Research Scholar with 20 years of Professional Experience in Teaching, Training & Consulting, in Human Behaviour and Organisation Development.
Having consulted and trained some of the Industry Leaders & Fortune 500 companies in India, decided to pursue management research in the area of ’Leadership’. Have been a faculty of HR & OD in various MBA programs across India.
Currently, applying knowledge in the domain of HR , Leadership & OD in Teaching, Research & Consulting at School of Inspired Leadership, Gurgaon, India.
Professional Experience
Full time Faculty @ SOIL – May,2009 till June,2010
Taught courses at SOIL in HR & Leadership related subjects.
As the first faculty to join this start up B school , contributed in the institution building and shaping up of academic and administrative processes from admissions through placements.
Researcher (Doctoral Fellow , MDI ) – 2004 – 2008
Thesis ’Gender and Leadership orientation’ – A mixed method study of two large multi national organizations – one of Indian origin and the other a US MNC. Gender interpreted as masculinity and femininity in both men and women .
Research interests include ’Leadership’, ’Gender’ and ’Qualitative research methodologies’ .
Papers Published :-
’Talent Management in High Performance Organisations’, XLRI Journal ,2006, India(awarded best paper).
’Why do few women rise to Leadership Positions?’, IMI Journal:Global Business Review(GBR), 2007, Sage Publications.(declared among top 3 most downloaded paper in the year 2008 by GBR)
A case on ’Strategic HR issues related to careers in a large BPO in India’(under publication)
’Women Leadership’, NHRD Network Journal, 2008.
Papers in Progress:-
’Why are there few women in corporate boardrooms’globally?’
’Language as a research method in Leadership research’
’Leadership – A new framework for categorization of leadership theories.’
Accredited and Approved GRID Trainer by Grid Intl. USA. Conducted 100+ GRID Workshops using the Grid Framework and methodology in the area of Leadership Training and Organisation Development
Managerial Grid (Team Leadership Development for Top , Senior and Middle managerial level)
Secretarial Grid (Office works– for Secretarial and Office staff)
Sales Grid (Solution Selling Grid for Field Sales, Marketing & Business development personnel)
Synergogy(Train the Trainer for teachers , trainers and educationists)
MBA Faculty – 1993 – 2000
Visiting Faculty @Business Management Institutes.
Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (HR); ITM (HR for Productivity); SCMHRD (T & D ); Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies –(HR ) (OD) ; Vaikunth Mehta Institute (Organisation Design)
Full time Faculty @ School of Inspired Leadership
HRM for Business Leadership Program
HRM for HR Leadership Program
Teaching & Training @ other academic institutes
MDI (MDP’s) , IIM Indore( MDP ) , Jal Memorial Institute, Bhopal (HR), Coal Institute , Ranchi (MDP); CII (MDP); BIMTECH (Students Skill Development); NIFT(Designing & executing Admission Process); Bal Bharti School (Teachers Development Program); Pragati Learning Systems, Pune (HR Systems)
Corporate Trainer – 1994 – 2004
100+ training programmes conducted in Transaction Analysis, Team Building, Personal Effectiveness, Communication and expression , Train the Trainer, Time Management, Negotiation & Influencing skills , Assertiveness Training, Leadership Development etc.
Designed and Conducted focused program on ’Women Leadership Development’, Supervisory skills & Leadership Skills
Some of the Client Organisations include Suzlon, Onida, IICM, Ranchi, Tata Honeywell, Mercedes Benz (I) Ltd, Castrol, FAG Bearings ,IFFCO, MMTC, IIM Indore, GE India Ltd, C DOT, American Express, Bharti Teletech, Hamdard, Tata Honeywell, J.K.Tyres, Motorola, Pepsi , TNT, Bajaj Auto, Alstom, Development Alternatives , Crompton Greaves Ltd (Nasik, Mumbai, Mandideep), Deepak Fertilisers, Satyam etc.
HR Consultant – 1994 – 2004
Consultation Areas include: Role Analysis, Career & Succession Plan, HRD Audit, , Performance Management Systems, Team Effectiveness etc. Client Organization include Dabur Ayurvet, Crompton Greaves Ltd.(Mumbai), Girnar Tea, Birla Sun Life, NIFT, Vikram Ispat , Hindustan Polymides, Microline Computers, etc
Honorary Assignments include : Programmes for Lions Club of North Mumbai, Bal Bharti School, Pitampura, Delhi.
Responsible for HR processes for Transformer Division - Flagship Division of Crompton Greaves Ltd. with 1200 unionised workers and 350 managers.
Designed and delivered various Human Resources & Industrial Relations initiatives including developmental activities like training, mentoring and counseling.
Designed the "Employee Development Card" for the Division, in 1994, which is similar to the "Balance Scorecard", conceptually, well before BSC was introduced by Dave Ulrich
Professional Qualifications
Fellow Programme in Management (equivalent to Ph.D) – Management Development Institute,Gurgaon,2008
