Roots and Wings

About Us

"Every generation imagines itself to be intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it " - George Orwell

We work passionately on issues of individual development and facilitate change through deeper self awareness, effective interpersonal relations, sensitivity to family, groups and large systems.

We are a group of people who believe that instilling the right dispositions early in life could help foster behaviors, skills and attitudes that lead to contentment for self and others. Our aim is to generate resilience and emotional fortitude through our offerings.

"First we make our habits, then our habits make us" - Denis Waitley

The Team

Shanti Yeachuri

Shanti experiences and enjoys life at a deep level... a PG degree in French and a certified Organization Change Facilitator… brings a rare understanding to the social development issues and opportunities they generate for individual development... leverages her 16 years of professional experience and parenting skills honed in raising her two student sons pursuing Engineering & the tenth grades… her organization building contributions span administration, training, teaching, strategic coordination, institution building… pursues her passion of facilitating change in the nonprofit sector... a behavioral science consultant, she understands the complexities of current age families, groups and large organizations... She loves reading, trekking and is passionate about cooking. She is also a Trustee of PlusTrust www.plustrust.org

Harish Raichandani

OD Consultant, Executive Coach and Independent Director

Harish brings an interesting combination of people and practicality. His entrepreneurial perspective of the ‘Capability Building’ profession is founded on an unshakeable belief in people and is supported by his in-depth understanding of Operations, Organizational dynamics and a Systems approach. Over 25 years of experience across multiple industries (Engineering, Manufacturing, Telecom, IT, ITES & Consulting) provided him opportunities to learn & contribute significantly at various stages of the maturity curve —from small start-ups to well established multinationals.

He is the founder CEO and Principal Consultant of Potentia (www.potentia.in); as an OD consultant he has made several notable contributions towards enhancing ‘Leadership Quotient’, improving ‘Managerial Effectiveness’, shaping ‘High-performance Culture’, etc.

He is the first and (perhaps) only Indian to be certified in the full track of Appreciative Inquiry by NTL; He’s also a certified practitioner of ECR – an extremely effective emotional intelligence tool used widely across the world. Other professional passions include LSIP, Generative Collaboration and Executive Coaching. He leverages a healthy mix of structured interventions and unstructured experiences.

He is professional member of the NTL Institute of Applied Behavioral Sciences, USA, Indian Society for Applied Behavioral Sciences (ISABS), NHRDN, International OD Network etc. Teaching, his other hobby, brings him close to students, as a visiting faculty for MBA curriculum at IIM Ahmedabad and VJIM.

Harish lives in Hyderabad (India), loves chess, travel, swimming and scuba diving.