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Dr Jayantee Mukherjee Saha Founder of Maya of Australia brand

Dr. Jayantee Mukherjee Saha is Founder & Director of Aei4eiA Pty Ltd. (which owns the brand Maya of Australia®) Jayantee has extensive international experience in the fields of business strategies, management/policy research, international trade & development. 

She has held senior positions with professional bodies and academic institutions and has been working closely with Government/public sector agencies, MNCs/SMEs, professional bodies and academic institutions spread primarily across the Asia Pacific region.

In order to promote trade & bilateral relations between Australia & India, she spearheaded the effort to establish collaboration between Aei4eiA & Darjeeling tea industry experts (in India) to import & introduce premium ORGANIC DARJEELING TEA (directly from renowned tea plantations) to Australia under the brand name Maya of Australia®, thereby supporting organic farming movement and sustainable development practices. 
 
She has over 75 publications, including three books, to her credit. Her work has been widely acclaimed by practitioners and scholars alike. CSR-Manager.org (the web presence of the renowned United Nations' Global Compact International Yearbook) listed her book titled- "Succeed or Sink: Business Sustainability Under Globalisation" (Elsevier publication, Oxford, 2011) as one of the resources to help organsiations build their capability in areas of corporate social responsibility and business sustainability. The book was also nominated for 'The International Convention of Asia Scholars' (ICAS) Book Prize 2013.

Commenting on her published book, ‘The Changing Role of Human Resources in the Asia Pacific Region’, (Elsevier publication, Oxford, 2015) Prof. Peter Cappelli, Director, Center for Human Resources at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania said ..."The story in this volume is a positive one about how good employment principles that have been developed elsewhere can both transform the burgeoning businesses in Asia and also the communities where they operate. It is a story that deserves to be taken seriously, not just by employers but by policy makers in those countries and the international agencies that advise them”. 

She takes active interest in Social Justice Causes (that include employment and labour market, women's economic empowerment, multicultural diversity and inclusiveness) and believes Social Justice and Sustainability are interlinked.

She holds- PhD (Management); MPhil. (Management); MBA (Human Resources Management); BSc. (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics); Certificate in Human Rights; Post Grad Dip in Computer Applications and Certificate in ‘Towards an inclusive society: how to tackle discrimination in the world of work’, conducted by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).