Investigating tools and techniques to promote workplace training transfer

Ramnath Dixit is a Behavioral Training Facilitator and Proprietor at Squirrel Interventions, a training and development entity. He has been conducting behavioral training workshops for global organizations on areas of leadership, communication, customer service, team building and various other topics of business relevance. In a career spanning over 17 years, he has delivered trainings at over 125 organizations spanning 25 industry verticals and covering more than 7,000 participants. Ramnath has to his credit three research papers published in Scopus Indexed Journals, related to training and development. He is a subject matter expert in the domain of training transfer and is a certified transfer designer from the Institute for Transfer Effectiveness, Austria. Some of his other noteworthy credentials include the following: Life-member and Diploma in Training and Development (Dip. T and D from ISTD, New Delhi, India), Certified Behavioral Trainer (Dale Carnegie Training, India), Neuro-linguistic Practitioner (School of Excellence, India) and Belbin Team Role Assessor (CERT, India). He is currently pursuing his doctoral studies from Symbiosis International (Deemed University) (SIU), Pune, India.

Dr Vinita Sinha is a Professor (OB and HR) at Symbiosis Center of Management and Human Resource Development, a constituent of Symbiosis International University, Pune, India. She is doctorate in Psychology and Masters in Psychology with specialization in organizational behavior. She also holds Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management, Post Graduate Diploma in Health Psychology and Behavior Modification and Masters Diploma in Higher Education and Andragogy. She has 14 years of work experience in core teaching and research. She is also a recognized research supervisor at Symbiosis International University. Her areas of interest in teaching and research stretch out from Psychology to OB and HR, namely, evolving trends in management and education, social media, accreditation, psychological issues at work, quality aspects of work, psychological well-being, work stress, role stress, attrition trends, etc. She has presented many papers in international conferences and published more than 30 research papers in refereed international and national journals of repute.