Prof Satish Modh has more than 12 years of experience as a Professor in the Indian university system and more than 25 years in the Indian aviation Industry.
He started his career with the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt of India, but quickly left to join Air India as Aircraft Maintenance Engineer. He was a member of the team to design, develop and conduct an organization wide culture change program. He was also a member of 'Business Transformation Group' to prepare the turnaround strategy for Air India. He was elected as General Secretary of the Aircraft Maintenance Engineers Association, Hon. Secretary and Chairman of the Aeronautical Society of India, Mumbai Branch.
In 2011, he joined as Professor and Associate Dean, NMIMS University, Mumbai. He was a member of the Academic Council and other statutory bodies at NMIMS. In 2014 he joined as Professor and Director at VESIM, affiliated to the University of Mumbai. Under his leadership the institute received accreditation for NBA and NAAC and is ranked amongst top 100 business schools by NIRF since last 5 years. He is an NBA expert and is involved in awarding NBA accreditation.
In 2001, Professor Modh visited Gujarat after the earthquake. This created an interest in the field of disaster management and went on to publish various books namely ‘A Citizen’s Guide to Disaster Management’, ‘Introduction to Disaster Management’, ‘Managing Natural Disasters’ and 'Managing Technological and Environmental Disasters'. He has done research on Indian value system and has written a book ‘Ethical Management’. He is also the author of a popular book ‘Discover the Arjuna in You’.
Prof Modh has developed a personality test based on the Guna concept of the Gita. The test is also used for career guidance and leadership styles based on Triguna. He was invited to speak on these subjects and conduct personality tests at various universities in the USA including University of Southern California, University of North Carolina, San Diego State University, University of Central Florida, Athens State University, University of Washington (Seattle Campus), UT Dallas, UT Austin, Ohio State University, Michigan State University and several others.
Prof Modh was given 'Outstanding Reviewer Award' at Academy of Management Conference, Boston 2019 (MSR Interest Group). He was also given the Dewing Mehta award for outstanding contribution to education in 2014. He was named among 100 most influential Directors in India at the World Education Congress, 2016 held in Mumbai.
