Prof. Pragya Gupta
MBA, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Programme Director (PGDM)
Contact
Email: pragya.g@jaipuria.ac.in
Location: Jaipuria Noida
Experience
Academic: 11 years
Industry: 13 years
Teaching Areas
HR-OB
Biography
Prof. Pragya Gupta is an Assistant Professor in the HR and OB Areas at Jaipuria Institute of Management. She graduated in Sociology from Miranda House where she was the recipient of a National Scholarship from the Ministry of HRD being a Delhi University topper. She has been awarded a Ph.D. on the topic of ‘Workplace Spirituality’ from the University School of management studies, Guru Gobind Singh, Indraprastha University, Delhi, and is a lifetime member of IAMSR (International Association of Management, Spirituality, and Religion).
Her area of research interest is in workplace spirituality, employee wellbeing, work-life conflict, burnout, etc. She is accredited with close to 18 papers and articles in journals of national and international repute and proceedings of national and international conferences.
She has close to 13 plus years of prior experience in Corporate HR with MNCs like Headstrong LLC, GE, NEC-HCL Technologies, etc. Her last corporate stint was with SAP Labs as North India Head HR where she was responsible for approx. 1000 employees. She has extensive corporate work experience in the areas of strategic business HR, competency management & development, compensation & benefits, salary benchmarking, HRIMS, performance management, communication & coordination, Learning & organizational development, employee engagement, employee surveys and people pulse, HR operational excellence, statutory HR compliances, etc.
She is currently serving as Programme Director for the PGDM programme (1st year) at Jaipuria Institute of Management, India's one of the top management Colleges in Noida, Delhi NCR. Apart from taking courses in the HR/OB area, she has been involved in executing specific workshops/seminars for students on topics like “Workplace Ethics” and “Business Environment and Social Sustainability”. She has also conducted various MDPs on topics such as “Anger Management and Ego Cleansing”, “Spiritual Intelligence”, “Interpersonal Skills”, “Work-life balance”, “Diversity and Inclusion”, “Recruiting strategies”, etc.
Research
List of major Research Publications and paper presented:
Khatri, P., & Gupta, P. (2021). Validation of spirituality at work scale in Indian context.JIMS8M: The Journal of Indian Management & Strategy,26(1), 34-44.
Gupta, P.andSrivastava, S.(2020). Work–life conflict and burnout among working women: a mediated moderated model of support and resilience. International Journal of Organizational Analysis. Vol. 29 No. 3, pp. 629-655.https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOA-12-2019-1993
Khatri, P.andGupta, P.(2019). Development and validation of employee wellbeing scale – a formative measurement model.International Journal of Workplace Health Management, Vol. 12 No. 5, pp. 352-368.https://doi.org/10.1108/IJWHM-12-2018-0161
Khatri, P., & Gupta, P. (2019). Significance of demographic variables in the study of Workplace Spirituality. UNNAYAN: International Bulletin of Management and Economics, Vol. 11, 340-450.
Khatri, P., & Gupta, P. (2017). Empirical evaluation of positive organisational politics: an Indian context.International Journal of Management Concepts and Philosophy,10(4), 392-404.
Khatri, P. & Gupta, P. (2017). Workplace Spirituality: A Predictor of Employee Wellbeing. Asian Journal of Management; 8(2):284-292.
Khatri, P. & Gupta, P. (2016). A study of relationship of perceived organizational politics and spirituality at workplace in IT and ITES organizations. Global Journal of Enterprise Information System, Jan-March 2016 Vol-8 Iss-1
Khatri, P. & Gupta, P. (2016). Correlational study of individual personality differences and spirituality at workplace. DIAS Technology Review. Iss 24, Oct 15 – Mar 2016.
Khatri, P. & Gupta, P. (2016). Spirituality at Work and Workplace Positivity. In Mittal, S., Khatri, P. & Raina, K. (Eds.), National Conference on Management by Optimism (pp.79-88). Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd.
Gupta, P. & Khatri, P. (2015). Workplace Spirituality, organizational politics and Employee Wellness: A research agenda. DIAS Technology Review. Iss 23, Apr- Sep 2015.
Khatri, P., & Gupta, P. (2015). Correlates of HRM Practices and Organizational Commitment of Retail Employees in Delhi-NCR.Asia-Pacific Journal of Management Research and Innovation,11(2), 95-107.
Khatri, P. & Gupta, P. (2014). Correlates of technology orientation, social media usage and ethical disposition of generation Y employees in Delhi NCR.DIAS Technology Review. 11(2).
Khatri, P. & Gupta, P. (2014, November). Towards an understanding of individual personality differences and spirituality at workplace. Paper presented at the 3rd International conference on SPIRITUALITY: The Essence of Ethical Leadership and Management. School of Management Sciences, Varanasi.
Khatri, P. & Gupta, P. (2014, November). Emergence of Workplace Spirituality as a management paradigm: A Literature Review. Paper presented at National Conference on Mind Management for management. University School of Management Studies, GGSIPU, Delhi.
Khatri, P. & Gupta, P. (2013). A study of Perceptions of HR practices and Job Satisfaction among Retail Sector Employees in Delhi-NCR. In Lather A.S., Khatri, P. & Jain, S. (Eds.), National Conference on Mind and Management (pp.114-129). Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd.
Khatri, P. & Gupta, P. (2012). A study of workplace attitudes and behaviours of Generation Y employees. In Lather A.S., Khatri, P. & Jain, S. (Eds.), National Conference on Managing Generation Y @ Workplace (pp.200-214). Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd.
Achievements and Awards:
Merit holder in Delhi University -Recipient of National Scholarship granted by HRD Dept, Govt. of India on securing second position in BA (H) in Delhi University from Miranda House
Best Artist Award in Inter-College Competition at Miranda House