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Dr. Sourav Basu (Ph.D.) is an educator-cum-trainer who has been working in Bhutan since 2012. He is currently an Assistant Professor at Norbuling Rigter College (NRC), Paro, Bhutan. Prior to this, he worked as a Lecturer at the Royal Thimphu College (RTC), Bhutan for several years and as a guest lecturer of Management modules at the colleges of Techno-India group in India for few years.

He was educated at the West Bengal University of Technology (India) and the University of Western Australia (Australia). His teaching interests include General Management, Human Resource Management and Marketing Management.

To connect theory to practice, Dr. Basu is passionate about research and has published several papers in international peer-reviewed journals. He has also authored two academic book titled: “Management Theory and Practice” & “Organizational Behaviour and Culture” as well.

Outside the confines of teaching, Dr. Basu has resourced symposia on “Leadership & Management” organized by the Department of Livestock, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Royal Government of Bhutan, and continues to be engaged as a guest-trainer for several management and leadership training programmes for the Institute for Excellence and Development (i-ED) & Institute for Learning Solutions (ILS) in Bhutan. He is actively engaged in hosting academic events, programme development and delivery, building industry-academia relationships and enhancing academic mobility.

A believer in continuous professional development, Dr. Basu has conducted numerous professional capacity enhancement trainings for school/university educators as well as for industry professionals in India, Bhutan, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Nigeria. He has received the title of “World Icon of Peace” from World Institute for Peace in Lagos, Nigeria, for his contribution to promoting Peace Education in Africa.

He is also a recipient of the prestigious “100 Most Dedicated Professors” award from World Education Congress for his valuable contribution to the field of education around the world for more than a decade. Recently, Dr. Basu has bagged the title of “Asia's Best Researcher Award of the Year in Management” under the category of “ Asia's Best Researcher Award” powered by World Research Congress for his outstanding research works and international publications in the field of Management around the world.