PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor – Faculty of Business Studies, Arab Open University Bahrain, Feb 2025 – Present
Teaching modules – Economics and Finance Related.
Acting Dean – College of Administrative and Financial Sciences, University of Technology Bahrain, Jan 2022 – Present
Handled MBA thesis writing course, taught outcome-based modules on Macroeconomics, International Economics, International Finance, Survey of Economics, Statistics and Decision Tools with student evaluation ratings of over 90 percent during the last five years.
Taught outcome-based economics, statistical software and finance modules for postgraduate students.
Contributed innovative ideas as a member of the Strategic Plan Committee to develop vision, mission, strategic goals, and objectives for the college.
Managed the delivery and administration of academic programmes with sustainable enrolments, high student retention, high student and employers’ satisfaction rates, high graduation, and student success rates, and reviewed overall academic performance and faculty appraisal.
Conducted feasibility studies for new programmes and developed new academic programmes and new specializations within existing programmes as per the market requirement and in compliance with government regulations.
Facilitated the selection, hiring, and scheduling of faculty members for the College.
Together with the college research center head reevaluated the college research thrust and monitored the implementation, and made timely revisions, which enhanced the college’s research culture.
Planned, implemented, managed, assessed, and focused on continuous improvement of research performance at the College through innovative research initiatives, which improved faculty research publications in high-quality journals by 200% over the past five years.
Organized international conferences by attracting over 75 papers from various countries across the globe.
Established strategic research collaboration with one international education institution.
Developed strategies for undertaking community engagement activities to enhance the college outreach to the community.
Associate Dean, College of Administrative and Financial Sciences, University of Technology Bahrain (UTB), Sept 2021 – Dec 2021
Taught outcome-based modules on Macroeconomics, International Economics, International Finance, Survey of Economics, Statistics and Decision Tools with student evaluation ratings of over 90 percent during the last five years
Provided strategic support to the college and worked closely with the Dean in meeting the college goals and objectives.
Directly supervised the work of Programme / Heads.
Contributed to the overall management of the college.
Associate Dean, College of Administrative and Financial Sciences, AMA International University (Currently UTB), Bahrain, Sept 2018 – August 2021
Taught outcome-based modules on Macroeconomics, International Economics, International Finance, Survey of Economics, Statistics and Decision Tools with student evaluation ratings of over 90 percent during the last five years
Provided strategic support to the college and worked closely with the Dean in meeting the college goals and objectives.
Directly supervised the work of Programme / Heads.
Contributed to the overall management of the college.
Associate Professor – May 2017-August 2017, Assistant Professor – Sept 2010 – April 2017 Department of Management Studies, Narayanaguru College of Engineering, Anna University, India,
Taught modules on Economics of Business, Financial Management, Quantitative Methods, Business Research Methods, SPSS Lab.
Prepared course materials and case studies and guided students in their MBA project work
Prepared course materials and case studies, supervised the students’ research projects, conducted field
trips, developed scholarly activities for students, and advised students on academic and career issues.
Participated in student recruitment, interviews, and academic counseling sessions.
Served as ‘Placement Coordinator’ to network the College with the corporates for students’ placement for one trimester.
Planned, evaluated, and revised homework assignments, and handouts for the MBA programme.
Guided MBA students’ dissertation projects and introduced simulation games and financial statement analysis competitions at the course level, which has enhanced students’ teaching and learning quality.
Research Assistant, Strategic Research and Economic Branch (PCF/SRE), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Vienna, Oct 05 – Jan 06
Assisted with the preparation of UNIDO publications on “Integrating Local Industries into Global Value Chains and Production Networks: what challenges and opportunities for upgrading?” and “International Public Goods for Economic Development”.
Made valuable research contributions for these publications providing statistical data analyses and drafted various parts to fill the identified gaps in the text using the related literature.
Carried out a number of ad hoc assignments and took active participation in various meetings.
Intern, Strategic Research and Economic Branch (PCF/SRE), United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Vienna, Jan 05 – June 06
Desk research contributions on UNIDO Publications – International Public Goods for Economic Development”; focusing on issues related to Environment, International Trade, Knowledge, International Financial Stability. – Inserting Local Industries into Global Value Chain and Production Networks: Challenges and Opportunities for Upgrading.
Desk research on the logistics industry and produced a large database to the development of Logistics Capabilities Index.
