Dr. Nilam Panchal
Dr. NILAM PANCHAL, D.Litt (Management), PhD, M. Phil. (Gold Medalist), MBA, PGDIRPM (Gold Medalist) is working as a Head of the Department of Public Policy and Governance (DPPG), B.K. School, Gujarat University. DPPG runs courses like MBA in Public Policy Management (PPM), MBA in Business Economics and Public Finance (BEPF), MBA in Event Management (EM), PG Diploma in Public Finance and Economics (PGDPFE), PG Diploma in Public Policy Management(PGDPPM) and other certificate courses under the umbrella of B.K. Professional and Management Studies, Gujarat University. She is an Academic Co-ordinator at IDSR and also coordinator of Department of Management Studies, GU for courses like PG Diploma in Finance Management, PG Diploma in Training and Development, PG Diploma in Information Technology Management and PG Diploma in Materials and Operations Management running under Management Academy Programmes working under the umbrella of B.K. School of Professional and Management Studies, Gujarat University and co-ordinator for various courses launched under Institute of Defence Studies and Research (IDSR) at Gujarat University. During the course of her career in academics, she completed the Faculty Development Programme in Management (FDPM) from the prestigious Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA). She has also completed the Specialized Faculty Development Programme (SFDP) in Research at IIM Ahmedabad. She has attended various Management Teacher’s Programmes (MTPs) and FDPs at IIM-Calcutta, IIM-Bangalore, IIM-Indore, IIM-Noida, MDI-Guragaon to name a few. She is having experience of 21 years in academic and industry. She has completed teaching at MDI, Nirma University, MIMS, KCG, EDII, GNFC, Asia Pacific Group, Parul University, Mata Vaishnodevi University. She has published more than 120 research articles in refereed national and international academic journals, book chapters and cases and presented papers in many national and international conferences and authored / edited more than 20 books. She has developed course materials and cases for the PG Courses of MGNCRE, Government of India. Besides, she has produced 7 PhD scholars till date. She has been awarded Merit Certificate by Education Department, Government of Gujarat in recognition of meritorious score in Gujarat. She is recipient of various Awards and Prizes for best research papers, best performer and best teacher. She is a Life Member of different National Organisations like AIMS, ISTD, NEMA etc. She is acting as Chairman of Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD) – Ahmedabad Chapter.
