Faculty Details
Faculty

Upasana  Dhanda

Specialization
:
OB and HR
Designation
:
Assistant Professor
Email
:
upasana.dhanda@imi.edu

Upasana  Dhanda

MPhil and PhD degree from Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi

UGC JRF and NET

M.com from Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi

B.com (Hons) from Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma College, University of Delhi

Upasana  Dhanda

Upasana Dhanda has been awarded her MPhil and PhD degree from Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi. Her MPhil research work involves developing and validating an employee engagement assessment instrument based on evidences from best companies to work for in India. Her PhD thesis examined how managers can drive corporate sustainability through the employees in an organization. She has published research papers in reputed journals (Scopus and ABDC listed). She is a recipient of Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) granted by the University Grants Commission. She has been awarded Professor Samiuddin Memorial ICA Research Scholar Award by Indian Commerce Association and best paper award by Telecom Ecole de Management, France and Symbiosis University.  In 2024, she presented her research work on corporate sustainability at the United Nations, Geneva. She has been a consultant with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd for gauging and improving the level of engagement of 23 thousand employees across India and conducted sessions for training women leaders for top management. She is actively involved in training and mentoring programmes, FDPs and MDPs for research scholars (Delhi University, IIT- Delhi, Panjab University, Amity University) and corporates professionals (Indian Oil, HPCL). In her previous teaching assignment, she has worked as an Assistant Professor at SGTB Khalsa college, University of Delhi. Her research interests include employee engagement, corporate sustainability, leadership and qualitative research methods.

Upasana  Dhanda

Shrotryia, V. K., Saroha, K., & Dhanda, U. (2022). Why employee engagement
matters? Evidences from Delhi metro rail corporation in India. Personnel
Review, 51(2), 501-527.


Dhanda, U., & Shrotryia, V. K. (2021). Corporate sustainability: the new
organizational reality. Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management: An
International Journal, 16(3/4), 464-487.


Shrotryia, V. K., & Dhanda, U. (2020). Development of employee engagement
measure: experiences from best companies to work for in India. Measuring
Business Excellence, 24(3), 319-343.


Shrotryia, V. K., & Dhanda, U. (2020). Exploring employee engagement using
grounded theory: experiences from the best firms in India. Vision, 24(2), 171-183.

Shrotryia, V. K., & Dhanda, U. (2019). Content validity of assessment instrument
for employee engagement. Sage Open, 9(1), 2158244018821751.

Upasana  Dhanda

2024
How to accelerate the pace of the agenda 2030 implementation at half-way to its
finishing line at the United Nations Geneva organized by WASD

2021
International Research Conference on Arts, Commerce and Business Management organized by Academics Conference Network


2020
International Conference on Engineering, Technology and Management for the Sustainable Development organized by Computer Science & Engineering Department and MBA Department, Meerut, India (Affiliated to AKTU Lucknow, U.P.) in collaboration with, Alwar, Rajasthan, India


2020
7th Annual International Commerce Conference organized by Department of Commerce, Delhi School of Economics, Delhi University


2018
71stAll India Commerce Conference held at Osmania University


2017
International Research Conference jointly organized by IIT Roorkee, Sheffield Hallam University UK and Waikato University New Zealand


2017
70th All India Commerce Conference held at IIS University, Jaipur

Upasana  Dhanda

Nodal Coordinator, MCD School Intervention, Sustainability and Social Impact Program
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