Teaching:

Current Research Themes : 

• Positive Organizational Behavior (Finding Meaning in Work-Life, Strength-Based Approach, Bio-Mimicry for Human   Flourishing, Holistic Development, Emotional Immunity, Sportivity Quotient, Unearthing Cognitive Loneliness)
• Cross-Cultural Management (Value Orientations and Well-Being across Cultures)
• Learning: Unlearning, Creativity, Knowledge Management, Meta-Cognitive Strategies
• Teaching, Learning, and Education (Holistic Education, Contemporary Teaching and Learning Beliefs and Practices)
• Women Empowerment (Entrepreneurship and Building Empowerment for Women)

Refereed Journals/Book Chapters

• Janani, M., V. Vijayalakshmi (2024) Diverse Arts for Diverse Workforce. IAPS Journal of Practice in Mental Health, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 23-25, | DOI: 10.4103/IJPMH.IJPMH_17_24. (View publication)

• M. Janani, V. Vijayalakshmi (2024) Arts as a driver of agility: A mixed-method inquiry. Acta Psychologica, Vol. 251, No. 104640, ISSN 0001-6918, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104640. (View publication)
  

• Gayathri Janapati, V. Vijayalakshmi (2024) Creating a resilient pedagogy: Character strengths intervention for aspiring educators, Acta Psychologica,, Vol. 249,  No. 104465, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2024.104465. (View publication).
  

• Chandran, S., Vijayalakshmi, V., Fiedler, M. (2024). How passion for work shapes work-family interactions: A conceptual framework exploring the roles of psychological capital and self-regulation failure. Human Resource Development Review, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 299 - 325. https://doi.org/10.1177/15344843241249219.

• Jasmine Banu, Rupashree Baral, V Vijayalakshmi (2024). The enablers and stumbling blocks in sustaining growth of women-owned micro-enterprises in India – a qualitative inquiry. Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy. Vol. 18, No. 5, pp. 918-944. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEC-05-2023-0060

• Hariharan Thangatur Sukumar, Ganesh L.S, V. Vijayalakshmi, Piyush Sharma, Vidyasagar M Potdar (2024) "Archetypal Representations of Dilemmas concerning Invasive Alien Species Management - A case of invasive Lantana camara in the Protected Areas of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve India", Systems Research and Behavioral Science. Vol. 41, No. 4, pp. 640-664. http://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2999.

• Janapati, Gayathri; V. Vijayalakshmi (2024) Counting on strengths: Harnessing character strengths to stimulate innovative work behaviour, International Journal of Organizational Analysis. Vol. 32, No. 9, pp. 2116-2134. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-09-2023-3959

• M. Janani, V. Vijayalakshmi (2023) "An arts-based process to build Workforce agility", Journal of Organizational Change Management, Vol. 36, No. 6, pp. 917-931. https://doi.org/10.1108/JOCM-03-2023-0092.

• Ramesh, R., Ananthram, S., Vijayalakshmi, V., Sharma, P. (2022), "Technostressors – a boon or bane? Toward an integrative conceptual model", Journal of Indian Business Research, Vol. 14, No. 3, pp. 278-300. https://doi.org/10.1108/JIBR-10-2021-0348.

• Veeravalli, S., Vijayalakshmi. V. (2021). “Revisiting Knowledge Management System Use: Unravelling Interventions that Nurture Knowledge Seeking”. International Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 1-25. http://doi.org/10.4018/IJKM.291707.

• Hariharan Thangatur Sukumar, Ganesh L.S, Vijayalakshmi Venkatraman, Piyush Sharma, Vidyasagar M Potdar (2021) “Morphological Analysis of General System-Environment Complexes: Representation and Application”. Systems Research and Behavioral Science. Vol. 39, No. 2, pp. 218-240. http://doi.org/10.1002/sres.2794.

• Uma Narayanan, V. Vijayalakshmi (2020) “To Look Within: A Holistic Approach to Inner Development of Leaders”. International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management. Vol. 21, No. 4 https://doi.org/10.1504/IJICBM.2020.111364.

• Krithika Venkatraman, V. Vijayalakshmi, Nandan Sudarsanam, Anand Manoharan (2020). "Designing Dynamic Interventions to Improve Adherence in Pediatric Long-term Treatment – The Role of Perceived Value of the Physician by Primary Caregivers". Health Communications. Vol. 36, No. 14, pp. 1825–1840. https://doi.org/10.1080/10410236.2020.1796284.

• Abha Bhartia, V. Vijayalakshmi (2019) "Thriving at Work: A Conceptual Examination of the Role of Emotional Social Competence (ESC) among Indian Managers". South Asian Journal of Management, Vol. 26, No. 3, July–Sept.

• Veeravalli, S., V. Vijayalakshmi, Hariharan, M. (2019) "Why do people seek knowledge? Tracing factors that affect knowledge seeking intention". VINE Journal of Information and Knowledge Management Systems, Vol. 50, No. 2, pp. 271-290. https://doi.org/10.1108/VJIKMS-04-2019-0059; 

• Suchitra Veeravalli, V. Vijayalakshmi (2019) "A Morphological Review of Enterprise Social Media Literature". Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce, Vol. 29, No. 2, pp. 139-162. https://doi.org/10.1080/10919392.2019.1583456.

• Abha Bhartia, V. Vijayalakshmi (2019) "Does Emotional Social Competence Foster Team Climate?". Psychological Studies, Vol. 64, No. 1, pp 83–91 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12646-019-00481-7.

• Eliska Cejkova, Alena Slezackova, Rajneesh Choubisa, V. Vijayalakshmi (2018) "Life Values and Subjective Well-being among Indian University Students: Scrutinizing the Omnipresent North-South Divide". Journal of the Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 238-248. 

• Mathew, H. E., V. Vijayalakshmi, (2017). "Changing Definitions of Work and Play: Importance of Workplace Humor". Psychological Studies, Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 12-20.

• Priyadarshini N., V. Vijayalakshmi (2012) "Emerging Trends in Positive Organizational Behaviour – A Position Paper". Indian Journal of Positive Psychology, 3 (3), pp. 162-167.

• V. Vijayalakshmi, Sanghamitra Bhattacharyya (2012) "Emotional Contagion and its Relevance to Individual Behavior and Organizational Processes: A Position Paper". Journal of Business and Psychology, Vol. 27, No. 3, pp. 363-374. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41682920. 

• V. Vijayalakshmi, Sanghamitra Bhattacharyya, Abha Bhartia, R. Muthuvel (2008) "Emotional Intelligence and Social Reticence of Post-graduate Female Students". Journal of Indian Academy of Applied Psychology, Vol. 34, pp. 93-100.

• V. Vijayalakshmi, Sanghamitra Bhattacharyya (2007) "Emotional Contagion and Team effectiveness: A Conceptual Model". International Journal of Management Practices and Contemporary Thought, Vol. 2, No.1, January-July, pp. 35-44.

• V. Vijayalakshmi, Sanghamitra Bhattacharyya (2006) "Emotional Contagion and Team Effectiveness". pp. 143-156. In K. B. Akhilesh, A. Gurtoo, and G. P. Mahapatra (eds.) Enabling Execution Excellence. Himalaya Publishing House, India.

Conference Proceedings and Presentations

• Angelina Rozario & V. Vijayalakshmi (2025) Perspective of Donor Stewardship in Alumni Engagement: The Role of Leadership, Respect & Trust. In The International Conference on Respect in Business and Leadership, XLRI Jamshedpur, India, 9 - 11 January, 2025. 

• Vijayalakshmi, V; Janapati, G., Senthil Kumar S. (2024) Transformative Education: Universal Human Values for Students' Holistic Personal Development. In 9th International Conference on Research in Business, Management, and Economics, Germany, 20-22 Dec, 2024. 

• Janapati, G., & Vijayalakshmi, V. (2024). A Resilient Future: Character Strengths Intervention for Pre-Service Teachers. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2024, No. 1, p. 20764). Academy of Management ( Accepted). 

• Janapati, G., & Vijayalakshmi, V. (2024). Empowering tomorrow: Nurturing resilience in youth. 33rd Annual Convention of National Academy of Psychology, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India. 

• Janapati, G., & Vijayalakshmi, V. (2024). Unlocking the potential: Resilience in youth. 9th Pan IIM World Management Conference, Sambalpur, Odisha, India.
  

• Janapati, G., & Vijayalakshmi, V. (2024). Alone we can do so little; together, we can do so much: A character-strengths intervention for shared mental models and team resilience. Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management (Accepted, not presented).
  

• Janapati, G., & Vijayalakshmi, V. (2024). Strengthening the future: A resilience intervention for youth. European Conference on Positive Psychology (Accepted, not presented).

• V. Vijayalakshmi, Shruthi G, Janani M, Gayathri Janapati, Senthil Kumar S (2023) “Universal Human Values Based Education: An Intervention Study in Higher Education” presented at the First International Conference on Management Research, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.

• V. Vijayalakshmi, Pankaj Kumar Jayaswal, Gayathri Janapati, Janani M (2023) ?Personalized Life Skill Development for Enhancing Well-Being of Girl Students in Colleges in Tamil Nadu and Kerala? presented at the First International Conference on Management Research, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.

• Gayathri Janapati & V. Vijayalakshmi (2023) “Strengthening the Guardians: Towards a comprehensive model for police resilience” presented at the First International Conference on Management Research, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.

• Janani M & V.Vijayalakshmi (2023) “Agility, Arts, and the Three Musketeers” presented at the First International Conference on Management Research, IIT Madras, Chennai, India.

• Sreelekshmi Chandran & V Vijayalakshmi (2023) “Work Passion on Work-Family Outcomes of Entrepreneurs in India and Germany: The Moderating Roles of Activity Orientation and Individualism- Collectivism” presented in the 36th ANZAM Conference, New Zealand.

• Janani M and V. Vijayalakshmi. “An Arts-based approach to Workforce agility: The role of Epistemic Curiosity”, presented at the Academy of Management Annual Conference, Boston, USA, August 2023

• Janani M and V. Vijayalakshmi. "Building Workforce agility through Arts- a longitudinal study". 8th International Positive Psychology Association World Congress, Vancouver, Canada, 20th - 23rd July 2023 (Accepted).

• V. Vijayalakshmi, Uma Narayanan, V. Arul Dev, K. Gopalakrishnan (2020) "Holistic Education–Towards a Practical Framework for the Development of Faculty, Students and Overall Education" in the Sixth Biennial Conference of the Indian Academy of Management (INDAM), 1-4 Jan 2020, Indian Institute of Management Trichy, India.

• Hariharan Thangatur Sukumar, Ganesh L.S., Piyush Sharma, V. Vijayalakshmi, Vidy Potdar (2019) “Environmental Consequences of Business Value Creation and Market Operations through Servitization - Bad Surprises!” in the 16th International Conference on Business Management (ICBM), 12-14th Dec 2019, Monash University, Australia.

• Krithika. V, V. Vijayalakshmi, Nandan Sudarsanam (2019) "Care to Continue? Influence of Primary Caregiver Perceived Value of the Physician on Adherence in Pediatric Long-Term Treatment" in the 19th Consortium of Students in Management Research (COSMAR), 28-29 Dec 2019, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India.

• Ramesh. R., V. Vijayalakshmi, Sharma P. and Ananthram S. (2019) Navigating Technostressors Mindfully: A Conceptual Understanding Using Psychological Needs Satisfaction, in the Proceedings of the British Academy of Management Conference, 3-5 Sept 2019, Birmingham, United Kingdom.

• Sumita Datta, Vasanthi Srinivasan, V. Vijayalakshmi, Vishal Gupta, Snehal Shah, Rupashree Baral, Shivganesh Bhargava (2019) Industry-Academic Collaboration: An Inclusive Agenda for Growth, in the Professional Development Workshop of the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 9–13 Aug 2019, Boston, USA.

• Krithika. V, Nandan Sudarsanam, V. Vijayalakshmi (2019) Role of Patients and Family Caregivers on Care and Outcomes in the Proceedings of the Academy of Management Annual Meeting, 9–13 Aug 2019, Boston, USA.

• Ganesh L.S, Hariharan Thangatur Sukumar, V. Vijayalakshmi, Piyush Sharma, Vidyasagar M Potdar (2018) Understanding Consumption Rebound Effect: A Systems Dynamics Perspective in the Doctoral Consortium of the 22nd Annual International Conference of the Society of Operations Management, 20 Dec 2018, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India. 

• Krithika Venkatraman, Nandan Sudarsanam, V. Vijayalakshmi (2018) The Influence of Individualized Interventions on Adherence in Long-Term Pediatric Treatments: Understanding the Mediating Role of Primary Caregiver Perceived Value of Physician, 32nd Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM), 4-7 Dec 2018, Auckland, New Zealand.

• Senthil Kumar Shanmugam and V. Vijayalakshmi (2018) Conceptualizing the Introduction of Being-Values in Education in India, International Conference on Society and Management: Indian Culture vis-à-vis Western Culture, Dec 7-8 2018 Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India.

• Veeravalli S and V. Vijayalakshmi (2018) Tracing Factors that Impact Individual Knowledge Seeking Behaviours on Knowledge Management Systems in the Proceedings of the 18th Consortium of Students in Management Research (COSMAR), 29-30 Nov 2018, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India.

• Veeravalli S and V. Vijayalakshmi (2018) Understanding Individual Knowledge Seeking Behaviors in the Context of Knowledge Management Systems. Proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Knowledge Management, 06 - 07 Sep 2018, University of Padua, Italy.

• Eliska Cejkova, Alena Slezackova, Rajneesh Choubisa, V. Vijayalakshmi (2018) Life Values And Subjective Well-Being Among University Students across Cultures: Comparison of Czech, North Indian and South Indian Samples. 9th European Conference on Positive Psychology, June 27–30, 2018, Budapest, Hungary.

• Arjuna Venkateshwara TS and V. Vijayalakshmi (2017) “Work and Calling: An Exploratory study on Students”. 2nd International Conference on Business, Economics, Management and Marketing, 9-11 Jan 2017, Dubai.

• Rofia Ramesh and V. Vijayalakshmi (2017) “Enhancing individual decision making through mindfulness”, 5th Biennial Indian Academy of Management Conference, 17-20 Dec 2017, Indian Institute of Management Indore.

• Abha Bhartia and V.Vijayalakshmi (2016) “Thriving at Work through Emotional Social Competence” in 20th Australian New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM), 6-9 Dec 2016, Brisbane, Australia.

• V. Vijayalakshmi, Abha Bhartia and Anitha Shri (2016), "Impact of Emotional Intelligence on Thriving of College Students”, 26th National Academy of Psychology Conference, 29-31 Dec 2016, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India. 

• Uma Narayanan, V. Arul Dev and V. Vijayalakshmi (2016) “In   Inner Presence, Strengths and Experiencing Meaning in Work – An Integral Model and Reflective Process”, 26th National Academy of Psychology Conference, 29-31 Dec 2016, Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India.

• Abha Bhartia and V.Vijayalakshmi (2016) "Thriving at Work through Emotional Social Competence", Australian New Zealand Academy of Management Conference (ANZAM), 06 - 09 Dec, Brisbane, Australia. 

• Hima Elizabeth Mathews and V. Vijayalakshmi (2013) "Changing Definitions of Work and Play: Importance of Workplace Humor", 10th AIMS International Conference, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, India.

• Kiran Bhamidi and V.Vijayalakshmi (2013) Industry and Academia Collaborations and their influence on Innovation Capability. 10th International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management & Organisational Learning (ICICKM), The George Washington University, Washington DC, USA.

• Priyadarshini N. and V. Vijayalakshmi (2013) Exploring Spirituality and Humor as New Dimensions of Psychological Capital, International Conference on Excellence in Research and Education, Indian Institute of Management Indore, India.

• Uma Narayanan, V. Vijayalakshmi, Arul Dev (2013) Integral Leadership Development: Applying an Integral Framework for Inner Development of Leaders, 8th Symposium on Sustainable Leadership, Nice, France.

• Priyadarshini N. and Vijayalakshmi, V. (2012) Emerging Trends in Positive Organizational Behaviour - A Position Paper in the International Conference on Management and Behavioral Sciences, New Delhi, India.

• V. Vijayalakshmi and K. Gopalakrishnan (2011) Rethinking Management through Bhagawad Gita, Indian Philosophical Congress, Chidambaram, India.

• V. Vijayalakshmi (2011) Rethinking Management Education with Innovation and Creativity, International Management Education Conference, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad Alumni Association, Chennai, India.

• V. Vijayalakshmi and Sanghamitra Bhattacharyya (2007) Emotional Contagion and its Influence on Team Effectiveness. COSMAR, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore (Best Paper).

Development Programmes, Joint Certification Courses with the Industry (a selection)

• 1-day Workshop and 9-month Certification Course with IITM-PeopleFirst Consultants, Chennai on Coaching with Depth (2019-2021).
• Open Program on Nurturing the Inner You: For Personal, Group and Organizational Excellence, 2011 -2014, 2018.
• 6-month Certification Course with IITM-The Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory, Kochi on Nurturing the Inner You: Towards Individual, Group, Organizational Fulfilment (2018-2019).
• Building Future Leaders Program for Caterpillar India in 2015.
• Open Program on Talent Acquisition Strategies and Personality Assessment (2014).

Development Programmes, Coaching for Faculty (a selection)

• Enhancing Research Quality & Productivity - a 6 day FDP & Doctoral Sweatshop facilitated by Prof. Sarosh Kuruvilla (Cornell University), coordinated with Prof. Rupashree Baral (2023 & 2024).
• Re-Energizing the Classroom: Using Experiential Activities and Gamification to Enhance Learning & Engagement – 6 day FDP (2020 & 2023)
• Self-Awareness and Higher Goals in Education (SAHGE) for Faculty across India (2012-2019)
• Holistic Education Workshop for Government School Children (2013-Present)
• Research Methods in Management and Social Sciences for AICTE Sponsored Short-Term Training Program, coordinated with Prof. Rupashree Baral (2013 & 2022).

(A) Completed Sponsored Projects

• Research Study on Women's access to higher education – barriers and strategies to remove them: Personalized Life Skill Development for Enhancing Well-Being of Girl Students in Colleges in Tamil Nadu and Kerala (Sponsor: National Commission for Women).

• Development and introduction of a new course curriculum based on Universal Human Values: An Experimental Study in Higher Education in South India (Sponsor: Impress ICSSR).

• Creating a Ripple: Through Holistic Education (Sponsor: Banca Sella as part of their CSR initiative). Along with: Dr. Rupashree Baral, Professor, Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras. 

• Empowerment of Women Entrepreneurs (Sponsor: TNPL as part of their CSR initiative). Along with: Dr. Rupashree Baral, Professor, Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras.

• Emotional Contagion: Development of an EC Tool for OD Intervention (Sponsor: IIT Madras).

• An Understanding of the Faculty-Student Relationship through Transactional Analysis (Sponsor: Teaching Learning Centre, IIT Madras).

• Creating a Ripple Effect through Holistic Education (Sponsor: IIT Madras as part of their Exploratory Research Project Grant).

• Creating a Ripple Effect in the Youth’s Development: Through Holistic Education (Sponsor: Rajiv Gandhi National Institute for Youth Development).

• A Holistic Education Outreach to Inspire Transformational Change (Sponsor: IIT Madras as part of their Socially Relevant Projects Grant).

• Research into Women’s Empowerment and Social Enterprise (Sponsor: British Council). Along with: Prof. G. Arun Kumar, Professor, Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras; Centre for Social Entrepreneurship; Dr. Rupashree Baral, Professor, Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras).

• Collaborative Research, Capacity Building Program (Sponsor: The Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory, Cochin).

(A) Completed Research Guidance

PhD

• Priyadarshini N (2016) Impact of Psychological Capital on Organizational Effectiveness: Empirical Evidence from Non-Governmental Organizations
• Hima Elizabeth Mathew (2017) Impact of Workplace Humor on Team Creativity
• Suchitra Veeravalli (2020) Tracing Factors that Impact Knowledge Seeking Intention
• Abha Bhartia (2020) Impact of Emotional Social Competence on Thriving at Work
• Uma Narayanan (2020) Inner Strengths at the Being Level: An Integral Approach
• Krithika V (2021) Care to Continue: Influence of Primary Caregiver Perceived Value of the Physician and Dynamic Intervention Design on Adherence in Pediatric Long-term Treatments
• Rofia Ramesh (2022) (Joint Doctoral Program with Curtin University): Nested Sub-System Model of Technostressors: Impact of Psychological Need Satisfaction, Technostress Inhibitors, Mindfulness and LMX Quality on Burnout and Work Engagement
• Hariharan Thangatur Sukumar (2022) (Joint Doctoral Program with Curtin University): Management of Degraded Ecosystems: The case of invasive Lantana camara in the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve’s Protected Areas
• Janani M (2024) Epistemic Curiosity, Rumination, and Joy as Predictors of Workforce Agility: An Intermodal Arts-Based Intervention
• Sreelekshmi Chandran (2024) (Joint Doctoral Program with University of Passau, Germany): How Passion for Work Shapes Work-Family Interactions: Unfolding the Roles of Psychological Capital, Self-Regulation Failure and Cultural Dimensions – A Cross-Cultural Inquiry among Entrepreneurs in India and Germany

MS

• B H Kiranmai (2014) Industry-Academia Collaborations and Innovation Capability of IT Firms
• Arjuna Venkateshwara TS (2018) A Qualitative Inquiry into Discovering Calling
• Sathiesh.V (2018) Factors Influencing Individual Unlearning and its Bidirectional Impact on Workforce Agility
• Senthil Kumar (2022) Impact of Student Inner Development on Engagement and Well-being
• Lavanya R (2023), The Role of Self-Determined Learning Principles in Achieving Optimal Learning Experience

Joint Master’s Program (with University of Passau, Germany)

• Xinwei Shi (2020): Impact of Cultural Intelligence on Team Effectiveness: A Comparative Study of Multinational Virtual and Face-To-Face Teams

Master’s Thesis Guidance (University of Passau, Germany)

• Katrin Armbruster (2017) Embedding CSR Activities into Corporate Strategy: Measures and Improving Possibilities exemplified by a Multinational Corporation.
• Mirjam Linkenheil (2018) Entrepreneurial Leadership through a Cross-cultural Lens: A Comparison of Leadership Styles in German and Indian Start-ups.
• Theodora Sophie Barth (2018) An Insight into Indo-German Work Relationships: The Role of Cultural Value Orientations.
• Tanja Meyerhof (2018) Effective Leadership in Global Environments: Authentic Leadership in a Cross-Cultural Environment and its Impact on Follower Commitment to Supervisor.
• Matthias Wenig (2019) Culture, Values and the Global Mindset: A Study of Global Leadership based on Germany and India.

 Master’s Thesis Guidance (Executive MBA)

• Ambika Alwar
• Deepak Vijendran - Role of ‘Design Thinking’ in driving Growth and Transformation
• Goutam N - Intuition: A Tool for Organizational Culture Change
• Subrahmanyam D V V R (2019) - Sportive Organizations.
• Jayachandran (2019) - Improving Responsiveness of Technical Support Personnel.
• Amirthaganesan Mani (2019) - Employee Motivation by building Positive Team Culture in Service Industry.
• Jayapraha P (2019) - Impact of Generation Z in the Workplace.
• Subramanian B (2020) - Leadership in a crisis - lessons learnt from the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Navya Mastanaiah (2020) – Impact on Engagement: Work from Home during the Pandemic.
• Srikanth Gopi (2020) – Social Media Metrics and Leadership.
• Anshika – Micro-foundations of Sustainability & Organizational Behavior.
• Murugesh B – Transitioning from individual contributor to a team manager -A Systems Thinking Perspective.
• Nandhakumar – A system thinking approach in Road Design to enhance road safety in India.
• Adeshwar Muruganathan - Pro-Social Driving Behavior
• Bharathi Ramamurthy - HR Technology Adoption Insights
• Steve Augustine. S - Coaching Leadership
• Vaishnavi A - Biomimcry and Organizational Behavior

(B) Ongoing Research Guidance

PhD

• Gayathri Janapati: Character Strengths Intervention & Reslience in Education
• Chaithra Y C - Coaching Intervention to Enhance Positive Outcomes
• Hema Swamy - Towards Sustainable Development: An Indian Knowledge System Perspective
• Reshma Sandeep Dey - Eco-Emotions, Sustainability (JDP with Curtin University, Australia)
• Pravin Kamble - Hedonic and Eudaimonic Well being in the Context of Workplace Deviation
• Angelina Rozario - Workplace giving through non- monetary contributions
• Harshita Mankad - Leadership Communication and the Gen Z Workforce 
  

MS (by Entrepreneurship)

• V S Baskar - Wellness through Metaverse

Master’s Thesis Guidance (Executive MBA)

• Umapathy CP
• Bhavana Sridhar

• Panelist: “Balancing Teaching and Research” in the ‘Women in STEM’ Series organized by Society of Women Engineers India and NPTEL (17 October 2020).
• Session: “Self-Awareness and Social Competence” for Scientists and Administrative Staff of National Remote Sensing Centre – ISRO, Hyderabad (14 Feb 2020).
• Session: “Harnessing the Power Within You! Antidote to Fear, Worry, Anxiety” for the Event “Preparing for Perfection – The Vivekananda Way” organized by Vivekananda Janoththana Trust & Ramakrishna Math (24 Feb, 2019).
• Session: “Why Careers are Passe & Varied Multiskilling the Future for Indian Youth” for the Event “100th Year Commemoration of Swami Vivekananda’s Chicago Speech” organized by Vivekananda Janoththana Trust & Ramakrishna Math (15 Sept 2018).
• Resource Person for the session “Achieving Flow, Attitude of Perfection and Excellence” for the Scientists of The Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory, Kochi (5 April, 2018).
• Resource Person for United India Insurance Pvt. Ltd., Chennai on the topics “Emotional Social Competence for Women Managers”, “Transactional Analysis for Administrative Officers” (2016-2018).
• Resource Person for “Developing Skills & Competencies for IITM Security Personnel” (2014-2021).
• Resource Person on “Emotional Intelligence and Decision Making” for the Staff of United India Insurance Ltd. (24 January, 2017).
• Resource person for the session “Transactional Analysis for Customer Relationship Management” in the Continuing Education Programme for of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (Over 500 personnel during 2015-2018).
• Resource person for the session on “Motivation and Decision Making” for Larson & Toubro Management Trainees (Over 200 trainees during 2014-2018).
• Resource Person for sessions on “Holistic Education” and “Creativity in Teaching-Learning Process” organized by College of Engineering, Trivandrum as part of Capability Enhancement Training (2 July, 2018).
• Resource Person for a session on “Writing Literature Review - Meta Analysis” as part of a Two-week Faculty Development Program on Research and Statistical Analysis, organized by Anna University (30 April, 2018).
• Resource Person for a session on “Faculty Motivation”, “Research Methodology”, “Active-Cooperative Learning” as part of a 2 Day FDP on Teaching-Learning-Evaluation Systems and their Excellence, organized by Rajkiya Engineering College, Bijnor (10-11 April, 2018).
• Session on “Time Management” as part of a One-day professional development course for Young researcher and faculty organized by IEEE AP-S, Madras Chapter (17 February, 2018).
• Workshop on “Discovering Calling” for College Students (2017).
• Sessions on “Becoming a Better Researcher: Qualities and Behaviors”, “Friending Time and Stress: Towards More Productivity and Positivity”, “Working in Harmony with Others”, “Best Practices in Research: Compilation of Learnings and Experiences” for New Research Students of IIT Palakkad on 20-21 July, 2017.
• Resource Person for Robert Bosch Research Centre, Bangalore on “Emotional Social Competence” (July 2016).
• Resource Person: Session on “Bloom’s Taxonomy: Fundamentals and Applications” for Faculty of Mar Athanasius College, Kerala (July, 2016).
• Resource Person: Being a Professional: Personality Development” for 9th standard students from the North East as part of The Regional Action on Inclusive Education (RAISE) Northeast (July 2016).
• Chief Guest Address on “Excellence in Work”: for the Prize Distribution of 12th Standard Toppers of Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan School, Chennai (June, 2016).
• Session on “Emotional Social Competence” for Scientists of NTPC Tamilnadu Energy Company Limited in 2016.
• Session on “Research Empowerment Programme” for Faculty of Dr. MGR Research and Deemed University, Chennai (June, 2016).
• Session on “Faculty and Learner Motivation” for Faculty belonging to TEQUIP Funded Institutes, organized by Teaching Learning Centre, IIT Madras (June, 2016).
• Workshop on “Outcome Based Education” (Faculty of Stella Maris College, Chennai (June, 2016).
• Session on “Capacity Building of Faculty Through Outcome-Based Education” organized by Basaveshwar Engineering College, Bagalkot (18 December, 2015).
• Sessions on “Intrinsic Motivation”, “Learning Outcomes”, “Active-Cooperative Learning” for Faculty of Sree Saraswathi Thyagaraja College, Pollachi (November 2015).
• Organized a 2-Day Workshop on “Professional Excellence” for IIT Mandi students (14-15 May, 2015).
• Resource Person on “Career Paths and Finding Purpose” for college students from Kerala as part of “Walk with a Scholar Programme” initiated by the Government of Kerala (2014).
• Resource Person: AICTE Faculty Development Programme on “Teaching Learning Practices” conducted by Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras (October, 2014).
• Resource Person: Executive Development Program for HAL employees conducted by Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras (October, 2014).
• Panelist in Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing on the topic “Career breaks: Not heartbreaks anymore”, Bangalore (November, 2013).
• Resource Person: Faculty Development Programme on “Teaching Learning Methodologies” for TEQUIP, conducted by IIT Madras (October, 2013).
• Resource Person: FDP on “Teaching Soft Skills”, NIT Trichy (September, 2013).
• Guest lecture on “Transactional Analysis”, Ethiraj College, Chennai (September, 2013).
• Resource Person: Faculty Development Programme on “Introduction to Research Methodology” for Faculty from Tamilnadu conducted at IIT Madras (August, 2013).
• Session on “Transactional Analysis for Empowerment” in Knowledge Community (2013).
• Sessions for several batches of ICSR Staff on Self-Awareness, Conflict Management (2012-2013).

• Received the Young Faculty Recognition Award for Teaching and Research for the year 2020 constituted by IIT Madras Alumnus Dr. P. Balasubramanian (1971/ BT/ AE,1973/ MT/ IM) for recognizing young faculty for meritorious teaching, research and professional service activities. More details: https://joyofgiving.alumni.iitm.ac.in/endowments/faculty-award/young-faculty-recognition-award 
  

 Achievements of Research Scholars

• Dr. Suchitra Veeravalli Awarded Shri R.N. Rajendran Award for the Best Thesis in HR-OB in 2020 (Topic: Tracing Factors that Impact Knowledge Seeking Intention).
• Uma Narayanan, V. V. Vijayalakshmi and Arul Dev (2015) “Fractals of Integral Change”, Fourth International Integral Theory Conference, 16-19 July 2015, San Francisco, USA. (Accepted for Journal publication in the Journal of Integral Theory and Practice; Special Honorary Award).
• Uma Narayanan, V. V. Vijayalakshmi and Arul Dev (2015) “Integral Development and Change - At the Level of Inner Processes”, Proceedings in Twelfth AIMS International Conference on Management, 2-5 January 2015, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India. (Third Best Paper award).