A staunch supporter of quality education with a strong commitment to academic excellence and unwavering dedication to the success of students, Abhilasha Singh is currently a Professor of HR and OB, before serving as Vice President of Academic Affairs for five years and Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs for three years at the American University in the Emirates, Dubai, UAE. Throughout her distinguished career, she was engaged in a series of academic administrative positions at various institutions and have been engaged in providing strategic directives at a senior leadership role and ensuring its implementation with determination. She has also been engaged in ensuring educational quality and compliance for national/international accreditation and is a certified reviewer by the Commission for Academic Accreditation, UAE. She is a passionate educational leader, engaged in not only leading the strategic plan, but also outcome-based student learning, and continuous improvement plans through a robust and scalable infrastructure, and, with a commitment to bring educational excellence in the region. Recipient of many awards and accolades, including the highest award for Non-Resident Indians-The Hind Ratan Award 2024, Most Influential Women Award by Filmfare Middle East 2023, Women Leadership congress Award 2023 and the most admired global Indians 2021, she is also passionate about research that resulted in many research grants, published articles in journals of high repute and in frequent invitations to numerous speaking engagements to national and international audiences. She has a Ph.D. in Applied Psychology from Banaras Hindu University, India, and graduate certifications from IIM-C and MIT, US and she is a certified practitioner of Balance Scorecard, EQ, SHRM, CIPD, & MBTI. She also serves as a senior editor of a leading Q1 Scopus indexed journal and as an executive board member at the International Higher Education, Teaching and Learning Association (HETL).