Home   |   Contact Us   |   Sitemap   Internal Search       About Us History Vision Mission Objectives Genesis Members of the Governing Board Adjunct Faculty Honorary Member Awardee Academic Strengths of AHRD Interface Chairman Speaks From Director’s Desk Our Chairmen Our Directors Fellow & Associate Programs in HRD & OD Need for the Programs Titles awarded Programs Design Eminent Faculty with Commitment Eligibility Library Guides Infrastructure Admission & Commencement Fellow title awardees’ improved effectiveness A cross section say Recently enrolled Fellow Students Awardees of Fellow Program Management Development Programs Recent Programs Past Events Conferences & Conclaves HRM Leadership CEO Forum Collaborations & Tie-ups Services Research In-House Training Program Consultancy Services Special Events Ravi Matthai Series Future Search Large Scale Interactive Process ( LSIP) Photo Gallery Membership Membership Types How to Apply Publications Books Occasional Papers Educational CDs Newsletters Clientele Contact Us Address/Map About Ahmedabad     Interface Chairman Speaks   In an increasingly globalised world, nations and organizations are continually rediscovering their potential for competitive advantage. While different countries are endowed with different sets and levels of natural resources, one common resource across nations, which has limitless potential for appreciation over time is the human resource. Nations and organizations alike have woken up to this reality particularly in this century when ‘knowledge economy’ has begun to impact their overall economic, social and political landscape. For human resource to be highly productive, innovative and delivering on the challenges, it would need to be given prime focus- for its nourishment, development and enhancement. An organization which believes in the immense potential of human resource and  pursues  its human resource policies in tandem with its belief, is most likely to get maximum value out of its investment. What are those belief systems, policies and practices which are followed by the most respected  and most successful organizations around the world? What are the new competencies required for enriching the human capital in this century? How are they implemented and with what results? Are there any experiences that can teach us some lessons and which will help in strengthening our organisations’ competitive edge? These and many more such contemporary issues in the domain of HR are part of the staple diet of Academy of HRD. The academy- a professional body, created by scholarly community of academics and reflective practitioners-is engaged in promoting systematic study of HR  development theories, processes &  practices and in encouraging application of HRD research.  The academy also offers high value training programmes for enhancing HR competencies and for developing them as world class people  managers.    I am delighted that through this website, we are able to reach out to large number of HR bodies and professionals around the world. I do hope, this website will generate good amount of interest and act as a forum for exchange of ideas on this important subject of the 21st century.   Anil K. Khandelwal Chairman, Academy of HRD. Click here for The Profile You can write at: chairperson@academyofhrd.org From Director's Desk   HRD being a dynamic process, its focus moves among entities such as individual, group, organisation, community and nation. With new concepts, theories and cumulative experience of scholars and practitioners, the scope of and expectation from HRD interventions have increased. The mounting pressure of Globalisation has added new issues and areas of concern to be addressed by HRD practitioners, researchers and teachers. Survival of enterprise is one such crucial issue which may need new experiments and researches leading to innovative processes in the areas of HRD. Various strategies have to be learnt and used to improve the quality of human assets and produce competitive results and higher organizational performance accompanied by individual growth and well being. The future turf is harder as issues affecting HRD such as corporate governance, gender equity, redundancy of human labour, measures of HRD contribution and accountability of HRD may become more significant and need innovative ideas and applications in research and executive action. The Academy will vigorously work towards these goals within the framework of its mission "To develop HRD professionals and focus on HRD professionalism".   K K Verma.   Click here for The Profile   You can write at: director@academyofhrd.org Our Chairmen FIRST CHAIRMAN MR. M.R.R NAIR SECOND CHAIRMAN DR. ANJI REDDY THIRD CHAIRMAN DR. UDAI PAREEK FORTH AND PRESENT CHAIRMAN DR. ANIL. K. KHANDELWAL Our Directors We have had the privilege of having them as our Directors. Each has contributed significantly to the growth and development of the Academy and we hope that in the future they continue to lend their support to our endeavors in whatever capacity possible. Name Duration Dr. T. V. Rao (Hon.)  1991-93 & 95-96 Keith D’souza 1993-95 P. Sethumadhavan 1996-97 C. Balaji  1997- 2000 Tapas Sengupta January 2001 - June 2001 Dr. Uma Jain June 2001 – February 2005 K. K. Verma March 2005 - Current         Copyright © 2008, Academy of Human Resources Development. Web initiative in association with AHRD Ahmedabad