Manish Kumar, Air Force veteran pilot is a powerful, internationally known speaker, trainer, consultant, writer, and publisher who walks his talk. In his keynote speeches, he shares his quick and accurate thinking as a pilot, and demonstrates how to rise in most difficult times and live life with conviction. He is an alumnus of NDA and XLRI and the author of the best-selling book "Be Your Own Pilot" which is being appreciated internationally. He is impaneled as the Mental Training Expert of Sports Authority of India for the mental conditioning of Olympic athletes and other sportsmen. He is also an internationally recognized Motivational Speaker and has spoken to the executives of Fortune 500 companies like Reliance Jio, SBI, HPCL, IOC, M&M, MNC-Crowe Horwath, to the trainee officers of State Judicial Academy, Indian Institute of Coal Management, Institute of Cost Accountancy and also to students of various colleges, institutes and schools including Salmiya Indian Model School, Kuwait. He has appeared on Doordarshan, Inner Child Radio (US), AIR, Radio Dhoom, Dhamaal, Mantra, and BIG FM. He is on the editorial board of the magazine FLY HIGH and he writes a motivational column in the newspaper. He was awarded the Chief of Air Staff Commendation medal for rescuing the lives of 12people in Search and Rescue missions.