Currently employed with S P Jain School of Global Management, Australia as Manager – International Admissions (Dubai Campus) recruiting students from Middle East, Africa & CIS Countries for business related regular degree programs offered.
Furthermore, I have 11 years Hands on involvement in Student Recruitment, Agents Recruitment, Marketing, Business Planning, Strategic Marketing and Administration (Exclusively with Schools/Colleges/Universities of notoriety and fame).
Belief on – “Under Commitment and Over Delivery”
More Importantly, I possess “A great attitude with no “9-6” mentality”
EDUCATION
1. PH.D (Business Administration) (Topic- "Emergence of Digital Media for Student Recruitment for Higher Education crosswise UAE")
2. M.B.A. (Marketing & Int. Business)
3. Post graduate Diploma in Human Resource and Mktg. Mgmt. (1 Year Program from IIT, Bombay)
4. M.A. (English Lit.)
5. B.A. (English Lit.)
6. Diploma in Electronics & Telecommunications
CERTIFICATIONS
* DIPLOMA IN SEO AND DIGITAL MARKETING
* CERTIFICATE IN GOOGLE WEBMASTER
* HUBSPOT CERTIFICATE IN EMAIL MARKETING
* CERTIFICATE IN GOOGLE ANALYTICS
* CERTIFICATE IN SPSS ANALYSIS
* CERIFICATE IN INBOUND MARKETING BY HUBSPOT
* CERTIFCATE IN GOOGLE SEARCH TECHNIQUES
- Worked with various Management Institutes, Universities, Colleges and International/Residential Schools there by having a good understanding of process involved in running up an education entity.
- Good in tracking and analysing competitor’s area
- Expertise in Educational Marketing. Hard core experience of conducting ATL/BTL activities for data generation, brand awareness and thus contributing revenue to organization. Expert in conducting Market Research, designing campaigns as per the requirement.
- Extensive contacts with educational/admission agents in India/Middle East/Africa/CIS and Asian Countries.
- A rich experience of booking/organising/managing stalls at exhibitions (managed more than 150 exhibitions and fairs) in different countries there by generating revenues for the organisation. Brand Promotion through Trade Fair/Education Fairs/Career & Jobs Fairs and various other exhibitions in the last 10 years.
- Proficient in/Rich experience of dealing with PR Agencies, media centres, handling day to day administrative activities, sales promotional activities of marketing and business development as well as training/recruiting Team/Resource person.
- Expert in conducting on “The Spot Admission Test” at different locations across the country.
- Expertise in designing of various marketing material such as – Pamphlets, Canopies, Posters, Stickers, Flex, Banners, Hoardings, Uni poles, Kiosks, Newspaper advertisements, collaterals, making promotional documentaries, audio visual advertisements for electronic media/channels etc.
- Possess excellent communication, presentation, relationship management, negotiation and team building/leading skills. Able to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Expert in liaison work. A team inevitable player as well as commendable team leader.
- Strong command on Internet Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, online advertising.
- Rich experience and expertise in counselling parents and students about admission in various courses/curriculum/vocational courses.
- Through knowledge about ACCREDITING BODIES/ORGANIZATIONS for different course and universities such as MOHE, KHDA, CHEA, AICTE, MHRD, DEC, DETC, UNESCO etc.
- Knowledge about different HighSchool/Senior Secondary Curriculams across Globe such as SSC, CBSE, ICSE, IB, IGCSE, State Board curriculums.
- Vast Experience of working on CRMs' and other reporting systems such as Creatrix, Salesforce etc .
Countries travelled for Business/Networking:
MIDDLE EAST:
1. Oman 2. Bahrain 3. Qatar 4. Kuwait 5. Saudi Arabia 6. UAE 7. Jordan 8. Turkey
AFRICA:
9. Nigeria 10. Kenya 11. Mauritius 12. Egypt
ASIA: 13. Nepal 14. Bhutan 15. Bangladesh 16. Hong Kong 17. Singapore 18. Thailand 19. Malaysia
CIS Countries:
20. Uzbekistan 21. Kazakhastan 22. Georgia
Entire India and parts of CHINA
OCCUPATIONAL DOSSIER
Nov 2014 till Date as Manager – International Admissions for Middle East, CIS Countries & Africa
Profile: Responsible for end to end Students recruitment from Middle East & Africa region for UG and PG programs at S P Jain School of Global Management, Australia
RANKINGS & RECOGNITION
#33 in the world: Poets & Quants Best Business School (2015)
#1 in Dubai: Global Brands Magazine, UK (2015)
#Top 100 in the World: The Economist Full-Time MBA Ranking (2015)
#10 in the World: Forbes Best International 1-year MBA (2015-16)
#Top 20 in the World: Forbes Best International B-Schools (2013-14)
#43 in the World: Poets & Quants Best Business Schools (2014)
Jan 2012 till Nov 2014 as Assistant Admissions Manager
Profile: Assisting Admissions Department at Manipal University, Dubai Campus for all admissions-marketing related activities
RANKINGS & RECOGNITION
#Ranked No. 3 among MBA Programs in the Middle East (Forbes Middle East)
#Asia’s Top 200 universities - QS University Rankings: Asia 2016
#Ranked No. 1 among Private & Deemed Universities in India (The WEEK, May 2016)
#Best University promoting Research - 9th ASSOCHAM Higher Education Summit & National Excellence Awards (February 2016)
#Ranked 1st among RP by private universities in India
#AAA+ rating among top private deemed universities in India
#Ranked 5th among top private universities in India
#3rd among the top private universities in India - EducationWorld
#Ranked 101-110 amongst BRICS nations - QS University Ranking BRICS 2016
As Marketing Manager April 2010 to December 2011
Profile: Promoting Treamis World School, Bangalore campus across Indian States, ASIAN Nations, Middle East and African Countries.
Profile: As Marketing Manager May 2006 to Feb 2010