Sanghamitra Brahma Editor

Tanusree Chakraborty, PhD, is a member of the faculty of the Centre for Management Studies at Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad, India. With over 20 years of academic and business experience, she has been associated with a number of business schools and universities in India. Having thoroughly good academic track record with university ranks, she was formerly a research fellow of the Indian Council of Medical Research. She has around 60 publications to her credit in reputed journals and books, among which are the Internet Research Journal, International Journal of Human Resource Management, and the International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management. She has presented over 70 research papers at international conferences, where she has been awarded best paper awards many times. She has conducted management development programs with state productivity councils and national productivity councils and has trained practicing managers of several public and private sector companies in the areas of behavioral sciences and human resource management. As a psychologist, she has conducted psychometric testing with over 12,000 employees. As a trainer, she has trained over 15,000 employees during her career and has been a resource person for many prominent Indian banks (State Bank of India, Canara Bank, Central Bank of India, Punjab National Bank, Axis Bank) and other companies, including Indian Oil, Exide Industries, Power Grid Corp, Department of Science and Technology of GoI, National Institute of Communications Finance, among others. Dr. Chakraborty has published several books international publishers and has several in the works at present. She has been a panel member in admission and recruitment processes and has conducted GDPIs at academic institutes and corporate. In addition, she has also been a regular faculty for management institutes of repute, teaching MBA and Post Graduate Diploma in Management programs. Dr. Chakraborty holds a PhD in Applied Psychology from Calcutta University, an MA (Applied Psychology) with specialization in Organizational Psychology, a Graduate Diploma in Management, and MBA (Human Resources).

Sanghamitra Brahma (PhD, MBA, PGDTD), is a distinguished academician from Kolkata, India, and is currently the Head of Institution, Amity School of Economics, and Prof.-In-Charge, Amity Center for Career Development, in Amity University Kolkata, India. Dr. Brahma is a management academic with 24 years of experience in management education and mentoring in institutes of repute in eastern India. She has gained rich experience through her associations with B-schools, technical institutes, and universities of repute in the states of Odisha and West Bengal. Prior to joining Amity University, Dr. Brahma was Associate Professor of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, and Head of the Management Department, at the School of Business and Economics, at Adamas University, West Bengal, India. Some of her earlier associations are Heritage Business School (MAKAUT), Rourkela Institute of Technology (Biju Patnaik University of Technology), Burdwan Institute of Management and Computer Science (University of Burdwan), Sikkim Manipal University, Brainware University, etc. She has effectively handled various administrative roles along with academic responsibilities and delivered commendable outcomes. She has obtained a PhD in Management from KIIT School of Management, KIIT University; MBA (Dual) from Utkal University; PG Diploma in Training & Development from ISTD, New Delhi; Short Term Courses from IIT, KGP, and University of Philadelphia, and the University of Virginia. She has published several research papers and articles in reputed national and international peer-reviewed journals, proceedings, and edited books. Her academic and research interests are in the areas of organizational behavior, development and learning, HRD, organizational design, and effectiveness, etc., and she actively supervises PhD scholars. Contributing to society through active involvement in NGOs and community services is her passion.

Rajdeep Bakshi (PhD, MBA, MIIM, PGDBM, PGDSM, PGDCA) is a distinguished professional and academician. His expertise is in the areas of brand management, academia leadership and educational quality control. Dr. Bakshi’s research interests lie at the intersection of consumer behaviour, brand management, intangible asset (brand) valuation, educational technology. This has made him to identify valuable insights to design solutions for transformation towards Education 5.0. He has blended his industry experience in brand management, consumer behaviour, and innovation with his academic knowledge towards innovating driven impactful strategies towards strengthening academic brand building and academic leadership for integrating advanced technology usage for meeting challenges of modern times.