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.
