Language is one of the key elements in daily communication. It embodies a virtue of a streamlined culture and shows its ethics in a bright light. Everyone gets a brief idea about a community’s culture by the language spoken by its people. That is why developing its traits in an authentic way is very important. There is one company Fluency Center, which is helping other people (mainly other business professionals) in enhancing their vocal prowess in a dynamic way.
Fluency Center is a training firm offering international certifications in English and foreign languages besides all kinds of customized online coaching programs, corporate training solutions, course development services, textbook editing services, translation services, branding solutions, outbound training solutions, and recruitment services. “We have offered these services to various MNCs, universities, colleges, schools, and publishing companies,” says Mangalaprathaban Muralidharan – CEO of the company.
Story of a Leader and a Poet
Mangalaprathaban is a corporate trainer, course developer, teacher educator, poet, online educator, and theatre activist beside being a literary translator. Mangal did his post-graduation in English at CIEFL (The EFL University) in Hyderabad. He was the elected coordinator of the CIEFL Theatre Society and organizer of the CIEFL Poetry Club. He started his career as a lecturer in English at CBM College of Arts and Science in Coimbatore in 2002 and went on to Janson’s Academy of Global Education as a trainer.
He has been a member of the board of studies in more than twelve colleges and universities. He was associated with Scholastic International, Cambridge University Press, and Viva Education to offer teacher education workshops in international schools and colleges/universities.
Mangalaprathaban writes with the pseudonym of NM Mangalbalaji in his past time. His textbooks are popular in several Asian countries. He has authored three collections of poems – The Soul Sense, Nectar of Thy Meditations, and Icing Bubbles of Time. His poems got published in more than forty-two international anthologies in English. Mangal is an expert in writing Tamil and English poetry.
He is also good at translating poetry and other creative writings from Tamil to English. Mangal’s current endeavors include translating and editing a book of a famous Tamil poet Amsapriya (alias Amsagopal Murugan), on education. Mangalaprathaban is a podcaster and YouTuber as well. There are audiences from 23 countries listening to his podcasts on self-empowerment.
He has worked with various assessment agencies in mentoring assessment professionals. Mangal is also renowned in the field of corporate assessment as an impeccable assessment professional. He has headed several teams of assessment professionals and traveled all over the country for various purposes. He was featured in Levure Litteraire of the European Union and filmed in the Contemporary Writers and Artists documentary in 2017.
An Affluent Business
Talking about his entry into the motivation business, Mangal started to train his colleagues at NGM College and extended the service to others. He got introduced to corporate training solutions through Sanga Consultants, and I Square E-solutions in 2004. “I was lucky to be appreciated and recognized early in my career as a trainer even at Janson’s Academy for Global Education and other MNCs such as CTS, Reason’s Technologies, Universal Radiators, CALMET, RJN Software Solutions besides Magna Electro Castings,” states Mangal. It has created a new momentum to accomplish several innovative solutions.
When it comes to the dynamic offerings of the company, Fluency Center provides coaching on international certifications in English and recruitment training solutions such as induction training programs to its clientele. “We collaborate with them to offer project-specific training and process-specific training programs,” informs Mangal. The company also offers project-specific training programs for various organizations. It has ready to do course development for online coaching companies, and its team also creates tools (app-based) for assessment agencies.
“We have a great vision to be a unique brand in providing learning solutions with automation and digitization. We want to empower people globally with ideal humanistic learning solutions,” states the team at Fluency Center. The company has already started exploring the possibilities of online coaching programs and rendering services to its clients. The team of Fluency Center has decided to step into ad film scripting, branding solutions, literary translations, and online publications. The coaching brand has mapped its trajectory, and it is ready to go the extra mile.
Taking on the Troubles and Struggles
In the business, Mangal has confronted issues related to logistics and human resources while finalizing a project or even while executing the projects. Some unpleasant situations arose from accidents, and economic recession or the pandemic caused projects to halt. He came up with strategies to overcome them.
It was constructive to go online, but several projects got struck. “This affected us as our blueprint for regular coaching programs was halted due to the pandemic. However, this scenario made us think about online coaching programs,” claims Mangal. He has been closely observing a few pioneers, such as Siddharth Rajasekar, and collaborating with several companies to take things forward. The company has just started its literary translation services, ad film scripting besides online coaching programs. It is tough to safeguard the workforce, but the company follows all the government regulations and keeps doing its best.
Mangal ends the conversation by advising the young entrepreneurs, saying, “Be bold to strategize your business and keep learning from everything you do. Trust your team’s core skills and chalk out a strategy even if you have insurmountable difficulties. Be the best of all that you are.”
