Dr. SAJI GEORGE

Ph.D; MBA; MSc.; NET(UGC);HDSE

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Assistant Professor, Department of Marketing,

College of Business Administration, Salman Bin Abdul Aziz University,

PO Box-165, Al Kharj-11942,

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Mobile: 00966 561629003; Email:

Well qualified, trained and experienced management professional with 6-years of corporate and 6-years of academic experience totalling to 12-years of total work experience at national and international levels.

Strengths:

AREA OF EXPERTISE

Training

  • Facilitating attitudinal reforms & to become a change agent leading towards career advancement
  • Effective & Efficient delivery of course contents, correlating theory & professional implementation
  • Leadership & interpersonal skills with content of empathy in dealing with micro/macro environment
  • Organising extracurricular activities including presentations, cultural, sports activities etc.
  • Taking care of timely completion of modules, assessment & feedback

Management

  • Administrative functions, with effective planning & organizational skills.
  • Possess effective presentation, interpersonal & communication skills
  • Conducting analysis of reports such as sales, inventory and credit control
  • Ability to successfully manage multiple priorities & assignments
  • Dealing & negotiating between suppliers, principles, customers & employees at various levels

Retail Operations

  • Co-ordination between geographically spread outlets, employees at different levels
  • Handling centrally controlled inventory management, customer support and liaison with vendors
  • Formulation & implementation of policies & procedures across supermarket & hypermarket division
  • Taking care of branch operations, preparing profit analysis, inventory & sales report

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Ph.Din Business Administrationfrom Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur, India, 2009. Title of thesis: “Consumer Behaviour for Notebook Computers: An Exploratory Study”

M.B.AMahrishi Dayanand Sarawasti University, Ajmer, India, 1999

Major: Marketing; Minor: Human Resource Management (71.78%)

M.Sc. (Maths)Jai Narain University, Jodhpur, India, 1997

Major: Laminar Viscous Flow Theory and Magneto Hydrodynamics

B.Sc.Jai Narain University, Jodhpur, India, 1995

Major: Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics

Summer Training [M.B.A]

M/s Dabur India Ltd, Sahibabad

Project Title:Usage & Attitude Study of Hajmola & acceptability of Imli Variant of Hajmola

Dissertation[M.B.A]

Problems in Export Marketing of Handicrafts with Jaipur as the Base

Certifications

  • Qualified NET (National Educational Test) in Management conducted by UGC (University Grants Commission), Eligibility criteria for lectureship in India, 2000
  • HDSE (Higher Diploma in Software Engineering) from Aptech, 1996

WORK EXPERIENCE

Academic Experience

Assistant Professor-Department of Marketing, College of Business Administration, Salman Bin Abdulaziz University (rechristened from Al Kharj University an off merger of King Saud University), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Sept. 2009–present

Associate Professor -Institute of Rural Management (Approved by AICTE, Ministry of HRD, Govt of India), Jodhpur (Raj.)-India, April 2010-present (on academic leave from Sept 2009)

Assistant Professor –Institute of Rural Management (Approved by AICTE, Ministry of HRD, Govt of India), Jodhpur (Raj.)-India, July 2007-April 2010 (on academic leave from Sept 2009)

Assistant Professor -G.S. Jangid Institute of Management Studies, Jodhpur (Raj.)-India, May-2005-June 2007

Corporate Experience

Assistant Manager (Retail Operations) –Al Maya Group, Dubai, UAE, July 2001-March 2005

Product Manager - Guljag Industries Limited, Jodhpur (Raj.)-India, July 2000-July 2001

Marketing Executive-Rajdadiji Hospital [Managed by The Apollo Group of Hospitals], Jodhpur (Raj.)-India, Nov. 1999- July 2000

TEACHING: Courses Taught

Undergraduate level:

  1. Principles of Marketing; 2. International Business 3. Introduction to Business4. Communication Skills

Post Graduate level:

  1. Principles of Marketing; 2. Retail Management; 3. Services Marketing; 4. International Business; 5. International Marketing; 6. Human Resource Management; 7. Business Ethics 8. Principles of Management

Teaching-Other

Visiting FacultyJuly 2006-June 2009

Institute of Charted Financial Analyst of India (ICFAI), Jodhpur (Raj.), India

Coordinator-Research Presentation SeriesDec. 2009-Dec. 2010

College of Business Administration, Al Kharj University, Saudi Arabia;

Departmental Coordinator -Quality Assurance and AccreditationOct. 2009-present

College of Business Administration, Salman Bin Abdulaziz University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia;

Course (Existing)- Redesign2009-2010

Designing & preparing course syllabus, specification, course plan, course files, course portfolios and course report-Graduate Level course at College of Business Administration, Al Kharj University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Additional Charge of Deputy Director

Institute of Rural Management, Jodhpur, India; Dec. 2008-Sept. 2009

Academic Coordinator

Institute of Rural Management, Jodhpur, India; July 2007-Sept. 2009

Academic Head

GS Jangid Institute of Management, Jodhpur, India; May 2005-June 2007

INTELLECTUAL CONTRIBUTIONS

  1. Paper on the topic “Entrepreneurial Leadership within Management Success: A New Paradigm” has been published in Energy Conference 2010 on “Innovation Entrepreneurship and Business Incubation in Universities” held on April 03 & 04, 2010 at University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun. (Dr. Sandeep Ojha, Dr. Saji George)
  1. Dr. Sandeep Ojha, Dr. Saji George,“Mobile Commerce: Trends in Value Added Services in India with the Special Reference to Forex Quotes”, The Indian Journal of Business Administration’, Vol.6, 2010, 63-72.
  1. Research Paper on the topic “Marketing Strategies for Laptop Using Conjoint Analysis”Saji George, Narayanan Venkatesan, published in the International Academic Research Journal of Business and Management, ISSN: 2227-1287, Vol.1, Issue No.1, March 2012, pg. 39-48.
  1. Research Paper on the topic “Consumer Profiling” Saji George, published in the International Academic Research Journal of Business and Management, ISSN: 2227-1287, Vol.1, Issue No.2, April 2012, pg. 9-11.

Book

Saji George (2010), “Consumer Behaviour for Notebook Computers”, Mauritius: VDM Publishing, ISBN-13:978-3639263596

TarekAl Khateeb, Saji George (2012) “Marketing Research: Concepts and Applications”, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN 978-3-659-22679-3

Mr. Narayanan Venkatesan, Dr. Saji George (2012) “Research on Dealer Satisfaction: A Case Study Approach” Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN 978-3-659-25751-3

Projects Undertaken

Pursuing a funded research project on “Employee Satisfaction in Salman Bin Abdulaziz University” as a principal researcher. (Dr. Saji George, Principal Researcher, Dr. Tariq Khateeb, Co-researcher, Dr. Tariq Intezar, Co-researcher, Start Date: January 2012).

Pursuing a funded research project on “Community Environmental Services in the City of Al Kharj” as a principal researcher. (Dr. Saji George, Principal Researcher, Dr. K. Elangchezhian, Co-researcher, Dr. Tariq Intezar, Co-researcher, Start Date: September 2012).

Reviewer

Reviewer for the International Journal, International Academy of Business & Economics (IABE), USA, May 2012

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

Workshop Attended

  • Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp organised by STED
  • Practicum on “How to Make Money in Stock Market”, organized by Department of Finance, Al Kharj University on 17th July 2010.
  • Workshop on “Strategic Planning in Higher-Education Institutions” organised by The University Vice Rectorate for Educational & Academic Affairs, Al Kharj University, Al Kharj, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 9th-10th October, 2010.
  • Mini Workshop on “Planning and Undertaking Self Study”organized by College of Business Administration, Al Kharj University, Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia on 10th March 2011.
  • Participated as a resource person in the marketing workshop “Adding Colors to Marketing (Career Prospects & Opportunities in Marketing)” held on 23rd May 2011, at the Business Centre in College of Business administration, Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia.
  • Two day workshop on “Planning & Implementation of Self Study for Academic Programme” on 10-11 October 2011 conducted conjointly by British Council, Al Kharj University and NCAAA.[NCAAA- National Commission for Academic Accreditation & Assessment]
  • Two day workshop on “Internal Reviewer Training” on 25-26 October 2011 conducted conjointly by British Council, Al Kharj University and NCAAA.
  • Day’s Training on “Operating Starboard & Electronic Whiteboard” held on 15 Feb. 12 at College of Business Administration, Salman Bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia.
  • One day workshop on “Benchmarking KPI’s and Reporting System as per NCAAA Requirements” held on 15th March 2012 at College of Business Administration, Salman Bin Abdulaziz University, Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia. [KPI’s-Key Performance Indicators]
  • One day training workshop on “Preparation of Program Self Study”held on 1st April 2012, conducted by University Vice Rectorate For Educational & Academic Affairs, Salman Bin Abdulaziz University, Al Kharj, Saudi Arabia.
  • One day workshop on “Learning Outcomes: A Programatic Review based on NQF” was conducted on 13 December 2012 in Business Centre of CBAK, Al Kharj [NQF: National Quality Framework].

Seminars and Conferences Attended

  • National Conference ‘CORPGOV-2009’ on Corporate Governance conducted by Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) along with IILM, Jaipur and AICTE on 14th February at Hotel Clarks Amer, Jaipur.
  • National Conference on ‘Renewable Energy Sources in India, Challenges & Strategies’ conducted by Marwar Engineering College and Research Centre, Jodhpur on 20-21st February 2009, Institute of Engineers, Jodhpur.
  • Organized and participated in International Seminar on ‘Emerging Trends in Finance-An Global Perspective’ conducted by Institute of Rural Management (IRM), Jodhpur on 2-3rd August 2009 at Dr. Thomas Cangan Seminar Hall, IRM, Jodhpur.

Key Note Speaker

Delivered a key note speech on ‘Contemporary Issues in Marketing Management’ organized by Aishwarya College, Jodhpur, India at the college campus on 15th February 2010

Personal Details

Nationality: Indian

Sex: Male

Marital Status: Married

Date of Birth: 17th March 1975

Place of Birth: Ernakulam, Kerala

Mobility : Holding Valid Indian, U.A.E. and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Driving License

Languages Known: English, Hindi, Malayalam, Marwari

Passport Details: Passport No.: H4029234

Place of Issue: Jaipur

Date of Issue: 01/05/2009

Date of Expiry: 30/04/2019

Permanent Address: Plot No. 144, Road No. 5, Shiv Shakti Nagar, Jodhpur, Rajasthan (INDIA)-342010

Dr. SAJI GEORGE