Education
Shamoly Khera’s Bedazzle helps people to master the art of self-confidence
New Delhi: Shamoly Khera a multi-faceted speaker, a TV presenter, producer, public speaker and speaking coach who has made her mark in the Indian media and TV industry. Khera is coming up with her latest book titled ‘Bedazzle’ where she answers several mind boggling questions that we come across in our daily lives but never really work towards them to find an answer.
Some of these questions include– ‘How one's childhood can have a deep impact on one's self-confidence?’, ‘What affects a person’s confidence adversely and why does that matter?’, ‘How do animals with lesser thinking capacity step out to hunt, deeply motivated, every single day, despite a previous failed attempt?’, ‘How a sportsperson performs repeatedly even after multiple failures?’, ‘Where does that confidence come from, despite of a past failure and what can we learn from this?’, and ‘Our environment can affect the way our confidence is built everyday?
Answers to these critical questions have the potential to change one’s life. However, most people are so busy in their daily lives that they do not really focus on them and continue the way they are going.
The book is published by Bloomsbury and is available in both Paperback and Kindle editions here. #BedazzleTheBook is also trending in the non-fiction pre-order lists.
“I have always been intrigued by what makes a person more confident than the others – and often you will notice that confidence has a deeper correlation to success than talent. This book is an exploration of what one can do to achieve a level of eternal confidence, by being able to create a stream of constant infinite confidence within, through practical insights,” says Khera.
Hailing from the field of medicine and with a special interest in neuroscience, Khera believes in backing every remark with apt research. “I believe in factual evidence and I avoid making a point until and unless strongly supported by relevant studies. Finding the missing link between a confident and an under-confident person, Bedazzle aims to stimulate the reader in understanding his own psyche of success. Each person’s disposition is different, and we all get affected by failures and success differently,” adds Khera.
Bedazzle deconstructs the core aspects of subconscious motivation in all such scenarios and handpicks the triggers to understand confidence at a deeper level so that anyone can use it to their best advantage. The book reveals multiple action plans that can aid a person in developing and maintaining consistent confidence, awakening deep motivation in self and actualizing one’s full self-potential. Bedazzle unravels the perceptions of the human mind and how we can rewire our inner programming to reinforce positive perceptions.
Bedazzle reveals the art and science of confidence in today’s world. The book puts a spotlight on how the human mind has the power to self-actualize its truest potential through self-evaluation, self awareness and reach heights of achievement. As they say that those who are truly awakened to their inner powers can truly Bedazzle.
Khera penned the book during the lockdown. “This idea came to me sometime last year but it fully caught steam only in the months of lockdown. Lockdown has provided many writers and artists the perfect environment for brewing ideas and giving them shape –for only in such dedicated environments do novel ideas thrive!’
She goes on to mention that self belief is most important for a person’s confidence. “Because what you believe about yourself to be true, turns out to be a self-fulfilling prophecy, so believe carefully – and when you do, believe fully!’
Khera has had an illustrious career and been the face of various television networks, such as Zee, TLC, Colors and MBC and has devised multiple shows that impacted across cultures and continents.
Currently, she is the director at her content distribution house, One Take Media Co. With an unflinching passion for the field of neuroscience and performance psychology, she has founded 'Speak to Inspire Academy' – where she has coached hundreds of leaders to become impactful speakers and discover their authentic story.
Education
Scaler appoints new heads for its online and offline businesses
Amar Srivastava becomes chief executive of the online business and group chief product officer; Vidit Jain takes charge of the offline schools
BENGALURU: Scaler is shuffling its top deck as the AI skilling race heats up. The Bengaluru-based tech education company has elevated two senior executives to lead its online and offline businesses, signalling a sharper push into an AI-driven market.
Amar Srivastava, previously senior vice president for product and business, has been appointed chief executive of the online business and group chief product officer. Vidit Jain has been elevated to senior vice president and head of Scaler School, taking charge of the company’s offline education units, the Scaler School of Business and the Scaler School of Technology.
The company has also recently appointed Ratnakar Reddy as head of enterprise for India and the Middle East and North Africa, with a brief to drive partnerships with governments and enterprises for AI-led skilling programmes.
Abhimanyu Saxena, co-founder of Scaler, said the promotions reflect the company’s confidence in both leaders and the direction it is heading. “Amar and Vidit have been central to Scaler’s journey, and their elevations reflect our conviction in their leadership and the direction we are shaping as a company,” he said. “With leadership now in place across the business, we remain focused on building engineers the world’s best companies want to hire. In an AI-first economy, that mission is more urgent and more achievable than ever. Our next chapter is centred on building an AI-native workforce from India, equipped to compete in a technology-driven global economy.”
Srivastava brings over a decade of experience building education-focused ventures. He previously founded Intellify and was part of the early team at Doubtnut. At Scaler, he will lead the online business with a focus on growth, profitability and expansion into new segments, while strengthening the product ecosystem across the group. He is blunt about what the AI economy actually needs. “The AI economy does not have a shortage of tools. It has a shortage of engineers who can think clearly, build reliably, and keep learning as the ground shifts. That is what we are building toward,” he said.
Jain brings more than 15 years of experience across startups and consulting, including stints at MPL and McKinsey and Company. He will oversee growth and profitability of Scaler’s offline business. His priorities are immediate and unambiguous. “The offline experience is where depth gets built, and that depth is critical in the AI era. Over the next 12 months, our focus will be on consistent growth, stronger unit economics, and delivering outcomes for students while building long-term employer partnerships,” he said.
Founded in 2019, Scaler is valued at $710 million and backed by Peak XV Partners, Tiger Global and Lightrock India. Its parent firm, InterviewBit, has featured on the Financial Times’ Asia Pacific High Growth Companies rankings every year from 2021 to 2025. On average, Scaler’s learners see a 4.5x return on investment and a salary increase of around 126 per cent.
With leadership locked in across every business unit, Scaler is betting that the next wave of global tech hiring will be won or lost on the quality of engineers coming out of India. It is a big bet. But the numbers, and the promotions, suggest the company is in no mood to hedge.
