Col Gaurav Bhatia, PhD (Retd)
Col Gaurav Bhatia, PhD (Retd) is Adjunct Resource Faculty, School of Internal Security and Police Administration (SISPA). He holds four Post Graduate Degrees– MBA (Human Resource Management) from Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi; MSc (Defence and Strategic Studies) from University of Madras, Chennai; MA (Human Rights) from Indian Institute of Human Rights, New Delhi and Masters in Disaster Management from Panjab University, Chandigarh (Gold Medal). He also attended the Defence General Management Programme (DGMP – Executive MBA) at Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Lucknow and has published many papers in National and International peer-reviewed journals. The views expressed are his own
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