Education
Danish was born and raised in Indore, India, and attended Saint Paul’s High School.
Danish was born and raised in Indore, India, and attended Saint Paul’s High School.
He is considered to be the first such coach in India and the Middle East. Danish is also the first academic faculty of charisma in India. He has delivered a TEDx talk titled, ‘THN: Largest Social Network in the World’ at TEDx Jai Hind College, Mumbai.
He is also a keynote speaker associated with London Speaker Bureau.
He was an introverted, bullied kid and was not particularly academically minded. He has said his life took a turn at the age of 16, when he read Dale Carnegie’s book How to Win Friends and Influence People, which put him on the path of self improvement in the coming years.
Danish began his professional career at the early age of 18, soon after finishing his school education in 2003. He managed to get a job at a leading Information Technology company, without relevant educational qualification and prior work experience, while competing against more experienced candidates twice his age.
In the following 10 years, he worked with Lionbridge, Microsoft, The Nielsen Company and Yahoo!.
Danish is considered to be the youngest International Product Manager in Yahoo’s history. In 2013, Danish began his own work as a charisma coach, and later founded a leadership training company, ‘Danish Sheikh International FZE’ in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.