Brief Profile

Dr. Ajith Kumar V.V has done his Ph.D. in the area of Industrial Relations and has done his MBA in Human Resource Management from Andhra University. He has undergone a course on Cross Cultural Management & Problem Solving from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. His research areas are Leadership, HR flexibility, Business Ethics and Diversity Management. He has conducted many executive programs in the areas of Leadership, Conflict & Negotiation to employees of corporates like Gulf air, Wipro etc. He has more than 20 years of teaching experience in reputed business schools like ICFAI, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management in India. He also worked as a faculty member at Bahrain Training Institute in the Kingdom of Bahrain for one year. He teaches business subjects like Human Resource Management, Organizational behavior, Strategic Management, Business Ethics Leadership and Innovation. He believes in core values of team work and trust.

Recent Scholarly Work

• Publications

  • Fernandes, S., Gupta, P., & Kumar, V. A. (2019). Relationship between work motivation scale and TPACK. Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education.
  • Pradhan, S. & Ajithkumar, V. V.  (2019). A Study of the Effect of Vipassana Meditation Practices on Employees’ Satisfaction with Life. International Journal of Public Sector Performance Management, 5 (3/4), 481-499. DOI: 10.1504/IJPSPM.2019.101070
  • Chavali, K., & Kumar, A. (2018). Adoption of Mobile Banking and Perceived Risk in GCC. Banks and Bank Systems, 13(1), 72.
  • Behl, A., Rathi, P., & Kumar, V. A. (2018). Sustainability of the Indian auto rickshaw sector: identification of enablers and their interrelationship using TISM. International Journal of Services and Operations Management, 31(2), 137-168.
  • Pradhan, S. &Ajithkumar, V. V. (2017). A Study of the Effect of Vipassana Meditation on Psychological Well-Being of Employees and Impact of Demographic Factors on Meditation Outcomes. Vipassana Research Institute (VRI).
  • Kumar, V. A., & Rai, S. (2017). Role of human resource flexibility in organisational performance: a study of Indian IT firms. International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management, 14(3), 306-325.
  • Pradhan, S., & VV, A. K. (2017). VIPASSANA MEDITATION: AN EFFECTIVE PRACTICE FOR POSITIVE CHANGES IN EMPLOYEES. Skyline Business Journal, 13(1), 45-62.
  • Behl, A., Sheorey, P., Nayak, S., & Kumar, V. V. (2017, March). Role of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in participatory democracy: A forerunner to an egalitarian society. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (pp. 107-116). ACM.
  • VV, A. K., & Kota, S. (2017). Succession Planning-A Success Story–A case study of Skyline University College.
  • Pradhan, S. & Ajithkumar, V. V.  (2017). The Impact of Vipassana Meditation Practices on Psychological Wellbeing of Employees.  International Journal of Applied Business and Economic Research, 15 [16 (Part - II)], 363- 379. ISSN: 0972-7302 http:www.serialsjournals.com
  • Behl, A., Sheorey, P., Nayak, S., & Kumar, V. V. (2017, March). Role of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in participatory democracy: A forerunner to an egalitarian society. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (pp. 107-116). ACM.
  • PRADHAN, S., VV, A. K., & MANJU, S. (2016). EFFECT OF VIPASSANA MEDITATION ON MINDFULNESS AND LIFE SATISFACTION OF EMPLOYEES. CLEAR International Journal of Research in Commerce & Management, 7(3).
  • Pradhan, S., Ajithkumar, V. V., & Singh M.  (2016). Effect of Vipassana Meditation on Mindfulness and Life satisfaction of employees. International Journal of Research in Commerce & Management (IJRCM), 7 (3), 11-16. ISSN 0976-2183.
  • Chavali.K.,& Kumar.A. (2015). Vulnerability of Indian Health Insurance Industry to Frauds, European Journal of Economics, Finance and Administrative Sciences, Issue 73, 146-154,
  • Kumar Ajith, Vidyasagar A, Sharma Aarti Mehta (09/2014) Eco friendly practices - Examining for Differences. GE - International Journal of management research, 2(9) : 33-65

• Conferences

   

  • Mavuri, S., Chavali, K., & Kumar, A. (2019, November). A study on imperative innovation eco system linkages to map Sustainable Development Goal 9. In 2019 International Conference on Digitization (ICD) (pp. 142-147). IEEE.
  • Behl, A., Sheorey, P., Nayak, S., & Kumar, V. A. (2017, March). Role of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in participatory democracy: A forerunner to an egalitarian society. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance (pp. 107-116).