NARENDRA KUMAR VALABOJU

Dynamic Business Head with 36 years of extensive experience in the hospitality and education sectors, driving impact career counseling and training initiatives. Proven expertise in hotel employee on boarding, drafting standard operating procedures, and delivering comprehensive technical and soft skills training. Adept at fostering industry-academic partnerships and managing operational efficiencies, ensuring high standards of service and employee satisfaction. Committed to continuous improvement and innovation in training methodologies, ready to contribute to the growth and excellence of the organization.

• Global Career Counselling certificate by UCLA Extension, University of California, Los Angeles, 2024. https://www.uclaextension.edu
• Green Belt Certification in Career Counselling by Univeriety,2023. https://www.univariety.com
• Certified Career Counselor for International Studies by ACCPH, UK, 2023. https://www.accph.org.uk
• Certificate in 24 module Bullet Proof Manager Programme certified by Crestcom, USA (Sep’10). https://crestcom.com
• Certification as Learning and Development Manager by Carlton Advanced Management Institute (Oct’10). https://www.middleearthhr.com
• Certificate of Specialization in Food & Beverage Management from the Educational Institute of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, USA in 1995. https://www.ahla.com

• Member syllabus revision committee BHM course, Selection committee, Osmania University, TG, India.
• Executive Committee Member for Chef and Catering Professionals associations.TG, India
• Member Indian Federation of Culinary Associations, India.

• Dr. Narendra Kumar. V (2023), “Guest Preferences Factors in Service Reliability in Three Star Hotels in Hyderabad”, Tourism and Hospitality Management Education and Entrepreneurship, New Delhi, National ISBN: 78-00-0000-00-0
• Narendra Kumar. V & Dr G.S. Rao (2017) “A Study of Wage policy in Five Star Hotels” International Conference – Transition-Hospitality & Tourism: Entrepreneurship – Creators and Sustainers, Ripples, ISSN2229-6794, pp 112-176.
• Narendra Kumar. V & Dr G.S. Rao (2015) “Evaluation of Employee Satisfaction in Star Hotels - A Comparative Study”, International Journal of Business Quantitative Economics and Applied Management Research, ICCEMT 2015, ISSN: 23495677, Vol.1, pp.198-207.
• Narendra Kumar. V & Dr G.S. Rao (2015) “Understanding the Factors of Recruitment Strategies of Hotels in Hyderabad: A strategic Approach” Conference on Strategic Development Opportunities Tourism and Hospitality Industry, Professional Book Publisher, ISBN: 978-9385506-0-24, Vol.1,pp.74-87.
• Narendra Kumar. V, Dr G.S. Rao (2015) & Dr. A. Sandhya Rani (2015), “Employee Satisfaction with reference to Performance Appraisal System at Nuclear Fuel Complex”, Journal of Exclusive Management Science, ISSN 2277-5684, Vol 4, Issue 11, pp 1-8.
• Narendra Kumar. V (2015), “Understanding Factors of Recruitment Strategies of Hotels in Hyderabad-A strategic approach”, Strategic Development Opportunities in Tourism and Hospitality, National Institute of Tourism and Hospitality Management, 2015, ISBN:978-93-85506-02-4.
• National Conference on Current Research in Latest Trends of Management, Arts, Sciences, technology and Pharmacy, Hyderabad, A Study of Strategies for Sustaining Competitive Advantage in Tourism Sector, 2015 National ISBN - 13:978-1517232139.

• Special address at IPE on inaugural of the Conference titled « ICSSR Vision Viksit Bharat@2024 : Transforming Rural Land scapes through Sustainable Tourism » held on March 21,2025.
• Judge for case study presented at IPE for the European Union Erasmus+ Project Case Challenge Event on ” Sustainable Tourism”, conducted by IPE, Hyderabad, January 2024.
• Chaired session “Role of hospitality in achieving sustainable development goals” during 2nd Joint International Conference on “Tourism, Hospitality, and Sustainable Goals” held from 8th – 10th February 2020 at NITHM, Hyderabad, India.
• Speaker “Role of Ecotourism in Sustainable Development of Telangana State : A case study analysis”, during 2nd Joint International Conference on “Tourism, Hospitality, and Sustainable Goals” held from 8th – 10th February 2020at NITHM, Hyderabad, India.
• Contributed research paper “ A study on competency mapping impact on service performance in 5-Star Hotels in Hyderabad” during 2nd Joint International Conference on “Tourism, Hospitality, and Sustainable Goals” held from 8th – 10th February 2020 at NITHM, Hyderabad, India.