Shivendu Nadkarni

Shivendu Nadkarni is a successful business leader-turned-human capital catalyst. After a 25-year career with Fortune 500 MNCs across Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Africa, he transitioned to his 'second career' as an educator, mentor, and advisor. He is also a researcher and practitioner of Ikigai. Shiv serves as an adjunct associate professor at NUS Business School in Singapore, focusing on strategy, innovation, and internationalization. Having lived in diverse global environments, including a decade in Japan, he enjoys traveling in nature and exploring history. His mission with Ikigai365 is to help individuals continually discover their personal sources of fulfillment and leave impactful legacies.

Books by Shivendu Nadkarni

This is Ikigai365

Akihiro Hasegawa, Rajiv Bajaj, Rati Arora, Shivendu Nadkarni, Sumathy Gajapathy

Inspiring people to take concrete steps into the next phase of their personal Ikigai journeys (through stories that embrace authentic Japanese Ikigai & tools that provide the nudge).