Hello again, I am Raj Shekhar Gubbala, and I thank you wholeheartedly for visiting my website.
What you are going to explore about me is both my personal and professional life journey….
On the Personal front: I am an easy-going, eco-friendly type of personality, had a lot of ambitions since my childhood to become something in life, and in the course of my journey, I realized that to achieve that something, a lot of knowledge, skills, attitude, vision, mission, and support from family and friends are required. And fortunately, I could achieve the 1st step towards my entrepreneurial journey in 2024, which took almost 26 years since I started my career way back in 1998. In between many startups were there but didn’t last for long, as they were like stepping stones for the future. There was also a time when I left home and headed to Delhi to do something in Life, but unfortunately returned with no clue on how to start life from there. No money, no shelter, not much education, and no family support.
Today, I am married and blessed with a daughter who has brought immense fortune to us in our life. My Wife is the one the best person happened in my life, as she has given unprecedented support to me in all walks of my life. Got married in 2009.
About my Professional Journey: Started my Career way back in 1998 from a company as a sales officer worked for about 6 months then worked then did a year diploma in air condition technician and worked for a year in a company and then moved to another trade as an electrician, doing electrical repairing works and other stuff, while doing into all these stuff, I was not satisfied and left these jobs because I was expecting something great from my life, and in search of that something I moved to work in different fields, sometimes become a counsellor for selling english speaking course, educational consultant for getting admissions in private colleges, also there was a time to get into cinema field starting our own production in association with my uncle, a wonderful journey with lots of experience in a short span, being a production controller handled all the cinema in-house production requirements right from script writing support to the extent of a makeup man for artists to directing capsule format films.
2003 was the turning point when I lost my father and had to relocate to Pune, where my parents were living. Leaving all the work behind had to start a new career in the life insurance business in 2003, and since then I entered into a new market with a new version of me, where the whole market was new, like new clothes just purchased; it was exciting but also very challenging. Till 2007, I worked as a Insurance sales, selling Life insurance products, and added a few more agencies in my name, like general and health insurance and mutual fund distribution, and sold about 30Cr+ worth of insurance in a span of just 5years of my Insurance career.
During my association with the life insurance business, I was lucky enough to connect with some very good souls who were the pillars of my career, where I am today. Mr. Amol Shitut, who was my manager at the company I was associated with, has extended all kinds of support, teaching me everything from scratch and helping me to become a financial planner in a span of 5 years. Mr. Ramasubramanian, the merciless manager I call a great guy who taught me many things about business, and through his team I moved on to become a Consultant Trainer with his approval. So I say that they are my Teachers who taught me the nuances of Business and People.
Dr. Pravin Bodade was one of the strongest person/pillar for me, whom I consider my guru, coach, and mentor as well. He was the first person who found a trainer in me, of which I was unaware. He pushed me to get into the Training domain and maybe it was his instinct that I possess some good qualities to be a trainer, and 2007 August where I have cleared the assessment to take the role of a Consultant Trainer and passionately delivered all my programs with top most results in the region and within less then 6 months I was awarded as the top performing Trainer at Regional level and to won a medal and certificate of appreciation for my achievements, and since then it was never turning back to find another career and progressed immensely.
Also, I was highly inspired by a trainer, Mr. Santosh Nair, a dynamic personality, who immensely inspired me to become a trainer like him someday, and there I took the journey ahead… Mind-blowing trainer.
2011 July, a big turning point came in my life when I got selected by Tata Motors Ltd. through the company called Strategic Learning Solutions (SLS), and a new milestone was achieved. This was the 1st time I took a flight Journey to attend an Interview in Bangalore, got selected, and was put on a month-long induction program.
Got new connections from Pan-India, a new world, new people, and a new subject, a new domain, a paradigm shift from the BFSI sector to Core Automobile.
I was one among the few who were selected from 650+ trainers across the country during the selection process for the Tata Motors Project, where the requirement was only 45 trainers to be deployed. I will be thankful to Mr. Dipankar Ghosh and his team, who gave me this opportunity to associate with Tata Motors.
Having associated with Tata Motors for about 6+ years, undergone many Training and Coaching programs from global leaders like Mercuri Goldmann, the pioneer in Sales Training, and I also consider my Global gurus, the ultimate creators of OD training programs and masters of the art of delivering programs. Dr. Rajeev, Mr. MLN Hamm, Mr. Ashok, and Mr. Krishna were some of the prominent trainers from whom I learned the art of Training, got certified, and started in the automobile industry. Launched some of the market-dominant products like Safari, Sumo, Zest, Bolt, Nano, Vista, Indica & Indigo (new version), Tiago, Tigor, Hexa, Nexon, and so on in the AP & Telangana market, and led 20+ dealers across 2 states. Also trained in service and Spare Parts training from Mercurians.
1 year worked with the Mahindra group i.e., (2018-19) in Jaipur, and after leaving Mahindra, I moved on to become a freelance trainer till 2024 July, and since then, I have been managing my own company affairs.
Today, I have multiple brands operating under Creek Techno Solutions Pvt.Ltd., with a diversified portfolio in Corporate Trainings, Wealth Management, Real Estate, Export and Import, and other E-commerce solutions and platform sites.