Our Founder and CEO
Our Founder
Dr. Vikas Rai Bhatnagar
Strategy And Organisation Action Researcher and Executive Coach
Fellow Program in Management (Doctoral Studies)
Advanced Diploma in Management Research (M.Phil.)
Master of Business Administration (Human Resources)
Master of Arts (Counseling Psychology)
Bachelor of Science (Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Psychology)
“A Veteran with a Rare Mix of Rich and Impactful Corporate Leadership Experience in Reputed MNCs (GE Lighting, Dr. Reddy’s, and Bayer) and Promoter-led Firms (JK Organization, Spark Minda, and Shree Cement) and Extensive Scholarship Now Extended to Collaborating with Progressive Organizations for Improving Organizational Effectiveness and People Well-being”
PROFILE ESSENCE:
A unique profile that spans a wide spectrum of management value chain; on the one end, practiced management in senior leadership roles across industries, and on the other end presented/published new, novel, and impactful research in leading International journals and conferences. Presented the new Theory of Profitable Humanization at the Academy of Management (AOM), in Seattle, USA in 2022. AACSB Insights published three thought-leadership articles on employee engagement, developing conscious leaders, and applying Dharma for leading businesses for sustained growth. Contributing to improving the bottom-line performance of firms while simultaneously enabling employee wellbeing. A practitioner of Dharma and a Karma Yogi.
Dr. Bhatnagar has hands on experience of:
- Leading many organisational restructuring initiatives, designing organisations, redesigning organisational processes and instituting systems aligned to the business requirement.
- Evolved and deployed the Vision, Mission, and Values of the organisation, thereby providing a strategic direction to the organisation.
- Deployed the mission of organisation by designing process to evolve organisational strategy and translate them to functional and individual goals.
- Devised strategies and executed leadership pipeline initiative, supporting exponential business growth plans.
- Ensured effective succession planning in family-owned business, thereby ensuring profitable business growth and effective governance.
- Scientifically assessed organisational culture, devised strategies, and executed, bringing about a cultural shift compatible with the business.
- Assessed employee engagement and devised effective change management strategies to increase the engagement levels of employees.
- Designed and executed initiatives aimed at increasing the employee well-being.
EXERCISING LEADERSHIP IN INDIAN ARMY
An avid action researcher, Dr. Bhatnagar stated his career with the Indian Army as a commissioned officer in the Corps of Signals, leading companies from the front in operational areas, assisting the civil administrations during times of national emergencies and performing staff duties.
LEADERSHIP ROLES IN CORPORATE
Thereafter, Dr. Bhatnagar led the human resource function of reputed organizations at different levels and industries. He has worked in automotive, pharmaceuticals, agri-business, clinical development, sugar, insurance, steel fabrication, lights manufacturing, power, and cement. As the CHRO for over 12 years, Dr. Bhatnagar has been instrumental in devising game-changing HR strategies, aligned to the business requirements and cultural uniqueness of the firms.
CERTIFICATES & TRAININGS
- A week-long program on Strategic Leadership by Harvard Business School
- Certified Gallup Strengths Coach for executive coaching and building high-performing teams.
- Certified in designing and conducting assessment centers from XLRI, Jamshedpur
- Trained by SHL on Assessment / Development Centers
- Certified in Training Methods & Skills from IIM, Lucknow
- Research Excellence & Awareness in Management Program from IIT, Delhi
- Project Management (Accelerated PMP) by PM Soft
- Certified by Thomas International in Personal Profile Analysis, Cognitive Abilities, and Team Building
- Green Belt in Six Sigma Method in General Electric
- Behavioral Based Safety for Operations Managers by Du Pont
- MS Office and MS Projects by NIIT
- Young Officers’ Course from Military College of Telecommunication Engineering (MCTE), MHOW
- Basic Military Training from Officers’ Training Academy, Chennai
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Developed and presented a new theory—The Theory of Profitable Humanization at the Academy of Management, Seattle, USA in 2022.
- Developed a new Consciousness-propelled Leadership Framework, published by Springer, Berlin, Germany in the book entitled Leadership Through the Classics-Learning Management and Leadership from Ancient East and West Philosophy
- Conceptualised Employee Happiness in organizations. My research entitled Viewing Organizations as Enablers of Happiness, published by Sage (UK) in book entitled Exploring Morgan's Metaphors, Theory, Research and Practice in Organizational Studies and edited by Anders Ortenbald, Kiran Trehan and Linda L. Putnam
- Conceptualised strategies and created impact in all roles, including the Indian Army, Corporate, Academics, Consulting and Research.
AFFILIATIONS
- Academy of Management, USA
- American Psychological Association, USA
- Member Advisory Board for International Network for Outcome Based Education, USA
- Member Quality Assurance and Framework Committee of Indian Institutional Ranking Framework (IIRF)
- Expert National Board of Accreditations (NBA) and a Margdarshak (mentor) nominated by NBA.