ENHANCE YOUR EMPLOYABILITY: A Practical Manual to Career Planning, Interview Process and Group Discussion

Dr. Virander Kumar Verma, PhD in Management, M.A Psychology, B.A (Hons) Psychology, PG Dip Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, P G Dip Labor Laws, P G Diploma Educational & Vocational Guidance and Counseling and P G Dip Personnel Management and Industrial Relations.

More than 37 years experience in Human Recourse Management, Training and Development, Change Management, Education Vocational Guidance and Counseling. Two years as Director MBA and Industry interface, Professor and member of Governing body with institute under GGSIP University Delhi. Worked extensively to enhance employability of students conducted workshops and lectures on soft skills including Presentation, Interviewing Skills and Group discussions. Conducted FDP’s, National workshops, Conferences and Seminars.

Four years as GM HR and Head Training and Change Management Team Passport Seva Project (An initiative of Ministry of External Affairs Govt of India).

Thirty one years as General Manager HR Tata Consultancy Services and led almost all the functions related to HR. Worked extensively in the areas of mentoring, soft skills, interview process and group discussion.

Conferred with Living Legend Award by UP Technical University (Asia’s biggest University) in Feb 2009, TCS CSR Award in Jan 2007.

TCS Best Faculty Award in Jan and Oct 2006.

TCS Service and Commitment Award for 10, 20 and 30 years of dedicated service.

Life member of National HRD Network, AIMA, DMA, India

Career Development Association and Indian Association of Positive Psychology.

Recruited more than 30,000 IT and other professionals.

Conducted more than 300 workshops on soft skills.

Conducted 55 workshops on interviewing skills for professionals and students.

Conducted 200 plus group mentoring sessions for TCS and client employees.

Published 16 Research Papers and Articles in the field of Human Resource, Management, Information Security and IT in various National Journals.

Presented Papers in 45 National and International conferences, seminars and summits. Participated in more than 50 National and International conferences in various capacities like Judge, Chief Guest, Guest of Honor, Panelist, Session Moderator, Technical expert, Key Note Speaker and Chairperson.

Prof. Dr. N.K Chadha is a Professor and Dean, Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences and Chairperson (Doctoral Program) at Manav Rachna International University, Haryana, India. He is the former Professor and Head, Department of Psychology, University of Delhi; former Director and Head, Department of Adult, Continuing Education and Extension; and Chairman, Board of Research Studies in Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Delhi, Delhi, India. 

Professor Chadha has been teaching in the Department of Psychology, University of Delhi since 1982. He has authored twenty seven books which are used as text books in many universities in India and abroad at undergraduate, post-graduate and research level..He has been conducting many ongoing research projects with foreign universities and has carried out a number of major interdisciplinary and collaborative projects. He has published more than 120 articles in various scientific National and International journals which are often quoted by other researchers. He is on the management bodies of many institutes in India and abroad. 

He has traveled extensively and lectured in UK, USA, Spain, Hungary, Sweden, Malta, Germany, France, Canada,        New Zeeland, Australia, Singapore, Taipei, Japan and South Africa. He is involved in development of standardized psychological tests for many Multinational companies and Public sector companies for the purpose of recruitment and selection of middle and higher management levels. He is one of the leading psychometrician in India and his book on Applied Psychometry is widely used by the students and practitioners of psychological assessment.

Recently Prof. Chadha has been awarded the National Career Development Association Presidential recognition award on the 28th June, 2017 at Orlando, USA and “Global Practitioner of the Year-2015” on the 30th June ,2015 during the annual conference held at Denver, USA

David Reile

Former President,

National Career Development Association, USA