Farida Virani is currently the Head of Department and Professor of Human Resources and Behavioural Sciences at a reputed Business School in Mumbai, India. Her corporate and academic leadership experiences span over two-and-a-half decades. She has a Ph.D. in Management, Masters in Human Resources Development and Post-Graduate Certifications in Training & Development and Management of Education. She is a CEDR – UK Certified Mediator and a Certified Mediation Trainer for the International Conciliation and Arbitration Board. A recipient of various recognitions, she was awarded the ‘Best Management Faculty’ for her outstanding contribution to Teaching and Education, by the Higher Education Forum (HEF) in 2012, Distinguished Educator and Scholar Award by National Federation for Entrepreneurship Development (NFED) in 2016 and Teaching-Training Quality Excellence Award bestowed jointly by Indian Quality Assurance Council (IQAC) and Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD) in 2021. An internationally recognized Corporate Trainer and Speaker, her deep passion for storytelling, combined with her insights in Behavioural Sciences and HRM inspires a fresh wave of personal empowerment and life mastery that has lead to individuals doing their best work, teams providing outstanding results and organizations becoming unbeatable. She is an author of numerous research papers, journal articles, book chapters, newspaper contributions and working papers.