Global Gurus, an international ranking organisation active since 2007, named Rajiv Sharma, programme director of NLP Limited, as India’s top NLP trainer and coach.
Sharma was also placed fifth on Global Gurus’ global NLP thought‑leaders list.
The ranking methodology combines public online voting (approximately 30 % of the criteria) with internal assessment of originality, impact of ideas, and published work; it is not an independent audit.
Sharma brings roughly 35 years of experience and, through NLP Limited’s programmes, has trained and coached more than 850,000 professionals from 57 countries.
NLP was developed in the 1970s by Richard Bandler and John Grinder and links neurological processes, language, and learned behaviour; its scientific validity is disputed, with many academic reviews labeling it pseudoscientific.
Practitioners apply NLP in business contexts such as sales conversations, negotiation, leadership, team communication, customer‑experience training, recruitment, conflict resolution, and public‑speaking; personal‑life applications include goal‑setting, confidence building, fear management, relationship improvement, stress regulation, and habit change.
NLP Limited’s core offering is the MARK Model – Mindset, Action, Repetition, Knowledge – forming the basis of its Personal Mastery programme, which attracts participants from India, the Gulf region, and other markets.
The firm also provides NLP practitioner certification, International Coach Federation (ICF) coaching‑preparation courses, and leadership‑development sessions, delivered both in‑person and online.
Sharma holds certification from the International Coach Federation (ICF).
The press release notes that NLP Limited maintains a public Google profile with customer reviews, offering an informal verification point separate from the company’s own claims.
India is identified as a fast‑growing market for personal‑development and coaching services, driven by demand from professionals, entrepreneurs, and younger leaders seeking structured self‑leadership frameworks.
Industry observers highlight the sector’s ongoing effort to differentiate rigorously delivered, results‑oriented practice from less substantiated offerings.
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