Faculty

Jaya Ahuja holds a Ph.D. in Organisational Behaviour from the Department of Social Work, Jamia Millia Islamia University. She has an M.Phil from ICFAI University Tripura, an MBA in HR and a Diploma in Labour Law & Labour Welfare. She is UGC NET qualified and holds a diploma in “Coaching & Mentoring” from the Scottish Qualification Authority, UK. She has 10 years of teaching and research experience. Her areas of expertise are Organisational Behaviour, Human Resource Management, Training & Development, and Conflict Management & Negotiation.

Her research interests are Organisational Climate & Culture, Work-Life Integration, Virtual Teams, Green HR Practices and Job Crafting. She has published papers in peer-reviewed journals, articles in Indian Management, Careers 360 and presented papers in National and International Conferences. She was a Principal Consultant for a Consultancy Assignment on “Strategic Human Resource Management” for IHRM, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka in 2012. She is a Principal Investigator for a government-sponsored project for conducting “Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp” funded by DST-NIMAT in 2017-18.

Apart from teaching and research, she likes travelling, studying Indian Culture and Meditation.

She has 15 years of teaching and research experience. Her research interests are Sustainable HR Practices, Leadership,Work-Life Integration, Virtual Teams and sustainability.

• Graduation In: Business Administration
• Graduation From: North Maharashtra University
• Graduation Year: 2006

• Post Graduation In: Management in Business Administration
• Post Graduation From: North Maharashtra University
• Post Graduation Year: 2008

• Doctorate In: HR & OB, Social Work
• Doctorate From: Jamia Millia Islamia University
• Doctorate Year: 2017

• Organizational Behavior
• Human Resource Management
• Conflict & Negotiation
• Industrial Relations & Labour Legislations

• Ahuja. J and Puppala. H, (2023) “Workplace energy conservation index (WECI): A tool for attaining energy conservation at workplace” Energy (Q1, Scopus) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2023.129511Vol. 286
• Ahuja. J et al., (2023) New technology adoption in rural areas of emerging economies: The case of rainwater harvesting systems in India” Technological Forecasting and Social Change (ABDC-A, Q1, Scopus) Vol. 196 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2023.122832
• Ahuja. J et al., (2023) “ Barriers to the adoption of new technologies in rural areas: The case of unmanned aerial vehicles for precision agriculture in India” Technology in Society (ABDC- C & Q1, Scopus) Vol. 74 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techsoc.2023.102335.
• Ahuja. J et al., (2023) “E-Leadership Is Un(usual): Multi-Criteria Analysis of Critical Success Factors for the Transition from Leadership to E-Leadership” Sustainability (Q1 & Scopus) Vol. 15 https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086506
• Bhanot. N and Ahuja. J (2022) “A Sustainable Economic Revival Plan for Post COVID-19 using Machining Learning Approach – A Case Study in Developing Economy Context” Benchmarking: An International Journal Vol. ahead of print (ABDC-B & Q1, Scopus) https://doi.org/10.1108/BIJ-09-2021-0564
• Ahuja. J et al., (2022) “Green leadership and pro-environmental behavior: A moderated mediation model with rewards, self-efficacy, and training” International Journal of Ethics and Systems Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOES-02-2022-0041 ABDC-C, Q1, Scopus)
• Ahuja. J (2021) (in press) “Influence of organizational climate on employee engagement: Personality type as a moderator” International Journal of Business Excellence Inderscience publishers Scopus
• Paul. R and Ahuja J (2021) “Outsourcing Online Marketing: Dilemma in Partner Selection at Creating Values Pvt Ltd.” SAGE Business Cases.
• Ahuja J et al. (2019) “Human critical success factors, do they matter? In the adoption of sustainable manufacturing: Influential mapping analysis of multi-company perspective” Journal of Cleaner Production Vol 239 (1) ABDC-A, ABS **, Scopus https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.117981

• Distinction 1 : 2nd Best Research Paper Award in Bharati Vidyapeeth in National Conference for Green Management Practices for a paper titled “A study on Organizational Image and Job applicants : Green Practices” on Jan 21-22 2012.
• Distinction 2 : Best Faculty Award in September 2012 and “STAR PERFORMER” in 2014 at ITM University, Gurgaon for valuable contribution in Teaching, Research, Institution Building.
• “White Belt in Variation Reduction” by American Society for Quality, 2015.

• Principal Consultant for a Consultancy Assignment with University of Colombo on “Strategic Human Resource Management” for 73 working executives. Consultancy agreement signed for 22 lacs at The NORTHCAP University, 2012.
• Principal Investigator for a Sponsored Project by DST NIMAT worth 60,000/- for conducting Entrepreneurship Awareness Camp, 2017-18.