ABOUT US

Two companies. One shared belief that leadership begins with character.

Prebagaran Academy (Malaysia) and Tetra Axis Pte Ltd (India) came together to turn 2,000-year-old wisdom into a working leadership practice for today's executives.

MALAYSIA

Prebagaran Academy

A learning and development company built on capability-building and train-the-trainer methodology, led by Dr. Prebagaran Jayaraman — a Certified Lead Trainer under Malaysia's HRD Corp Train-the-Trainer program.

INDIA

Tetra Axis Pte Ltd

An executive coaching and business facilitation practice led by Vijaykumar Rajagopal, built on two decades of global engineering leadership and strategy advisory experience, including a senior role at Shell.

HOW IT STARTED

A conference conversation that became a book

Praba and Vijay met as invited speakers at a Project Management Institute (PMI) Malaysia conference. A conversation afterward revealed a shared passion for the Thirukkural — and a shared frustration that its wisdom rarely reached the modern boardroom.

What began as webinars between friends grew into a global following across Tamil, Malay and Mandarin-speaking audiences. That response became the seed for Executive Dharma — and for a program that brings the same framework directly into organisations.

Today, Prebagaran Academy and Tetra Axis run Executive Dharma workshops together across Malaysia, India and the wider region — combining Praba's capability-building expertise with Vijay's executive coaching practice.

THE FOUNDERS

Meet the authors

Dr. Prebagaran Jayaraman

BUILDER • EDUCATOR • CAPABILITY ARCHITECT  ·  Founder, Prebagaran Academy (Malaysia)

A former Major in the Malaysian Armed Forces, Praba led complex projects and trained Navy personnel before becoming a Certified Lead Trainer for HRD Corp's Train-the-Trainer program. His passion for the Thirukkural began in childhood, sparked by Kurals his father shared with him — despite having no formal Tamil education. Today he works to help the next generation reconnect with the wisdom in their own cultural roots.

LeadershipTrain-the-TrainerHuman Factors in Project ManagementLearning DesignLearning Transfer

Vijaykumar Rajagopal

COACH • FACILITATOR • LEADERSHIP PARTNER  ·  Founder, Tetra Axis Pte Ltd (India)

A Chemical Engineer by training, Vijay built his career in the oil and gas sector across India, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi and Malaysia — leading global engineering teams and serving as a strategy advisor at Shell. Tamil is his mother tongue, and a lifelong connection to classical Tamil literature shaped his approach as he transitioned into executive coaching, helping senior leaders and leadership teams evolve.

Executive CoachingSystemic Team CoachingBusiness FacilitationLeadership Workshops

TOGETHER

Content + Transformation

Knowledge + Behaviour Change
Learning + Execution
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