Curriculum Vitae

Dr. Neeraj Awasthy

FDP, IIM, Ahmedabad
Phone: (+91) 9711272433
Email:nawasthy10@gmail.com

Synopsis
I have more than 17 years of rich experience in the field of teaching, research, running
entrepreneurial ventures and general management. Have undertaken multiple responsibilities
including Academic mentorship, managing a Research Centre, leading a government aided
school, NGO management and managing a small scale enterprise requiring coordination with
Government & Non-Government agencies, driving business strategies and managing profit and
bottom-line.

Research Interest
 Multidisciplinary research in the area of rural development

Professional Experience & Current Employment

Modern School, Noida Dec, 2014 – Till Date Principal

Key Responsibilities/Initiatives
 Provide mentoring to staff.
 Develop teacher evaluation system as per the Government and management requirement.
 Design curriculum, brochure and introduce technology based learning.
 Liaison with Government Authorities and CBSE.
 Conduct Board Examination as Centre Coordinator.
 Design workshops for teacher training.
 Frame PTA and other bodies and 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.

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

Key Responsibilities/Initiatives
 Provide mentoring to all the branches of Ramagya School
 Develop teacher evaluation system as per the Government and management requirement.
 Design curriculum, brochure and introduce technology based learning.
 Liaison with Government Authorities and Affiliation body.
 Design workshops for teacher training.
 Frame PTA and other bodies and continuous interaction with parents and students bodies.
 Guide management on day to day school administration and transport system.
 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.
 Frame policy for library and laboratory in the institute.
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, GhaziabadMay 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

 Handled more than 600 students for more than 13 years as the head of school.
 Managed team of 30 teachers and 10 staff members for more than 11 years.
 Develop teacher evaluation system as per the Government and management requirement.
 Design curriculum, brochure and introduce technology based learning.
  Hire teaching and Non-teaching staff.
 Liaison with Government Authorities and Affiliation body.
 Design workshops for teacher training.
 Frame PTA, PTM and other bodies and continuous interaction with parents and students
bodies.
 Implemented Mid-Day Meal Scheme and CCE as per Government norms.
 Manage day to day school administration and transport system.
 Organized various events for the confidence building and over all development of students.
 Frame policies to increase the student strength.
 Organize staff meeting on monthly basis to understand the change in the education system on
continuous basis.
 Establish 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 M. Ed.
Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla.

1999 – 2005 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 B. Ed.
Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla.

1995-97 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

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