Samira Chandra Gupta, the founder and chief consultant of Auraa Image Management and Consultancy (AIMC), is an experienced senior facilitator in corporate consultancy, learning,and development. She has remarkable aptitude to deliver tangible results through her dynamic approach.

AIMC is a premium image management company offering elite training, consultancy, and coaching services. Their intricate corporate solutions – image and impression management, business dressing, executive presence, emotional intelligence, body language, strategic planning, leadership skills, self awareness and management, work-life balance, selling skills, conflict management, stress management, interpersonal relations, and time management – have trained and grown an excess of 250 corporate companies. In addition, they specialize in Executive Presence and leadership coaching for senior executives (mainly C-Suite Executives), entrepreneurs, and business owners.

Samira founded AIMC with a strong desire to make a positive difference in people’s lives through her people skills, corporate leadership and training. Her competitive and multicultural work experiences have given her a multi-faceted understanding of international business and necessity of projecting the appropriate professional image to achieve success. It is her ability to nurture people that drives their excellence.

Samira developed a strong corporate association when she worked with multinational companies such as Collier International and Tishman Speyer. These professional work environments led her to embark on the path of image consultancy and training. She has thus amassed22 years of experience in training corporate and executive clients from various sectors including real estate, hospitality, life insurance, and apparel industries has been a driving force in garnering success. She has gone on to acquire an excess of 100 renowned, accomplished and successful clients including Deloitte, Samsung, Kohler, Pearson, Yes Bank, Mahindra, S Chand Publishing, and Tata Consultancy Services to name a few.

Samira is also an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode where she attained her Master’s in Business Administration and Management. She is an NLP Practitioner and National Award winning Senior Image Consultant. She has certifications in Life Coaching (ICF), Relationship Coaching (ICF), Neuro Linguistic Programming (NFNLP), and Image Consultancy (Conselle Institute of Image Management, USA). Apart from her certifications in The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Franklin Covey) and Wine Etiquette Trainer (WSET, London); she is an MGSCC Global Leadership Assessment (GLA)-360 certified coach which enables her to conduct 360 degree assessments for leaders. She is currently pursuing the Master Practitioner NLP and Advanced Life Coach Programmes from ANLP (India) and ECNLP (Australia) respectively.

AIMC is currently based in Delhi NCR, Gurugram, and Pune; with expansion plans in the near future.

Samira is also an avid body language reader and learner.

Awards:

• “Exceptional Woman of Excellence - 2018” – by Women’s Economic Forum (WEF)
• “Leadership Award 2017 - Business Excellence” – National Award by Image Management Professionals Association (IMPA)
• “Female Real Estate Professional of the year - South 2012” – by Realty Plus Excellence Awards.

Associations:

• Chairperson Gurgaon Chapter– All Ladies League
• Visiting Faculty – RICS, Amity University, Noida
• Visiting Faculty – Image Consulting Business Institute (ICBI)
• Social Responsibility – Patient Support Partner – Fortis & Max Hospitals

Always academically inclined Monika has received various International and national certifications in Behavioral skills, Image Management, Parenting and Spoken English. She specializes in helping entrepreneurs and professionals as well as new recruits, students, people changing locations for jobs or marriage and struggling to find time and know how to update their wardrobe and inner/outer image needs, according to their changing roles and goals. She truly believes that there is no substitute for a person’s skills and talent; however, a little packaging gives one a winning edge in this competitive age. When a person looks good, feels good and is self-motivated there is nothing that can stop him/her from achieving their fullest potential and expectations. Monika has featured in number of media articles and has recently been awarded the special Volunteer award for her work with TeachIndia initiate of Times of India.

Monika’s areas of expertise include Emotional Intelligence, Transactional Analysis, Image Consultancy, Body Language, Communication Skills, Conflict Resolution, Parenting and Stress Management.

Vandana Narang is an Image Consultant and a Soft Skills Trainer, who has work experience with clients from various fields for 18 years.

Vandana helps people transform themselves into their best version. She helps them find social acceptance, and feel good about themselves. She recommends them on wearing the right kind of colors, latest styles, shop for a new wardrobe, and put together incredible outfits that match both their built and personality. This may also include a change of how to do makeup and the overall grooming.

As an Image Consultant,Vandana works closely to assist her clients with a perfect makeover, improved vocal communication (speech, grammar, vocabulary), enhanced non-verbal communication (handshakes, postures, eye contact), and etiquettes - from dining to mobile handling. Personal shopping includes body and face shape analysis and shopping with the client to enhance their existing features.

Her areas of expertise include Makeovers, Soft Skills, Leadership Skills, First Impression, Hair Styling, Dining & Business Etiquette and Body Language.

Nidhi is a certified Image Consultant & a Soft Skills Trainer from Auraa Image Management & Consulting, an award winning (National Award 2017) Image Consulting Firm at Gurgaon.

Her mantra is to ‘Enhance Visual identities that open doors’ for her clients & is extremely passionate about creating strong personal brands for them while keeping their authentic styles as her key focus. She works very closely with her clients to help them develop their Self Image, Self-Confidence, Communication Skills, Behavioral Skills, Social and Business Etiquette, all of which helps shape the personality of her clients into their best version. Born and brought up at Delhi, she is a Graduate from Delhi University in Commerce &a certified Software professional from NIIT Delhi. She has had successful working experience at New York City with PAN American Travels Pvt. Ltd and at Gurgaon with Bosch & Lomb. She has also worked as a Senior Teacher in a leading IB School, Victorious KidssEducares at Pune, after completing her B.Ed. from ICFAI.

She is well travelled and has had multicultural exposure. Some of the countries she has lived in are: United States Of America, Europe & Asia, where she further enhanced her knowledge about different Clothing Styles, People Skills, Etiquette and is now contributing to the society and community by sharing her knowledge and skills to create positive differences in peoples lives.

She enjoys creating interesting wardrobes for her clients, helps them understand their personal styles, personal colors, body shapes, face shapes, make over and also helps them with their personal shopping goals for special occasions.