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ARTICLES & 20 BOOKS ON MANAGEMENT Dr. P.N. Singh is currently Chairman of Grid Consultants Pvt. Ltd. based in Mumbai. He was earlier Group Director (HRD) of Duncan Goenka Group and a member of the board of directors of two limited companies viz. Stone India Ltd. and Andhra Cement Ltd. He started his career with Indian Oil Corporation in 1963. In 1981, he moved to Voltas Ltd. to head its HRD department. Later he headed Group HRD set-ups in Aditya Birla Group and Mehta Group.
Dr. P.
N. Singh is currently Chairman of Grid
Consultants Pvt. Ltd. based in Mumbai.
He was earlier Group Director (HRD)
of Duncan Goenka Group and a member
of the board of directors of two limited
companies viz. Stone India Ltd. and
Andhra Cement Ltd.
He started his career with Indian Oil
Corporation in 1963. In 1981, he moved
to Voltas Ltd. to head its HRD department.
Later he headed Group HRD set-ups in
Aditya Birla Group and Mehta Group.
He manages to combine management development
with continuing academic pursuits.
He is the first Indian
to be approved as an instructor to conduct
Grid Seminars, developed by Blake & Mouton,
in India. He has rendered training and consultancy
services internationally. He has completed
a consultancy assignment with a World Bank
organization based in Amsterdam as also one
in Mali in Africa.
Former
Chairman of the Federation of Asian Institute of Management
Alumni Association, Past President of Bombay Management
Associations, and Indian Society for Training and
Development, Dr. Singh is actively associated with
the professional management movement in India.
A prolific writer, he has to his credit over 500 articles
on management. His 20 books have been well received
both here and abroad, Despite these and
other commitments, Dr. Singh manages to devote some
of his valuable time in developing young managers
and is visiting faculty to several management institutes.
Of rural origin, Dr. Singh was initially a graduate
in Petroleum Engineering from Indian School of Mines,
Dhanbad. After an 11-year stint at Indian Oil Corporation,
he proceeded to do his MBA from Asian Institute of
Management, Manila, Philippines, where he was awarded
the Andres K. Roxas Scholarship. He was later awarded
a Citation for Academic Excellence by the Institute.
In 1981, he completed his Doctoral work at Jamnalal
Bajaj Institute of Management Studies of the Bombay
University. The topic of his dissertation was:
" A Study of Environmental
Factors related to Business Entrepreneurship".
He is the recipient
of the Tarneja Award for his article "Needed
Walkabout in Management Education" in
1977. In 1980, he was awarded the IMM Cinni-Fan
Award for his article on Oil Marketing and
in 1984, the Rukmini Thread Marketing Communicator
of the year Award. He was conferred the Fellowship
of ISTD in 1988. He also received the Best
Member Award of ISTD in the same year.
He received the Best Paper Award of ISTD in
1991. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame
at the Asian Institute of Management, Manila
in 1993.
In
March, 2000 he has been awarded the AIM Alumni
Achievement Award (AAA). This is the highest
award to be granted to an Alumnus of the Institute.
In 2005, he received the international Award
on HR & Sustainable Development instituted
by International Federation of Training &
Development Organizations at IFTDO’s
Conference in Cairo, Egypt. In the same year
Asian Institute of Management Alumni Association
bestowed on him Alumni Achievement Award for
Social Responsibility.
Dr. P.N. Singh is currently Chairman of Grid Consultants Pvt. Ltd. based in Mumbai. He was earlier Group Director (HRD) of Duncan Goenka Group and a member of the board of directors of two limited companies viz. Stone India Ltd. and Andhra Cement Ltd. He started his career with Indian Oil Corporation in 1963. In 1981, he moved to Voltas Ltd. to head its HRD department. Later he headed Group HRD set-ups in Aditya Birla Group and Mehta Group. 
