Rohit Ravindra Borlikar

Biography

Dr. Rohit Ravindra Borlikar is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Tourism Management at Indira Gandhi National Tribal University, Amarkantak, where he has been serving since July 2017. He holds a Ph.D. in Tourism Studies from Pondicherry University, with a doctoral study on 'Agritourism operations in the Pune region from the perspectives of tourists and operators'. He also holds an MBA from Pondicherry University, postgraduate diplomas in Tourism Management (Indian Institute of Tourism and Travel Management, New Delhi), Teaching Skills and Rural Development, and a Bachelor of Tourism Management (Hons), and he has qualified for UGC-NET with JRF in Tourism Management and Administration. His research centres on agritourism and rural tourism, smart tourism and MICE tourism. His work has appeared in Scopus-indexed and CARE-listed journals, including the Journal of Convention and Event Tourism (Routledge), Euro-Asia Tourism Studies Journal, Atna Journal of Tourism Studies, and the Journal of Small Business and Rural Management. He is the co-author of the edited volume Shree Ram Van Gaman Path and Tourism Development (2023). He has supervised three doctoral scholars to completion and currently guides another two. Before entering academia, he worked in tour escorting, sales, and destination project design with travel companies in Mumbai, Pune, and Bhubaneswar. He has also contributed as a subject expert for NCERT vocational textbooks. He is also a member of the Boards of Studies of several universities.