Dr. Vazeerjan Begum serves as an Associate Dean of School of Business at the American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK) since 2018. She joined AURAK as an Assistant Professor – Management in 2014. Previously she was working as an Assistant Professor of Management at the Emirates College for Management and Information Technology, Dubai, for nine years. She also played the role of the Dean of Continuing Education & Professional Development for six years.
Dr. Vazeerjan holds a Ph.D. in Management from Mother Teresa Womens University. She completed her MBA (Major in Marketing) from University of Madras and also she holds a second master’s degree in HRM. She spent most of her career in teaching at the university graduate and undergraduate levels in the UAE. Her major areas of teaching are Strategic management, HRM and quantitative methods for management. As an experienced associate professor, she devises entrancing, persuasive, and unique practices of teaching that builds interest in the students.
Due to her passion for teaching diverse students and to work with diverse faculty, she took up adjunct opportunities to teach at the University of Wollongong Dubai, University of Bolton (RAK Campus), Institute of Management & Technology, Dubai, Skyline University, Sharjah and Ittihad University, Ras Al Khaimah as an adjunct faculty.
Additionally, she serves as an Institutional Effectiveness Coordinator for the School of Business since Fall 2016, and as a liaison ensuring compliance with internal policies and with rules/ regulations of CAA, SACSCOC, QAA and AACSB. She is a Certified CAA Reviewer by the UAE Ministry of Education, to evaluate the CAA approved academic programs in the UAE.
She reviewed the consolidation of the specialized undergraduate business program into a comprehensive Bachelor of Business Administration program with six majors at American University of Ras Al Khaimah (AURAK). She continuously participates in curriculum development at AURAK both at the undergraduate and graduate level. She designed the Bachelor Degree Program in Business Administration at Emirates College, Dubai.
Dr. Vazeerjan serves as an external examiner for PhD students, and a reviewer and an editorial board member for a number of regional and international journals.
Dr. Vazeerjan continuously attends AACSB yearly conferences, teaching effectiveness and assurance of learning seminars. She has authored and co-authored papers in international and regional refereed journals with her peers and graduate students. She has been regularly presenting papers at various international conferences in Maldives, Srilanka, Malaysia, Thailand, and India respectively. Her research areas of interest are in Strategic Management, HRM and Entrepreneurship.
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