Personal Information

Dr. Avantika Singh

Assistant Professor
Department of Management

MBA, PhD (Fellow, IRMA)

avantika@curaj.ac.in
  • Organisational Behaviour
  • Business Ethics and Sustainability
  • Public Policy Management (public health, self-help groups, women empowerment)

Teaching Interests:

  • Organisational behaviour, contemporary theories of management, business ethics, sustainability, Indian philosophy and human values.
  •  HR electives - Organisational change & development, Strategic HRM, Conflict and negotiation, Employee relations & labour laws. 

Courses Taught:

2022-23 and 2023-24

MBA I Sem: Management Principles and Organisational Behaviour

MBA II Sem: Entrepreneurial Skills

MBA III Sem: Business Ethics

MBA III Sem: Strategic Human Resource Management

MBA III Sem: Organisational Change and Development

MBA IV Sem: Human Resource Planning & Development

MBA IV Sem: Employee Relations & Labour Laws

MBA IV Sem: Retail Management

PhD Coursework: Recent Advances in Management

Research Interests: Ethical leadership, sustainability, Indian philosophy and human values, public policy (health policy, SHGs and women empowerment). 

Sponsored Projects: Two completed.

Worked as PI on Project Titled 'Assessing Economic and Social Impact of Self-Help Group Movement in Rajasthan' Awarded by ICSSR under IMPRESS Scheme, budget Rs.10 lakhs, duration: July 24, 2019 to November 15, 2021, status: completed.

Worked as Co-PI on Project Titled ‘Engendering Evidence-Based Policy for Young People’s Reproductive Health in India’ awarded by MEASURE Evaluation (supported by USAID), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, duration: one year (30.09.2017 to 29.09.2018), budget US$20,700, Project Completed.

Masters Dissertation: 48 supervised 

PhD

  • Neha Somani (PhD awarded on 19/12/2018) Determinants and Outcomes of Financial Capability and Financial Inclusion for Women Empowerment: An Empirical Study in Rajasthan.
  • Nisha Rathore (PhD awarded on 09/09/2019) Determinants and Outcomes of Ethical Leadership for Managing Human Resources in Higher Education in Rajasthan.
  • Pooja Paharia (PhD awarded on 07/08/2020) Stakeholder Perspective of Ethical Leadership: A Study of Higher Education Institutions in Rajasthan.
  • Mishra Ankita Omkarnath (registered in 2019) An Empirical Study on Menstrual Hygiene Management among Adolescent Girls in Rajasthan: A Social Marketing Perspective
  • Deepesh (registered in 2019) Stakeholder Perspective of Sustainable Leadership: An Empirical Study of Select Heritage Hotels in Rajasthan. Awarded ICSSR Doctoral Fellowship in 2023.
  • Nazia (registered in 2019) e-Banking at the Bottom of the Pyramid in Rajasthan: An Empirical Study from Sustainable Marketing Perspective
  • Ambali Jain (registered in 2020) The Role of Self Help Groups in the National Drive of Financial Inclusion in Rural Areas of Ajmer District of Rajasthan. Awarded ICSSR Doctoral Fellowship in 2023.

Worked as PI on Project Titled 'Assessing Economic and Social Impact of Self-Help Group Movement in Rajasthan' Awarded by ICSSR under IMPRESS Scheme, budget Rs.10 lakhs, duration: July 24, 2019 to November 15, 2021, status: completed.

Worked as Co-PI on Project Titled ‘Engendering Evidence-Based Policy for Young People’s Reproductive Health in India’ awarded by MEASURE Evaluation (supported by USAID), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA, duration: one year (30.09.2017 to 29.09.2018), budget US$20,700, Project Completed.

Attended

Workshop Attended

  • 3rd Asia Pacific Virtual Winter School for Young and Emerging Evaluators, sponsored by Asia Pacific Evaluation Association, EvalYouth Asia Chapter, UNFPA and APC Hub, 08-10 December, 2022.
  • Training of Trainers Programme on Pedagogy Skills for Evidence-Informed Policy-Making, organised by the International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications (INASP) at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, May 28- June 1, 2012.

Invited Talks/ Resource Person

  1. Moderator of panel discussion ‘Challenges & Opportunities in Entrepreneurship & Management in the Global Academy’ in the International Conference on ‘Entrepreneurship & Management: Challenges, Issues & Opportunities in the Global Economy’. Faculty of Management, Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur. 09 November, 2019.
  2. Resource Person in AICTE ATAL Academy Online Elementary FDP on ‘Academic Leadership in Higher Education’ during 17-21 May, 2021, organised by Central University of Rajasthan.
  3. Gender equality and social transformation: A case study of self help groups in Rajasthan, Refresher Course on Gender, Media and Social Transformation (Interdisciplinary) (2 weeks) (online) at UGC HRDC, University of Rajasthan, Jaipur on 28 September 2021, from 10:45 AM to 12:15 PM. 
  4. Session Chair in ICSSR Sponsored Two Days Multi-Disciplinary National Seminar in collaboration with CURAJ and Dayanand College, Ajmer on ‘Unity in Diversity in the Works of the Versatile National Poet Subrahmanya Bharathi’, 15-16 February, 2022.
  5. Assessing Economic and Social Impact of SHG Movement in Rajasthan, at Centre for Microfinance, Jaipur on 13 September, 2022.
  6. Session Chair, Second Technical Session. One-Day National Seminar Titled “ राष्ट्र प्रेमी मानव प्रेम के उद्घोषक भारत के सुपुत्र पंडित दीनदयाल उपाध्याय” Organised by Akhil Bharatiya Sahitya Parishad, Kishangarh and Dayanand College Ajmer at Dayanand College, Ajmer. 25th November, 2022.
  7. Session Chair for Marketing and Advertising Track, Two Days International Conference on Re-Imagineering Business and Management: The Emerging Landscape, ICFAI Business School, Jaipur, 23-24 March, 2023.
  8. Session Chair at First Technical Session of Two Days Bilingual National Seminar on Vanavil K. Ravi: Bahumukhi Kavi, organised at Dayanand College, Ajmer, by Tamil Cultural Research Centre, 28-29 July, 2023. 
  9. Guest of Honour and Resource Person to deliver a talk on, ‘Rajasthan from the lens of climate change’, in Training Programme on Environment & Sustainability, organised by TERI at Mayo College Girls’ School, Ajmer on 21-22 August, 2023. 

Organized

  • Co-organised a conference on Strengthening Public Policy to Manage Emerging Health Challenges, with support from Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, during July 19-21, 2006, at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
  • Member, Organising Committee, International Conference on Optimization, Computing and Business Analysis for Sustainable Development (ICOCBASD-2015), Central University of Rajasthan, February 20-22, 2015.
  • Member, Organising Committee, Indian Council for Philosophical Research (ICPR) Sponsored Two Days Multi-Disciplinary Bi-Lingual National Seminar, Central University of Rajasthan, July 28-29, 2016. 
  • Organising Secretary, CURAJ-NCW National Seminar on Role of Women in Unpaid Care Work: Issues, Challenges and Strategies, Central University of Rajasthan, March 27-28, 2018.
  • Organising Committee member, AICTE-ATAL Online FDP on Academic Leadership for Higher Education, Central University of Rajasthan, 17-21 May, 2021.
  • Co-Convener, ICSSR Sponsored Two Days National Seminar on ‘Unity in Diversity in the Works of the Versatile National Poet Subrahmania Bharathi, 15-16 February, 2022.
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