Education
» Ph. D., Osmania University, Dept. of Business Management, Hyderabad.
» M. Phil., Madras School of Social Work, Madras University.
» Indian Society for Training and Development (I.S.T.D), New Delhi.
» M.S.W, Madras School of Social Work, Madras University - Specialization – “PM & IR & Labour Welfare”.
» Trained by the British Psychological Society on Assessment: Occupational and Personality - Dubai, completed Level – A.
Professional Experience – has four decades’ experience
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» Professor (OB – Area) - XLRI between March 1998 and May 2017. Besides, looked after the Admissions as Coordinator for two years between 1998 and 2000 & one year in 2002 – 2003. ·
» Director Corporate Learning Centre and Fellow Programme Coordinator- Academy of Human Resources Development, Hyderabad (1996 – 1998). Major activities managing the Fellow Programme that was offered in collaboration with XLRI, Jamshedpur, and designing, organizing, facilitating training programmes for client organizations, undertaking consultancy services. ·
» Practiced Consultancy independently under the banner “Loyola Consultants” - Consultant and Trainer (1994 - 1996) - Designing, organizing, facilitating training programmes for client organizations, undertaking consultancy studies & services. ·
» Assistant Professor and Research Fellow - Centre for Organization Development, Hyderabad (87 – 94). Designing, organizing, facilitating training Programme for client organizations, undertaking consultancy services. Besides, as Research Fellow, pursued Ph. D. in Osmania University. ·
» Asst. Professor, Loyola College, Madras 1980 to 1987. Teaching PG students - OB, Group Dynamics, Social Action, and Labour Welfare; and guiding students in research studies & field works.
Visiting Faculty
»» I.I.M. Ranchi ü Rajagiri Business School, Cochin
»» Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA)
»» Crescent School of Business (CSB), Chennai
»» Great Lakes Institute of Management (GLIM), Chennai
»» Xavier Institute of Management, Mumbai
»» National Institute of Agricultural Marketing, (NIAM), Jaipur
»» Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar.
»» I.I.M. – Kozhikode
Areas of Expertise
• Mentoring, Coaching,
• Counselling
• Organization culture,
• Organization Change and Development
• Group Dynamics & Team Building.
• Personality Development through T. A.
• Leadership,
Membership & Administrative Positions held
» Ex-Member of the Board of Governors, XLRI, Jamshedpur.
» Life Member, National HRD Network (NHRD Network), Hyderabad
» Member of the Advisory Body on Matters of Academic Relevance, DRIEMS Business School
» Asia Pacific Business Review (ABR) Referee. Asia Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi--110025
» Member in ICFAI University Jharkhand Research Advisory Committee for Ph. D in Management Programme.
» Member Editorial Board ICFAI Journal of Soft Skills – since July2015
» Member of Editorial Board of “Amity Journal of Training & Development "- An International, Biannual, Refereed Journal of Training & Development - Since July 2015
» Member of the Editorial board. 2010. Symbiosis Centre of Management and Human Resource Development (SCMHRD) a constituent of Symbiosis International Deemed University publishes an Annual HR Journal "OPUS: Organization People and Us" since January 2007.
» Had been Member Academic Committee, Great Lakes Institute (GLIM), Chennai.
» Has been awarded as the Best Citizens of India Award 2010 by International Publishing House, the world’s most leading biographical specialists.
Rendered consultancy and Management Development programmes for the following companies
IFFCO,Dubai |
Masreq Bank,Dubai |
BankMuscat,Muscat |
CAPGEMINI |
LalBahadurShastriNationalAcademyofAdministration,Govt.ofIndia, Mussoorie |
BharatElectronicLimited |
SAIL |
CTS |
TATASteel |
CocaCola India |
IPCL |
ITCLtd. |
CromptonGreaves |
TATATIMKEN |
TataCummins |
WorldVision |
Mahindra&Mahindra |
NTPC |
HCL– HP |
HAL |
VardhamanGroup |
HindalcoIndustries |
International DevelopmentResearchCenter,New Delhi. |
AtulGroup ofCompanies |
Consultancy
Few of the consultancy services that were rendered over the years:
• Principal Consultant for facilitating a workshop on “Developing Vision, Mission and Values in CENDRET, XIM-B, Bhubaneswar. This exercise was preceded by two workshops on “Team Building and Conflict Management”.
• Principal Consultant for the project on " Employee Satisfaction Survey" GATI Corporation, Hyderabad.
• Principal Consultant for an ODA (Overseas Development Authority) Andhra Pradesh School Health Project: "An HRD Assignment on Job Description, Job
• Specification, Skill Audit and Framework Criteria for Selection" Hyderabad. The project involved evaluation of Primary Health Care Projects and redefining roles and responsibilities of the top management in the reorganized set up.
• Project Leader - the project on Building Competence for Role Performance: A Study on the Training Needs of IPS officers. This project was sponsored by the Ministry of Home Affairs and was jointly undertaken with SVP National Police Academy, Hyderabad.
• Carried out a consultancy study on Dalmia (Bharat) Cement Ltd. Based on the findings a case-let was prepared to facilitate the top management workshop.
• Carried out a survey on “Shared Values of the Top Management of BEL". Subsequently, together with Dr. B.L. Maheshwari, Director of C.O.D, facilitated a three-day Workshop organized for the top executives of BEL at Hyderabad.
Research/ Participation in International Conferences
• Mentoring and Coaching Relationship: An Exploratory study in an Indian Corporate. Paper presented in 7th Asia Academy of Management Conference held between 12- 14th December, 2013 at Macao, China. ISF. Raj and Sushmita Srivastava.
• An Exploratory study on mentoring in a large Indian Manufacturing Organization: Towards conceptualizing an Indian model on mentorship. Paper presented in 12th International HRM Conference at Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, India, December 2012. Author: Ms. Sushmita Srivastava, Prof ISF Raj.
• A Study of Mentor-Mentee Relationships in a Large Indian Manufacturing Organization: A Qualitative Study. The paper in the earlier version was presented at the National Academy of Psychology, Anand, Gujarat, India. Author: Ms. Sushmita Srivastava, Prof ISF Raj. 2012
• Development of a Unique Conceptual framework on mentor – mentee pairing in the Indian context. Paper presented in 12th International HRM Conference at Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, India, December 2012. Authors: Ms. Sushmita Srivastava and Prof ISF Raj
• Coauthored a paper "Impact of Buyer-Supplier Co-operation in Buyer and Supplier Relationships: Insights from Indian Industries" at International Conference on Business Management & Information Systems, 2012.
• Participated as a Moderator in the 3rd. Annual HR Conference, “HR IMAGERY 2016: Theme Future Proofing HR. Held on 12 March, 2016.
• Addressed the participants of the NIPM conference on ‘Human Resource to Human Capital Strategist’, a Nationwide Annual Conference and Region-wise Conferences held at Pondicherry on 21st and 22nd, December 2007.
• Participated in the Annual Conference of IABE-2004 held at Las Vegas during October 17- 20, 2004. Coauthored and presented a paper on “Supply Management Orientation and Buyer/Supplier Performance- some insights from automobile industry in India”.
• Participated in ICIL 2001Conference (International Centre for Innovation and Industrial Logistics) Held at OKINAWA, Japan, 9-12 July 2001. Coauthored and presented a paper on “Understanding Logistics Processes and Logistics Teams in Indian Manufacturing Organizations”.
• Participated in the International Conference Habitat- II, held at Turkey. (1996).
• Participated in the National HRD Conference held at Hyderabad (1995) - Discussant for the concurrent session on "Organization Culture".
• Participated in the conference on Entrepreneurship Development in Management Education, held at Dacca, Bangladesh, April 18 - 30, 1992 and facilitated a session on "Organization culture” during the conference.
Publication
• Mentoring and Coaching: Tools Used to Develop Human Capital. Effective Executive. Vol. XIV, No. 03, March 2011. Pp.56 – 69. Authors: I.S.F. Irudayaraj and Birjendu Gupta.
• Organization Culture, South Asian Journal of Management, Vol. 1 (3), 1994,
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• Building Competence for Role Performance: A Study of the Training needs of Young IPS Officers, South Asian Journal of Management, Vol. 1 (2), 1994, pp. 61 - 65. (Coauthored).
• Shared Values among Senior Executives Mandatory for Management. Management and Labour Studies, Vol. 19, January 1994.
Books
• Co-authored "It's Not Dawn Yet". The Christian Literature Society New Delhi, 1977. Written in the regional language -Tamil.
