Dr. Mala Kapadia

Academic Experience

• Professor, Resident Mentor & Director Wellness Practice, Rashtram School of Public Leadership (May 2020 – present)
• Academic Advisor and Mentor, Rashtram, Vision India Foundation (September 2019 – April 2020)
• Visiting Professor, M S University, Vadodara (since 2018)
• Visiting Professor, Institute of Leadership & Governance, MSU, Vadodara (since 2019)
• Visiting Professor, Mithibai College of Arts, Affiliated to Mumbai University
• Visiting Professor, Mumbai University, Leadership Sciences, MA (2016)
• Adjunct Professor – Global MBA, S P Jain School of Global Management, Dubai – Singapore – Sydney (2007 – 2020)
• Adjunct Professor of People & Performance, S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research – SPJIMR (2008 – 2010)
• Associate Professor of People & Performance (P&P), International Faculty – SPJIMR (2005 – 2006)
• Coordinator P&P, PGDM Program, SPJIMR (2005 – 2006)
• Visiting Professor at Wellingkar, MET, IIPM (1999)
• Part time faculty for language at New Era School and Jr. college (1986 – 1988)
• Visiting faculty at S. N. D. T. and written course material for D. Ed. (1983 – 1985)
• Visiting faculty at S. N. D. T. for FYJC (1981 – 1982)

 Academic Courses Taught

Visiting Professor (MBA & MMS)

• Emotional Intelligence
• Organizational Behavior
• Organizational Development
• Human Re-sources
• Gandhian Philosophy (Undergrads, Open certification program)

School of Business (PGPM, PGDM, GMBA & EMBA)

• Personal Growth Lab
• Emotional Intelligence
• Organizational Behavior
• Organization Theory & Structure
• Leadership
• Individual, Team & Collective Behavior
• Mentoring, Coaching & Counseling
• Human Re-sources
• PEMS- Personal Effectiveness & Managerial Skills

Executive Education & Consulting Experience

Conducted various OD interventions, MDPs and Certification programs for following organizations:

• Aditya Birla Group of Companies
• ICICI Bank Ltd.
• Welspun India Ltd.
• Eicher-Volvo India Ltd
• Eicher Tractors India Ltd
• HPCL
• Trident/Oberoi Group of Hotels
• ABN Amro Bank
• Radio City
• Great Eastern Shipping Co.
• Radio Mirchi
• Intergold (I) Pvt. Ltd.
• ISHA Foundation
• L&T
• Merck Millipore
• GSK
• Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
• Taj Group of Hotels
• Bombay Chamber of Commerce
• Astrum Sercon
• Reliance Infocomm
• Tata Special Steel Ltd.
• TASMAC
• Tapovan (France)
• Nexus EQ (USA)

Leadership and Advising Activities:

• Board of Studies, Mithibai College of Arts. 2017-2020
• Founder Member FEIL: Forum for Emotional Intelligence Learning, 2008
• Coordinated & participated curriculum revamp and strategic planning effort, Department of People & Performance, PGDM program launch, SPJIMR 2005
• D. synopsis & Thesis evaluator, Banasthali Vidyapeeth
• Quality Assessor, Associated with Malcolm Baldrige Award, Voltas Ltd. 1996

 Corporate Experience

• Founder/Director, Tame The Monkey (2001- present)
• Learning Partner ICICI Bank (2002 – 2008)
• Vice President Human Resources, SAB TV (2000)
• Head, Human Resources, McCann Erickson India (1997 – 2000)
• Manager – Learning & Development, Voltas Ltd. (1996 – 1997)
• Manager – Human Resources, Otis Elevator India (1995 – 1996)
• Sub & later Assistant Editor – Illustrated Weekly of India & Femina, Times Group, Bennett Coleman & Co Ltd. (1989 – 1994)

Conferences

Keynote Addresses and Invited Talks

Management

• Emerging Challenges of Human Resources- Asia-Pacific HR Conference (1999)
• Managerial Effectiveness and Raja yoga, Shankara Darshana Conference (1999)
• Emotional Intelligence through Yoga, Nexus EQ Conference, Orlando, USA (2004)
• Messages in Management from Aadi Shankaracharya at 15th Shankara Darshana conference at Cochin (2004)
• Women in Management & Development, WISDOM, Banasthali, Rajasthan (2006)
• Chaired the session & presented paper on Spirituality at Workplace, IBA Bangalore and Greater Noida (2007 & 2008)
• Chaired the session & presented paper on “Management Wisdom from Mahabharata – Mahabharata to Copenhagen”, IBA Bangalore (2009)
• Lessons from Vipassana for OB, presented paper at OBTC, 10^th conference at Charleston, USA  (2009)
• Global Impact of Indian Management, Oxford Engineering group of Colleges, Bengaluru (2011)
• Business Governance in Global Economy: Patanjali Yoga Sutras, IBA, Bangalore (2012)
• Nature, Mind and Technology Insights from Patanjali Yoga Sutras, IBA Bangalore (2013)
• Human Re-sourcing, Alkesh Dinesh Mody Institute of Financial Management, Mumbai University (2014)
• Bridging Western Efficiency with Eastern Ethos, Sustainable Leadership Summit, Mumbai (2014)
• Aligning Cosmic Intelligence with Leadership, IBA Bangalore (2014)
• Case study – Sustainable Business through Heart Intelligence: Mumbai Dabbawalas. FLAME Case Conference, Pune, India (2015)
• Permaculture leadership & Lokasangraha, International Conference on Advances in Management & Leadership- Merging eastern & Western Perspectives, IBA -School of Applied Psychology, Zurich University collaboration, Bangalore (2017)
• Chair, National Seminar on Gandhian Way of Life for Human Perfection, M S. University, Vadodara (2018)
• National Policy on Health through Education Insights from Vedas, Strategic Management Forum, Bengaluru (2018)
• Corporate Spiritual Citizenship, International Conference -IBA -School of Applied Psychology, Zurich University collaboration, Bangalore (2019)
• International Conference on Management Education 2025, MLSU, Udaipur (3019)

Ayurveda, Vedic Sciences and Yoga

• Emotional Intelligence & Ayurveda at World Ayurveda Congress 2002, Kochi
• Yoga and Value Education at International Yoga Conference at Kaivalyadhama, 2002.
• Globalization of Ayurveda, 4th International Conference, Jamnagar, 2003
• Chaired the first session & presented paper on Obesity, Psychology & Ayurveda at 1st International Ayurveda Conference, Tapovan, France, 2003
• Ecology Yoga at 1st International Ecology Conference, Normandy, France, 2003
• Universal Psychological Health (Dhatu, Agni & Mental Health), Tapovan, 2nd International Ayurveda Conference, France, 2004
• Atharva Veda as Applied Science for Emotional Intelligence, World Vedic Congress, Bangalore, India, 2004
• Indian Insights on Health, Conference at University of Rajasthan, Jaipur, 2005
• Possibilities of Ayurvedic Professionals in Corporate, Arya Vaidya Pharmacy, Centenary Celebrations and International Conference, Coimbatore, 2008
• Spiritual world conference 2012, Revisiting Ayurveda and Yoga: 9 Possibilities, Indian foundation for Vedic science (India), In collaboration with Higher Education Dept. Govt. of Haryana, India
• Rastre Jagruyam Vayam, Education in Atharva Veda, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University, April, 2018
• Integrating Ayurveda in Interdisciplinary Research in Education Management, International Conference on Interdisciplinary Research, M S University, Vadodara, February, 2020

Awards

• Maharashtra Gujarati Sahitya Academy Second prize for novelette ‘Selfie’ 2017
• Maharashtra Gujarati Sahitya Academy First prize for Essays ‘Bhitar No Ujaas’- The Light Within- 2015
• Maharashtra Gujarati Sahitya Academy First prize for poem collection Adhi Vatta Tran, 2014
• Maharashtra Gujarati Sahitya Academy grant for publishing collection of essays, Bhitar no Ujaas
• Kala Gurjari First award Adhi Vatta Tran, 2014
• ISTD Award for book Heart Skills – Emotional Intelligence for Work and Life, 2009