engaging and visually structured communication.
- Managed assignments from client briefing and concept development through design and final delivery.
- Coordinated project priorities, client feedback and delivery timelines.
Aug 2000 – Mar 2001
Designer
Jain Networks
Full-time · Delhi, NCR
- Designed visual and communication material based on project and audience requirements.
- Developed concepts, layouts and graphic assets for communication assignments.
- Organised information into clear and visually engaging formats.
Training Programs
Credentials
Certifications
Certified FaciliTraining Practitioner—CFTP
F.O.L.K.S School of Facilitation and Learning · 2024
Innovation of Products and Services: MIT’s Approach to Design Thinking
MIT · 2018
Six Disciplines of Breakthrough Learning
6D’s Company · 2016
Certified Professional Behaviour Analyst—DISC
2013
Transactional Analysis—TA 10
2012
Certificate in Graphic Design Technology
NIFT, Delhi · 2000
Education
- MBA—Human Resources ManagementMasters
Indira Gandhi National Open University · 2004-2008
- Certificate in Instructional DesigningOther
Symbiosis · 2006-2007
- Bachelor of ArtsBachelors
University of Delhi · 1997-2000
Clientele
Profile submitted 14 Sept 2026


