Qualifications
- 2023-Ph.D., in Management from Lovely Professional University.
- 2009-MBA in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations from Punjab Technical University.
- 2006-BSc. Hotel & Hospitality Administration from IGNOU.
- 2002-Diploma Hotel Administration from Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Hotel Management (National Council of Hotel Management and Catering technology).
Certificates :
- Wine learning: the world of wine, from the University of Adelaide, Australia
- Facilitator cum Trainer by Mind Bridge Asia
- Human Resource Analytics, from the University of California, Irvine
- Industry-Academia Connect: Empowering Students and Faculty to be Industry Ready”- CII
- “Entrepreneurship Development”, Sponsored by DST, Government of India, organized by the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka
Experience
- September 2019 to March 2023: Welcomgroup Graduate School of Hotel Administration (Manipal Academy of Higher Education), Assistant Professor (Selection Grade)
- October 2016- March 2019: Chandigarh group of colleges, Head of Department and Associate Professor
- September 2006- September 2016: Chitkara University, Assistant Professor
- March 2005- August 2006: Carlson Hotels, Hospitality Service leader.
Research Interests
- Entrepreneurship
- Hospitality
Teaching Interests
- Revenue management in the Hospitality
- Food and Beverage Services
- Entrepreneurship in Hospitality
Professional Activities
Conferences presented:
- Curricular and Extracurricular activities impact on entrepreneurial intention and implementation among hospitality and tourism students: Mediating role of attitude and self-efficacy and moderating impact of uncertainty avoidance conference- Manipal International University, Industry academic partnership-driving innovation and inspiring young minds, Scopus indexed, February 2022
- Impact of entrepreneurship education on H&T student's self-efficacy and Entrepreneurship Intention: the moderating role of self-regulation, 3rd international conference: enterprise and entrepreneurialism in tourism and hospitality, Scopus indexed, January 2022
- Role of Entrepreneurship Education, Pragmatic Thinking, and Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy on Triggering Students' Entrepreneurship Intention: Testing Moderation and Mediation Effects, ICEBE 2021, 4th International Conference of Economics, Business & Entrepreneurship, Malaysia, Scopus indexed October 2021.
- Education vis-a-visintention on entrepreneurship: a gap analytical perspective of female students in Karnataka- International conference- ICOHOST- November 2020
- Impact of the paradigm shift of the interior designs of new restaurants over customer perceive on service quality- international conference, ICOHOST- April 2019
- Comparative study between the perception of students of first and final-year students of different types of hotel management in Punjab towards the hotel industry- international conference, futuristic approach towards employability and entrepreneurship & industrial summit-October 2018
- To study the growth of digitization in the hotel or tourist site promotion and analyze the effect of the same on buying behavior of consumers- International conference -IIHTR- February 2017
- Healthcare quality in India: overview and lesson learned on internal quality assurance at the national level at Chitkara University.
- Presented paper on Identifying the Competency Gaps among Hospitality Graduate Vis-À-Vis Industry Expectations at Rayat and Bahara University.
- Presented paper on Life Skill Development organized by Chitkara School of education
Workshop/ FDP organized:
- Wine-making and tasting workshop by Bar devils, Delhi and Four Seasons.
- Workshop on mixology by Smirnoff and Bacardi.
- Workshop on Faculty Development by Mind Bridge Asia.
- Hospitality Innovations and Entrepreneurship
- Competencies development of IHM faculties in view of contemporary challenges
Workshop/FDP attended:
- Executive Development Workshop in Food and Beverage Management organized by National Council of Hotel Management at Bangalore.
- Faculty development workshop on Research Methodology by Chitkara University.
- Innovations and Design Thinking by MAHE
- Market Sizing, Scoping, and understanding of value chains
- Flipped Classroom
? Enhancing student engagement during online teaching
- Data analysis using “R”
- Beginning Data Analysis with jamovi
- Curriculum and outcomes assessment for hospitality education
- Designing and analyzing midterm assessments to address course objectives and improve class performance.
- Intellectual property rights
- Organizing research from concept to dissemination
- Designing and analyzing feedback from students, parents, and alumni
Other Achievements
- Book authored: Knowing Wines, ISBN: 978-93-82782-18-6
- Knowing Wines, 2nd edition, ISBN: 978-93-85892-54-7
- Book Chapter: Entrepreneurship education in hospitality and tourism: viewpoints of practicing entrepreneurs. ISBN: 978-93-92313-88-2
- Patents Granted: Self-service check-in system for hotels based on biometric feature recognition and integrated face-identity card validation. Patent no. 2022/06804
Contact Information
Amity School of Hospitality (ASH)