AMIT JAIN

DISSERTATION

Title:

Influence of Personal and Organizational factors on Workplace Inclusion: A Study of Persons with Disabilities

Advisor(s):

Prof. Leena Chatterjee & Prof. Abhishek Goel

EDUCATION

Fellow Programme in Management
(Organizational Behavior)		 IIM Calcutta 8/9 2nd Year Courses 2013-Present
PGDM IIM Ahmedabad 3.06/4.33 2003-2005
B.Com C.C.S. University, Meerut 61.6% 1997-2000

CERTIFICATION

Scrum Master & Scrum Product Owner Accredited Certification International Scrum Institute 2012
ESRA (Environment & Social Risk Analysis) UNEP Finance Initiative 2010
PRINCE 2 APM Group 2008

Attended several MOOCs with Certificate of Accomplishment , notable being Gamification, Organizational Analysis,, Game Theory, Social Network Analysis, Behavioral Economics, Social and Economic Networks Models

PAPERS/ARTICLES

Papers:-
  • Jain, A. & Sharma, D. (2018) Workarounds and Social Support: The Saviors for Visually Impaired Bankers in India in Journal of Information, Communication & Ethics in Society. DOI- 10.1108/JICES-05-2017-0031
Case Studies:-
  • Jain, A. (2014). Case Study- The Real Cost of Paying Bribes (A) & (B). Giving Voice To Values/PRME Regional Case Development Initiative
  • Jain, A. and Swamy, R. (2011). Case Study- Every Client Must Be Treated Equally? (A) & (B). Giving Voice to Values Curriculum
  • Jain, A. and Swamy, R. (2011). Case Study- Paying Bribes: Do Small Suppliers Have Choice?. Giving Voice to Values Curriculum
Conferences:-
  • Jain, A., Goel, A. and Chatterjee, L. (2018). Inclusion as a mediator between core self-evaluation (CSE) and job satisfaction: Study of persons with disabilities (PwDs) in India. 29th International Congress of Applied Psychology (ICAP 2018) (Accepted for presentation).
  • Jain, A., Chatterjee, L. and Goel, A. (2017). Influence of Personal Factors on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Organizations. Presented at 75th Annual International Council of Psychologists (ICP) Convention
  • Jain, A. and Sharma, D. (2017). Making my way: A study on workarounds and social support among Visually Impaired bankers in India. Presented at 77th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
  • Jain, A., Goel, A. and Chatterjee, L. (2017). Role of Personal Disposition factors on Job Satisfaction for Persons with Disabilities. Presented at 15th European Congress of Psychology.
  • Jain, A. and Chatterjee, L. (2015). Organizational Socialization-The Journey of PwD Employees in an Organization. Presented at 75th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management
  • Jain, A. and Joshi, C. (2014). Disability Diversity in Our Backyard: Everyday Experiences of Visually Impaired Students at a Business School. 42nd Annual Conference of Administrative Sciences Association of Canada (ASAC) (accepted but not presented).
Other Articles:-
  • Jain, A. (2016) Social Identity Theory and Diversity & Inclusion in National HRDN Kolkata Kindle
  • Singhal, S. and Jain, A. (2007). Reverse Mortgage- Growing Market in India. 10th Global Conference of Actuaries
  • Jain, A. and Mithani, A. (2006). Investment Guarantees – An Overview. Actuary India, May 2006. (Awarded second best article of 2006 by Actuarial Society of India).

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

IIM Calcutta Teaching Assistant April 2017 Current
  • Assisted in the following courses
    • Human Behavior @Work
    • Building Leadership Potential
Institute for Future Education Entrepreneurship
and Leadership-		 Assistant Professor December 2012 May 2013
  • Redesigned the PGDM curriculum.
  • Updated the grading system.
  • Mentored students for Global Citizen Leader Program.
Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research Visiting Faculty December 2008 March 2013
  • Taught course on management and environment.
  • Conducted interactive games like 'Buy Sell Trade', 'SimPachamama'
Praxis Business School Visiting Faculty February 2010 March 2013
  • Taught Business Ethics course based on 'Giving Voice to Values' curriculum.
Unitedworld School of Business Visiting Faculty November 2009 March 2012
  • Designed and delivered course on History of Indian Business.
  • Taught Business Ethics course based on 'Giving Voice to Values' curriculum.
International School of Management Visiting Faculty March 2012 May 2012
  • Taught course on Corporate Governance and Business Ethics.
D.S. Actuarial Education Service Visiting Faculty August 2009 February 2012
  • Taught course on business strategy.
  • Taught a course on communication for Actuarial professionals.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

Freelancing __________ April 2012 May 2013
  • Worked as advisor/consultant for the following start-ups:
    • Bismark World
    • Pramartha
    • Social Squared
IMS Learning Resources Pvt Ltd Head CSR & Special Projects September 2010 March 2012
  • Developed the CSR vision, values and policies for the organization.
  • Worked with Govt. and NGOs towards achieving the CSR vision.
  • Worked on projects in area of international education, process improvement and e-commerce.
Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group Plc. (JLT) Consultant –Business Transformation January 2010 July 2010
  • Managed the Project Office.
  • Managed the projects in the area of process improvement.
PATERNOSTER India Pvt. Ltd Manager –Business Transformation December 2006 January 2010
  • Priced Insurance Products.
  • Worked on strategic projects like developing balanced Scorecard, market entry strategy for India business.
  • Managed process transitions and transformation projects.
  • Managed IT projects relating to Investments, HR and other departments.
ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Pvt. Ltd Manager- Pricing June 2005 November 2006
  • Priced group insurance and annuity products.
  • Worked on projects relating to process automation, capital utilization, expense management etc.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

  • Worked as part of Committee on Equal Opportunities Cell at IIM Calcutta from February 2015 towards making the campus accessible for PwDs
  • Initiated and coordinated WeCare initiative at Paternoster and JLT India which included work on payroll giving , volunteering and participation in events like joy of giving week, blood donation camps.
  • Worked with Udaan India Foundation in using social media for better visibility of the organization's work.
  • Assisted Repute Solutions in the business plan for launching CSR Advisory Services.
  • Worked with XRCVC on education of visually challenged people for career coaching especially management, on ATM accessibility for visually challenged people.