Dr. Niyati Patel is a result-oriented professional with 13+ years of exposure in academics & Industry.Trainer (MEP/Q2601)-v1.0 certified by Management & Entrepreneurship and Professional Skill Council and National Skill Development Corporations. She is a Certified POSH Trainer (SD 1046/FEB/WK-0745). Ability to work in multi-cultural environments, good at written communication, interpersonal, liaison, and problem-solving skills.
Academic background/Qualification
Completed Ph. D. in Management from Gujarat Technological University in 2022. The research title is “Study of e-HRM Implementation in Pharmaceutical Industries of Gujarat State”.
Post Graduate Diploma in Labor practices from Faculty of Law, M.S. University, Vadodara with first class in the year 2017.
M.B.A (HR) with from Indu Institute of Management affiliated to Gujarat University Ahmadabad in the year 2010.
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration from G.H. Patel Institute affiliated to Sardar Patel University, V.V. Nagar in the year 2008.
B.B.A. from Anand Commerce College affiliated to Sardar Patel University, V.V. Nagar, in the year 2007.
Professional or Industrial Experience
Academics:
Currently working as an Assistant Professor at the School of Business and Law, Navrachana University from July 2020.
Worked as visiting faculty at Baroda Institute of Management from August 2019 till Jan 2020.
Worked as Assistant Professor at Parul Institute of Management and Research, Parul University, Vadodara from 20th August 2012 to 28th November 2016.
Industry
Worked as HR-Business partner at Ravi Tourism from 12th January 2017 to 30th June 2020.
Worked as HR Executive at Rishabh Software Pvt. Ltd. from 15th March 2010 to 14th March 2012
Training
Delivered Management Development Programs and trainings on POSH, Effective communication, Stress Management, Problem-solving, and decision-making to corporates like Safari Industries India Ltd, GMDC, TOYO Ink Ltd., and many more since 2020.
Teaching
Subjects taught for the BBA Program: Principle of Management, Business Organization.
Subject taught for the MBA program: Human Resource Management, Compensation and Reward Management, Training and Development, International Human Resource Management, HR Analytics
Subjects taught under the Executive MBA Program: Organizational Behavior, Leadership and Vision
Area of Expertise and Research
Primary Area: Human Resource Management
Secondary Area: Organizational Behavior, Women empowerment
Ongoing projects: Effectiveness of Atmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan concerning Women Empowerment in Gujarat, Assessing Flexible Work Arrangements and its Implications on Future Work – A Vicennial Bibliometric Analysis
Publications
Journal Articles
Patel, N., Soonawala, S. N., & Patel, D. S. (2024). A Systematic Review of Literature on the Impact on Employer Branding’s on Human Resource Practices. 22(1). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10773680
Patel, N. and Behrani, P. (2023) ‘A study on the relationship between organizational citizenship behavior and work life balance in contemporary work environment’, OPJU Business Review, 2, pp. 115–122. Available at: http://www.opju.ac.in/opjubr/.
Patel, N. (2023) ‘A Systematic Review of the Literature on adoption and Impacts of Electronic Human Resource Management ( e-HRM ) Towards Recent Industrial Revolution’, Ymer, pp. 1604–1621. Available at: http://ymerdigital.com.
Chapter/s in Books
Parikh, D., & Patel, N. (2023). Women and Mental Health Concerns in the New Normal. In Community Mental Health and Well-Being in the New Normal (pp. 28-41). IGI Global.
Conferences/Seminars
International
Participated in the International Seminar on Multi-Disciplinary Contribution of Higher Educational Institutions in VIKSIT BHARAT@2047 in September 2024.
Participated at 16th International Conference on the “Future of Work” at Ganpat University on 1st and 2nd March 2024.
Participated in the International Conference on Developing Indian Economy as an Engine for Job Creation organized by Gujarat Technological University held on 14th and 15th October 2016.
Attended International conference on “Management of SME in Global Era: Challenges, opportunities, perspective and lessons from Gujarat Model” on February 20-21,2015 organized by Parul Group of Management Institute with collaboration of Gujarat Technological University, Ahmadabad.
Attended an international conference on “Meeting the challenges of Global Market”, held at Parul Group of Management Institute with the collaboration of Gujarat Technological University, Ahmadabad in 2014.
Attended International conference on “Corporate Governance: Contemporary Issues and Challenges in Indian Economic Environment” on March 14-15, 2014, organized by Gujarat Technological University, Ahmadabad.
National
Participated in National conference on “Managing People, Planet and Profit (3Ps): Shaping the Sustainable Future through Innovation and Digitalization” on 14-15 December 2023.
Attended National conference on “Management Research in Changing Climate-MRCC2014” on 17th October,2014 organized by Easwari Engineering College, Department of Management Studies, Chennai.
Attended National conference on “Managerial challenges in Reinventing the business process” on 22nd November 2013 organized by Easwari Engineering College, Department of Management Studies, Chennai.
Training/Workshops
Participated in One week of FDP on “Innovative Teaching Pedagogy for Quality Education at B-School” organized by the Faculty of Management Studies, Parul University held from January 17th to 22nd, 2022.
Participated in National Level Faculty development program on “Research Methodology” by PPG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore from 12/12/2022 to 19/12/2022.
Participated in a state-level webinar on “Tips and tricks of Good research” organized by Sumandeep Vidyapeeth on 28th July 2022.
Participated & completed AICTE Training and Learning (ATAL) Academy Online Elementary FDP on “AICTE Sponsored FDP on Research Methodology- Techniques & Software for Social Sciences successfully” from 23/08/2021 to 27/08/2021 at Department of Business Administration, Assam University.
Participated in State Level Webinar on “Pedagogy using Experiential and Cognitive methods for Effective Teaching” organized by the Management Education Unit, Department of Management, Sumandeep Vidhyapeeth on 31st July 2021.
Attended and participated in two days of FDP on “Advanced Statistical Analysis in Structural Equation Modeling using AMOS” organized by ITM Universe, Vadodara on
Attended two days of FDP on “Transcending Newer Horizons in Management Teaching” organized by Narmada College of Management, Bharuch affiliated with Gujarat Technological University.
Attended Workshop on “SPSS – Advanced Data Analysis” organized by the Faculty of Management Studies at Parul University from 11th and 12th November 2016.
Professional Affiliations /Membership
Joint Secretary at Indian Society for Training and Development Vadodara Chapter.
