Shikhar Outward Bound Institute is an organization that pioneered outdoor intervention programs for corporate India, conducting the first program for the Taj group in 1980. It offers a variety of team building and leadership development programs at different intensity levels and time investments, with outcomes including trust, respect, collaboration, and breakthroughs. Some key programs are the iSummit program, international exchanges, mountaineering expeditions, and rural development work. The institute has worked with over 35,500 executives from many major companies. It is staffed by experienced professionals in outdoor education, management, and human resources.

1. Shikhar Outward Bound Institute

2. not a nature trails company…

3. not a picnic event handling company…

4. An organisation that pioneered
Outbound Intervention
for Corporate India
Conducted the first Program for the Taj group in 1980

5. Multifaceted- And So Quality Experience
Shikhar
Outward BoundCorporate
International
Exchange
Mountaineering
Expeditions & Adventure
sportsOutward Bound
Institute
Corporate
Training
NGO- Rural & Child
Development
sports

6. Program Spectrum
Programs Soul
Program
iSummit Team Build Annual
Conference
Teamergisers
Treasure /
Scavenger
Hunt
/Murder
mystery
Level Maximum
Intensity
High
Intensity
Medium
Intensity
Low
Intensity
High
Energy
Emphasis Real
Social
High Ropes
+
Low Ropes Outdoor
+ Indoor
Orienteering
Social
Contribution
+
Low Ropes
+ Indoor
Activities
Time
Investment
2 – 3 days 2 – 3 days 1 – 2 days 2 hours to 1 day Full day
Half day
2 hours
Outcomes -Sense of team
& team pride in
making a social
contribution.
- Never-forget
experience
-Trust & Mutual
Respect
- Collaboration
- Breaking Silos
- Individual
breakthrough
- Team Pride
-Team openness
- Team
cohesiveness
- Communication
- One-team feel
-Team Energy and
signal one team.
- Joy,energy and fun
being part of this
team.
- Signal annual credo
-out of the mundane
- High energy and
fun bringing life to
a drab indoor,
day-long session
Team Size Less than 20 Small Group
Less than 30
Large & Small
Groups
Large & Small
Groups
Large Groups

7. About Shikhar Outward Bound Institute
• Corporate OBI – THE SHIKHAR iSummit Program
– More than 1,950 ‘iSummit’ Programs has been successfully done.
– Have trained over 35,500 executives from MNC and Indian companies across senior and
middle level teams.
– ‘iSummit’ has been used by clients for:
. Team Building and Team Bonding
. Conflict Resolution and Change Management
. Leadership
• Best Practice sharing – Tata AIG,
• Vision formation – Paper Products Ltd., Cognizant
• Team energy – TCS, HCL-HP,Colgate Palmolive.
• Catalyst to sales budget meeting – Wyeth, Castrol.
• Train the trainer – Hutch3G.
• Breaking Silos – J&J.
• Team Cohesiveness – Castrol, UNICEF.Lupin,GE Shipping
• Induction – Wockhardt, Crompton Greaves.
• Client Relationship Building – Lloyds –UK & Polaris

8. About Shikhar Outward Bound Institute
• International Exchange
– Conducting exchange programs since 1982
– Forged links with schools in England- students and teachers visit India for
mountaineering expeditions, cultural exchange and rural development
programs.
– Forest community school, Thomas Benet community college, Ifield college,
and Bhasvic School are our links.and Bhasvic School are our links.
• Mountaineering Expeditions & Adventure Sports
– The team has conducted over 40 high altitude treks and 12 Himalayan team
expeditions
– Basic training programs in Skiing, Para gliding, Rock climbing. Training sites
are in Kashmir, Solang Nala-HP and Auli-UP.White water rafting in Manali
and Rishikesh.

9. About Shikhar Outward Bound Institute
• NGO - Rural & Child Development
– Have developed and run our own campsite at Ambivli, 80 Kms from
Mumbai.
– Work with select communities to provide education, sanitary facilities,
agricultural inputs and voluntary labour.
– Have adopted 30 schools educating till std. 4 in Kalyan Taluka- supply
educational equipment, books shoes, uniforms etceducational equipment, books shoes, uniforms etc
– Run medical checkups, sport camps and excursions for the kids

10. Outbound Intervention

11. Our Clients – Our Strength
• AHP Mfg, BV
• Airtel
• Ajanta Pharma
• Alchemy
• Aramax
• Anglo Eastern
• Anglo Eastern
Shipping
• ACC
• B Fouress {P) Ltd
• Bhasvic UK
• B – Braun
• Crompton Greaves
• Crompton Greaves
Corporate
• Ciba UK
• Edelweiss Capital
• E ffem
• Exxon Mobil
• Firmenich
• Fulford India
• Forum
• GE Shipping
• HSBC Bank
• IBM
• ICI Prudential
• Johnson & Johnson
• J & J Medical
• JW Marriott
• K Raheja Corp
• Kesari Tours
• Kodak Films
• KPMG
• Lintas
• Sandoz
• Shopper’s Stop
• Standard Chartered
Bank
• Swedish Match
• Taj group of Hotels
• Tata AIG General
• Tata AIG Claims
• Tata AIG Finance
• Tata Interactive
• Tata-Libert
• Tatatel• B – Braun
• Bayer (India)
• Bayer Corp Science
• Bharati Axa
• Blue Dart
• Big Cinema
• Capital One
• Captech Online
• Carestream-Kodak
• Castrol BP
• Centrum Capital
• Cholamandalam
• Clariant India
• Cognizant Tech.
• Colgate Palmolive
• Crisil
• GE Shipping
• General Mills
• Genpact
• Glaxo SmithKline
• Godrej Corporate
• Godrej & Boyce
• Godrej Agrovat
• Godrej GE
• Givadaun
• GTL
• Harry Collection
• HCL-HP
• Herdillia Chemicals
• Hughes Telecom
• Hutch-3g
• HSBC Asset
Mangmt.
• Lintas
• Lupin
• Mattel Toys
• Madison Outdoor
• Neon Laboratories
• Oracle
• P&O Nedlloyd
• Paper Products
• PepsiCo
• Polaris-Lloyds(UK)
• Qualcomm
• Quest International
• RPG Life Science
• Raymond
• SMS College of
Edn. Shrinagar
• Sun Alliance UK
• Tatatel
• TCS
• Times Jobs.Com
• Toshniwal Brothers
• Trent
• Tyco
• Tech Process
Solutions
• UNICEF India
• U to solutions
• Videojet technologies
• Varian Medical
Systems
• Wockhardt
• WPP – Portland
• Wyeth Lederle
• Westside

12. The iSummit Program
• Designed and developed with management consultant Dr N H Athreya.
• Consulted with John Robbins – Community Tutor, UK.
• Hands on experience and involvement in Outbound activities in the UK.

13. The iSummit Philosophy
Lurking within each one of us is
the possibility of a new Individual Summit
Confidence and trust gained from that endeavor has theConfidence and trust gained from that endeavor has the
power to transform and create
strong individuals and teams.
The iSummit is a springboard

14. Tight Tasks
Narrow
Skills
Broad
Skills
iSummit Method
Loose Tasks
Fun Self
Awareness
Low Intensity High Intensity

15. Across Levels – Our Strength
• Case of Bayer
– 11 Summit programs across Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkatta and Chennai
– 270 senior and middle level managers participated
– Objective to invigorate team involvement across levels and function.
– Unique processing experience helped members even with high age
differences work together to achieve individual effectiveness. Ex. the
youngest was 27 years and the oldest was 6 months away from retirement.
• Case of Wyeth Lederle
– 9 Summit programs in Mumbai– 9 Summit programs in Mumbai
– 250 senior, middle and executive level employees
– Started with the Director/GM level first.
– Subsequently mandated to run program across all middle and junior levels.
• Case Hughes Telecom
– 9 Summit programs
– Started with the Management group( incl. CEO)
– Extended to the middle level across the company. Mandate in a week after
the first program.

16. More Cases
• Tata AIG
– 15 OB Interventions since 2004
– All India Functional Teams – Marketing, Claims and Finance
– Part of the Leadership Series to drive Team and Individual Insights.
Program one with the managers of tomorrow.
– 180 executives across levels and functions.
– Planned with the Management Team and the Regional MD teams in
Kolkatta and Delhi.Kolkatta and Delhi.
• Hutch 3G
– 13 OB Interventions done since 2004
– Across functions and product groups.
– HR, Trainers, Finance & IT, Australia & UK Product teams,
Quality,Operations.
– 450 employees.

17. Human Resource Interventions
• Designing and Conducting workshops / training for Individual development and
retention
• Developing Competency and Skill Matrix, conducting competency assessment
workshops
• Formulating Competency based appraisal systems and its successful
implementation
• Implementing Processes Enhancement, Systems & Technology, Individual Role
and Organization Restructuring
• Building trust, Conducting Employee Engagement Programs enabling employee
adaptation
• Supporting Transitions and Coaching frontline managers with their direct reports
and vise-versa

18. Team of Professionals
• Mahesh Chaturvedi
– Graduated from Cambridge
– Conducting the Shikhar iSummit Program with Corporate since inception in
1980.
– Trained mountaineer and outdoor education instructor.
– Introduced the first ever artificial Rock Climbing wall in India
– Torch bearer at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics– Torch bearer at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics
• Dr N. H Athreya
– Management expert and Trainer.
– Educationist and professional problem solver with over 40 years of Industry
experience

19. Team of Professionals
• M D’costa
– MBA and faculty at NMIMS
– Ex AVP & Client Services Director – J Walter Thompson. Ex. O&M
– 20 years experience in Account Management
– Directed communications strategy and programs for MNC and National
brands.
• Rajiv Kumar Luv
– Experienced trainer in the field of Attitudes, Success Orientation, Mind
Management, Personal Growth and Memory Development
– Has conducted programs with Reliance, Mukund, BP, HP, Asian Paints etc
– Associated with NMIMS conducting 12-day personality development
programs.

20. Team of Professionals
• Dexter Valles
– MMS from NMIMS.
– 18 years of International Marketing, higher education and behavioural training
– experience.
– Previously Head of International marketing operations worldwide with
– Crompton Greaves Ltd and General Manager International Ops, Batliboi International
– Dean of the Business School – Empire Institute of Learning - Hosts of Wigan & Leigh,
– UK and Cambrian College of Applied Arts & Technology, Canada.
– CEO Valmar International- Training in Team Effectiveness,
– Managerial Competence Building, Customer Service, Selling Skills,
– Grooming & Etiquette, Communication, Leadership and Creativity for the last 4 years.
• Shubha Rajmohan
– Post Graduate from NMIMS with over 10 years of experience in Human Resources,
– Training and Development and Facilitation Skills.
– In her corporate career worked with organizations viz. Tata British Petroleum, Castrol and
Tata AIG General Insurance Company in leadership positions.
– Organized and led company wide visioning and change initiative sessions.
– Designed and executed training programmes and development programme curriculum for
employees, managers and senior managers.
– Designed and facilitated team interventions and individual coaching sessions.
– Currently founder and core trainer for “leadstart” – a training and HR consulting firm.

21. Team of Professionals
• Sudipta Bhowmik
– Tech in Mining & Minerals Engg., from Regional Engineering College ,Rourkela and
PGDBA (HR) from Institute for Technology and Management
– Worked with Indian Rare Earths Ltd, under the Department of Atomic Energy for 6 years
in Tamilnadu
– Currently handles Corporate Training programmes for executives of Hexaware
Technologies, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Ltd., Reliance Energy Ltd.,
Reliance Industries Ltd., TATA Institute of Fundamental Research, Indian Institute of
Capital Markets, to name a few.
• Pankaj Dcosta
– Close to 10yrs experience, an MBA specialized in Human Resource from NMIMS
– In his corporate career worked with organizations viz. ICICI Bank, Essel Propack, P&O
Nedlloyd, Maersk, Avalon Global Research.
– Responsible for implementation of OD and Change initiatives.
– Designed and Developed Recruitment / Competency Matrix / Performance Appraisal
along with other HR Processes and Practices across the organization.
– Facilitating and Mentoring for employees, handling grievance, managing conflicts.
– Training and Induction of new recruits, Performing evaluation and skill gap analysis.
• And many more

22. What sets us Apart
• Ability to run programs across the country
• Briefing, conceptualizing and delivery of experience done by the same
team.
• No delegation to junior staff.
• Vast experience doing senior level and specialist functional groups.
• Even other training companies have called us to conduct their outbound
team builds.
• Tie up with the certified trainer to run the UK-based Belbin Team Role
Analysis, MBTI, Firo –B, True Colors and other instruments.

23. Office: C-406, La-Chappell, Evershine Nagar, Malad (W), Mumbai-400064