**Rita Gangwani** is a leading personality transformation mentor, executive coach, corporate trainer, pageant coach, author and motivational speaker, known for creating powerful transformation in confidence, communication, leadership presence and personal impact. A former Indian Armed Forces officer and founder of RIGAHAUS, Rita works extensively with corporates, senior professionals, leaders, management students and institutions, helping them strengthen executive presence, professional grooming, communication, body language, leadership skills, etiquette, personal branding and the ability to influence with confidence and credibility. She is also one of India’s most respected names in pageantry and the only pageant coach honoured by the World Book of Records for mentoring aspirants across an extraordinary range of categories, from Miss, Mrs and Mr to Plus Size, Transgender, Deaf, Blind, Wheelchair and Cancer Survivor pageants. An accomplished author, Rita wrote the bestselling ***Beauty Pageants Greenroom***, with a foreword by former Miss Universe **Sushmita Sen**. She is also the author of ***Young Leaves, Timeless Roots***, a book dedicated to bringing the richness of **Indian sanskaars, values and timeless wisdom** to a younger generation in a contemporary and relatable way. A pageant winner herself, Rita was crowned **Himachal Queen 1982** and **Mrs. Supreme Universe 2019**. Lovingly known as **“GURUCOOL”**, Rita combines military discipline, corporate insight, pageant expertise and deeply rooted Indian values to help people become **confident, polished, powerful and purpose-driven versions of themselves**. Her philosophy: “Be a stiletto in a room full of flats.”