Sunil Koshy
Singer, Composer, Vocal Coach and Academician
Sunil Koshy is a techie turned Singer, Music Director, and Vocal Coach. In 2013, Sunil and his wife, Archana Hallikeri founded From Mug To Mike – A Platform for Bathroom Singers. Over 15,000 passionate singers have been trained by Sunil in the last 11 years, since the inception of From Mug To Mike in 2013.
Sunil Koshy quit his job as a compiler developer in Intel to learn music in a Gurukul in Chennai for 3 years. Later, he worked with companies like HP, Unisys, and HCL, pursuing music and his job as a techie, in parallel, till he finally quit to become a full time musician.
Sunil Koshy has worked with legends like Hariharan, KS Chithra, Kumar Sanu, singer Srinivas, Jassie Gift, and many top musicians and lyricists of the country. Sunil Koshy has composed music and sung for movies, albums, dance dramas, jingles and also acted in a couple of cameo roles in South Indian films.
Sunil has always been exploring how to use the power of singing and music to connect and bond people, as a stress buster, and as a superior form of communication, beyond barriers of language.
Sunil conducts music shows and employee engagement programs in corporates and has recently conducted programs for organisations and institutions including Google, NIMHANS, Infosys, Volvo, Hitachi Energy, Myntra, IIM Bangalore, IIM Ahmedabad, CII (Confederation of Indian Industries), BCIC, St. Xavier’s College(Calcutta) alumni reunion, MDI(Gurgaon), Welingkar Institute of Management, MS Ramaiah Institute of Management, Chanakya University, ISBR Business School, Jain(deemed to be University), Fortinet, Conduent, LuLu Mall, Gopalan Mall, Lions Club, Rotary Club, and others.
Sunil has performed and conducted music engagement programs at IIMB for the Golden Jubilee celebrations, Foundation Day, PhD alumni reunions, Unmaad, Kannada Rajyotsava, annual staff retreat and many others.
Sunil has started a one year long employee engagement program with Myntra in Bangalore, through which he and his team engage with the employees through singing, music, dance as a stress buster and for tapping latent talent.
Sunil recently performed at Hitachi Energy 75 at Taj Palace in Delhi and CII Innoverge 2024 – 20th edition of the India Innovation Summit at Shangrila, Bangalore.
Sunil has been invited as a leadership speaker at forums like BCIC(Bangalore Chamber of Industry and Commerce) Leadership Summit 2024 and others, along with industry leaders from different industries.
An elective on music and management is being taught to final year MBA students at MSRIM(MS Ramaiah Institute of Management) and learning beyond classroom core University course at Chanakya University to help students develop appreciation of music, explore different genres, sing, and creatively engage in musical activities.
Engagement and stress buster programs, alumni reunion performance and session on change management using music activities were conducted at Welingkar College, ISBR Business School, Jain(deemed to be University), Presidency University and others.
Orientation programs on music and management have been conducted at different colleges. These programs help to build connections between teams, explore music and fun, and help employees to express themselves creatively and beyond the regular formal interactions