Student Profile
Aanchal Andrews
Area:
Human Resource Management
Edu:
M.Sc(Def Studies), M.Sc(Psy), MBA, Ph.D
Biography
Consults in areas of
- Development of Organizational Vision and Mission,
- Leading Change in organizations to include Organizational Design,
- Competency Mapping,
- Training Effectiveness Evaluation.
- Organizational Stress Measuring and mitigation.
He is a life member of All India Management Association (AIMA),National Institute of Personnel Management (NIPM), founding president of Travancore
Management Association (TRAMA) and United Service Institutions of India (USI).
After early education in Holy Cross School, Salem and Loyola College Chennai, he joined the Army and became a graduate of Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, India and later completed his MBA program from UBS, Chandigarh & Israel Asper School of Management
of University of Manitoba, Canada.
Then he took a master’s degree in Psychology from Madras University and completed his PhD from Devi Ahiliya University, Indore in Stress and performance of leaders thus consolidating his knowledge in OB and HR area. After serving in the Indian Army for 24 years and rising to the rank
of a Colonel, he sought early retirement for pursuing his call – ‘Training young people to be globally competitive’.
His professional experience includes successfully handling leadership roles as founder dean of Saintgits Institute of Management and establishing ‘Indeco’ brand as founder president of Indeco Leisure Hotels Pvt Ltd. Other leadership roles held were Head of National Cadet Corps in Trichy, Director of Faculty of Studies of the Infantry School which is the think tank for Infantry training & concept development, Joint Director of Human Resources at Army Headquarters handling commissioning for the 36,000 strong officer’s cadres of the Army and Leading United Nations in Beira, Mozambique. He is well known for masterminding the only ‘Integrated Tsunami Relief Operations’ in Poompuhar Area in 2004.
Teaching
Trains Corporate In
Has trained Global MBA programme of Saint Mary’s College, California, Indian Space Research Organization, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemical Ltd, ICICI bank, Piaggio Ltd, Axis Bank, faculty of Manipal Institute of Management, Heads of Manipal University, etc
Research
Guides students for PhD as an approved guide of Anna University, Coimbatore. Research Achievements includes studies in Forecasting Casualties in War and Use of Virtual Reality for Training and his organizational sponsored doctoral work was on Performance, Measurement of Stress in the Organization and its Mitigation.
Current research interest are in
Publications
Thomas A. K., James P. S., Vivek N. (2013).
Mayur S. J., James P. S., Swamynathan R. (2013).
James P.S. (2013).
Management Program and Development
- MDPs Workshops Seminars Consultancy conducted
- Leading change for Syndicate bank senior managers – 1 batch
- People Management, motivation and team design for ICICI bank probationers – 15 batches (2011 to 2013)
- Induction workshop for Sheffield Hallam University, UK – 1 batch
- Facets of Leadership (People management and team for ISRO) – 2 batches
- Competency Mapping for senior managers of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemical Ltd – 1 batch
- Negotiations for Trans global MBA students of St Mary’s College, California – 2 batches
- RACE-Piaggio outbound (leadership for distributors and mangers)- 4 batches.
- Faculty development for Manipal Institute of Management – Building AACSB practices – 1 batch
- Leading People (Axis Bank) – 1 batch
- Competency mapping and team building – for Travancore Management Association.
- Leadership and creativity for Seniorand branch managers of LIC – 2 batches.