Strategic Human Resource Management in Higher Education: Roadmap for Indian Institutions

This book explores the practices and policies of human resource management (HRM) in higher education institutions (HEI), while also analyzing the governance and structural challenges. It explains the assessment of university as an organization, outlining the distinction between universities and firms from an HRM point of view by analysing various objectives, parameters and outcomes.  The book broadly probes the relevance of HRM systems in HEIs in India and their potential impact. It also examines whether existing HRM practices and policies in HEIs in India drive motivation and enable employees to perform their functions to achieve the highest possible levels of excellence. It explores whether the enhanced motivation of employees consistently impacts students, their placements, progress to higher education, and quality teaching and research output. To strengthen the research output, to better understand the functioning of HRM practices in foreign HEIs and for comparative reasons, the book also studies HEIs in the United States against a diverse set of HEIs in India. It concludes by highlighting the impact of India’s National Education Policy 2020 and its scope to transform and professionalise the higher education system in the country.  The book is indispensable for researchers in education management and policy studies and those in governing positions in higher education institutions. It is also a valuable resource for regulatory and government bodies, and policy-formulating think tanks in South Asia which have a similar education system as India.

Jai Mohan Pandit is the Registrar at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), a deemed-to-be university in Mumbai. He holds a doctoral degree in Management and Labour Studies with a specialization in Strategic Human Resource Management in Higher Education from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai. Dr Pandit is a Fulbright Fellow. He was selected in 2017 to visit some of the best Higher Education Institutions in the United States of America, including Howard University, the University of Maryland, George Washington University, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Notre Dame. The National Productivity Council also selected him for a specialized training programme in Balance Score Card in Fiji in 2007.   Before joining IGIDR in 2010, he was with the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), Delhi, as Secretary, Head, Administration & Finance. Dr Pandit has also worked with the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER), Delhi, as Head, Human Resource Planning & Systems for around eight years. He also worked for seven years as a Senior Academic Administrator with the Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics (CDE, DSE) at the University of Delhi.  Dr Pandit is a dynamic and efficient academic administrator with extensive professional experience spanning three decades in academic and research institutions. His areas of expertise include Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM), Professional Management Systems, Governance and Academic Administration, Gender Diversity, International Collaborations and e-Governance. He has proven his leadership capabilities by adapting, envisioning and creating successful outcomes in challenging situations and diverse environments.