AREA OF EXPERTISE
Strategy | General Management | HRM | Organisational Development | Digital Transformation
PROFILE
Dr. Ashok Chanda is an experienced business professional, academic leader, educationist, author, and consultant with more than 25 years of experience spanning education, business management, strategic leadership, and organisational transformation. He currently serves as Executive Dean of UBSS, overseeing academic processes and driving initiatives focused on New Age Learning and Digital Transformation in Education.
He has extensive experience in education management, academic management, regulatory compliance, online education and technology-enhanced learning, with a strong focus on transforming conventional learning delivery into innovative online and digitally enabled models. His professional experience includes leadership roles across education, oil and gas, energy and logistics, as well as senior management positions with responsibility for business operations, management and P&L.
Dr. Chanda has extensive knowledge of the Australian education system, including regulatory requirements relating to vocational education and training and higher education. His leadership experience spans both established and emerging markets, with a strong focus on organisational transformation, strategy, performance and change management.
He has also been associated with organisations including the Australian Institute of Business and Education Centre for Australia, where he contributed to institutional development and education management. His academic and professional interests are strongly aligned with digital transformation, online learning, strategic management, organisational performance and strategic HRM.
SUBJECT TAUGHT / STUDENT PROJECT MENTOR
Strategic Management | Business Strategy | Strategic HRM | Organisational Performance | Change Management | Organisational Development | Digital Transformation | Online Learning & Technology-Enhanced Learning | General Management
RESEARCH INTEREST
Strategic Management | Organisational Performance | Strategic HRM | Organisational Development | Change Management | Digital Transformation in Education | New Age Learning | Online Education
EDUCATION
Ph.D. – Strategic Management
University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia – 2008
MBA – Business Administration
B.K. School of Business Management, Gujarat University
LL.B. – Bachelor of Laws
Gujarat University
Executive Management – Business Administration and Management, General
Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Executive Dean, UBSS – Overseeing academic processes and academic management.
- Business and Academic Professional – Large Global Corporations, Universities and Institutes of Higher Education.
- More than 25 years of leadership and management experience across education and corporate sectors.
- Extensive experience in education management, compliance and academic management.
- Senior leadership experience with responsibility for business operations, management, P&L and organisational performance.
- Experience across Education, Oil & Gas, Energy and Logistics.
- International professional exposure across Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, Australia, and India. The supplied profile records his business and academic professional experience from April 1990 to the present.
ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL EXPERTISE
- New Age Learning
- Digital Transformation in Education
- Online MBA and Online Learning
- Technology-Enhanced Learning
- Education Management
- Academic Management
- Education Compliance
- Strategic Management
- Organisational Performance
- Strategic Human Resource Management
- Organisational Development
- Change Management
His listed core skills include Organizational Development, Change Management and Strategy.
PUBLICATIONS / BOOKS
Dr. Chanda is an author of business and management books focusing on business strategy, organisational performance, strategic HRM, people management and online education, including:
- Strategies for Going Online – A Handbook for Institutions, Faculty and Students
- HRM Strategic Integration and Organisational Performance
- Strategic Human Resource Technologies: Keys to Managing People
- Things Will Never Be the Same… or Will They?
- Human Resource Strategy: Architecture for Change
The supplied profile specifically identifies his writing interests in Business Strategy, Organisational Performance and Strategic HRM, while the profile document lists the above publications.
KEY CONTRIBUTIONS / LEADERSHIP FOCUS
- Driving Digital Transformation in the Education Industry
- Developing New Age Learning models
- Transitioning conventional education delivery towards online learning
- Building and managing academic institutions and education organisations
- Education regulatory compliance and academic governance
- Strategic planning and organisational performance
- Leadership and management of complex and diverse businesses
- Developing technology-enabled education and learning models