Faculty

Education

PGDPM(HRD) from Xaviers Institute of Social Service

Area of Research

• Leadership
• Social Entrepreneurship
• Startups
• Diversity & Inclusion

Awards and Recognitions

• Rashtriya Shiksha Gaurav Puraskar 2022’  by Centre for Education Growth and Research, New Delhi. 
• Recipient of 'Best Professor in HRM' at the Times Ascent ASIA PACIFIC HRM CONGRESS, (September 2022) conducted by World CSR and Sustainability Congress. 
• Best Faculty Guide for Summer Internship Program for 3 consecutive years at ICFAI National College (2006-2009)

Membership

• Life member of NHRD Network, NIPM, Bangalore Management Association, Member of Institute of Directors, Member of Academy of International Business (AIB) India Chapter 
• Member of eMERG (A leading NGO for Women Entrepreneurs)
• Member of Life Skills Council of Women’s Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry, (WICCI), Karnataka Chapter.

Training and Consultancy

• Power Grid
• Grid India
• Synchrony
• UBS
• Cairn Oil & Gas
• Vedanta Limited
• Syngene International
• Huawei

Resource Person

• Conducted a two-day consulting workshop on ‘Equal Opportunities for women employees and breaking biases and prejudices’ for POWER GRID CORPORATION OF INDIA LTD, March 30th & 31st March,2022
• Conducted a one-day HRD training program titled ‘Promotion of women empowerment and their rights’ under Work-Life Balance and Leadership Development Initiatives for women employees for Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (a Govt. of India enterprise), 25th February,2022

Invited talks at NGOs

• 'Grow your Business through Social Media Marketing' as a part of the ‘Skill Development Orientation Programme’, conducted by EXPORT PROMOTION COUNCIL FOR HANDICRAFTS (EPCH, an apex non-profit organization of trade and industry for promotion of handicrafts and is credited with organizing Asia's largest Handicrafts & Gifts Show), 23rd January 2023
•  ‘Introducing Entrepreneurship and Social Entrepreneurship in Secondary Education’ on 4th October 2022, at the Annual Meeting of Province Coordinators for Education 2022, conducted by JEA (Jesuit Educational Association), Delhi.
• ‘Empathy and Self-Awareness’ as a part of training program(virtual) on core life skills for women entrepreneurs under WICCI Life Skills Council Karnataka, at the Ubuntu Consortium, on May 14th ,2022
• ‘Best practices pertaining to Innovation and Social start-ups’ at the ‘Incubators Symposium’ at the Social Entrepreneurship Impulse 2022 event (April 8th ,2022) conducted by Bala Vikasa International Center-CSRB, Hyderabad 
• ‘The Need for Upskilling Reskilling Of Crafts’ on 18th February, 2022 for Export Promotion Council for Handicrafts. 
• Invited as a resource person for the 2-day National Consultation workshop conducted by Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education-MGNCRE (Ministry of HRD, GoI) on 11th & 12th January,2019 at Hyderabad, to discuss and deliberate on the 2-yr MBA course curriculum on Waste Management and Environmental Hygiene. 

Faculty Development Programs/Invited talks at B-SCHOOLS

• ‘Life Skills – time and stress management, EI’ for faculty at Indian Institute of Plantation Management Bengaluru, on December 21, 2023
• Virtual session on 'Global Talent Acquisition' for faculty of Dept.of Management, Faculty of Economics, University of Novi Sad, Subotica,  Republic of Serbia, Oct 10,2023
• Virtual session for faculty of Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) on 5th October,2023 on “Experiential Learning through Social Entrepreneurial Education in Indian Business Schools” at the Online Stakeholder National Level Conference on Social Entrepreneurship Education: Teaching, Research, and Training Practices at Higher Education Institutions in India. .
• ‘Start up for Impact: Preparing Youth for Social Business" for faculty of Department of Social Work, Ganpat University, July 6th,2023
• "Transparency in Learning and Teaching: providing equitable opportunities in Higher Education" for faculty of SBRR Mahajana First Grade College(Autonomous) on 17th March,2023. The theme of the FDP was "Reorientation of Teachers Program under UGC Autonomy Grant".
• ‘Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in HEIs’ for faculty of Sanskriti Group of Institutions, Puttaparthi, FDP theme “Revisiting Higher Education’, March 5th,2023
• Discussant for "Tuesday Research Seminar Series", conducted by The School of Management and Labour Studies, TISS, for their research scholars, held on 24th May 2022. on the topic 'Social Capital, Networks and Start-ups'. 
• “Skill Up for a Career you want” - Guest Lecture for the students (BBA) of International School of Management Excellence (ISME),Bangalore, Feb10th,2022
• Case-Based Research, using a Multiple-Case-Study Approach’ for Doctoral Students, Amity International B-School, Amity University, Noida, 8th Oct,2021
• Associated with Atal Incubation Centre, Anantapur as a mentor for social start-ups. 
• Project Coordinator & Lead, for a National Research Study (July 2024) on the topic “Top Cities for Women in India" , in collaboration with Avtar Group for the annual 'Top Cities for Women in India (TCWI)' survey. 

External examiner of other MBA Univ/Institutions for PhD thesis evaluation/Board of Examination for moderation of Ques. Papers/Curriculum revision, MBA projects evaluation:

• Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prashanthi Nilayam, Puttaparthi, 
• Univ. of Mysore, 
• Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, 
• Amity Business School, Noida, 
• Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science, Madanapalle, 
• Presidency University,