Culture Coach

The function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers. - Ralph Nader
Narayana is culture coach and actively mentors several students, friends and colleagues He organised hackathons, mentored and upskilled participants
2021
Mentor
Griffith Industry Mentoring Program, July - Sep 2021
Mentored Jay, a student of Masters in Information Technology and Information Systems Management at Griffith UniversityI Mentoring involved 6 x 30-minute sessions consisting of goal setting, career development and progression, networking tips and tricks, resume and interview preparation guidance, internship/graduate programs and reflection.

Story telling Hackathon
IBM Internal lab, July 2021
Organized a lab level 3-day TED style story telling hackathon, where participants show demoes or tell a story creatively in 8 minutes to educate/inspire the audience. The event helped tone presentation skills of participants.

Group Mentoring
University of New South Wales, 18 June 2021
Along with a colleague participated in a one hour group mentoring session for four UNSW Business Society students who won the case competition around sustainability.

Mentoring on the move
Griffith University, 7 May 2021
Attended a mentoring on the move event, where he mentored 4 students from Griffith in a one-off session 7 - 9:30am where mentors walk along with mentees in the campus and have breakfast together.
Mentor
Griffith Industry Mentoring Program, Mar - May 2021
Mentored Kartick, a student from Griffith University. Mentoring involved 6 x 30-minute sessions consisting of goal setting, career development and progression, networking tips and tricks, resume and interview preparation guidance, internship/graduate programs and reflection.

Mentor
Robogals Monash Mentorship Program, Oct 2020 - Apr 2021
Mentored Ranuli, a second year mechatronics student from Monash University and other students through group mentoring sessions. Mentoring involved six 1 hour monthly sessions over a period of six months covering a wide range of career topics
Zero Trust Hackathon
IBM Internal lab, March 2021
Organized a lab level 3-day hackathon, where participants demonstrate use-cases around how adopting a Zero trust architecture/mindset in security products offers enhanced security. The event upskilled participants in principles of zero trust framework.
2020
CP4S Hackathon
IBM Internal lab, Dec 2020
Organized a lab level 3-day hackathon, where participant show federated search use case can be leveraged to proactively threat hunt and enrich SOC (Security Operations Centre) investigations The event upskilled participants in open standards such as STIX.
IBM Mentor
Digital Defence Hackathon, Nov 2020
Acted as IBM Mentor over the weekend of 21st and 22nd November for Digital Defence hackathon

Remarkable Mentor Nominee
Griffith University 23 Oct 2020
Received Griffith Industry Mentoring Remarkable Mentor Nominee award and was invited for Breakfast to celebrate the achievement with fellow mentor nominees. Narayana's nominee has nominated him for the award
Mentor
Griffith Industry Mentoring Program, July - Sep 2020
Mentored Sahil Singh, a student of Bachelor of multimedia with a major in entertainment and games programming at Griffith University. Mentoring involved multiple sessions consisting of goal setting, career development and progression, networking tips and tricks, resume and interview preparation guidance, answering questions from mentee.
Mentor
Griffith Industry Mentoring Program, July - Sep 2020
Mentored Kwan, a student pursuing Masters in security and networking from Griffith University. Mentoring involved an 1 hour session where he discussed resume preparation, goal setting, courses to complete and networking tips.
IBM Mentor
Call for Code University Edition, Apr, May and June 2020
Acted as IBM Mentor for virtual hackathon for call for code over the weekend for the university edition where students participate in hackathon on saturday and judging is done on sunday
Mentor
Griffith Industry Mentoring Program, May 2020
Along with a colleague conducted mock interviews for two students from Griffith University.
Mentor
Central Queensland University, Mar 2020
Mentored Khate, Scott and Tejitha from CQU on how to participate in call for code challenge, and facilitated brainstorming of ideas for the challenge.
2019
Mentoring on the move
Griffith University, Aug 2019
Attended a mentoring on the move event, where he mentored 2 students from Griffith in a one-off session 7 - 9:30am where mentors walk along with mentees in the campus and have breakfast together.
Know Your Industry
Griffith University, July 2019
Participated in the event and interacted with students on how to plan their career and expectations from the industry.
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Griffith Industry Mentoring Program, May - June 2019
Mentored Jing, a Phd. student in machine learning from Griffith University. He invited Jing to the lab to get exposure to work culture at IBM, took him for lunch with IBM colleagues, played the escape room chaallenge, a social club team along with IBMers and also helped refine his CV.
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Griffith Industry Mentoring Program, Mar - May 2019
Mentored Marco, a masters student from Griffith University.