Dr Shalini Virmani

Director, Center for Online Learning

Area: Business Communication, Negotiation Skills, and Soft Skills & Personality Development

Dr. Shalini Virmani is a distinguished academician and institution builder with 21 years of experience in leading top Business schools globally. Currently, she serves as the Director of Center for Online Learning and the faculty of Business Communication at Great Lakes Institute of Management, Gurgaon. Prior to this role, she has been in leadership positions at JAGSOM, NMIMS Global, S P Jain Global and IMT Ghaziabad. She is passionate about driving new initiatives and has a strong commitment to academic excellence. Her expertise spans diverse areas such as Communications & Management, and she has co-authored ten books with prestigious publishers.

Research Papers

Kalia, S., & Nafees, L. (2019). Design Thinking in Redesigning Business School Admission Process. In S. Kalia, & L. Nafees (Eds.), New Age Admissions Strategies in Business Schools (pp. 48-66). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. doi:10.4018/978-1-5225-9073-6.ch004
Kalia, S. & Nafees, L. (2018). Healthcare In India And The Rise Of Medical Tourism: Is Lack Of Professionalism A Roadblock? CEOWORLD Magazine, Economics Insider. Retrieved December 17, 2018 from https://ceoworld.biz/2018/12/14/healthcare-in-india-and-the-rise-of-medical-tourism-is-lack-of- professionalism-a-roadblock/
Phulpagar, S., Maddulety, K., Jagannathan, S. & Kalia, S. (2018). “Strategic Investment Decisions: An Empirical Study of Power Sector in India”. Journal of Accounting-Business & Management, Vol 25, No. 2. Jadhav, V., Kumar, K.N., Rana, P.D.A., Seetharaman, A. Kalia, S., Maddulety, K (2017). Understanding the Correlation among Factors of Cyber System’s Security for Internet of Things (IoT) in Smart Cities”.
Journal of Accounting-Business & Management, ISSN 0216-423X:Vol 24 No. 2:1-15
Kalia, S., Maddulety, K. Seetharaman, A. Balaji, D. (2017). “Factors Contributing To Positive Effect of Negative Publicity on Consumer Demand of The Product”. International Journal of Academic Research, ISSN: 2075-4124: 5 (6): 354-363
Kalia, S., Puri, N., and Chakraverty, I. (2015). Technological Innovations in Management Education. In Kalia, S., Bhalla, B., Das, L, & Awasthy, N. (Eds.) Promoting Socio-Economic Development through Business Integration (pp.30-47). IGI Global, USA. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8259-7.ch003
Kalia, S. (2014). “DVR and Its Impact on Indian Market: Now and in Future”. Sage Open, DOI: 10.1177/2158244014560551: 1-8
Kalia, S and Sikka, R (2014). “Re?ections on Cross Cultural Experiences: A Qualitative Study on India and Mexico”. IFRSA Business Review, ISSN (Print) 2249 –8168: 4 (3)|: 409-414
Kalia, S; Puri, N and Chakraverty, I (2014). “An Analysis of the Solid Waste Management System in Ghaziabad (India)”. Business Perspectives, ISSN: 0972-7612: 13 (2): 91-109
Kalia, S (2014). “Are Indian Women Really Empowered in 21st Century?: A Study in Girish Karnad’s Naga- Mandala”. Literaria: An International Journal of New Literatures Across the World, ISSN: 2229-4600: 5(9) : 29-37
Kalia, S; Puri, N; Karthikeyan, K N and Biswas, S (2014). “Impact of Digitization and DVRs on Advertisements in India: Media Industry Perspective”. Journal of General Management Research, ISSN: 2348-5434 : 1 ( 2): 99-110
Kalia, S. and Singh, C K (2013). "Impact of DVR on TV Viewers and Its Implications for Media Planning and Creative Execution". IMS Manthan-The Journal of Management, Computer Science and Journalism, ISSN: 0974-7141: 8 (2):185-192
Kalia, S; Arora, R; and Sharma, N (2013). “Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation: Challenges in Implementation and Impact on Students’ Creativity”. Global Journal of Arts and Management,3,3 (2013):140-146
Kalia, S; Singh, C K and Mukherjee G (2013). “Employability Skills of Indian Management Graduates: The Corporate Perception”. Journal of Management Research, 1, 2 (2013):99-116.
Kalia, S., Mittal, N., & Arora, R. (2013). Maximizing Employee On-Boarding: A Study in a Pharmaceutical Company. In V. Jham, & S. Puri (Eds.), Cases on Consumer-Centric Marketing Management (pp. 288- 316). Hershey, PA: doi:10.4018/978-1-4666-4357-4.ch023
Kalia, S; Arora, R and Sharma, N (2012). “CCE: An Effective Change in Indian Education System to Develop Children's Creativity”. Proceedings of ICERI 2012 Conference (ISBN: 978-84-616-0763-1); 1298- 1308
Kalia, S and Arora, R (2012). “Analyzing Skills Enhancement: Student Exchange Programs in B-schools”. International Journal of Advanced Research in Management and Social Sciences, 1, 4 (2012):114-130 Kalia, S (2012). Case Analysis on Subansiri Tea Limited. Vision -The Journal of Business Perspective, 16, 2 (2012):133-137
Kalia, S and Shukla, S (2011). “Student Exchange Programs in Indian B-Schools: An Analysis of the Learning and Outcomes for Students”. International Journal of Arts and Science, ISSN: 1944- 6934:4(11):305-326
Kalia, S (2009). “Parallelism between Female Protagonist in Girish Karnad’s Naga-Mandala and Women in Contemporary World”. Proceedings of International Conference on English Language and Literature Today (362-364)
Kalia, S (2008). “Girish Karnad’s Use of Myth: A Study of His Play, Hayavadana”. The Vedic Path, Quarterly English Journal of Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar Volume LXXXI (No.2), April- June, 2008
Kalia, S (2004). “Use of History in Girish Karnad’s Tughlaq”. Spectrum of Indian writing in English. Ed K.A. Agrawal
Kalia, S (2007). “Use of History in Girish Karnad’s Tughlaq”. Post-Colonial Indian English Literature. Ed. K.A. Agrawal

Case Studies

Mehdi, M., Nafees, L., Kapoor, S. and Kalia, S. (2023). Tata International Limited: Expanding Leather Footwear in India. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies Vol- 13 No.4
Nafees, L., Mehdi, M., Gupta, R., Kalia, S., Banerjee, S. and Kapoor, S. (2021). Net?ix in India: expanding to success. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies Vol- 11 No.2
Nafees, L., Gupta, S., Banerjee, S., Kalia, S. and Mehdi, M. (2019). Net?ix in India: Too Good a Market to Give Up! Journal of International Business Education 14: 413-426.© 2019 Neilson Journals Publishing.
Nafees, L., Kalia, S. and Banerjee, S. (2018). “Snapdeal and Snapchat: Mistaken Identity”. The Case Center. Product Reference Number: 518-0063-1
Kalia, S. and Nafees, L. (2018). “Sasco International: People, Dynamics and Communication”. The Case Center. Product Reference Number: 418-0035-1
Khanzode, K., Kalia, S. and Parik, V. (2018). “Journey of Dreams Turns into Nightmare at MAST Solutions”. The Case Center. Product Reference Number: 418-0024 1
Kalia, S. and Agarwal, S. (2018). “When Things go Wrong”. The Case Center. Product Reference Number: 418-0022-1
Kalia, S. and Agarwal, S. (2018). “Creating Value In Job Negotiations”. The Case Center. Product Reference Number: 318-0065-1
Kalia, S. and Puri, S. (2017). “My Kind of Cakes: An Expansion Dilemma”. Ivey Publishing. Product Reference Number: 9B17A024
Kalia, S. and Gupta, A. (2015). “Empathising While Firing”. The Case Center. Product Reference Number: 415-010-1
Kalia, S; Virmani, S. and Mahanta, P. (2014). “The Recruitment Fiasco”. The Case Center. Product Reference Number: 414-119-1
Nafees, L. and Kalia, S. (2014). “Ethical Usage of Social Media by Celebrities and Traditional Media in New Age Networked World”. The Case Center. Product Reference Number: 714-045-1
Kalia, S. and Virmani, S. (2014). “Working Professionally”. The Case Center. Product Reference Number: 314-152-1
Kalia, S., Puri, S. and Iyer, R. (2014). "The Negotiation Dilemma". The Case Center. Product Reference Number: 314-103-1.
Kalia, S. and Puri, S. (2014). "Universal Retail Shoppe"- The Case Center. Product Reference No 514-005-1

Book Chapters

Virmani, S. (2024). Managing Your Boss. In Chaturvedi, M. and Chaturvedi, P. D., The Art and Science of Business Communication: Skills, Concepts, Cases and Applications, (5^th Edition, Chapter 25)

Text Books

Kalia, S. and Agarwal, S. (2015). Business Communication: A Practice-Oriented Approach. New Delhi: Wiley India Pvt. Ltd

Reference Books

Kalia, S. and Goyal, V. (2016). Campus Placements: Ensure, You Don’t Remain Unplaced. New Delhi: Pearson Education
Kalia, S. (2015). Business Communication. MSME, Government of India Edited Books

Edited Books

Seetharaman, A., Kalia, S. and Maddulety, K. (2024). Business Cases on Real-World Scenarios. Cengage
Seetharaman, A., Kalia, S. and Maddulety, K. (2020). Learning Management Through Cases. Wiley India Pvt. Ltd.
Kalia, S., Bhalla, B., Das, L, & Awasthy, N. (2015). Promoting Socio-Economic Development through Business Integration. IGI Global, USA.
Kalia, S., & Nafees, L. New Age Admissions Strategies in Business Schools (2019). IGI Global (USA) Indian Subcontinent Adaptations

Indian Subcontinent Adaptations

Goetsch, David L. and Kalia, S (2013). Effective Teamwork: Ten Steps for Technical Professions. New Delhi: Pearson Education
Smith, Taggart E. and Kalia, S (2013). Meeting Management. New Delhi: Pearson Education
Anton, J; Kalia, S and Petouhoff, Natalie L. (2013). Customer Relationship Management. New Delhi: Pearson Education

Presentations and Conferences

Participated in 2017 GMAC Annual Conference at San Francisco, USA.
Kalia, S; Puri, N; and Chakraverty, I (2013) “Technological Innovations in Management Education”, Eleventh AIMS International Conference on Management (AIMS-11) at IMT Ghaziabad.
Kalia, S and Sikka, R (2013) “Re?ections on Cross-Cultural Experiences: A Qualitative Study on India and Mexico”, Tenth AIMS International Conference on Management at IIM-Bangalore.
Kalia, S., Arora, R. and Sharma, N. (2012) “CCE: An Effective Change in Indian Education System to Develop Children's Creativity”, Fifth International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (ICERI) at Madrid, Spain.
Kalia, S and Shukla, S (2011) “Student Exchange Programs In Indian B-Schools: An Analysis of the Learning and Outcomes for Students”, IJAS at Harvard University, Cambridge, USA.
Kalia, S and Das, L (2011) “Challenges in Management Education in 2020: Roadmap through Soft Skills”, Eighth AIMS International Conference on Management (AIMS-8) at IIM Ahmedabad.
Kalia, S (2009) “Parallelism between Female Protagonist in Girish Karnad’s Naga-Mandala and Women in Contemporary World”, International Conference on English Language and Literature Today at Vidya Bharti College, Amravati.
Kalia, S (2008) “Demysti?cation of Religious beliefs and Practices in Hayavadana”, 53rd All India English Teachers’ Conference at Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Hardwar.
Kalia, S (2001) “Use of History in Girish Karnad’s Tughlaq”, National Seminar on Contemporary Indian Writing in English at Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Hardwar.

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