Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Neeraj Awasthy

FDP, IIM, Ahmedabad

Phone: +91-971*******, 701-***-****

Email:adfqmr@r.postjobfree.com

Synopsis

I have more than 21 years of rich experience in the field of teaching, research, social work, running entrepreneurial ventures and general management. Have undertaken multiple responsibilities including Academic mentorship, managing a Research Centre, leading a government aided school and CBSE affiliated school.

Research Interest

Multidisciplinary research in the area of rural development and education management.

Professional Experience & Current Employment

Modern School, Noida Dec, 2014 – Till Date Principal

Key Responsibilities/Initiatives

Handling more than 3200 students for more than 3 years as the head of school.

Managing team of 125 teachers and 30 staff members for more than 3 years.

Continuous evaluation of teachers as per the Government and management requirement.

Design curriculum, brochure and introduce technology based learning.

Liaison with Government Authorities and CBSE.

Conduct Board Examination and other competitive examinations as Centre Coordinator.

Design workshops for teacher training.

Frame PTA and other bodies for continuous interaction with parents and students bodies.

Frame policies to increase the student strength.

Develop organization structure and organize staff meeting on monthly basis to understand the change in the education system on continuous basis.

Organizing competitive examination viz. NEET, UPSC etc.

Ramagya School, Noida Mar, 2014 – Dec, 2014 Group Academic Mentor

Key Responsibilities/Initiatives

Provided mentoring to all the branches of Ramagya School

Developed teacher evaluation system as per the Government and management requirement.

Designed curriculum, brochure and introduce technology based learning.

Liaison with Government Authorities and Affiliation body.

Designed workshops for teacher training.

Framed PTA and other bodies and continuous interaction with parents and students bodies.

Guided management on day to day school administration and transport system.

Framed policies to increase the student strength.

Developed organization structure and organize staff meeting on monthly basis to understand the change in the education system on continuous basis.

Framed policy for hiring staff, library and general administration.

IMT, Ghaziabad July 2012 – Jan 2014 Manager Academic Programme

Key Responsibilities/Initiatives

Guided international student in an academic collaborative programs with the Kellogg School of Management- North Western University. The objective of this program was to pair IMT and Kellogg students (Buddy) to conduct research to understand key issues and challenges to rural development in India. Some of the projects guided by me under this programs are : Design a Business Plan for Implementation of e-Health and m-Health Platforms in India, Impact Investing scenario in India, Help set up an end-to-end rural contract farming enterprise for goats, Telemedicine: It's acceptance in rural India., D-Light design's route-to-market with new partner SREI SAHAJ, Kellogg Project: TERI-DFID Clean Cook Initiative, Formulation of Investment strategy and giving recommendations for investment in education technology sector, Mobile based Agro-Services in India. Identification of Gaps & scope of improvements.

Mentored Copenhagen Business School, Denmark students on a STEP program on Entrepreneurship in India. Under this program, a workshop was conducted in which Entrepreneurs of Delhi NCR region were involved.

Guided San-Diego Business School Students in STEP program focusing on action research projects related to Indian business environment. Projects were from diverse areas like finance, marketing and operations. An important part of these projects were to apply management theory into practice, to experiment, test the waters and then use this experiential knowledge to build on an existing platform or create a new one.

Instrumental in co-creation and implementation of highly appreciated new Doctorate in Business Administration program ( In collaboration with GEM France)

Advised and Designed Short Term exchange programs for foreign students in action research specially in the field of NGOs and Social Enterprises.

Member Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Program at IMT. Role was to provide the experts and entrepreneur list in India to be surveyed.

Ideated the concept of Documentary in Management Research and prepared a documentary on the livelihood condition of tribal people in Jharkhand.

Ideated section correspondent concept and implemented successfully at IMT, Ghaziabad

IMT, Ghaziabad May 2011 – July 2012 Research Fellow

Key Responsibilities/Initiatives

Worked as Research Fellow under CRICKET (Centre for Rural Innovation and Capacity Building through Knowledge Management Entrepreneurship and Technology)

Facilitating interdisciplinary research and knowledge dissemination with a focus on studying successful rural and community development programs and enabling student immersion in them.

Designed and Organized four Focus Group Discussion to identify the scope of Executive PhD in collaboration with US based University.

Key accomplishments included developing new project ideas, guiding students, organizing field visits to rural areas and coordinating with multiple agencies.

Public Model School September 2000 – May 2011 Director cum Principal

Developed teacher evaluation system as per the Government and management requirement.

Designed curriculum, brochure and introduce technology based learning.

Liaison with Government Authorities and Affiliation body.

Designed workshops for teacher training.

Framed PTA, PTM and other bodies and continuous interaction with parents and students bodies.

Implemented Mid-Day Meal Scheme and CCE as per Government norms.

Managed day to day school administration and transport system.

Established library and laboratory in the institute.

Organized Annual functions

Educational Qualifications

Professional Qualifications

September,2013

Participated in the four month IIM Ahmedabad FDP program

December, 1998

Qualified UGC NET with Finance as the subject

Educational Qualifications

2008-2010

1999 – 2005

M. Ed.

Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla.

PhD Finance

Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla.

Doctoral Dissertation on “Problems and prospects of Regional Rural Banks-: A case study of Himachal Pradesh”. The dissertation focuses on comparing the efficiency of various RRBs post liberalization using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach. It further focuses on the performance of two RRBs in Himachal Pradesh to understand the problems and prospects relating to RRBs.

Thesis Advisory Committee- Prof. C. L. Chandan

1998-1999

1995-97

B. Ed.

Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla.

Master in Finance & Control (MFC)

HP University, Shimla

1994-95

PG Diploma in Marketing Management

HP University, Shimla.

1991-94

B.Sc. (Medical), GNDU Amritsar

Teaching Experience

Taught Financial Statement Analysis and Working Capital management to Masters in Finance & Control Classes at Institute of Management Studies, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla for the session 1999-2000 & 2000-01. The assignment was under the rules of Research Student and the pedagogy used was lecture cum demonstration method.

Entrepreneurship in India to Copenhagen Business School Students at IMT, Ghaziabad. Pedagogy used for this assignment was presentation and discussion. Some of the modules were taught in a workshop mode.

Publications & Research Papers

1.Awasthy N & Agarwal R (2013) “Evaluation of Self Reliance model on Women’s Empowerment: A Case of Chitrakoot” International Journal of Intercultural Information Management, Inderscience Publishers

2.Awasthy N (2011) “Knowledge Management Strategies - A Technology Roadmap” in Edited Book “Facets of Business Excellence” MacMillan Advanced Research Series

3.Aggarwal R, Awasthy N, Sharma V &Sehgal V (2011)“The Impact of Self Reliance model on Women’s Work : A Case Study of Chitrakoot” Proceedings of 53rd Annual Conference of Indian Society of Labour Economics, 17-19 December, 2011, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, Rajasthan

4.Awasthy N&Batra S (2011) “Rural Development -A new mantra of litigation free society” Working Paper Series, IMT Ghaziabad

5.Puri, S & Awasthy N. “Grocers can save a lot of money by allocating proper shelf space to different product categories", Progressive Grocer, Sept 2012, pp. 20-22.

6.Awasthy N & Batra S (2012) “Rural Innovation: An Indian Perspective ”Global Business School Network 7th Annual Conference Making the Connection, Management Education Powering Development, 11- 14 June, 2012, New Delhi, India.

7.Majumdar N, Bhalla B, Awasthy A Das L &Kalia S (2013) “A study of Two wheeler sector in Rural India” International Conference on Rural Innovation, Capacity Building, Knowledge Management, Entrepreneurship and Technology 2- 3 January, 2013, New Delhi, India.

8.Deshpande A & Awasthy N (2013) “Study of technological and model based innovations and their impact on students in the education sector” 5th International Conference on ‘Role of Innovation in Business’, 16-17 May, 2013, Bangalore, India

Edited Books

1.Rakesh Chopra, Jayanthi Ranjan, Sandeep Puri, Neeraj Awasthy “Beyond Norms Strategies for Excellence”, Bloomsbury Publishers 2012.

2.Ajay Singh, Jay Mitra, Neeraj Awasthy “Sustainability & Development- Paradigm Shift in Knowledge Creation and Innovation”, Bloomsbury Publishers 2013

3.Shalini kalia, Lipi Das, Bhawna Bhalla, Neeraj Awasthy “Promoting Socio-Economic Development through Business Integartion” IGI Global Publication 2015

Conference Organized

1.Member organizing committee, “International Conference on Rural Innovation, Capacity Building, Knowledge Management, Entrepreneurship, and Technology” Jan 2 – 3, 2013, IMT Ghaziabad

2.Member organizing committee, “Making the Connection Management Education Powering Development” June 11 – 14, 2012, Global Business School Networks

3.Member organizing & Review committee, “International conference on facets of business excellence – leveraging information technology for strategic advantage (FOBE 2012)” November 1 – 4, 2012, IMT Ghaziabad

4.Member organizing committee, “International conference on facets of business excellence – leveraging information technology for strategic advantage (FOBE 2011)” November 4 – 7, 2011, IMT Ghaziabad

5.Member organizing committee, 11th AIMS International Conference on Management “Managing Organizations in Digital Era” December 21 – 24, 2013, The Association of Indian Management Scholars International

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