Srinath Deshakulkarni
Sr. Advisor & Mentor

Srinath is a career counsellor and leadership-development practitioner with over 27 years of experience across education and the corporate world. For 11 of those years he was at IBM, serving as a Senior Industry Consultant and Global Compliance Lead, working with international clients across the USA, Europe, China, and India. Prior to that he had spent around 8 years in education field.
That rare combination – deep corporate experience alongside hands-on counselling & training – shapes everything Academics & Beyond does. Over his career, Srinath has personally guided and trained more than 11,000 students and professionals. He holds an MPhil from Bharathidasan University and a postgraduate degree from Bangalore University, has presented at national and international conferences, holds a patent & serves as a Managing Trustee of the Cancer Gyan NGO.
His philosophy is simple: the best decisions start with understanding yourself honestly. It’s the foundation of the ALIGN framework — and of Academics & Beyond itself.