Prof. Singh
Provost/Vice President For Academic Affairs,
Bio:
A staunch supporter of quality education with a strong commitment to academic excellence and unwavering dedication to the success of students, Prof. Abhilasha Singh is a Provost/Vice President of Academic Affairs at the American University in the Emirates.
With a teaching and administrative experience spanning more than three decades, Prof. Singh holds a Doctorate in Psychology and have also added to her academic credentials, an executive program in Leading People from Sloan School of Management, MIT, and in Human Resource Management from one of the top most business school in India, Indian Institute of Management (IIM-C). Her professional credentials spans from being a Certified Practitioner from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM-CP) to a Certified Licensed Practitioner of EQ-i/ EQ 360 from MHS, Inc., Canada, Certified Trainer from HRD Academy, UK, Certified Professional Assessor from IPM, Canada and a Certified MBTI practitioner by CPP-Asia Pacific and apart from my research I enjoy training and consultancy in Personality Typology, Stress Management, leadership, Team Building, Communication and other Behavioral Aspects.
Throughout her distinguished career, she was engaged in a series of academic administrative positions at various institutions and have been engaged in providing strategic directives at a senior leadership role and ensuring its implementation with determination, while working closely with the University President and senior administrative colleagues. In addition to advising the Board on strategic directives and liaising effectively between the President and the members of the Board as General Secretary of the Board of Trustees at American University in the Emirates, she was actively engaged in monitoring compliance with prescribed standards and mandating administrative requirements, through leading and developing highly effective team for operational excellence both as the Vice President for Research and Advancement and as Dean for College of Education, in addition to her role as Director of International Office.
While she was actively engaged in her administrative role, she never let the researcher within her die and her passion for research resulted in many published articles in national and international journals of high repute and also in frequent invitations to numerous speaking engagements to present my research to national and international audiences. A keen researcher and a prolific writer, Prof. Singh has published more than 30 papers, articles and many case studies pertaining to the GCC region in national and international journals in the area of managing people like talent management, leadership, employee value proposition, stress management, knowledge management etc., while also being engaged in ensuring accreditation compliance documents for national and international accreditation for institutional effectiveness.
She also had served as President and CEO of the College of Fashion and Design, accredited by the UAE Ministry of Education, while concurrently serving as strategic advisor (honorary position) to the President of American University in the Emirates, Dubai and as Chief Mentor at the Institute of Management Technology-Dubai, School of Management Sciences, India and Effat University in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, with rich and varied experience as a faculty, researcher, academic administrator and scholar.
Prof. Singh’s efforts in education sector was acknowledged through many awards and accolades from various national/ international organizations including the best Indywood Award for Educational Excellence-2017, Best Researcher Award in 2015, ‘Education Leadership Award’, on August 1st, 2014 by Asia’s Education Excellence Award, Singapore, ‘Award for Teaching Excellence’ in the year 2013 by INDUS Foundation USA, and ‘Distinguished Service Award’ in the year 2009 by the Association of Indian Management Scholars-International apart from being the first to receive the fellow title from International forums of Management Scholars (INFOMS), USA award to foster excellence in management education awarded in March 2014.
Needless to mention, her commitment to teaching and research excellence led to many research grants, including from the National Research Foundation, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research on “From Education to Employment: Identification of Key Priorities for Employability of Emirati Nationals in Public and Private Sector”. While committed to bring educational excellence, she serves on the Board of many institutions and shatters the glass ceiling while truly believing in making a difference in facilitating quality education in the Higher Education.