Sr. Assistant Professor : Dr. Tahir S. Zari
Dr. Tahir S. Zari holds a doctorate in Business and Management from Shivaji University, Kolhapur and
is a regular fulltime Senior Assistant Professor at Deshbhakta Ratnappa Kumbhar College of Commerce,
Kolhapur since 2005. He is honored and awarded D. Litt. degree in Business Management by I.E.U. University,
SAARC countries. He has 16 years of experience in teaching undergraduate and postgraduate departments.
He also has 4 years of industrial and professional experience as a "Business Management Trainer". Besides
serving as a Core faculty of Marketing Management, in addition he also has in-depth study of teaching of
H.R.M. and General Management subjects. He is Teacher, Researcher, Trainer and Inspirational speaker,
Academic Administrator, Author, Creative and Dynamic guide and Excellent Anchor and Presenter.
He has won the first rank and place twice in a row in the State and National level central research
project competition "Avishkar" organized by Shivaji University for Teachers level of Commerce and
Management. He is the author of reference book “Ethical Perspectives of H. R. M.” based on Human Resource
Development and Ethical Values. He has published articles on various topics in many famous newspapers. He
has served as a Resource person and Guest faculty for several Management Institutes, Workshops, Faculty
Development Programs, Seminars, Conferences, Training Programmes on Management topics. He has given
many lectures on various topics like Skill Development, Personality Development, Employability, Team
Building etc.
He has been honored with many State and National level Ideal and Meritorious Teacher Awards. He
has been honored and awarded 6 times “Rajyastariya Adarsha Gunawant Shikshak Puraskar”. He is involved
in many researches in the field of management and other related fields. He has also been awarded the Best
Young Researcher Award at International level. He also has received a World Book of Record (London)
Achievement Certificate from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras. He has participated,
contributed and presented number of research papers published in journals and conferences at Universities,
State, National and International levels. He has been actively involved, attended and completed various
Workshops, Seminars, Faculty Development Programme and Induction / Orientation Programme organised
by various Institutes and Universities at National and International levels
He is working on various committees and activities of Shivaji University, Kolhapur. He actively worked
and supervised the examination as a Chairman, Vigilance Squad, Paper Setter, Examiner, Moderator, Cap
Director, Exam Co-ordinator, Ext. and Int. Senior Supervisor., etc. He has served as a "Teacher Selection
Committee Member" nominated by the Hon. Vice-Chancellor, Shivaji University, Kolhapur for the
appointment of teachers. As well as, he is working on various committees like University Affiliation
Committee, Curriculum Subcommittee, Viva-Voce Committee etc. He also has deep experience in academic
and administrative work. He has successfully co-ordinated and completed the work of verification, submission,
admission, affiliation and approval from AICTE, Divisional Office of Technical Education, Directorate of
Technical Education, Pravesh Niyantran Samiti, Pravesh Niyamak and Pradhikaran Samiti, Shiksahn Shulka
Samiti, State Common Entrance Test Cell, Mumbai, Maharashtra State. He has worked as Head of the
Department-M.B.A. till 2019. Since 2019, he is working as Director-I/C for M. B. A. Department.