Tantalum Academy

At Tantalum, we have analysed decades of research on what makes people extraordinary. The seemingly magic ingredients that enable some to create phenomenal success stories. Nothing seems to stop them, be it adversity, challenges or confusion. They succeed. They make a difference.

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At Tantalum Academy, we focus on building workplace competencies with our unique pathbreaking gamified approach to skills development. Suitable for enterprises, working professional & job seekers. Our expertise with linking online games to workplace skills requirement makes you question why didn’t anyone think of this before? We busted the prevalent belief that online learning & trainings are boring to making it fun.
Not only did we solve the problem of ‘no engagement’ in the online space, but we did something better! Our research-based content delivers the future. Our programs empower you with behavioural skills that are measurable and obvious to anyone. And this is the competitive edge you need, in what will be perhaps a highly automated future.
Tantalum’s varied offerings are designed to meet every need. Along with immersive games, our facilitator led programs use storytelling, reflection & practice to teach powerful new behaviours that’s transformational and drive high performance.
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The Tantalum Workplace Skills Programs

Workplace Competencies:

Whether you are an employer, an entrepreneur, a job seeker, or a working professional, we have identified the most crucial skills that will give you the cutting edge.

Pedagogy:

Our Program is layered in increasing degrees of complexity; uses immersive games, storytelling and reflection to teach and practice powerful visually measurable behaviours – VMB™ & Visually Applied Actions – VAA.

Engagement:

While you learn, you will have loads of fun during game play, engage with people from all over the world, build a powerful collaborative network, practice and demonstrate powerful workplace behaviours that will make you stand out.

At Tantalum, we are passionate about your success. We intend to supplement your abilities and your drive to excel with preparedness so, you can chart your own destiny and thrive in whatever that is you have set out to achieve.

Our Team

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An international skills development specialist, Mithun has been instrumental in starting and building organizations in 25 countries operating in North America, Asia, Africa, Middle East and Latin America. In 2017, he was awarded the "Qadat Al Tagheer Award for Excellence in Skills Development Globally" by the UAE – India business council. Mithun has participated as a speaker in various international forums and has been on several advisory boards. His articles have been published internationally. He has pioneered award winning programs that blend technology with life & work skills to deliver transformational social impact. His passion for teaching contemporary skills combined with engaging teaching methods led him to set up Tantalum Academy.


A lover of art, music and reading. Mithun enjoys sports, dancing, video games & trekking. Always with a smile, he believes optimism is the only way to live!

Mithun Kamath

Founder

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A marketing & CRM specialist, Sandhya has worked in diverse industries ranging from high end real estate, luxury kitchens, luxury yachts to automotive. Her experience includes running strategic projects such as end to end rebranding exercise for a diversified conglomerate, demerger & change management of a group portfolio and to be a key part of new product launches. A lateral thinker with an eye for perfection, an avid reader of all things there are, lover of recreational scuba diving and a passionate believer that to learn is to grow. She graduated from Bangalore university with a distinction in Economics and Psychology and has a post graduate diploma in Online Communication from Sheffield Hallam University, UK.

Sandhya Raghunath

Co-Founder

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Born and brought up in Manchester, UK, and now based in London, Ramona is a solicitor and the founder of Moor Strategy, a multi-family advisory firm which looks after the needs of a number of low profile, Ultra-High-Net-Worth international families.Prior to founding Moor Strategy, Ramona was a Partner in and Head of Department at Mishcon de Reya, an international law firm. Ramona remains a consultant to the firm and she has over 20 years in private practice. Ramona’s expertise is in strategic guidance, business management and dispute resolution. Ramona has extensive experience advising multi-jurisdictional companies on managing their stakeholders, both internal and external. We are delighted that she will be able to bring her wealth of knowledge to the Board and to assist us in growing our international network.

Ramona Mehta

Board Member

Tantalum Nigeria

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Folabi Oseni is the Managing Director/ CEO of NetConstruct Nigeria Limited. He has a background in Economics from London Guildhall University, United Kingdom and possesses an unrelenting penchant for innovation in the real estate industry.


He is the visionary behind the establishment of NetConstruct Group, which cuts across Real Estate, Facilities Management & Nitrogen Gas Production. Apart from his work with the Group, he has led NetConstruct Nig. Ltd (Real Estate Development) as a pioneer in changing the parlance of Estate Development in Abuja for the last 15 years and has been instrumental in establishing and promoting NetConstruct Nigeria Limited as a top-notch Company.


Folabi Oseni has succeeded in pioneering the firm’s growth from a fledging Enterprise into one of the most respected, efficient, vibrant and innovative real estate firms in Nigeria and continues to pursue his vision to provide Affordable Housing for the largely underserved middle-low income sector of the economy.

Folabi Oseni

Board Member

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Mr. C.N.Radhakrishnan (R.K) has over 44 years of varied experience in the corporate sector, working in a variety of organizations across India, China, Europe and the U.A.E.


He has spent 21 years(1998-2019) with the Varkey Group which owns GEMS Education and has made significant contributions in the education sector. He was one of the senior board members of the Varkey Group for 9 years.


In 2019, R.K. co-founded “Storiyoh'' which is a digital media start-up company for non-music audio podcasts. In July 2020, he joined the Dubai based Athena Education as a consultant and until Oct 2021, supported them to help them restructure the business from a legal, financial, managerial and corporate governance perspective.


R.K. is a versatile and passionate business leader who has proven his success in every endeavor he has undertaken.

C.N Radhakrishnan

Board Member

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In the course of her career development, Olutoyin’s areas of practice and expertise span Real Estate Project Finance for affordable/mass housing, Alternative building technologies, Development finance and Mortgage structuring. Lending her expertise in Strategic planning, Project Management, Human Resource Management, Strategic Marketing, Operations Management, Marketing, Corporate Communication and Business Development to the achievement of the firm’s corporate goals; She remains a valuable and integral part of the firm’s Executive Management.

Olutoyin Ajakaiye

Board Member