Our Faculty

Aditya Agrawal

Assistant Professor

PhD in Organizational Behaviour from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
One-Year Full-Time MBA (EPGP) from IIM Bangalore; B. Tech from IIT Kanpur

Prof Aditya Agrawal did his PhD in Organizational Behaviour from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. He completed his One-Year Full-Time MBA Course from IIM Bangalore B. Tech from IIT Kanpur. Prof. Aditya has over fifteen years of experience in industry, specifically from the Energy and Real Estate sectors. Prof. Aditya’s primary research interests are in exploring Employee Wellbeing, Indian Management Systems, and Organizational Healing. He is also interested in researching organizational dysfunctional behaviours and positive psychology.

Teaching Areas

PG and UG

Strategic Career Management
Connecting with Self & Others
Introduction to People’s Management
Performance and Rewards Management
Leadership and Change Management
Leadership and Personal Growth
Enterprise Risk Management

Experience

Industry Experience: 16 Years (12 years in Energy; 4 years in Real Estate)
Post-PhD Teaching Experience: 4 Years

Training & Consulting Areas

Regional Training Centre, Ranchi. Session on “Stakeholder Engagement” (Jun 2026)
Steel Authority of India (SAIL). Session on “Negotiations and Conflict Management”(Apr 2026)
Nurturing Future Leadership Program (NFLP) Batch 8, IIM Ranchi, Session on “Building High Performance Teams.” (Apr 2026)
CHRO (Cohort 4), Intellipaat group, IIM Ranchi, Online Sessions on “Positive Leadership” and “How to overcome Decision-making Bias” (Nov 2025)
Advanced General Management Cohort 4, IIM Ranchi. Session on “Negotiation and Conflict Management” (Nov 2025)
Jharkhand State Cooperative Milk Producers’ Federation (Medha). Session on “Time Management and Prioritisation”, and “Goal Setting and Personal Development Planning” (Nov 2025)
Steel Authority of India (SAIL). Sessions on “Leadership and Change Management” and “Negotiations and Conflict Management” (Nov 2025)
CHRO (Cohort 3) Intellipaat Group, IIM Ranchi, Online Sessions on “Stress Management”, and “Building Relationships” (Oct 2025)
PhD and e-PHD Cohort, IIM Ranchi, Sessions on “Qualitative Research”. (Oct 2025)
Resource Faculty for “Driving Engagement & Motivation”, “Conflict Management”, “Leading and Influencing People” (Bridgestone’s Young Performers Programme –2024-25)
Resource Faculty for Survey Research, Experimentation, and Scale Design (Space Application Centre, ISRO, Ahmedabad – February 2023)

Research Area

Employee Wellbeing
Indian Management Systems
Organizational dysfunctional behaviours
Positive Psychology

Current Research Interests

Organizational Healing
Alignment of Indian Devotional Practices with the Sustainable Development Goals
Divine Feminine in Hindu Thought and Its Contemporary Relevance

Professional Affiliation

Associate Editor, Journal of Management Spirituality and Religion (From Jul’25 to Date)
Coordinator, India Chapter of MSR Division of Academy of Management (From Jun’25 to Date)

Publications

Journal Articles

Agrawal, A., Pandey, A., Chappell, S. Development of a New Reliable and Valid Scale for Organizational Healing (2026). Acta Psychologica, Vol 262
Kumar, P. & Agrawal, A. (2025). From Devotion to Development: Aligning Hindu Bhakti Practices with the Sustainable Development Goals. Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion, 23(2), 184-205.
Agrawal A. (2025). Infusing Workplace Spirituality and Ethics with Inputs of Bhakti Marg. Journal of Business, Ethics and Society, 5 (2).
Agrawal, A., Pandey, A., & Kumar, P. (2025). Organisational healing in VUCA times: A theoretical refinement. IIMB Management Review, 37 (1), 100551.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.iimb.2025.100551
Dagar C., Agrawal A., Pandey A. (2025). Going beyond ‘I’ vs ‘You’- Effectiveness and Mechanism of Yoga-Based Practices in Management Education to Mitigate Interpersonal Conflict. International Journal of Management Education, 23 (2). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijme.2024.101089
Agrawal, A., Pandey, A., & Kumar, P. (2024). A Case Study of a Post-Acquisition Organizational Healing Intervention: Enablers and Outcomes. South Asian Journal of Business and Management Cases, 13(1), 98-116.
Agrawal, A., & Pandey, A. (2022). Examining Relevance of Yama and Niyama at Collective Level. Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion, 19 (5), 505-521
Agrawal, A., & Pandey, A. (2021). Types, Antecedents, and Outcomes of Organizational Dysfunctional Behaviours – A Review. Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 57(2), 239–252.

Awards

National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) Scholarship awardee.
School of Management, IIT Bombay Endowment Award, for Highest CGPA in Ph.D. Coursework.
Awarded Promising Dissertation award, Academy of Management (MSR Division), 2020.
Recipient of the Fetzer Scholarship-2020 to attend the Academy of Management, 2020 Conference.
Recipient of the Academy of Management (MSR Division) Outstanding Reviewer Award 2021.
Recipient of European Academy of Management (EURAM) Outstanding Reviewer Award 2022.