Shishir Babu (Sam)
AI Trainer & L&D Consultant · Founder of kenai · India
Built by a practitioner, not a vendor
Shishir Babu (Sam) is the founder of kenai, an AI trainer and Learning & Development consultant based in India who works at the intersection of people and technology. He doesn't teach AI from a deck — he builds with it daily and teaches what actually works, having trained 100+ professionals across 15+ organisations and colleges through 40+ hands-on workshops.
Sam doesn't teach AI from a deck. He builds with it daily — for HR, L&D, automation and content — and teaches what actually works in the real world, with the judgment to know where AI helps and where a human must stay in the loop.
The mission is simple: make AI a skill your team owns, not a subscription they fear. Practical, India-first, and globally relevant.
The kenai method
- ▹Learn by doing — every session is hands-on, on real work, not slides
- ▹Role-specific use cases, so people apply AI to their actual job the same day
- ▹Responsible-use guardrails built in from the first session
- ▹Capability transfer — your team keeps the prompts, workflows and judgment
- ▹India-first context, globally relevant practice
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Whether you're an HR leader, a business owner, or a college, kenai can design the path from curious to genuinely capable with AI.