Aparna Chandrashekar has trained tens of thousands of people for IT companies in India. It's a skill that came to the fore when newly minted Indian companies had to scale rapidly to meet the new opportunities that opened up in the early 2000's from US outsourcing

Her linguistics abilities that served her well as a grammar teacher came handy for neutralizing regional accents and she found her purpose. She went on to manage client roles and responsibilities for revenue generation.

And then, she found that being a coach and helping successive generations is what she enjoys the most.

Listen to how a career defined by a trend created careers that changed the lives of thousands in India