Dr. Pankaj Singh

Dr. Pankaj Singh
Associate Professor – Management & Business Administration
Expertise in Behavioral Assessment and Psychometric Testing
      Dr. Pankaj Singh

Dr. Pankaj Singh

Designation: Associate Professor – Management & Business Administration
Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University, Amethi

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Education Qualifications

  • Ph.D. – Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal (2010)
  • Master in Personnel Management – Pune University, Pune (2004), First Division

Executive Education

  • Global Colloquium on Participant-Centered Learning, Harvard Business School, USA

Teaching & Research Experience

  • Associate Professor – Indian Institute of Management, Raipur (Dec 2021 – Sep 2025)
  • Assistant Professor – Indian Institute of Management, Raipur (Jun 2014 – Nov 2021)
  • Taught at other B-Schools including TAPMI, UPES, ABS
  • 15 years of teaching and research experience

Areas of Teaching

  • Organization Theory, Design and Change
  • Organizational Behavior
  • Human Resource Management (HRM)
  • Conflict and Negotiation
  • Behavioral Assessment and Psychometric Testing

Areas of Research

  • Job Burnout
  • Work Engagement
  • Leadership & Entrepreneurship
  • Reverse Mentoring
  • Employee Resilience and Agility

Sole Ph.D. Supervision (at IIM Raipur)

  1. Dr. Neha Garg – Work engagement among Indian software developers (2016–2020)
  2. Dr. Arjun Chakraborty – Burnout among Indian primary school teachers (2016–2021)
  3. Dr. Anuj Gupta – Work engagement among Indian software developers (2015–2021)
  4. Dr. Prerna Panda – Employee resilience and agility in the Indian IT Sector (2019–2024)
  5. Mr. Shivam Upadhyay – Leader humility and well-being outcomes (2019–2024)

Awards & Honors

  • Fellowship, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), MHRD, New Delhi
  • Bharat Vikas Award (2023) for excellence in social science and innovative teaching

Research Publications (Selected)

1.Panda P & Singh P (2025). Examining the Role of Resilience, Agility, and Collectivism. Management Decision. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-01-2024-0076 B /ABDC

2.Panda P & Singh P (2025). Organizational virtuousness fosters innovative performance and pro-social behavior: examining the role of employee resilience and agility. Journal of Organizational Change Management, Doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/MD-01-2024- 0076, B/ ABDC

3. Chakravorty, A, Kumar V, Singh, P, Baburaj, S (2024). Does work meaningfulness hold the key? Exploring the power of meaningful work in attenuating burnout. Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication], DOI 10.1108/GKMC-08-2023-0274, B /ABDC

4. Panda P & Singh P (2024). Resilient and agile employees’ pursuit of innovative performance and well-being: the role of job crafting. Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/GKMC-11- 2023-0450 B / ABDC

5. Upadhyay, S and Singh, P (2023). Linking leader humility, reverse mentoring and subordinate turnover intentions: empirical evidence from the Indian information technology industry. International Journal of Organizational Analysis, DOI: DOI 10.1108/IJOA-05-2023-3777 B/ ABDC

6. Gupta, A, Chakravorty, A; Garg, Neha; & Singh, P (2022). Job security, value congruence, and work outcomes: revisiting the mediating role of work engagement. Global Knowledge, Memory, and Communication, DOI 10.1108/GKMC-01-2022-0002 B / ABDC

(More than 20 ABDC/Scopus indexed publications in reputed journals…Readmore.)


Books & Book Chapters

  • Fostering Intrinsic Motivation among Primary School Teachers (2025). In Handbook of Positive Psychology and Indian Thought Systems, Springer.
  • Career Decisions of Management Students (2012). In Enhancing Competitiveness Using Decision Sciences, Macmillan Publishers, New Delhi.

Case Publications

  • MD Solutions: Working from Home (2016). Ivey Publishing (Harvard Business Publishing).

Training & MDPs

  • Conducted several Management Development Programs (MDPs) for mid- and senior-level executives
  • Delivered over 300 hours of executive training sessions