A highly experienced leader with over 29 years of multi-industry experience in management and leadership roles at various multinational corporations. She is the founder and CEO of DEEPA NAGARAJAN LLP which owns multiple business brands like Calyber, Krama and OKR League.
About Dr. Deepa Nagarajan
Dr. Deepa Nagarajan helps leadership teams turn strategy into week-on-week progress—through operating cadence, OKRs/IKRs, and pragmatic org design. She blends executive sparring with hands-on implementation so decisions travel from the boardroom into delivered work.
What she’s known for
Designing Strategic Growth Frameworks that connect goals, roles, and evidence
Installing decision-ready reviews (short, evidence-based; no ceremony)
Tightening handoffs and ownership across Product → Engineering → Ops
How she works
Clarifies outcomes, sets a 12-week plan, and runs a usable cadence
Upskills managers with simple playbooks so the rhythm survives without her
Tool-agnostic: OGSM, OKRs/IKRs (TRICEA™)—whatever fits your context
Snapshot & Credentials
153+ strategy-to-execution implementations (startup → Fortune 500; public sector & NGOs)
10,000+ hours of leadership coaching & check-ins facilitated
Work across 16+ industries in 10+ countries
Visiting Professor (NMIMS) — Brand & Diversity Management; workshops at IFIM
Author: Women on Board (leadership bestseller); forthcoming book on OKRs & alignment
TEDx speaker: The Power of Small Wins
Creator of TRICEA™, a field-tested OKR/IKR methodology for decision-ready reviews
Education: MS, Management of IT & ITES (University at Buffalo, USA); MS, MIS (Amrita School of Business); doctoral work in Human & Cultural Relationship Management
Recognition: Phenomenal Women Achiever — World Congress of Women (2019)
“I believe development of four key human intelligences and the underlying service orientation of the mind and existence are the key to disruptive developments in leadership and to help put these thoughts and ideas into result-oriented action, I founded Deepa Nagarajan LLP. Read more about my well-designed programs, customized each time to fit a new audience and new requirement. I use several, proven tools and methodologies in my workshops.I work with various corporates on development of enabled, emotionally intelligent workforce, helping the participants in general and women in particular, to take on greater leadership roles. I’d love to talk to you on how you can take these gifts of life, available to each one of us, with both your hands…”
