BEGIN:VCALENDAR CALSCALE:GREGORIAN VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Drupal iCal API//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070311T020000 TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20071104T020000 TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SEQUENCE:1 X-APPLE-TRAVEL-ADVISORY-BEHAVIOR:AUTOMATIC 99191 20230825T130157Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231031T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:2 0231031T095000 URL;TYPE=URI:/news/calendar/events/book- discussion-author-dr-dishan-kamdar-discussing-his-book-cleansing-moments-d eveloping-leadership Book Discussion - Author Dr. Dishan Kamdar, discussing his book "Cleansing Moments - Developing Leadership Skills for All Times About 鈥楥leansing Moments: Developing Leadership Skills for All Times鈥橽nTh ere is a plethora of books on leadership, but this book will give a fresh perspective on leadership. The author鈥檚 leadership mantras captured in t his book, based on his popular theme 'Cleansing Moments', have proven to b e a transformational experience for senior corporate professionals, policy makers and entrepreneurs who have either been coached by him or have atten ded his programs over the years.\nAbout Professor Dishan Kamdar\nProfessor Dishan Kamdar is the Vice Chancellor of the FLAME University 鈥?the pion eer of liberal education in India. He took charge of this position on Augu st 8, 2018. Prior to this, he was the Deputy Dean, Academic Programmes and Professor of Organisational Behaviour at the Indian School of Business (I SB), the top ranked global business school in India. A leading researcher, senior faculty member, executive coach to CEOs of renowned corporates and family businesses in India, and a favourite professor to all his students - Dishan handles these multifaceted roles with equal ease.\nA passionate t eacher before anything else, Dishan鈥檚 biggest priority are his students and alumni. 鈥淣othing gives me more satisfaction than to see my students and alumni succeed in their careers and in the process make their alma mat er/ organisations proud鈥? he says. In his current role as the Vice Chanc ellor, he is leading FLAME 2.0 - the next phase of growth, expansion and i nternationalization of FLAME University designed to make it a truly world- class institution in all respects.\nAt ISB, he was responsible for selecti ng and nurturing talent right from admissions to alumni engagement. In add ition to teaching and research, he was directing Admissions and Financial Aid, Academic Services and Administration for the various PG and degree eq uivalent programmes, Student Engagement and Applied Learning, Career Advan cement Services, Alumni Relations and the launch of new programmes.\nExecu tive Coach, Mentor and TeacherProfessor Dishan Kamdar specializes in teach ing Negotiation Analysis and Decision Making, to students of the various P G programmes, advanced management programmes and short duration executive education programmes at ISB. He has been awarded the 鈥楶rofessor of the Y ear鈥?seven times in the last decade by students of the PGP, PGPMAX , PGP MFAB and the PGP Pro programmes, for his hands-on teaching style and well- crafted course content. His ratings by students have been consistently amo ngst ISB鈥檚 top 1% of professors, many of who hail from top business scho ols across the world. He is a frequently sought after faculty amongst the mid to senior level industry professionals, who attend his executive educa tion programmes. He is also a visiting faculty at The Wharton School鈥檚 e xecutive education programmes.\nDishan鈥檚 expertise encompasses the space of negotiations and work place behaviour. He is a personal coach to CEOs of top-notch companies and conglomerates on influence and negotiations. Th rough structured practical and case-based programmes, he equips leaders to manage difficult conversations and dispute situations to emerge as better agents of influence. He also trains senior executives from PSUs and the G overnment.\nResearcher par ExcellenceDishan is cited as one of India鈥檚 t op researchers and among the leading ones globally. He is credited with ac hieving this success far earlier than several others in academia. He has p ublished papers in top-tier international journals and has been invited to present his studies at international conferences. His research interests include work related performance and extra-role behaviours which are both 鈥榩romotive鈥?and 鈥榩rohibitive鈥? knowledge sharing, group performanc e, trust, voice in the organisation, whistle blowing, creativity and leade rship, work culture and more.\nExperience Summary, Achievements and Qualif ications:Dishan Kamdar joined the ISB in 2004 and progressed into leadersh ip roles within a short span 鈥?compared to his peer group internationall y, Dishan has been amongst the youngest academicians be selected into dean ship roles. He was granted an early tenure, in his fourth year, based on h is research excellence and subsequently awarded a full professorship, whic h also makes him one of the youngest full professors in academia internati onally. He is the recipient of multiple teaching awards right from his ear ly days.\nLabeled as 鈥渢he central pillar for ISB鈥?Dishan surpassed man y a milestone in teaching, research and institutional governance. Under hi s leadership, ISB was successful in admitting the largest ever student bod y, setting new benchmarks in student placements of its flagship programmes and strengthening its alumni engagement. He was instrumental in launching PGPPro, a weekend MBA equivalent programme geared toward working professi onals. In addition, Dishan also played a vital role in integrating program me delivery and faculty recruitments across two campuses in line with ISB锟? 锟斤拷s philosophy of 鈥極ne School two campuses鈥? Prior to being the Deputy Dean, he served as the Senior Associate Dean (Programmes) for almost 8 ye ars and during that stint, he was instrumental in leading a major curricul um revamp at the School.\nPrior to ISB, Dishan taught Organizational Behav ior at the National University of Singapore (NUS). He started his career a s an entrepreneur in 1998 as the owner of a trading firm. He grew interest ed in the theory behind motivation, leadership and negotiation skills, and subsequently pursued his Masters in Science degree and specialized in org anizational behavior. Over the years, his skills in negotiations and decis ion making have helped him grow his business to achieve an annual turnover of over US$ 65 million. Dishan holds a PhD from the National University o f Singapore, 2004, MSc (Management), National University of Singapore, 200 1 and BBA (Hons), National University of Singapore, 1999.\n\n\n\n\n \ n \n\n\n\n END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR