Biography

Kaushar is a Management and Training Consultant and Director of Aksaa, specialising in delivering soft skills training courses including Leadership and Management; Personal and Professional Development and People Management; Business Ethics; Positive Parenting and Marriage Courses.   He also delivers Islamic Cultural Awareness and Cultural Competency Training for non-Muslim public sector professionals and the civil service.

Since the establishment of his company in the year 2004, over 25,500 people have attended the Islam Awareness Course in over 80 different local authority locations across the UK with very positive feedback.  He has also successfully delivered these courses in the USA, Canada, India, France, Sweden, and Barbados.  Over 10,500 people have gone through the spiritual and personal development courses for the Muslim Community across the UK. This included the most popular courses: marriage; positive parenting; leadership and management, business ethics, essential qualities of a believer, personal development, and overcoming anxiety in light of the Quran and Hadith.

Kaushar has held senior management positions in Health and Social Care fields and Regeneration programmes and is a qualified Health and Social Care professional with experience in managing large and complex projects. Some of the Senior Management positions held include Programme Manager for SureStart, Chief Executive of Batley Community Development Ltd., Health Promotion Manager for the Department of Public Health & Medicine, and Assistant Director of Equal Access at the Leeds Hospitals NHS Trust.   

In his voluntary capacity, Kaushar has served as a Non-Executive Director on the Primary Care Trust Board, Dewsbury College Board, School Governor Board, and the Police Authority Board. He was also a Speaker for Water Aid in Schools, Churches, and Community Groups. For 11 years he was also sitting on the Employment Tribunal Panel in Leeds as a Lay member and a Special Member hearing race and religious discrimination cases.  For several years, he was an accredited Mediator for West Yorkshire Mediation Service. He has been the co-chair of North Kirklees Interfaith Council, championing dialogue between faith communities and actively promoting peaceful co-existence and working.  He has been a Panel member of a Fostering Agency as well the IRM – Independent Review Panel. As a Foster Carer, he has assisted many local authorities and independent fostering agencies in recruiting Muslim Foster Carers across the UK.

He holds an MSc in Social Sciences, a Professional Certificate in Management, a Social Work qualification, and a diploma in Business and Management.

Kaushar has also delivered a diploma course on Employability Skills for Calderdale College and an online Leadership and Management and the Advanced Certificate in Chaplaincy Course for Al-Balagh Academy.

Kaushar has also completed NLP, MBTI, PTTLS, CTTLS, CELTA, Level 3 Award in First Aid at Work, and First Aid in Mental Health. His company, Aksaa is a registered and accredited learning Centre for CPD – Continuous Professional Development.

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