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• Dr. Hardik Vachhrajani

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• Wants

  Networking for research, consulting, training, co creation of academic/organizational contributions, full time teaching / research / consulting assignments in Innovation Management / Entrepreneurship / Strategic Management at leading business schools around Asia, Europe or Africa starting July 2011. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Domains: Innovation, Strategic Management, Quality Management, Entrepreneurship, Small and Medium Enterprises, Six Sigma, Lean and Organizational Transformation, Educational Leadership ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ People interested in setting up management education institute with a difference in Asia, Middle East or Africa... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Universities / institutes seeking research supervisors /examiners for advanced researches (masters or PhD level) in the domains of innovation, entrepreneurship and strategic management . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

• Haves

  Quality Council of India approved QMS and Lean Consultant, Certified Six Sigma Green Belt, Member of Board of Examiners for Ramkrishna Bajaj National Quality Awards (Indian clone of Baldridge Award), NASSCOM Certified Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Quality Analyst ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Extensive experience of teaching MBA and PhD students. Facilitated OB, HRM, Strategic Management and Innovation Management at PG Level. Facilitated research on innovation and strategic management at doctoral Level. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Experience of higher educational institutional leadership and strategic improvement interventions. Implementation knowhow of AACSB, NAAC, NBA, IiP and ISO in education. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Receipt of research grants from Swiss National Science Foundation (2008) and European Commission (2010) for research on innovation in Small & Medium Entreprises (SMEs). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Research, consulting and training experience in innovation, open innovation, role of innovation in organizational growth, cluster development, non-technological innovations, strategic management, disruptive innovations, improvement and quality initiatives. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Extensive experience in working with various quality and innovation tools like ISO 9001, TS 16949, ISMS, FSMS, SA 8000, Six Sigma, Lean and TRIZ for organizational transformation. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Consulted 100+ SMEs across South East Asia, Middle East and East Africa. Assisted more than 1000 entrepreneurs / owner managers / managers on various dimensions of quality, innovation and management excellence. ~~~~~ Development and implementation experience of consulting and training products. Developed India's first certification program for QMS Management Representatives. ~~~~~

• Interests

  Reading, Global Traveling, Exploring new ideas, creation of academic / industry relevant literature, supporting entrepreneurs explore and succeed in innovation development and sustainance.

• Organizations

  Assistant Professor : School of Business, Amrita University, India (www.amrita.edu) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Promoter : IBH Consultants Pvt. Ltd. (www.ibhconsultants.com) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lean Manufacturing Consultant (‘A’ Grade) of National Productivity Council, Government of India (http://www.lmcs-npc.gov.in) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fellow, International Entrepreneurship Academy(http://www.intentac.org) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Coordinator : National Centre for Quality Management (www.ncqm.com) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Assistant Editor : IBSU Scientific Journal, Tbilisi, Georgia (www.ibsu.edu.ge/journal) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Columnist : LifeStyleEntrepreneur, Italy (http://www.lifestylentrepreneur.org/)

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• Employment status

  Employee

Educational background

• Languages

  English, Hindi, Gujarati