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Dr Madhuri Sawant

Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University

ORCID iD 0000-0002-6618-8283
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Dr. Madhuri Sawant is Director, Department of Tourism Administration, Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, India. She is Associate Professor, Co-ordinator Research and Consultancy and Director, International Centre for Buddhist Tourism
She is the Vice president- Asia of Euro Asia Tourism studies Association . As an Expert Member of Tourism, she is working on the Government of India’s University Grants Commission and various prominent Academic Committees of Tourism in over 18 Universities in India.
A post graduate in Tourism Administration (MTA) she is the First UGC NET-JRF and also first Woman to be awarded PhD in Tourism in the state of Maharashtra ,India.
She also holds PG Diplomas in Business Management, German Language and Environmental Studies.
Her principle research interests are Marketing , CSR, Socio-Economic Aspects and Heritage Tourism Management and has completed 05 Major Research Projects sponsored by University Grants Commission (UGC), Indian Council for Social Science Research (ICSSR) and Ministry of Tourism Government of India and has also worked as the Research Coordinator of India on the International Project with academicians from Europe and Asia.
As a frequent traveler for academic and Research Assignments, she has visited various Universities in, Portugal, Japan, France, United Arab Emirates, Thailand ,Chile and South Korea.
She has over 40 publications including 06 books and 29 referred journal articles and book chapters to her credit and has organized Four International and 07 National Seminars /Conferences/Workshops.
As a Research Supervisor, she is guiding Doctoral Research Fellows from United Kingdom, Japan, Thailand, Kenya, Yemen on Health tourism, Creative tourism, Corporate Social Responsibility, Human Resources in tourism, Internet Marketing, Destination Branding , Film Tourism, Crime & Tourism and evaluated several doctoral thesis & conducted Open Viva-Voce
She has delivered Keynotes, Valedictory Address, chaired number of technical sessions in National and International Conferences and is a prominent Resource Person for the training programs for Government Tourism Officers / Immigration Officers / Staff, Approved Regional Tourist Guide, and Refresher/ Orientation Courses for University and College Teachers.
Dr Sawant has designed over 24 courses / programs in Tourism and Hospitality Management.

Employment

  • Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University Assistant Professor
    2008 - Present

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Publications (16)