Scribble Talk - Baskar Sundaram (Privilege, Walking without slippers, Comedian, Foodie - The Camel, Fitness Addict, Wannabe Linguist and Historian, Proud Tamil, Trekker, Education is my passion)

Send us Fan MailWith Scribble Talk reaching the 20k downloads' mile stone, we are excited to kick-off the hunt for our Super Fan through our latest campaign and shower our biggest fan with amazing prizes.You are invited to take the SCRIBBLE TALK SUPER FAN QUIZ and win a chance to get life time access to all podcast seasons and grab amazing Amazon Voucher Cards.Take the quiz now: https://baachuscribble.com/scribble-talk-super-fan-contest-2022/Special Episode  -  Samantha Enslen joins us a co-host Today’s Guest is Baskar Sundaram. Baskar is Founding Director of Baachu, UK based Market Development advisory. He is an award winning entrepreneur and is ranked #1 advisor to investors in business services industry. Baskar established Baachu Scribble, learning platform for bids and proposal community in 2019. Scribble is APMP Approved Training Organisation and has supported 170 professionals in 29 countries attain APMP Certifications. He launched Scribble Scholarship in 2019 for aspiring bid and proposal professionals honouring his mentors Howard Nutt and Tony Birch. Recently Baskar launched Scribble at Home free and low cost programmes and is normally the co-host of this podcast, Scribble Talk. Prior to founding Baachu, Baskar served as Head of Business Development at Serco where he worked for 11 years. Baskar received a Bachelor of Engineering from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, India and Master of Science from Imperial College, London. Baskar is APMP CP, a Chartered Accountant/Chartered Manager and has degrees and professional qualifications in electrical engineering, accounting, coaching, finance, law, proposal and project management. Baskar has supported clients on ~50 major deals, co-created 15+ strategic sales development frameworks, trained ~500+ people in all aspects of bid lifecycle. He published Bid Buddy - self-improvement journal for bidding professionals in 2016, Proposal Specialist Guide - Pathway to APMP Foundation certification in 2019 and Sales specialist guide in 2020. His High Inspiration Programme gives work experience opportunities to 20 Croydon College students every year. In 2020, Baskar launched Baachu pledge 2020 - Donate by Doing community driven social impact movement encouraging low carbon healthier habits and sustainable living. Baskar educates 220 children in India. Baskar is an active member of BSA and APMP. His awards include APMP 2017 40 under 40, Entrepreneur of the year and Business in the community. Life priorities  - Health and RelationshipsInterests  - Trekking, TAMIL, Travel, Buddhism, Asian HISTORY, FOODIn this episode, we will discuss Baskar's Life and Education First job at KFC Serco career Memorable training efforts including the recent Time Blocking Webinar Version of Full Stack Bidder Entrepreneurial journey with Baachu and how has the company evolved over the years including Baachu Scribble and Baachu Rain? Baachu pledge 2020 - why do we need to donate by doing? Baachu Scribble mission is to "Democratising Bidding Knowledge"? Memorable Bid Con - New Orleans Scribble scholarships story Mentors - Howard Nutt and Tony Birch Books  Most influential people in his life and career?Advice to bid and proposal colleagues Covid19 #fmheroes story Few random questions  If you could be any male/female sports star, who would you be?What's your favorite TV show of all time and why?If you could be anywhere else right now, where would it be? What's the first thing you do when you get home from a trip? What random stranger has had the biggest impact on your life?  Tell us about a unique or quirky habit of yours?Support the show