Dr. Neelu is a faculty in the Department of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi. She holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Dr. Neelu brings wide-ranging teaching experience from esteemed institutions, having taught diverse cohorts across engineering, management, and data science disciplines. She has also served as a Fulbright Scholar at School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington D.C., USA.

Her teaching and research interests span applied linguistics, and business & professional communication. Apart from these, he research work also focuses on technology-mediated language education, and tourism studies. In addition to her academic roles, Dr. Neelu has contributed as a communication consultant, language expert, and has been actively involved with research and consultancy projects at national and international levels.