DIRECTOR

PROFILE OF DR. KULWANT SINGH PATHANIA
 M.Com., M.Phil., Ph.D.

Present Positions : Professor of Commerce, Director, UGC-Academic Staff College & Chief Warden(Statutory Position) of H.P University, Shimla  

Present Address: Teachers’ Flat, 28 Jutog View, Summer Hill, Shimla. Phone: 0177-2633400; Mobile: 94183-59205

Permanent Adress: Dr. Kulwant Singh Pathania, S/O Sh C L S Pathania, Village Gasota, P.O Bohni Tehsil and District , Hamirpur (H.P) 
e-mail: pathania_ks@yahoo.com

Administrative Experience

• Director, UGC, Academic Staff College, H.P. University, Shimla since June, 2009 till date.
• Professor, faculty of Commerce and Management Studies, H.P University, from March 4.2008 onwards
• Chief Warden, H.P. University from April 2008 to June 2011.
• Deputy Director, UGC-Academic Staff College March 4, 2000 to May 31, 2009 (9 years)
• Warden October 1999 - July 2003 (4 years)
• Administrative experience of H.P state Cooperative Bank Training Institute. (5 years)
• Coordinator MBA (IGNOU) since January 2000 onwards. (11 years)
  Consultant with World Bank     (Development Policy Loan Institutional Assessment)
• Organized more than 200 programmes.

Teaching Experience  

• 24 years

Academic Achievements

1. University :Teaching Commerce including Finance, International Business, Accounting, Taxation & Business Administration.
   
2. IGNOU  : Counsellor of IGNOU for the programme of Management and DTS/BTS – 1992 till date.   
3. Cooperatives: As teaching faculty in Cooperative Bank Training Institute for 5½ years

• Chief Editor of Academe, publication of UGC-ASC, Shimla (ISSN NO)
  
• Member Advisory Board, KEGEES Journal of Social Sciences, Kottam, Kerala
  
• Member Advisory Board, Journal of Business and Finance, VBS Purvanchal University Jaunpur (UP)
  
• Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of Research Journal titled “Global Management Horizon” Sohian Khurd, Batala Road, Amritsar, Punjab
  
• Editorial Advisor, Research Drops (A Peer Reviewed International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies Kurukshetra Haryana

Reasearch Guidance

1. Guided Fifteen (15) Ph.D scholars for the completion and award of  degree
   
2. Guided 25 research students for    the completion of their M.Phil    Degrees.
   
3. Guided 102 students for MBA    degrees project (IGNOU)
4. Guided 10 students of IGNOU    for Diploma/degree in Tourism    Studies.

Research Papers          

• 70 (seventy)

Research Studies (Projects) 
08 (financed byGOI, UGC, ICSSR.FORD FOUNDATION, STATE GOVT)

1. Evaluation of NREGS – A Study of Sirmour District
   
2. Tapping the Neglected Tourism Potential of Himachal Pradesh
   
3. A Critical Study on the Performance of Cooperative in the Development of Tribal Areas of H.P
   
4. Impact of Mid Day Meal on Attendance Enrollment and Retention in H.P.
   
5. Academic and Co-curricular Choices and Political Affiliation as Determined by Diversity among the College/University Students”
   
6. Management of Public Distribution System in H.P. awarded by Ministry of PDS & Consumer Affairs,
   
7. Diagnostic Study of the Performance of Cooperative Movement in the Development of Tribal Economy of H.P.
   
8. Performance Appraisal of H.P. State Cooperative Bank

Seminars/Conferences   

• 15 (National & International)  

Books

1. Production and Operations Management, Regal Publication, New Delhi, 2011                  
2. Khadi and Village Industries- Status, Problems and challenges, Regal Publication, New Delhi, 2011. 
3. Health and Sex Tourism, Regal Publication, New Delhi,
    2009 ( Dr. Arun Sharma Co-Author)
4. Eco-Tourism, Regal Publication, New Delhi, 2008. ( Dr. Arun Sharma Co-Author)
5. Tourism in India, Regal Publication, New Delhi, 2008. (Dr. Arun Sharma Co-Author)
   
6. Primary Education and Mid day Meal, Deep & Deep Publication,  Delhi, 2006. ( Dr. Anita Pathania  Co-Author)
   
7. Public Distribution System – Status, Challenges and Remedial Strategies, Kanishka Publishers, Distributors, New Delhi, 2005.
   
8. Management of Cooperative Finance in India, Anmol Publication, New Delhi, 1998.

Awards / Honours Confered

• Vashist Akadmi Samman in 2009 by Punjab Kala Sahitya Academy ,Punjab
• Nominated for Bharat Shikshak Ratan Award by Global Soceity for Health and Educational Growth & Rashtriya Rattan Award by All India Business Development during 2009.
• Nominated for Rashtriya Ekta Samman in 2010 by National Unity conference, Jewel of India Award in 2010 by Indian Solidarity Council, Glory of India Award in 2011 by Intellectual

People and Economic Growth Association and International Kohinoor Award in 2011 by Global Achievers Foundation.

1. Resource person for Orientation and Refresher Courses at different UGC-Academic Staff Colleges in the country.
2.Examiner/Member of Board of Studies and Research Degree   Committees of various universities namely Panjab, Kurukshetra, Panjabi , Jammu , Mohanlal Sukhadia , MDS, MD Rohtak, Delhi , Amity , CCS, Meerut, Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj, IGNOU, Lucknow, Sirsa, Hisar etc.
3.Examiner for Institute of Chartered Accountants and Company     Secretaries.
4.Contributed towards National Cooperative Development Corporation for Business Development Planning of Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies and Consumer Marketing Societies at Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management, Pune.
5.Attended one Orientation Course and three Refresher Courses in Commerce at UGC-Academic Staff College.
6.Counsellor for Management Programmes of Indira Gandhi Open University. Since 1992. 
7.Advisory Board Member of UGC-Academic staff colleges of Punjab University, Jammu University and Guru Jhameshwar Universities.