Academic Leadership/
Administration
Designing and Developing the Digital Marketing Concentration, Department of Marketing & Supply Chain Management, Walker College of Business, Appalachian State University
Head - Corporate Communications and Media Relations, Group IMT, India and Dubai
Head - Rankings and Accreditations, IMT Ghaziabad, India
Member - Admission Committee, IMT Ghaziabad, India
Member - International Relations Committee, IMT Ghaziabad, India
Member - Admission Committee, FIIB, Delhi, India
Department Chair - Marketing, FIIB, Delhi, India
Program Chairperson of the two-year PGDM program, FIIB, Delhi, India
Officer - Media Relations and Liaisoning, FIIB, Delhi, India
Member - FIIB Industry Partnership forum, FIIB, Delhi, India
Elected Member on the Governing Council of the All India Management Association (AIMA), Delhi, India
Management Development Programmes/
Executive Education/Corporate Trainings
Tweetsie Railroad, Blowing Rock, NC, USA
Indian Oil Institute of Petroleum Management, Gurgaon, India
Apollo Tyres, Gurgaon, India
Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), Pune, India
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), Mumbai, India
Rafi Ahmad Kidwai National Postal Academy (RAKNPA), Ghaziabad, India
Reckitt Benckiser, Gurgaon, India
Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), Delhi, India
Indian School of Petroleum and Energy, Mumbai, India
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Gurgaon, India
Jubilant Food works (Domino’s Pizza and Dunkin’ Donuts), Noida, India
EXL, Gurgaon, India
NIIT-Imperia, Delhi, India
Oriental Bank of Commerce Staff Training College, Noida, India.
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited, Mumbai, India.
Centre for Indian Business, The University of Greenwich, UK
Consulting Assignments
Course Evaluation for certificate and graduate Digital marketing, Social Media Marketing and Mobile Marketing programs for Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai.
Digital Marketing Strategy for White Wolf Lodge, Beech Mountain, NC, USA.
Social Media Strategy for Tweetsie Railroad, Blowing Rock, NC, USA.
Digital Marketing Plan for F.A.R.M café, Boone, NC, USA.
Brand Identity versus Brand Image gap for Premium Transmission Limited, Pune.
Concept testing for a Kent (UK) based small and medium packaging enterprise planning an Indian launch.
Market Potential Study for the launch of a Canadian educational gaming console in India.
Market Potential Study for launch of German made Glass cook top in India.
Conferences Organized
2nd International Conference on Brand Management at the Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad
International Conference on Brand Management at the Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad
Multi-Channel Retailing: Opportunities and Challenges in India at Fortune Institute of International Business, New Delhi
Challenges of Marketing Global Brands at Fortune Institute of International Business, New Delhi
Challenges of Global Branding at Fortune Institute of International Business, New Delhi
Board Member
EDGE (non-profit organization), Boone, NC, USA
https://www.educationforgirlsempowerment.org/meet-the-founders/
Editorial Works
Editorial Review Board, Journal of Global Scholars of Marketing Science
Guest Editor - Journal for Indian Business Research special issue on Branding
Associate Editor of Fortune Journal of International Management
Editor - Fortune Times, the quarterly newsletter of FIIB
Media Appearances
https://www.educationforgirlsempowerment.org/meet-the-founders
https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/Malana%E2%80%99s-mystique/article20831716.ece
https://appstate.campuslabs.com/engage/event/5154265
http://home.ku.edu.tr/~globalbrand/files/Nafees_Abstract.pdf
http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529708950
https://business.appstate.edu/news/marketing-professor-offers-advice-cheap-car-insurance-nc
https://business.appstate.edu/news/marketing-professor-advises-pandemic-era-job-market
https://business.appstate.edu/news/location-offers-clues-attitudes-about-sustainability
https://business.appstate.edu/news/walker-college-faculty-support-global-education-virtually
https://today.appstate.edu/2019/11/26/iew
https://today.appstate.edu/in-the-media/page/9
http://myfinancexpress.blogspot.com/2019/11/2019-holiday-shopping-survey.html#lubna-nafees
“It takes a village to raise a child”…
I am grateful for the support and opportunities that I have got in my professional journey and what better way than to give back to the department/university, profession and community through service.