Michael Lettieri
Senior Fellow for Human Rights, Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UC San Diego
Principal Director, Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences ; Professor, Governing Body Member & Advisor to Vice Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University
Dr. Sahni is the Principal Director of the Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences (JIBS), as well as the Advisor to the Vice Chancellor of O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) and the Member of the Governing Body of the university. He also serves as a Professor in the university and as the Director of Centre for Victimology and Psychological Studies, Centre for Leadership and Change and Centre for Community Mental Health.
As a Professor at JGU, Dr. Sahni has been teaching courses such as Criminal Psychology, Competency Mapping, Organizational Behaviour, Organizational Development, Leadership, or Business Communication and Etiquette. He has taught in various universities overseas as a Visiting Faculty member, namely, China University of Political Science and Law, and Nanjing University. Dr. Sahni is also a certified Edward de Bono Six Thinking Hats Trainer. He has trained over 32 000 school principals and teachers, senior government officials, and industry professionals in over 50 countries on topics such as competency mapping, business communication, decision making at workplace, stress management, emotional intelligence, and best teaching practices.
He has several awards to his credit, and has recently been nominated as a Member of the Board of Directors of the International Society of Criminology. In 2015, he was conferred the Director Generalship of International Forum on Crimes and Criminal Law in the Global Era in Beijing and awarded the Medal of Honour by the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Dr. Sahni is a distinguished scholar in the field of Psychology and his research interests span in the areas of Criminal Psychology, Cognitive and Neuropsychology, Competency Mapping, Organizational Development, and Leadership. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Organizational Behaviour from the Punjab University, Chandigarh (India).
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