Venkata Nanduri is a mechanical engineer and management coach with entrepreneurial and business consulting experience helping small and medium enterprises. He has held several executive positions in trade and industry in India, Qatar, Kenya and Botswana where he has resided for the past 25 years. He holds a MPhil degree in Management Coaching from the University of Stellenbosch Business School in South Africa, and is currently pursuing a PhD degree in Management Science. Venkata Nanduri is a registered coach with the South African professional body COMENSA (Coaches and Mentors of South Africa), and a Member of Botswana Institute of Engineers and MIE (Member of theInstitution of Engineers, India).