School of Management and Liberal Studies

Prof G R Chandrashekhar has nearly three decades of experience in industry and academia. His experiences largely span Consulting, Business Development, Teaching and Research. He has had opportunities to work in India, Middle East, Europe, and USA.

He has presented research papers in international conferences, published in international journals, and guided doctoral scholars. He has authored a ‘Complexity Corner’ series in Business Standard. His area of teaching and research has largely spanned Business Analytics and Strategy.

He has held leadership positions in industry and academia. He has worked with ABB, Satyam Computers, IIMs Indore, and Ranchi amongst other organizations.

He holds a Ph. D (FPM) from IIM Lucknow, an MBA (PGDM) from IIM Bangalore and B.E from College of Engineering, Osmania University.

Dr Sona Vikas is a PhD from GGSIP University Delhi, a University Topper and Gold Medalist during Post-Graduation, a UGC-NET qualified professional, has more than 24 years of experience in Industry and Academics. Her area of expertise lies in HR and OB. She has to her credit more than 100 research papers in International and National journals, edited books and conference proceedings. She has been an author of 6 edited books and 1 text book. She is also a Master Trainer for the ICP-CSR Certificate Programme (under IICA, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India). Leadership skills and pro-people skills are her forte. She is known for her proactiveness, adeptness in multi-tasking, handling work under all kinds of pressure, her positivity and optimism. With her Industry Experience in HR, Sales, MIS and Quality she brings in a lot of practical insights in the classroom. Student mentoring and conducting behavioural training programmes for both students and corporates is where her heart lies. She has been conducting training for corporates, teachers and senior students at various colleges and schools in Delhi and NCR. She has been invited as a speaker and resource person at several national level platforms to deliver sessions in diverse areas.

Professor (Dr.) S.K. Breja is a Quality professional and Distinguished Professor for Strategic management, Operations management and Supply chain management, at School of Management and Liberal Studies, The NorthCap University Gurugram. He is PhD from IIT Delhi in TQM and Business Excellence and has total of 40 years of combined industry and teaching experience. At National Council for Cement and Building Materials (NCB), where he worked during 1986-2018, he headed three departments and superannuated as senior scientist and Joint Director on 31st October 2018. Prior to joining The NorthCap University, he worked as Professor of Operations management, Logistics and Supply chain management, Global sourcing and business development, Consumer behavior and HOD-MDP and Consultancy at JIMS Kalkaji, New Delhi.

Dr. Breja worked at NCB for more than 32 years. He has nearly 25 years experience in consultancy, teaching and training large number of industry professionals and PG diploma students in management systems, TQM and cement and concrete technology. He has held workshop on SQC at UltraTech (Grasim and L&T group) cement plants and conducted training on ISO/IEC 17025 and cement, concrete and building materials at many cement plants and thermal power plants, including NTPC Korba, Indira Sagar Project, Khandwa and Sardar Sarovar project, Ahmadabad. He is ISO 9001 certified Lead Auditor and ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO/IEC 17043 certified Internal Auditor. He has successfully led many research and consultancy projects for cement and process industry and Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, implemented 58 PT schemes, visited more than 50 cement plants for consultancy assignments, developed 42 CRMs and organized many training programs, workshops and national seminars, and 15th NCB international seminar. Under his leadership, NCB achieved the distinction of getting ‘first in the country accreditation’ by NABL (National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories) for Proficiency Testing (PT), and also by CSIR-NPL, New Delhi for Certified Reference Materials (CRMs) and the stamp of Bhartiya Nirdeshak Dravyas (BNDs). He was the coordinator of National Award for Quality Excellence for Cement Industry from the year 2000 to 2018. He has also won Best Scientist award at NCB in the year 2000 and six best paper awards at International Seminars during his career. Overseas Visits/training: He has received training from JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) on “Total Quality Control and Standardization Activities”, in Japan, where he visited several Deming Prize companies like Mitutoyo Corporation, Sharp Corporation and Denso Polymer, won three awards including a medal awarded by Professor Takahashi during training. He also received UNIDO training in India, Germany and Austria on ‘Development and adoption of appropriate technologies for enhancing productivity in the cement sector’ and attended meeting at UNIDO HQ Vienna in 2017. He delivered country’s welcome address at 14th TCMB seminar in 2018 in Turkey. Dr. SK Breja has 95 publications and presentations in National and International journals/ seminars/conferences to his credit.

Earned more than 36 years of teaching and research experience and more than 21 years experience of academic administration in different positions like officiating VC, University Registrar, Dean Academic Affairs, Dean Faculty, Chairperson UTD & Board of Studies, Director of Distance Education, Proctor, Dean Students Welfare, Member Secretary to all Statutory Bodies of the University, University Librarian, Chairperson High Power Purchase Committee, Chairperson Investment Committee and many more. Also had a tenure as Adl Director of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and Independent Director in corporate sector.

Successfully guided 31 PhD scholars , published more than 80 research articles and 6 reference books. Received 10 awards and appreciations including 5 best research paper awards in international conferences. Got honorary position as Certified Financial Consultant and membership of Institute of Financial Consultants USA. Associated with several international, national, state level bodies and institutions as expert/member. Remained instrumental in all new initiatives at University level and worked closely with social organizations. Above all, I continue to enjoy the success of my all students whom I taught and guided since my joining teaching career in 1981. Being in high positions, they comprise my rich portfolio of assets earned in my spotless career.

Dr. Sharma is an associate professor of finance with more than fifteen years of
work experience. With more than twenty-five publications, her research has been in various journals of international and national repute, including the journals listed in Scopus, Web of Science, and the ABDC Journals list. She has one edited book published by IGI Global USA and one Indian patent to her credit. She has presented her research work at several international and national conferences organized by leading business schools and currently supervising four research scholars at The NorthCap University. Her key research areas are banking sector operations, financial modeling, sustainability, fuzzy logic and decision-making.

Dr. Neha Kumar is currently working as an Assistant Professor at the School of Management & Liberal Studies, The NorthCap University. She is an Associate Member of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI). She holds a Ph.D. in Commerce from Bundelkhand University, Jhansi. She has done her Masters in Commerce from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University & is an Honors graduate in Commerce from Indraprastha College for Women, Delhi University. Dr. Kumar has also qualified UGC NET in Commerce. She has conducted various training sessions/Workshops/FDPs on Reference Management, Mendeley, Journal Selection and SPSS. She is a certified Mendeley Advisor. She has a keen interest in research & has authored/co-authored papers in various International & National journals indexed in Scopus & UGC. Her areas of specialization include Corporate Finance, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Corporate Governance. She has participated and presented research papers in International and National Conferences.
She has also co-authored three chapters in a book and is also a Guest Editor in three books and journals.

Dr. Kumar has been fortunate to obtain a wide range of corporate and teaching experience of more than 9 years. She has taught as a Faculty of  Commerce & Management in reputed colleges of Delhi University, Guru Gobind Singh University & SGT University.

Ms. Preeti is M.Phil in Economics from Maharishi Dayanand University. She is working as an Assistant professor at the university.  She qualified for the UGC-NET (3 times). She has been an NCC cadet in her graduation days and a student athlete, where she won many medals.

Before beginning her teaching career at Chandigarh University, Gharuan, she served as an Economist at Ainauts for 2.5 year where she was actively engaged in quantitative research. She has extensively studied econometrics models and software’s

She has also interest in exchange rate determination and how monetary policy, macroeconomics news and beliefs impact exchange rate movements.

Recently she has started to look on cognitive abilities over time and the effect on productivity performance and wellbeing. Part of this new research, efforts will also investigate whether dance based exercise can reverse cognitive ageing. She is currently authoring book on Human behavior & Productivity.

Her areas of command in teaching are Econometrics, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Statistics and Research Methodology. Her interests also extend to Psychology, Philosophy, Sociology, Politics and Environmental Sciences.Her teaching methods are memory based and oriented towards preparing the students for professional careers and higher courses from top institutes.

Dr. Seep Sethi is an academician and an avid researcher in the domain of HR and OB. She has a previous experience of over 5 years and was associated with some of the premier B-schools like Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi and Amity School of Business, Amity University.

She is a B.A. (Hons.) Economics and MBA-HR from Aligarh Muslim University (AMU). She is a Gold Medalist and University Topper at both Graduate and Post-graduate level. She has pursued her Ph.d. in the area of 'Employee Well-being' from Faculty of Management Studies (FMS), University of Delhi.

 

Dr. Chand P. Saini is Faculty in Marketing, Retail Management and Consumer Behavior. Dr. Saini holds more than 14 years of experience in teaching, research and academia. He holds a doctorate in Management on the topic" issues and challenges involved in E-tailing and its influence on buying Behavior." He holds a Masters degree in Management and Commerce and has qualified UGC NET in both disciplines and the Junior Research Fellowship in Management award. Dr. Saini has authored and co-authored more than 30 research papers, including ABDC, UGC care, Scopus, and Web of Science listed journals and has presented his research at more than 50 conferences of national and international reputation, including IITs and IIMs and has been awarded best research paper awards. He, with his name, has five cases published at Case Centre UK. Dr. Saini has guided four research scholars to complete their research journey in their doctoral program. Dr. Saini has been the editor of the book published by CRC Press and successfully edited a special issue on "Integration of analytics, optimization, and marketing for the growth of businesses in emerging economies" for Transnational Marketing Journal, published by Transnational Press London, indexed in Scopus. He has attended and conducted various seminars, workshops and Development programmes in his field. He has chaired technical sessions in the International conferences of his domain and is a reviewer to journals under Inderscience and IGI Global. Dr. has been invited to various places for expert lectures in research and in his domain.

Dr. Shaveta Sachdeva is associated with School of Management and Liberal Studies, The NorthCap University as an Assistant Professor of Economics. Her areas of expertise include microeconomics, environmental economics and international economics/business. She has 7 years of work experience in academics, research and administration at institutions of repute. Prior to joining NCU she was associated with the Manav Rachna University as an Assistant Professor. She has also worked with Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary University and Dayalbagh Educational Institute, Agra. She holds PhD  in Economics from Dayalbagh Educational Institute Agra and is NET qualified. She has published research papers/ book chapters/ articles in various peer reviewed journals in the area of social sciences and management. She has also presented 20+ research papers at both national and international seminars organized by IIT Roorkee, IIBR Pune, Indus Business Academy Noida and IBS Banglore, etc. She is also a certified digital teacher by the ICT Academy.

Dr. Renu Yadav is Faculty in Finance, Strategic Management and Auditing. Dr.Yadav holds 6 years of experience in teaching, research and academia. She holds a doctorate in Management on the topic "Efficiency and Productivity of Indian Commercial Banks." She holds a Masters degree in Management and has qualified UGC NET in the same. Dr. Yadav has authored and co-authored  research papers in UGC Care listed and Peer Reviewed Journals and also presented research paper in the international conference. She has attended various seminars, workshops and Development Programmes in her field.

Harshita Jha is currently working as Assistant Professor, Psychology at The NorthCap University, Gurugram, Haryana. She completed her Masters in Psychology from Indraprastha College for Women (Delhi University) in 2016. She holds a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Lady Shri Ram College for Women (Delhi University). Additionally, she holds a post-graduate diploma in guidance and counseling from Jamia Millia and Islamia. Harshita has previously worked as a research fellow in the field of Military Psychology, at the Defence Institute of Psychological Research (DRDO, New Delhi). In addition, she was engaged with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (New Delhi) in the capacity of Field Investigator for the project Longitudinal Aging Study of India (Harmonized Diagnostic Assessment Tool for Dementia). Her primary interest areas include Social Psychology, Environmental Psychology, and Indian Psychology. She is especially interested in applying psychological theories and concepts to public policy.

Having done her Ph.D. in Psychology from Amity University, Haryana, Jyotika Goyal has around 7+ years of corporate experience. She has done her post graduation in Psychology and graduation in English Literature. She is also a German-Language literate from Goethe-Institut. With dedicated and sincere efforts, she has now joined NCU as an Assistant Professor in Psychology and aims to bring about the best in her students and work efficiently for the Institution.

Dr. Samiksha Jain is currently working in The NorthCap University in School of Management and Liberal Studies as an Assistant Professor of Psychology. She had completed her PhD (Psychology) from Amity University, Noida on the title "Development of a tool for measurement of the Desire for Sexually Explicit Materials (SEM)". She was a Gold Medalist in her academic year of Masters Clinical Psychology. Prior to the current job, She has served Amity University, Noida as Assistant Professor and Government of Delhi as an Empanelled Psychologist. She has more than 15 research papers published in the International or National journals (listed in SCOPUS, UGC care Journals, Group-1, peer reviewed journals). She has presented many papers in International and National conferences. She has organized International conferences in Turkey and New York city. She has guided various UG/PG level students in their dissertation projects. She is certified in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, SPSS, Number analysis, Signature Analysis and Career Counselling. Her specialization is Clinical Psychology, Counselling Psychology. She has attended various seminars, workshops and Development Programmes in her field.