About Nalanda Joglekar
Hi, I’m Nalanda.
I share thoughtful stories to help you cut through the noise. Discover people, places and paradigms that guide you in this adventure called life.
I’ve put together a self paced online course – Grant Writing Essentials – to take you from a confused to a confident writer in a matter of weeks. That’ll the first actionable course about grant writing in India. Read more here.
I’ve never confined myself to one role, skill or job. I’ve let my interests and sense of adventure lead me on.
My adventures include:
- Opening and managing a thriving bookshop.
- Learning on the job in the nascent e-learning industry in India.
- Walking a 1000 km across the Gobi Desert in Mongolia supported by Bactrian camels and a Kazhak crew.
- Up-skilling my way to head Operations of a Business Unit with a 4500 head-count in an Indian Technology Major.
- Trekking in the Indian Himalayas, and on multi-day hikes in the Alps.
- Turning around a loss making gymnasium in the middle of the pandemic.
- Surviving being scammed by a someone I called a friend.
- Traveling to 24 countries.
- Seeing a snow leopard in the wild among the high peaks of Ladakh.
- Heading an nonprofit to create life changing adventure experience for persons with and without disabilities in India.
- Walking 63 KM in a day to raise Rs 1.12 lakhs in funding for a cause.
- Launching a handmade clothing accessories and home decor business.
- Crafting kickass grant proposals for nonprofits in India with a top grant of Rs 22 lakhs.
- Completing several triathlons, half marathons and a Half Ironman race.
- And now, making nonprofits funding ready.
