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AIMC is
creating a presence
that can’t be
forgotten!

AIMC is an executive education, training, coaching organization. We have trained over 2000 corporate professionals on various aspects such as business dressing & grooming, business etiquette, effective communication, behavioral skills, luxury selling skills, personal branding, leadership skills, and executive presence. We have top-line trainers, consultants, and coaches who deliver international standard training. Our expertise lies in experiential learning through indoor and outdoor workshops. Auraa Image Management & Consulting was born of a very strong desire to make a difference in people’s lives and is based on a rock-solid foundation of corporate leadership skills & people skills. Having been part of a very competitive, multicultural work environment, the founders understand the dynamics of national & international businesses and the necessity of projecting an appropriate professional image in order to succeed.

We have served companies from IT, Non-IT, banking, and financial companies, manufacturing companies, retail, luxury retail brands, premium hospitals, legal firms, major educational institutions, Government of India, the big 4 consulting firms and more. Our expertise also lies in consulting and coaching the mid and senior-level executives in the corporate firms on creating good executive presence and demonstrating true power along with empathy and emotional intelligence. We take the leaders from the positional leadership to an inspirational leadership level.

We are honored to have been recognized and awarded in both the key areas of our work - image consulting and corporate

Why Choose Us?

Forerunners of Image Management services in the country, wehave worked on many training assignments with fortune 500 companies & several other niche firms. In our exciting journey of many years we have grown to be the experts of our field & we thrive on achieving desired outcomes.

We offer a wide range of solutions in corporate trainings, personality development, business coaching & trainer certificate programmes. Customizing the training programmes for maximum results is our forte. We are a team of competent, committed, result oriented, passionate, professional& reliable trainers.

Our Team

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Samira Chandra Gupta

Director

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
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Pankhuri Gupta

Image Consultant and Soft Skills Trainer

Pankhuri Gupta is a graduate in Fashion Designing from NIFT, India and a post-graduate in Fashion Marketing from LIM College, New York. She has worked with Fashion brands like Myntra, Promostyl (a trend forecasting agency based in Paris), Calvin Klein, BMW, Macy's Inc, Fossil and many more. She has global experience of working with clients and their needs from various industries. 

This interest of working with clients drove her towards styling, photography, makeovers, wardrobe management and so on, which is why she took up Image Consulting. She is now a certified Image Consultant and helps her clients in creating their best version from the inside as well as outside. She works with them at a holistic level which includes Appearance Management, Non-verbal Communication and Body Language. Pankhuri is also a Digital Marketing expert which equips her to help her clients build their Digital Personal Brand. 

She aims to create a positive development in the lives of her clients and aid them to accomplish their goals by looking, feeling and being their best versions!

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Bharathi Patnaik

Law Graduate & Soft Skills Trainer

Bharathi is a law graduate and very passionate about how human psyche behaves, especially in relationships and career. For the same reason, she gravitated towards coaching people to empower them to live their lives to the fullest. She has coached hundreds of couples, giving them an all-new perspective of their partner, relationship and life.

What gives Bharthi that competitive edge?

The keen listener
First and foremost, Bharthi is a keen listener. Her ear for details is astounding. When she is with her client, the focus is cent per cent. She will patiently hear out, picking up the minutest of details including the intended meanings.

The good samartian
The cultural richness and compassion that Bharthi exudes, enables her to go beyond any barriers to connect and create a safe haven for the clients to open up and contribute to finding the right solution.

The thorough professional
She is a thorough professional who is extremely reliable in solving problems in the personal dimension. Soft-spoken stable and emotionally empowered, Bharthi comes with the right set of skills and attitude needed to be the right sounding board. Her emotional strength and practical mind makes her an impactful coach.

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Nayanika Chandra

HR Professional & Soft Skills Trainer

Nayanika Chandra is an HR Professional and Soft Skills Trainer.

She is a graduate from Delhi University and completed her post-graduate diploma in Human Resources and Administration from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai. As an HR professional, she is acquainted with evaluating organizational and individual training requirements, devising and implementing learning strategies and programs and bringing about positive changes. She helps her clients develop strong Communication Skills, Behavioral Skills and Body Language.

She is passionate about helping her clients build a professional image and enhance their personal brand.

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