Raj kapoor

Raj Kapoor is Assistant Dean, School of Business Administration and Director of Student Recruitment at
the American University in Dubai (AUD). He was formerly Human Resources Director and Special
Assistant to the President at AUD.

He earned an MBA in International Business (1998); a Post Graduate Diploma in Management Research
(2012); a Graduate Human Resources Management Certificate (2012). He is fluent in English, Punjabi
and can speak basic Swahili.

He began his professional career in the mid 1980’s working in the banking sector in London, before
moving to retail, where he held several management roles in the late 1980’s. His love for the academic
environment began in 1990 when he joined the American College in London and he has remained in
academia ever since. 

Raj, a British national, came to the Middle East from the UK in 1999 and was AUD’s first Human
Resources Director and distinguished himself in that position for nearly eight years (1999-2007).
Effectively, Raj created the HR Department and put in place the systems, databases and operating
procedures that established the department as a linchpin between academic and administrative
management at all stages and levels of HR management. Besides his role as HR Director, Raj also taught
various business courses as an adjunct faculty member.

Prior to his current position at AUD, he was Director of the University of Phoenix’s Dubai Student
Service Center (a start-up operation) for five years (2007-2012). The Center serviced students residing
in the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and Africa. As Director, Raj was responsible for overseeing all Center
operations, including but not limited to recruiting, training, development of staff, analysis of growth
areas, profit and opportunity for the center, as well as, providing recommendations to executive
management. Raj helped build the Center and oversaw its growth to a student base of more than
1500.

Over the course of his career, he has consulted for many academic institutions and Multinational
Corporations, including experiential training programs for government organizations. He has
participated as a speaker at various international seminars and conventions and delivered presentations
and managed workshops for businesses, firms and universities (both locally and overseas), on topics
ranging from Leadership and Management, Recruitment and Motivational techniques to How to do
Business in the UAE.

He was instrumental in hosting the EdUniversal World Education Convention (November 2017) bringing
researchers and administrators from more than a 100 international universities to the UAE.
Raj has also offered his expertise in education and issues related to academia in the media, including
newspaper articles and radio interviews.