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Labour Relations

About

Currently working as Full Professor of Labour Relations and HRM at XLRI. Has been working with XLRI since 2007 and before joining XLRI worked with Department of PMIR at TISS, Mumbai. Has been a Fulbright Senior Research Fellow at ILR School, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY during 2012-13, Visiting Scholar at York Management School, University of York, UK, Visiting Fellow at ILR, National Chengchi University, Taipei during 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. Has worked as a Visiting Professor at Tamkang University, Taipei, IIM Calcutta, IIM Lucknow and IIM Udaipur, and Shih Chien University, Taiwan. Has published in British Journal of Industrial Relations, Journal of World Business, Industrial Relations Journal, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, International Journal of Manpower, Employee Relations, Asian Business and Management, Economics and Labour Relations Review, Economic and Political Weekly among others. Is on the editorial board of Employee Relations and Management and Labour Studies.

Experience

Professor - XLRI, Jamshedpur since 2014
Associate Professor - XLRI, Jamshedpur (July 2009-July 2014)
Assistant Professor - XLRI, Jamshedpur (Sept 2007-June 2009)
Reader - Dept. of PMIR, Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai (June 2004-Sept 2007)
Lecturer - Visva-Bharati University (June 2002-June 2004)
Lecturer - Indore School of Social Work (Aug 1998-June 2002)
Senior Officer HR - Kirloskar Brothers Limited, Dewas, M.P (1997-98)

Awards and Scholarships

Fulbright Nehru Senior Research Fellow (2012-13) at the Industrial and Labor Relations (ILR) School, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Eureca Erusmus Mundus (European Union) Visiting Fellow (March - June 2009) at the York Management School, University of York, UK
MOST Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Labour Research, National Chengchi University, Taipei (October 2019)
MOST Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Labour Research, National Chengchi University, Taipei (November 2018)
MOST Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Labour Research, National Chengchi Univeristy, Taipei (May 2017)
MOST Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Labour Research, National Chengchi University, Taipei (October 2016)
Visiting Professor at Deptartment of Management Sciences and Decision Making, Tamkang University, Taipei (one semester in 2015)
Visiting Associate Professor at Dept. of International Business, Shih Chien University, Taiwan (one semester in 2009)
Visiting Scholar at Department of Management Sciences and Decision Making, Tamkang University, Taipei (2007)