Dr. Hardik Vachhrajani
MBA, PhD
Assistant Professor (Strategy & Innovation )(The company name is only visible to registered members)
- 360005 Rajkot
- India
Personal information
- 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. ~~~~~
- 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/)
Professional experience (11 years)
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Aug 2009
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(2 years, 10 months)
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(Only visible for registered members)
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Aug 2009
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May 2011
- present
(1 year, 1 month)
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International Journal of Business Derivatives, http://www.ijbd.org
Industry: Research
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May 2011
- present
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Nov 2010
- present
(1 year, 7 months)
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LSE LIFESTYLEntrepreneur, http://www.lifestylentrepreneur.org/
Industry: Writing & Editing
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Nov 2010
- present
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Jun 2002
- present
(10 years)
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IBH Consultants Pvt. Ltd., India, http://www.ibhconsultants.com
Industry: Consulting
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Jun 2002
- present
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Aug 2010
- Jun 2011
(11 months)
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Post Doc Fellow in Innovation Management
Department of Management, University of Bologna, http://www.unibo.it
Industry: Research
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Aug 2010
- Jun 2011
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Jun 2005
- Jul 2009
(4 years, 2 months)
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T. N. Rao College of Management Studies, Saurashtra University, http://www.tnraocollege.org/mba/index.html
Industry: Education
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Jun 2005
- Jul 2009
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Jun 2001
- May 2002
(1 year)
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ICICI Capital Ltd., http://www.icicibank.com
Industry: Financial Services
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Jun 2001
- May 2002
- Employment status
- Employee
Educational background
- Jul 2006 - Jun 2009
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School of Business Management, NMIMS University, Mumbai, India
Innovation Management, Ph.D (Doctoral Program in Management)
Role of Innovation in the growth of SMEs of Rajkot
- Jul 2000 - Jun 2002
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Saurashtra University
Management, MBA
Strategic Management, Systems, Organizational Behavior
- Jul 2000 - Jun 2001
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AIIMAS
Human Resource Management, PGDHRM
Organizational Development, Strategic Human Resource Management
- Jul 1997 - Jun 2000
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Saurashtra University
English Literature, Drama, Economics, BA (Speical English)
English Drama, Contemporary Indian (English) Drama
- Languages
- English, Hindi, Gujarati
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