Dr. Zafar Zahir – MD and Principal, Synetic Business School
Dr. Zafar Zahir comes from the reputed family of Management Guru Dr. M.A. Zahir. Dr.Zafar is the cofounder of Zayn Educational Trust in year 2004 – with an aim to bring professional education – to the grassroots of the Indian society. He currently serves as Managing Director and Honorary Principal at Synetic Business School. He has completed Advanced Corporate Executive Training from Harvard Business School (Executive Education), USA in 2013 and Doctor of Philosophy in Business Management (PhD) – Organisation Development from GND University, Amritsar, India in 1996. He is a MBA in Marketing from Punjab A. University, Ludhiana, India in1991 with OGPA 4/4 and recipient of Lala Shriram Gold Medal and B.Sc degree from Punjab University, Chandigarh in 1989 with 1st Rank in SCD Government College.
Dr. Zafar has over 25 years of corporate and academic experience in different reputed service and manufacturing corporates in India and Middle East. On returning to India in 2016 he has served as Vice Chairman at Trident Ltd., Ludhiana, India. During his almost twenty years career stint in Middle East from 1997 to 2016 he served as Chief Marketing Officer at Maktaba Marketing Company Ltd., Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; in telecom/ICT conglomerate STC Ltd., Riyadh,Saudi Arabia as Director and Senior Advisor; Najdyah Marketing Company, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia as Manager Strategic Marketing. During his PhD he started Profezzional Management Systems at Ludhiana offering management consultancy to the MSMEs’ of Punjab. He beganhis career after MBA withVardhman Spinning & General Mills Ltd., Ludhiana,India as Executive – Corporate Projects & Planning.
He has a rich experience in the area of teaching, research and management consultancy both in India and Middle East. Widely travelled across the globe he has participated in various training programs, seminars and exhibitions. In the field of management research he has published a few imperial research papers and authored a book on Organisation Development published by Kalyani Publishers in 1997. His key skills are in domain of Strategic Business Planning, Operational Excellence, OD based Change Management, Leadership, Global Market Development, Human Resource Management, Strategic Partnerships, Learning &Development, Turnaround Management, Brand Building (Employer/Customer), Program Management, etc. He has received various performance awards during his professional career.
Dr. Zafar Zahir Awards
