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I thank you for visiting my site. The purpose of this website is to share my personal experiences, knowledge, convictions and even the doubts and dilemmas- as an HR person, as a behavioural scientist, as a social scientist, as a human being and finally as a student in this wonderful campus of life! This site is also meant to provide my friends and fellow professionals a facility to share their perspectives, knowledge and experiences so that we can all learn from each other. I hope this web site also helps me to remain connected with my friends and professional networks.

I personaly subscribe to all positive human philosophies and values that have shaped the bewildering realities of human existence today which icludes the beautiful and ugly, the enjoyements and sufferings, gains and losses and all the bioplar extremities we can imagine. While nobody can ignore the role played by commercialization and competition in building the wealth and thus helping to alleviate poverty in today’s world, I still believe that we should share, collaborate and work together to the extent it is affordable, to advance the human realities in a positive manner for the future. I hope that this web site is able to play a small role towards reinforcing such positive values.

About me

I hold a D.Phil degree in Psychology from Centre of Advanced Studies in Psychology, Allahabad University in India and is an all rounder in HRD related areas. I started my career in HR research,and then moved on to executive training, consulting and corporate jobs. Currently I am working with a leading Engineering and Construction company in India. During my earlier jobs, I have rendered training and consulting services to companies in Middle East, East Asia and India covering construction, manufacturing, oil and gas, banking and IT sectors. I started my career in IIM, Ahmedabad and has held various positions in India including the Director of Academy of HRD before moving to Bahrain to join Ernst and Young. I had worked also with Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore oil Operations(ADCO) in United Arab Emirates(UAE) for a number of years. My expertise spans a range of areas namely strategy, structure, culture, talent management, knowledge management, leadership development and deployment of learning technologies. Apart from offering training workshops, I have been also speaking regularly at many HR events in Europe and Asia. I have many publications including standardized psychometric and survey instruments such as Organisational Health (OH) Scale, Constraints on Performance (COP) Survey, Culture Change Assessment (CCA) Survey, Emotional Quotient Test, Thinking Orientations Scale and so forth. I have gained certifications from leading professional bodies such as British Psychological Society and American Society for Training Development. I am a member of professional associations such as National HRD Net Work,Indian Science Congress, National Academy of Psychology(NAOP), British Psychological Society and American Society for Training and Development. Currently I am also a member of the executive council of NAOP and also the convenor of the Commitee on Psychological Testing and Accreditation(CAPT). Some of my past honours, awards , memberships and positions are listed below.

· Invited speaker in conferences in many places like at Amsterdam, Barcelona, India and Middle East.

· Invited guest faculty/speaker at many leading institutions

· Member of the Doctoral Program Committee of AHRD-XLRI(India) Joint Fellow Program in HRD

· Editor, HRD News published by National HRD Network

· AHRD representative member of the Board of Governors of National HRD Network

· Director Academy of HRD

· Performed as Member , Editorial Board of MANAS- A research journal in HRD

· Founder Director of Individual and Organizational Assessment Centre(IOAC), AHRD

· Received Best Case Study Award from Indian Institute of Public Administration(IIPA) , New Delhi for the case study –‘Productivity through Motivation’ developed by me

· Received Prof. D. Sinha Best Ph.D. award from National Academy of Psychology(a Professional Body) for my Ph.D. thesis submitted to Allahabad University

· Name listed in the original Marquis Who is Who international since 2005 for his professional contributions