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Academic Background:

Ph.D. in Organizational Behaviour, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

MBA, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

B.Tech. in Manufacturing Engg., National Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology (Formerly National Institute of Foundry & Forge Technology) Ranchi

 

Courses Taught:

DOCTORAL LEVEL COURSES

Work and Employment Relations

Writing Differently in Management Studies 

Qualitative Research Methods in HR/ER

PG LEVEL COURSES

The Future of Work and Human Dignity

Human Resource Management

Organization Structure and Design, Organization Theory

EXECUTIVE EDUCATION

Fundamental modules on Human Resource Management

 

Awards:

Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) award for best thesis proposal at IIM Ahmedabad, 2019

Best paper award in Organizational Theory, Behaviour and HRM area of the journal 'Business Review (India)', Center for Business Research at the St. Joseph’s Institute of Management Bangalore, 2017

First position for Market Survey Questionnaire Development for the project ‘Cycle Rickshaw: A tool for Social Entrepreneurship’ conducted by the Department of Management Studies, IIT Roorkee, 2009

Merit certificate from Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) for securing position among the top 0.1% of successful candidates in All India Secondary School Examination (AISSE) 1998

Merit Certificate from National Scholarship Scheme (NSS) for securing position in the list of meritorious candidates qualifying for awards from CBSE AISSE 1998

Felicitated by the Jain Samaj Ranchi for CBSE Class X topper, 1998

 

Current Projects:

Dignity, Moral Economy and Working Lives 

Past Projects:

Child labour in cottonseed farms of western India (2017 – 2018): funded by Prayas Centre for Labour Research and Action (PCLRA), India and Sudwind Institute, Germany

Experience

Work Experience:

Assistant Professor, Human Resource Management Group, IIM Calcutta, 2022 onwards

Assistant Professor, School of HRM, Xavier Institute of Management (XIM) University Bhubaneswar, 2021-2022 

Visiting faculty, Organizational Behaviour area, XLRI Jamshedpur, 2022

Pre-PhD Industry Experience: 

Senior Executive (Human Resource), Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL), 2010-2015 

Software Engineer, Infosys, 2006-2007 

Manufacturing Engineer, Mahindra Hinoday Industries Ltd., 2005-2006

Research

Journal Publications:

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters

 

• On 'Failing' to Write Differently Within the Academic Chakravyuha" (Forthcoming) Routledge.

• The Silent Spectators of Wage Theft. 2026. Mainstream Weekly, 64(4), February 7, 2026. http://mainstreamweekly.net/article16535.html  Appeared on the Mainstream cover: https://www.mainstreamweekly.net/article16521.html 

• Knowledge and Work: Distributed, Fragmented and Individually Represented. 2025. Effective Executive, 28(4), 47-63. https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/knowledge-work-distributed-fragmented/docview/3283981929/se-2 

• Place Matters: (Dis)embeddedness and child labourers’ experiences of depersonalized bullying in Indian Bt cottonseed global production networks. 2022. Journal of Business Ethics, 176(2), 241-263. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-020-04676-1  

• “Drawing one's lifeworld: A methodological technique for researching bullied child workers”. 2022. In E. Bell and S. S. Sengupta (Eds.), Empowering Methodologies in Organisational and Social Research (pp. 75-95). Routledge, India. 

• ‘Doing dignity work’: Indian security guards’ interface with precariousness. 2020. Journal of Business Ethics, 162(3), 553-575. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-018-3996-x 

• Embodying change at work: An autoethnography in the Indian public sector. 2020. The Qualitative Report, 25(5), 1341-1360. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2020.3987 

• Employee retention through listening-centered communication. 2020. IUP Journal of Soft Skills, 14(1), 67-74. https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/employee-retention-through-listening-centered/docview/2425833555/se-2  

• Teamwork of temporary employees: Multiple perspectives. 2019. Human Resource Management International Digest, 27(1), 11-14. https://doi.org/10.1108/HRMID-08-2018-0172 

• “Abuse faced by child labourers: Novel territory in workplace bullying”. 2018. In P. D'Cruz, E. Noronha, A. Mendonca and N. Mishra (Eds.), Indian Perspectives on Workplace Bullying (pp. 173-204). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-1017-1_7  

• The Teaching of Soft Communication Skills in Entrepreneurship Development Courses at the + 2 Level in India. 2018. IUP Journal of Soft Skills, 12(4), 30-40. https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/teaching-soft-communication-skills/docview/2176619455/se-2 

• Using narratives in creativity research: Handling the subjective nature of creative process. 2017. The Qualitative Report, 22(11), 2959-2973. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2017.3176 

• This place is not the same anymore; temps are coming in. 2017. Business Review India, 11(1), 3-18.

 

Book Reviews

 

• Book review: Avijit Pathak, The Chaotic Order: An Unknown Teacher’s Pedagogic Travelogue. 2025. Journal of Human Values, 31(3), 304-306. https://doi.org/10.1177/09716858241307082 

• Book Review: Tetty Havinga, Frans van Waarden and Donal Casey(Ed.). The Changing Landscape of Food Governance—Public and Private Encounters. 2015. Millennial Asia, 7(2), 238-242. https://doi.org/10.1177/0976399616655045 

 

Articles in Media

 

• Meaningful exit interviews: Building a positive employee experience alongside organizational brand. 2022, Jul 25. Economic Times ETHRWorld. 

• Humanistic Management of the Gig Economy. 2022, Nov 6. Economic Times ETHRWorld

 

Research Reports

 

• Development’s forgotten children: Child labour in Bt cottonseed production in north Gujarat and south Rajasthan. 2019. Centre for Labour Research and Action, Ahmedabad (In Association with Suedwind Institut, Germany. https://clra.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/58f95ea6-684c-4268-a8f4-93f56eed4ca7.pdf 

 

Others

 

• Manuscripts submitted for publication in course material for the Masters Programme in Labour and Development, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) – “Changing Approaches in HRM”, “Forms of Control”, “HRM, Unions and Turnover.” 2016. 

 

Published Working Papers

 

• Between worlds of liminal spaces: A narrative of new career struggles. (Indian Institute of Management Calcutta Working Paper Series WPS No. 907). https://www.iimcal.ac.in/sites/default/files/pdfs/working-paper-907.pdf 

• Dignifying Lifelong Learning: The Case of Internships. Qeios. https://doi.org/10.32388/hlxkv5 

 

Conferences:

• On ‘failing-forward’ in co-creating research and impact. Accepted for presentation at The Qualitative Report's 16th Annual Conference, ONLINE March 27-28, 2025 

• The quest for dignity: Indian security guards’ comparative experiences with clients and suppliers. Accepted for presentation at 20th International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) World Congress, 26th to 30th June 2024, Manhattam, NY 

• Navigating Liminal Spaces: A Journey of Transition as an Intergovernmental Organization Project Manager in India. Accepted for presentation at 42nd International Labour Process Conference: Coercion, Consent and Conflict in the Labour Process and Beyond, 3rd-5th April 2024, University of Göttingen, Germany 

• Redefining dignity: Indian security guards’ unionized response to precarity. 2021. BSA Work, Employment and Society Conference: Connectedness, Activism and Dignity at work in a Precarious Era, 25th to 27th August 2021, held virtually 

• Contracting out to manage: Evidence from security service suppliers and clients in India. 2021. 81st Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management (AOM), 29th July to 4th August 2021, held virtually 

• Dignity implications of client-supplier relationship: A study of Indian security guards and their employers. 2021. 19th International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA), 21st to 24th June 2021, Lund University, Sweden, held virtually 

• Making the best of the deal: Security guards in India navigating their precariousness. 2018. International Labour and Employment Relations Association (ILERA) World Congress 2018, 23rd to 27th July 2018, Seoul, South Korea 

• Voices and concerns of the unorganized workers in India, and possibilities of addressing their issues. 2017. National Conference on Recent Trends in Management, Humanities and Social Sciences, 8th to 9th September 2017, Amity University, Ranchi, India.

Research Interests:

Dignity, Moral Economy, Labour Relations, Realist Approaches, Biographical Narratives

Articles/Cases:

Media Articles

• Meaningful exit interviews: Building a positive employee experience alongside organizational brand. 2022, Jul 25. Economic Times ETHRWorld. 
• Humanistic Management of the Gig Economy. 2022, Nov 6. Economic Times ETHRWorld. 

Media Mentions: Amazon India Layoffs: Phobia Grips Employees Amid Global Job Cuts, Says Report. Coverage by ET Now Digitial and SugerMint