Our Team

Deepa Rao

Founder and CEO – Strelitzia Consulting

19 + years

MA (Psychology), B.Com (H), Chartered Accountant, Certificate in Global Career Counselling, UCLA Extn., Certified Personal Counsellor, Certified R.E.B.T Practitioner, Professional Diploma in Training and Development, Certified Structure of Intellect Practitioner

Deepa started her career as a Chartered Accountant with experience across various industries such as Banking and Financial Services, Management Consulting, manufacturing and across various functions such as Finance and Accounting, IT, Retail Banking and Project Management. During her career span in the Corporate sector, she has worked with Siemens Ltd, GE-SBI, PricewaterhouseCoopers and HSBC.

Her years of Corporate experience, innate ability to build connections and her passion to mentor and guide individuals metamorphosed her into a Career Counsellor. Strelitzia Consulting is the brainchild of Deepa and came into being with the goal of selecting the best fit Career for an individual by mapping it to his/her innate interests, talent, traits and abilities with the ultimate goal of leading happy and fulfilling lives. Her passion in this field enabled her Career transition smoothly to make her one of the most sought-after Career Counsellors today. She specialises in career guidance, career counselling, mid career transition, career coaching and skills training for children, entry level and mid-career personnel. She also specialises in stress management for both adults and children.

Over the years, she has worked with Corporates, individuals and groups in various capacities. She has also worked with students and schools across various educational boards and also conducted numerous workshops for students, parents and educational institutions.

She believes that there is no expiry date for learning and that it is a continuous process throughout life. She is a trained singer, loves playing chess and is currently learning to play the guitar.

Strelitzia Consulting, under the leadership of Deepa, specialises in unbiased Career counselling and guidance, keeping the interests of the individual as the topmost priority. Deepa’s experience and deep, intuitive understanding of her clients enables her to recommend best suited careers and solutions for them, both in India and abroad. She is the Founder of the company and is responsible for delivering best in class service quality be it career counselling, Overseas education consulting, skills training or business consulting! She specialises in Career guidance and counselling for individuals for higher studies in India, USA, UK, Canada, Singapore and Hongkong. Her focussed and unbiased guidance has enabled students to get accepted in best in class Universities across these countries.