He is originally from the Fiji Islands. He has a BA (Tasmania, Australia), Post-Graduate Diploma (USP), Diploma in Business Studies (Canterbury, NZ), MA in Industrial Relations (USP), MA in Research Methods (Manchester, UK), PhD (University of Cardiff, Wales, UK). Dr. Chand has been teaching, conducting research, doing consultations and publishing for the last 32 years. He teaches both undergraduate and post-graduate courses (including MBA) and supervisors Mcom and PhD students. He has published 2 books, 2 monographs, 6 book chapters, and 39 articles. Anand has also presented around 40 papers at international conferences.