Dr. Anjali Hazarika
Dr. Anjali Hazarika

Dreamwork by Dr. Anjali Hazarika

Dr. Anjali Hazarika is known internationally for her work with dreams in the corporate sector. She has introduced many Indian Managers from multiple organizations to the art &  practice of dreamwork. Her key focus areas in dreamwork includes new product development, creative problem solving and fostering an innovation culture.

Anjali is the author of the Award-Winning Book, “Daring to Dream”: Cultivating Corporate Creativity Through Dreamwork” by Sage Publication (New Delhi, Thousand Oaks & London, 1998). She served as the Vice-President Asia Pacific region on the board of International Association for The Study of Dreams (US).

Dr. Anjali Hazarika  has Post Graduate degrees  in Psychology (Pune University) & Social Sciences (Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai). In 1992, she was awarded her Doctorate – first of its kind –  an exploratory study of  “Dreamwork as a Training Methodology  for Management Development” from Faculty of Management Studies, Delhi University.

Anjali writes regularly in the media, delivers public lectures. She also appears on television shows to demystify dreams, restore their value in contemporary life. She is a member of Institute of Noetic Sciences (USA), International Association For the study of dreams (USA) and Indian Society for Training and Development (India).

Articles

  • Dreaming of Cultures & the Inner Culture of Dreaming – Anjali Hazarika
    Dream Time : A Publication of International Associations for The Study of Dreams (IASD)
    VOL 20, No. 1, Spring 2003
  • Creativity : The unanswered question – Anjali Hazarika
    Dream Time : A Publication of IASD
    VOL 17, No. 4, Fall 2000
  • Harnessing Managerial Potential through Dreams In Advances in Organization Development
    VOL II Massarick Frederick (Editor)
    Ablex Publishing Co. New York 1995
  • DREAMING : The New Paradigm for change & development In Human Resource Development : Global Challenges & Strategy for 2000 A.D.
    Kohli U. & Sinha D. (Editors)
    New Delhi, Allied Publishers, 1994

Themes of Presentations at International Conferences

  • Creating the Life Of your Dreams
    Feb 26 2015 Johannesburg South Africa
  • Rediscovering Creativity With Dreams
    Feb 28 2015 Bloemfontein South Africa
  • Creativity & Dreamwork : Annual Conference Of International Association For Process Oriented Psychology
    April 25 2012 Zurich Switzerland
  • Dreams & Creativity : The Unanswered Questions
    February 03, 2006 The Nehru Centre London
  • Dreams & Creativity : The Unanswered Question, International Conference of the Association For The Study of Dreams (IASD) Copenhagen, Denmark (2004)
    Refer to an Interview published in “Politiken” of Denmark
    on June 20, 2004 – www.politiken.dk
  • Rediscovering Creativity With Dream : World Congress Of International Federation Of Training & Development Organization.
    New Delhi, 2004
  • Dreaming of Cultures and the Inner Culture of Dreaming
    & Exploring the Transformative Power of Dream Incubation
    IASD Conference, Boston, USA (2002)
  • Corporate Dreamwork : Applied Aspects of Dreamwork
    & Life is a Dream : Significance of Dreams in Indian Life
    IASD Honolulu, Hawaii (1998)
  • Stimulating Business Creativity through Dreamwork
    IASD Conference, Berkeley, USA (1996)
  • Harnessing Managerial Potential Through Dreams
    IASD Conference, Santa Cruz, CA. USA (1992)
  • Managerial Dreams & Problem Solving
    IASD Conference, Chicago, USA (1990)

Leadership Coaching 

Dr. Anjali Hazarika is a certified Leadership Coach with Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), Singapore. As an Associate Coach, she has actively coached clients across multiple sectors. These include Automobile, Telecom, IT Consulting, ITES, Energy, Engineering, Manufacturing, Cement, Hospitality & Government Sectors.  Anjali worked with Oil India Limited (OIL), an exploration and production company in various capacities including Head of Talent Management & Leadership Development. Her career in OIL has spanned for more than 2 decades.

She served as the Director of National Petroleum Management Program (NPMP) from 1996 to 2006. NPMP was a learning network of 12 oil and gas companies in India.  Its members were the CEOs & Board level Executives of petroleum companies and were responsible for executing large scale change in the industry through various initiatives. As a Founding Director, she oversaw its funding, operations, conducted Industry Surveys, organized international seminars and conferred Annual NPMP Awards for Excellence. She also designed and delivered Executive Education Programmes.

Anjali was responsible for bringing out Publications with Tata McGraw Hill on critical themes including:

  • Innovation & Transformation in Oil Industry (1997)
  • Corporate Social Responsibility (1998)
  • Corporate Governance (1999)
  • Deregulating Oil & Gas Markets: Lessons for India (2000)
  • Capturing Consumer Competence (2002)
  • Leadership in Times of Transition (2004)
  • Leading & Executing Industry Change Through A Learning Network (2008): VIKALPA  Journal of IIM-Ahmedabad, Volume 33, No.3, July-Sept 2008
  • Building the pipeline -A key leadership Challenge (2009): Leadership in Action, Vol. 29/ Issue 4, Sept-Oct 2009, WILEY SONS, USA

 

Dr. Hazarika is currently an invited member of the Advisory Council and Steering Committee of Centre for Innovation in Public Systems (CIPS). CIPS was set up at the recommendation of the 13th Finance Commission for promotion of innovative initiatives in public systems.

Diversity & Women related work 

Dr. Hazarika is also actively involved with Diversity Issues in Corporate India. She has written extensively in media and journals on the subject. Anjali was Founder Secretary & Former President of the Forum of Women in Public Sector (WIPS) in 1998. WIPS was set up under the aegis of Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE), New Delhi, India. Anjali has facilitated many workshops for women executives that provide new insights & blueprints for change.

She was responsible for setting up Handicraft Training Production Centre in the field headquarters of OIL in Assam in 1984. This was done under the CSR program for training rural women in weaving & generating self-employment.

Her second book “Walk The Talk: Women, Work, Equity, Effectiveness”, published by Sage Publications in 2017 deals with women in the workplace. The book has converted into an audiobook by Amazon.

The book was awarded second prize in the DMA-NTPC Management Book Awards, 2018. The book was also shortlisted for Management Book of the Year Awards 2019 by Chartered Management Institute and Henley Business School, UK.