Nelson D’Souza | Adjunct Faculty | SP Jain School of Global Management

Academic Experience

Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai - Sessional faculty in OD and HRD at postgrad level 1991 -1995
Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai - Sessional faculty in OB and HR at Masters Level 1995- 1998
Xavier Institute of Management - Sessional faculty in OB at Postgraduate level 1993- 1996
Central Queensland University, Sydney - Casual faculty in Human Resource Management at the undergraduate level 2002- 2003
University of Western Sydney – Casual faculty (& tutor) in Managing People at Work and International HR 2002 - 2004
University of Wollongong in Dubai – Adjunct faculty in OB, Strategic HRM and T&D (Masters level) 2006 - 2011
GlobalNext University – External Examiner - Doctoral level
2016
Western Sydney University – School of Business – Sessional Academic 2017
Central Queensland University – School of Business & Law – Sydney Campus – Casual Lecturer 2017 -2018
Navitas- Australia, Sydney City Campus – Sessional Academic - 2018
S P Jain School of Global Management – Adjunct Faculty of Business ( HR & Management) 2023

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE (Full Time)

Vice President & Head -Leadership & Management Development
Apr 2008 – July 2016
Responsible for executing the Bank’s strategy towards leadership and talent development at all levels
Emirates Bank International (now Emirates NBD), Dubai, UAE, Head of Talent and Organization Development
Apr 2005 – Mar 2008
Responsible for defining/rolling out Talent initiative and crafting/executing OD interventions.
Emirates Bank International (now Emirates NBD), Dubai, UAE, Manager- Management Development
Apr 2005 - Dec 2005 Responsible for the Management Development needs of close to 600 managers.
Vidya Australia – (sole trading, training consultancy) Sydney, Australia, Industry Training Consultant (Corporate Training Australia)
Feb 2000 - Mar 2005
Morgan & Banks – Sydney, Australia, Workplace Assessor
Nov 1999 – May 2000
Conduct interviews, role-plays, and assessments for recruiting staff for the ATO Call Centre
Aditya Birla Group (Premium Global Conglomerate), Mumbai, India, Deputy General Manager - Human Resource Development
Mar 1991 – Jan 2000
Responsible for building organisational capabilities in diverse business units spread across geographies.

RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

Recent Publication: A. Srinivasa Rao, Waheed Kareem Abdul, Nelson D’souza, (2017) "Perceived outcomes of action learning: study from a large public sector organisation in UAE", Measuring Business Excellence, Vol. 21 Issue: 4, pp.291-308, https://doi.org/10.1108/MBE-03-2017-0010

Research Interests

Impact of Training - Return on Investment
Relationship between Organizational Learning and Performance
Authentic Leadership
Relationship between Employee Engagement and Organizational Performance

Conference Presentations

Special lecture on “Cultural Intelligence – Key to succeed in a Global Environment” NSB Academy, Bengaluru, India. Jan 2023
Keynote speaker, International Conference on “ Minority Discourse’, Dept of English, School of Social Work, Mangalore. India Dec 2022
Panel speaker on “ Student Wellness – Integral Development” FDP on Global Vision for Academic Excellence, Web- Conf, July 2021
Expert speaker on ”Role of Communication Skills in Career Success” Online seminar, GFGC, Mangalore, India, June 2020
Panel speaker on ‘Talent Development for High Performance’ Asia HRD Congress, Dubai, UAE June 2015
Panel speaker on ‘Creating a Leadership Pipeline’ at the Partners’ Advisory Virtual Forum, Harvard Business Publishing, March 2015
Keynote speaker on ‘Leadership Development in a VUCA World’ at PES International conference, Bangalore, India. March 2015
Presented on ‘ Blended Leadership Solutions’ at a corporate event organised by Harvard Business Publishing in Dubai, UAE – May 2013
Presented on ‘Developing leaders for the future’ at a corporate event organised by Harvard Business in Mumbai, India – Oct 2012
One day workshop (2) on ‘ Understanding Self’ based on Myers Briggs Type Indicator. Dubai, UAE- May 2012
Presented “Leveraging competency framework for Leadership/Management Development at Emirates NBD, Dubai, UAE- Nov 2011
Presented co-authored research work on effectiveness of blended experiential learning at Int’l conference in Sydney – Dec 2008.
Presented ‘Leadership Development through Blended Learning’ at a regional conference in Dubai, UAE– Dec 2008
Presented Talent Management Strategy – a case study, at the IQPC Conference Dubai, UAE – Jan 2008
Keynote speaker at the conference on HR Strategies in Banking & Finance, Dubai, UAE- May 2007
Panel speaker at the Fleming Gulf Conference on Talent Management, Dubai, May 2006

Conferences & Workshops

ASTD Annual International Conference and Expo, Dallas, Texas, USA. May 2012
IESE Leadership Summit, Barcelona, Spain. April 2014
Brandon Hall Group Annual Human Capital Management Conference, Orlando, USA. January, 2015
Brandon Hall Group Annual Human Capital Management Conference, Orlando, USA. January 2016

Awards & Recognition

LearnX Foundation, Australia
o Best eLearning Model –Blended Platinum (2016)
o Best eLearning Model –Bespoke Custom (2016)

Association for Talent Development, USA

Certified Associate Program (2014)
Certified Manager Program (2014)
Certified Performance Manager Program (2014)
Certified Coach Program (2013)

Brandon Hall Group, USA

Best advance in Measuring the Impact (2016)
Best Unique and Innovative Program (2015)
Best Use of Blended Learning Program (2015)
Best Learning Program (2014)
Best Leadership Development Program (2014)

Memberships

Australian Human Resource Institute
Association of Talent Development USA ( in process)

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