Experience

Geeta University

• India
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder Vice Chancellor

  • Mar 2022 - Present

  I am privileged to head this newest university in Haryana, Geeta University as its Founder Vice Chancellor. Geeta University comes from the Lineage of Geeta Group of Institutions, an educational hub with a strong legacy since 1985. University is set up in a very serene environment at Panipat on the Panipat-Jaipur Highway. The University has nine faculties namely - Faculty of Engineering and Technology; Faculty of Commerce and Management; Faculty of Agriculture; Faculty of Law; Faculty of Health & Allied Sciences; Faculty of Sciences; Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; Faculty of Hospitality & Tourism Management; and Faculty of Education. Geeta University is Future-Driven and has a unique offering of EXEDGE which is a commitment to transform our students into Complete Corporate Citizens. I want my university to be the fountainhead for implementation of provisions of National Education Policy 2020 in the state of Haryana; and be known as a temple for employability-oriented education and learning entrepreneurship skills within the framework of Indian ethos and value-system. I have implemented the concept of Design Your Own Degree using the Choice Based Credit System approach. We have also implemented Outcome Based Education and put in efforts for achieving excellence in quality education and student support system using industry best IT enabled systems. My long-term goal is to position Geeta University as the university of choice for all aspiring students across North India. To accomplish this goal, I have a concrete plan of actions; and availability of willing and enthusiastic faculty members. Setting up processes to ensure development of students in all four domains of knowledge; skills; behaviour; and attitude will be my focus area. My entire team is committed to fulfil aspirations of students whether it is in the direction of employability; entrepreneurship; or pursuing higher education in national or international universities of eminence. Show less



ITM University, Raipur

• India
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice Chancellor

  • Mar 2021 - Mar 2022

  I was delighted to head ITM University Raipur, Chhattisgarh as its Vice Chancellor. This young nine years old multi-discipline private state university is a part of ITM Group of Institutions. University is set up in a very serene environment at Naya Raipur. It has a remarkable achievement of being ranked as "First" amongst the cleanest Higher Education Institutions in the country in Swachh Campus Ranking by Ministry of HRD in 2018. The University has seven faculties namely - Faculty of Architecture; Faculty of Engineering; Faculty of Commerce, Management & Research; Faculty of Law; Faculty of Life & Allied Sciences; Faculty of Hospitality & Tourism Management; and Faculty of Vocational & Interdisciplinary Studies. University has an Olympics-level Badminton Academy with eight courts which is built with the CSR support of Tata Trust. Here, I implemented Outcome Based Education and made it the first university in Chhattisgarh to follow the recommendations of National Education Policy 2020. University received two first ranks in the form of First Rank in Uni Ranking and first Rank in OBE Rankings -2021 in Chhattisgarh State. The OBE Rankings recognised our efforts for achieving excellence in quality education, and implementation of latest teaching-learning methodologies and ranked us 25th across all Indian Universities. Streamlining all Admissions; Academics; Evaluation; and Placement processes was immediate focus area and I used IT-enabled systems and practices in university to provide best experience to students and faculty members. We received three awards from the Ministry of Education, Government of India, Delhi in one year in the form of Highest 4 Star Rating to our Incubation IIC efforts; First Rank in Chhattisgarh in ARIIA in Promising Band; and One District One Green Champion Award. It was the only university in Chhattisgarh where Toycathon was held, which is a dream event of Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji. Show less



ITS - The Education Group

• India
• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Executive Director

  • Mar 2018 - Mar 2021

  I joined the ITS – The Education Group second time in my career as its first Executive Director. I was entrusted with the responsibility of taking the group with twenty-five years old legacy to the next level and making it a multi-disciplinary state private university. Following are the major actions and achievements during my tenure: • Received the Letter of Intent (LOI) to establish a new state private university from the Chief Minister Shri. Yogi Aditya Nath ji of Uttar Pradesh on 17th March 2020 • ITS Engineering College in Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovations Achievement (ARIIA) 2020 conducted by Ministry of Education was categorized as a "Band A" institution & ranked among Top 25 institutions across India. • Under my presidentship the Institution’s Innovation Council (IIC) received five-star rating by Ministry of Education • Set up a new Incubation Centre “New Generation Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Centre” with grant of more than three crores from National Science & Technology Entrepreneurship Development (NSTEDB) • Strengthened the IQAC and governance structure at the dental college as well as engineering college for the second cycle of NAAC accreditation and second cycle of NBA accreditation. • Started weekly faculty colloquium where faculty of different departments share their expert areas with each other. • Started the system of Annual Development Plan (ADP) for each department which was then monitored through Monthly Review Meetings (MRM) • For achieving employability of each interested student, a system of Individual Career Plan (ICP) was put in place • Set up a Section 8 company “Navrachna Foundation for Entrepreneurship Development” & set up a Co-working Space as well as Factory area for facilitating new Start-ups in the campus along with signing MOUs with angel investor groups. • Start-up Weekend and Weekend Hackathons to encourage students to come up with innovative business ideas & their engagement with start-up communities Show less



Amity University

• Education Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director Of Academic Affairs

  • Aug 2016 - Feb 2018

  At Amity Education Group, first time I got the opportunity to work in the Corporate Head Office environment in my career. As the Founder Director Academics in the group my role was very vast and I was responsible for setting up several processes related to Governance; Academics; Admissions; Training & Placements; Learning Outcomes and Accreditation; Team Building; Recruitments and Selections of university personnel; and Internal Audits in the three new Amity universities at Kolkata; Patna; and Ranchi. In addition to this, my role gave me the exposure to work on expansion strategies and look at new geographies to set up new Amity Universities. I was specially working in the states of Gujarat and Orissa to look at the possibility of setting up new university projects in line with requirements of the state and viability of the project. I was also given the responsibility to take care of Admissions; Academics; and Placements at the famous Amity Global Business Schools spread across the country. This enriching experience with Amity university involved me in several other noteworthy activities: • Finalizing campus annual budgets and mutually deciding Key Result Area performance matrix for Head of the Institutions • Counselling and guiding Deans, HOIs, Directors, HODs and other senior position holders • Designing and executing campaigns for Branding and Marketing using various digital and traditional mediums • Interacting with industry leaders during Board of Study and Academic Council meetings to identify future growth areas and emerging fields and then designing academic programmes and training modules accordingly • Liaising with State Governments, NAAC, Research Labs, Department of Science and Technology, and other relevant professional bodies • Advising and ensuring prompt action in legal matters and RTI queries • Liaising with industry to create opportunities for work experience & volunteering for students during program duration and final placements subsequently Show less



Chandigarh Group Of Colleges

• India
• Education Administration Programs
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Campus Director

  • May 2014 - Aug 2016

  I was privileged to head a fast-growing Institution, Chandigarh Group of Colleges, Landran. The group has seven colleges with more than 13000 students and 700 faculty members across fifteen UG & PG programs and more than 4500 students as hostel-residents. It is the most sought-after academic institution under PTU attracting students from all states of North India. As Campus Director here my role was similar to a CEO in a corporation. I was involved in the following responsibilities: • Guide and supervise the usage of World Bank assisted TEQIP 1 Grant of two crores received from National Project Implementation Unit for development of faculty and staff members. • Represent the group in international forums & sign MOUs with European institutions for bringing international exposure opportunities for students using Erasmus Program. Participated in programs in Zagreb; Malta; & Turkey • Create a strong leadership team at the level of Directors and HODs • Implement outcome-based education across the campus and get accreditation from NBA and NAAC • Apply for autonomy for Chandigarh Engineering College • Brand building and marketing using ATL; BTL; TTL; & Digital Marketing • Select and implement modern IT tools namely, ERP; LMS; CRM; and Call Centre Software to achieve effectiveness in Academic processes; & Admissions processes • Design and implement innovative practices for campus development • Plan and execute all the activities of entire campus on day-to-day basis • Create annual budget for campus for both planned expenditure and unplanned ones along with Manager Finance and to ensure that it is efficiently followed • Interact with Advisory Board and industry leaders to identify future growth areas and emerging fields and then design academic programs and training modules accordingly • Supervise employment-oriented training of students; and identify and specially train an elite batch for high package placement drives • Supervise hundreds of mass and niche placement drives Show less



TRIDENT EDUCATION TRUST'S GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS

• India
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director General

  • Nov 2011 - Apr 2014

  It was a case study for me to test my administrative skills as Head of a Higher Education Institution. It was a turn around project. My task was to position Trident as an institution of choice. I worked hard and made following noteworthy contributions during my tenure as Director General: • Started new course of Mechanical Diploma with AICTE approval and affiliation with Board of Technical Education, Lucknow • Increased students enrollment and total strength of students increased from 400 to above 1000 in two years • Successfully organized a two days Job Fair where more than 15 companies participated for final placement of M.B.A. and B.Tech. students • Streamlined all the processes and successfully implemented ERP across the campus • Successfully organized an AICTE sponsored National Seminar in marketing area and a compendium of articles was published for the same • Ten faculty members published their articles in reputed journals, conferences and seminars • Encouraged faculty for higher studies which resulted in five faculty members joining part-time M.Tech. and two faculty members joining part-time Ph.D. Show less

• Dean

  • Oct 1998 - Nov 2011

  I was immensely privileged to be a part of marvelous growth story of ITS for more than thirteen years. I joined ITS Group at Mohan Nagar in October 1998 when the first campus has just started the academic operations with only two programs. The journey of expansion of the group from one campus to four; and from few hundred students to few thousands was personally fulfilling and intensely enriching for me. My job was to create an excellent academic environment with a focus on outcome based teaching learning processes leading to satisfaction of all stakeholders. I worked with full commitment and involvement which resulted in following noteworthy contributions: • Obtained NBA accreditation of management program • Obtained A.I.U. equivalence of M.B.A to PGDM • Successfully increased the students intake across several programs • Holds the credit of establishing new institutes • Successfully organized one International Conference in collaboration with Institute of Public Enterprise, Hyderabad • Successfully organized a series of AICTE sponsored National Seminars • Managed the Central Evaluation of Management answer scripts of U. P. Technical University • Distinction of conducting many programs of Executive Development and Faculty Development: o Team Building & Conflict Management for the Officers of Ghaziabad District o Case writing, Analysis & Presentation for faculties of UP Technical University affiliated Institutions o Communication & Interpersonal Skills for executives of BEL, Ghaziabad o Emerging Issues in Financial Management, an open program was attended by executives from ONGC, MMTC, SAIL, HAL, CCI, HIL, HPL, etc. o Project Management at for Engineers of UP Awas Evam Vikas Parishad o Team Building & Conflict Management for doctors of ESI Hospitals Over 13 years at ITS got opportunity to serve as: o Principal of ITS Law College o Dean of ITS Engineering College o Dean of ITS Institute of Management o Chairman Admissions Committee o Chairman PGDM and BBA Show less



IMT GHAZIABAD

• India
• Consumer Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Visiting Professor

  • Sep 1997 - Jun 2000

  I was involved in teaching courses in PGDM program for both regular batch as well as part-time evening batches. The courses taught by me included Operations Management; Manufacturing Strategy; Total Productive Maintenance to PGDM students. I was involved in teaching courses in PGDM program for both regular batch as well as part-time evening batches. The courses taught by me included Operations Management; Manufacturing Strategy; Total Productive Maintenance to PGDM students.



Inmantec

• India
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Professor

  • May 1997 - Oct 1998

  This was my first job as a teacher in higher education. The courses taught by me were Operations Management; Quantitative Techniques; Business Statistics; and Supply Chain Management. I was actively involved in many important non-academic responsibilities like Member of Editorial Board of Institution's Journal "Pranjana"; Chairman Press and Media Liaison; Chairman Sports; and In-charge of Boy's Hostel. This was my first job as a teacher in higher education. The courses taught by me were Operations Management; Quantitative Techniques; Business Statistics; and Supply Chain Management. I was actively involved in many important non-academic responsibilities like Member of Editorial Board of Institution's Journal "Pranjana"; Chairman Press and Media Liaison; Chairman Sports; and In-charge of Boy's Hostel.



Marvel Vinayls Limited

• India
• Plastics Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Quality Assurance Engineer

  • Oct 1995 - May 1997

  This Birla Group Company was a calendaring plant manufacturing PVC sheetings for Railways, automobile manufacturers and general consumers. I was responsible for ensuring quality of various products during the complete eight hour shift of production. This Birla Group Company was a calendaring plant manufacturing PVC sheetings for Railways, automobile manufacturers and general consumers. I was responsible for ensuring quality of various products during the complete eight hour shift of production.



Premier Polyfilm Limited

• India
• Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing

• Quality Assurance Engineer

  • Jun 1994 - Oct 1995

  This Goenka Group Company was a calendaring plant manufacturing PVC sheetings for Railways, automobile manufacturers and general consumers. Wonderfloor was the famous brand of this company. I was responsible for ensuring quality of various products. This Goenka Group Company was a calendaring plant manufacturing PVC sheetings for Railways, automobile manufacturers and general consumers. Wonderfloor was the famous brand of this company. I was responsible for ensuring quality of various products.