Areas of Interest: Strategic HRM; High Performance Management Practices; Training Transfer; Recruitment Methods; Learning Methods

Brief Profile: Dr. Ashutosh Muduli has been working in the School of Management, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India since 2009 (Professor since 2017; Associate Professor from 2009-2017). During the course of 29 years of experience, Dr. Muduli has been associated with corporates and academia in a variety of roles including Practitioner, Faculty, Trainer, Researcher, and Consultant in the area of Human resources and related management domain. Prof. Muduli did a complete turnaround to the executive education programme as Programme Director by introducing the Executive MBA (Hybrid mode) and increasing the admission by 600% within a span of two years. He spearheaded the MDP and InCompany programe for the school by conducting 225 days of training within a span of 4 years. Prof Muduli initiated the research journal of the university in 2017 and continues to lead the Journal of Energy and Management. He has been instrumental in designing and conducting several innovative HR related courses including HR Analytics, HR Tools and Techniques, Advanced HRM, Entrepreneurial Motivation etc. across several universities. Dr. Muduli has around 50 research publications, 1300+ Google Scholar citations, 500+ SCOPUS/Web of Science citations, 6 PhD Supervision, and several funded research projects to his credit. He has co-authored a book titled 'Perspective of Human Resource' published by Routledge Publication, UK. He is the recipient of the Highest Citation Research Paper Award(2022) from Global Business and Organizational Excellence, Wiley Publication, UK; Best Research Paper Award by AHRD (2019), Best Research Paper by NIRMA University (2023). He has presented papers at various national and international conferences such as Management and Organizational Behavior Teaching Society, Dublin, UK; Academy of HRD, Florida, USA; EuroMed Academy of Management, Switzerland etc. in the areas of Digital HR Transformation, Workforce agility, Strategic human resource management, High-performance work system, etc. Recently, the SCOPUS database mentioned him as the Most Dominant Researcher of the World in the field of "High-Performance Work System" research and Second Best dominant research on 'Workforce agility', surpassing several researchers from institutes of repute such as IIM, Ahmedabad; IIT, Roorkee; Pennsylvania State University, USA.

Areas of Interest: Sustainable Marketing; Industrial Marketing; Sales & Distribution Management; Brand Management; Oil & Gas Management; Energy Policy & Regulations.

Brief Profile: Dr. Pramod Paliwal has over 32 years of corporate and academic experience. He has been engaged in teaching, research, consulting, publications and research guidance. He is a Fellow of The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM), U.K. Dr. Paliwal has been featured in 30th Pearl Anniversary Edition of Marquis' Who Who in World, 2013. He has traveled internationally on academic and professional assignments in Energy Sector. Given his interest and work on Energy issues, International Crowdsourcing group Wikistrat has invited him on board as Honorary Senior Analyst-Energy.

Areas of Interest: Internationalization, Capability Building, Strategic Management, Operations Management, Oil and Gas Business Management

Brief Profile: Dr. Sudhir Yadav has more than 31 years of experience including about 7 years in industry and 24 years into academics. He is an engineering graduate and post graduate from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi. As an industry professional he has worked in Marketing and International Business division of various companies. He has been teaching courses related to Operations Management at SPM. He also in past (at previous work places) taught courses related to International Business Management and Marketing Management. Dr. Yadav has developed and delivered academic and training modules in the area of Oil and Gas Operations Management, Oil and Gas Project Management and Oil and Gas Value Chain Management. His case studies and publications in Oil and Gas Management have been acclaimed by the learners. He has conducted in-company and executive management programmes. He has visited USA, Europe, South East Asia, Middle East for academic and professional assignments. Dr. Yadav has delivered Oil and Gas training programme in Middle East.

Areas of Interest: Teaching interests are Managerial Accounting, Management Accounting, Oil and Gas Accounting, Corporate Finance and Corporate Tax Planning. Current research interests are Forensic Accounting and Environmental Reporting.

Brief Profile: Dr. Akash Patel is B. Com. Gold Medalist from Gujarat University, post graduate with distinction from The M. S. University of Baroda and Ph. D. from Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University. He has 2 years of industry experience and more than 18 years of academic experience. He has publications in International Journals to his credit and has contributed chapters in books. He regularly participates and presents research papers in National and International Conferences. He has conducted Training Programs for Banking, Power and Oil & Gas industries. His teaching interests are Managerial Accounting, Management Accounting, Oil and Gas Accounting, Corporate Finance and Corporate Tax Planning. His current research interests are International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and Behavioral Finance. He has been visiting faculty at Business Schools/Associations including Ahmedabad Management Association (AMA), Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad (MICA), Ahmedabad University, Ganpat University, National Institute of Design (NID), Ahmedabad, etc. Dr. Patel is Ph. D. guide at PDPU, Ganpat University and C. U. Shah University.

Areas of Interest: Fundamental and Strategic Financial Management, International Finance, Risk Management & Derivatives, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management

Brief Profile: Dr. Narayan Baser has more than 25 years of experience in teaching and research in the area of finance. He is basically a Commerce Graduate and MBA in Finance. He passed his UGC NET Exam in 2000. He did his Ph. D. in Financial Management from North Gujarat University, Patan. Prior to Joining PDEU, he was employed with MBA program of National Institute of Cooperative Management, Gandhinagar and B K School of Business Management, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad. He has attended and presented papers at several National and International conferences and seminars. He has 25+ publications to his credit. He has also attended QIP and FDP organised by MDI, Gurgaon, IIM Calcutta and IIM Kozhikode. He received state award for disabled employee from Govt. of Gujarat in 2008. He also received "BEST SUBJECT TEACHER AWARD" from Higher Education Forum, Gujarat Chapter in 2015. He is also taking an active interest in research activity at PDEU and also availed research grants from Govt. of Gujarat and ICSSR. He has recently finished one project with Govt. of Gujarat on Human Development at District level. He is working on two ICSSR sponsored projects Rural Transformation in Gujarat and Socio economic impact of PM Ujjawalla Yojna.

Areas of Interest: Dr. Satish Pandey is currently working with School of Petroleum Management (SPM), Pandit Deendayal Petroleum University (PDPU), Gandhinagar as Associate Professor in Organizational Behaviour & HRM area, since August 2007. He has done Ph.D. in Psychology from Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Haridwar (Uttarakhand) in 1995. Prior to joining SPM, he has worked with reputed institutions like Mudra Institute of Communications Ahmedabad (MICA), Nirma Institute of Management- Ahmedabad , Institute of Banking Personnel Selection-Mumbai (IBPS) and BITS-Pilani. In his two decades’ academic journey, he has presented papers in national and international academic conferences; and published papers in refereed journals and edited books on topics related to stress management, personality, organizational culture, cross-cultural management, organizational turnaround, organizational learning, behaviour change communication and films in management classroom. His book “Stress and Work: Perspectives on Understanding & Managing Stress” (Co-editor: D. M. Pestonjee, Sage India, 2013) has received good reviews in journals Canadian Journal of Administrative Sciences and Human Resource Development International. He has been reviewer to academic journals European Journal of Training & Development (Emerald), IIMB Management Review (Elsevier), Journal of Creative Communications (Sage), Asia Business & Management (Palgrave McMillan), Human Resource Development International (Taylor & Francis) and International Journal of Stress Management (APA). He is member of Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD, USA), Indian Academy of Management (IAM), Indian Science Congress Association (ISCA) and Editorial Boards of journals- Human Resource Development Review (Sage), International Journal of Stress Management (APA) and New Horizons Journal of Adult Education & HRD (Wiley).

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Areas of Interest: 1. Marketing of Petroleum Products & Energy Policy 2. Sustainability 3. Brand Management 4. International Business

Brief Profile: Dr Kaushal Kishore has been working as a faculty of Marketing & Energy Studies at School of Management (SoM),Pandit Deendayal Energy University (PDEU),Gandhinagar, Gujarat since December 2009. He is a PhD supervisor and under his guidance a student awarded PhD and other students are working in the area of Social Media Influencers, Energy Studies and Sustainability. Dr Kishore has done PhD in the area of Branding & Petroleum Retailing (awarded in 2015), M.A (Economics) and Masters in Marketing Management (M.M.M) from University of Pune. He has qualified in UGC-NET (Management) in addition to being the top rank holder (University of Pune) in PG Diploma in Materials and Logistics Management. Dr Kishore is an alumnus of the Academy of Indian Marketing (AIM) and American Marketing Association (AMA), Sheth Foundation. He was selected at the All-India Level to attend the ‘International Visitors Leadership Programme (IVLP-2015) on the U.S.A Foreign Policy and Energy Security’ sponsored by the Department of State, U.S.A and became a lifetime alumnus of the Department of the Culture and Education, USA Government. He is also a member of IIPA New Delhi, ASSOCHAM, Academy of International Business & ISTD New Delhi etc. Dr is a Certified 'Innovation Ambassador' by the Ministry of Education's Innovation Cell, MoHE & AICTE. He is also a member of Screening Process and Mentors for Start-ups, Student Startup & Innovation Policy (SSIP) and Innovation Cell, Government of Gujarat and IIC-PDEU. Apart from teaching regular marketing courses, he teaches a course ‘Marketing of Petroleum Oil and Lubricants (MPOL)’ which is positioned at the intersection of economics and marketing. He has received the best Paper Award for “A Study on the Importance and Development of SMEs Clusters in India through Cluster Brand Management Policies & Practices” as part of International Conference organised by School of Management, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (MAHE). Dr. Kishore has successfully organized four International Conferences on Energy & Infrastructure Management (ICEIM) in addition to managing several energy conclaves, and business management symposia. He has been associated as a guest speaker/resource person at several reputed institutions like UGC- Human Resource Development Centre,Gujarat, Integrated Research and Action for Development (IRADe), New Delhi . He is also a ‘Certified Directors’ by Institute of Directors (IoD), Mumbai. Dr Kishore has presented more than 25 papers at International and National Conferences which include, Energy Conference 2024-MDI, Gurgaon, 3rd International Marketing Conference 2024-IIM, Shillong, 8th PAN IIMs Conference 2021, SMF 2021-IIM Nagpur, International Conference on Brand Management: CBM 2016-IIT Delhi, 2015 Annual Conference of The Emerging Markets Conference Board at IMT, Dubai etc. He has attended several Faculty Development Programs in addition to teaching in the MDPs/in-company programs. His papers are publishedin International Journal of Consumer Studies (A Scopus Indexed Journal & ABDC-A Category), International Journal of Organizational Analysis (A Scopus Indexed Journal & ABDC-B Category), International Journal of Economics and Business Research(A Scopus Indexed Journal & ABDC Category), International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business (Scopus Indexed Journal), International Journal of Business and Globalization(Scopus Indexed Journal), SCMS Journal of Indian Management(Scopus Indexed Journal), Global Business Review (Scopus Indexed and ABDC-C category Journal) and 8th Pan IIM World Management Conference, IIM Kozhikode. He tries to strike a balance with teaching, research and academic administration.

Areas of Interest: His research interests are strategy planning, implementation, management control, finance, and energy sector management.

Brief Profile: Dr. Lalit K Khurana serves as a senior faculty in the area of Finance & Strategy at the School of Management, Pandit Deendayal Energy University in Gandhinagar. With over 32 years of experience in industry and academia, he is a highly knowledgeable and accomplished professional who holds a Ph.D. from the Central University of Hyderabad and is a distinguished alumnus of IIM-A. He has demonstrated his intellectual acumen by contributing to a multitude of scholarly publications, including peer-reviewed journals and book chapters. Additionally, he has co-authored a widely acclaimed textbook on Management Control Systems. In recognition of his outstanding teaching strategies, which utilize innovative techniques, resources, and methods that had a positive impact on the larger community, he has been awarded the prestigious Exemplary Educationist Award. He has been also named Most Admired Professor in Finance at the World BFSI Congress including Islamic Banking. He is an active member of several professional organizations, including SMS (USA), MCA(UK), AIMA, ISTE, ISTD, and SMFI, and he remains committed to advancing the field of Finance and Strategy Control.

Areas of Interest: Use of technology in Marketing

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Areas of Interest: Dr. Asit B. Acharya has training/teaching expertise in Management, Direct and Indirect taxation, Corporate & Allied Laws, Legal Aspects of Business, Soft Skills, Training & Development etc. His area of interest in research ranges from Institutional Intervention, Delegitimation / Deinstitutionalization to Corporate Performance, Organizational Stigma/Stigmatization and Effectuation entrepreneurship.

Brief Profile: Dr. Asit B. Acharya is an Adjunct Professor in Finance Dept. of SPM-PDPU. Dr. Acharya is an Ex-IRS Officer with 33+ years of industry experience in Revenue department and a nationalized bank including 17+ years' experience in training/teaching. He is a Fellow in Management with Top rank from I.I.M., Indore. Moreover, he possesses bachelors/Masters/PGD/Professional qualifications in the areas of commerce, law, banking, management, finance, journalism & mass communication, training, strategic management & Entrepreneurship etc. He is/was affiliated with many Govt. departments (including CBI, CE&C, GST, All India Radio, ISRO, PRL, DDK, Airport Authority, GSACS, KVIC, RARISD, RPFO, PEC, WIRC-ICWA, NADT, DTRTIs etc.) across India as well as many academic institutions (including IMNU, IIPM, SLIMS, EDII, KSSM, NRIM etc.) His research paper presentations were appreciated in SMS and ANZAM conferences/workshops at Australia. He has few papers and book publications in his name. He holds certification in the area of training from the Civil Service College, Singapore as well as from DoPT & Thames Valley University, UK. He has provided his services to CBI, DDK as regional news reader, AIR for numerous programme recordings, GUDM, Govt.of Gujarat as interview panelist and Guj. State Aids Control Society as external observer. He is also colligated with many NGOs viz. Unnati, SEWA, BPA, etc.