About the Founder

Meena Karmakar

Second Innings Coach · TEDx Speaker · Amazon #1 Bestselling Author · Former Corporate Sales Trainer

Chapter 1
Two decades in corporate
For over 20 years, Meena built her career in the financial industry, training and inspiring sales teams as a corporate Sales Trainer.
Chapter 2
Facing rejection
Then came professional rejection — a moment that shook her sense of who she was, and made her question what came next.
Chapter 3
Learning again at 50
Instead of stepping back, she stepped forward. At 50, she began a new learning journey and discovered that experience is not an ending, but a foundation.
Chapter 4
A new beginning
She eventually left corporate life to build Second Innings Academy — helping others see that a new chapter can begin at any stage of life.

Her Mission

"To help people recognise that their experience is an asset — and that a new chapter can begin at any stage of life."

Sharing the message of reinvention on the TEDx stage.

A bestselling author inspiring readers to write their next chapter.

Two decades of training and mentoring in the financial industry.

Two decades in corporate