Career Summary

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.’
• ’Leadership Development in BPO’s in India.’

Grid Trainer & Consultant

(Director –Grid Consultants Pvt Ltd) – 1994 – 2004

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.

Personnel Executive (Crompton Greaves Ltd) – 1990 – 1995

• 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
• Master of Management Studies – NMIMS, Mumbai University, Rank holder – 1990.
• B.Com – R.A.Podar College of Commerce & Economics, Mumbai University, First Division, 1988.

Additional Qualifications

• Approved Grid Instructor, U.S.A.,1994.(a Leadership development tool )
• MBTI accreditation (Personality development tool ) by APPIPL

Professional Membership / Associations

• Life Member of HRD Network India
• Life Member of ISTD (Indian society for Training and Development)
• Member – Toastmasters Club of India (International Public Speaking Association)