Dr Itam Urmila Jagadeeswari

Assistant Professor-Senior Scale

Dr. Urmila Itam is an Assistant Professor-Senior Scale specializing in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management at the Department of Commerce, Manipal Academy of Higher Education. She received her PhD in 2017 from the Central University of Hyderabad and a Master’s degree in 2012 from Andhra University, India. Previously, she worked as a junior and senior research fellow at the Central University of Hyderabad. Her research focuses on the Future of Work, Metaverse, Automation and digital technologies, employee experience management, and leadership. Urmila’s work has been published in key journals such as The International Journal of Manpower, The TQM Journal, and the European Journal of Training and Development. She has over 15 publications indexed in Scopus and Web of Science, ranked under ABDC and ABS rankings.

Department of Commerce-Bengaluru

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    Assistant Professor-(Senior Scale)
    (Research and Teaching)

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Semester / Year
Management and Behavioural Process 3

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
Phd (Research and Teaching) Central University of Hyderabad 2017
Masters Human Resource Management Andhra University 2011
Bachelors Electronics and Computer Science Andhra University 2009

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
MAHE Assistant Professor- Senior Scale (Research and Teaching) Assistant Professor- Senior Scale 2024-till present
JAIN (Deemed to be University) Assistant Professor Assistant Professor June 2021 to June 2024
REVA University Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Oct 2016 to June 2021

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management

Area of Expertise

Research Methods/ Advance Research Methods, Human Resource Professionals in Business, HR Analytics, Digital HR/Technology HR

Area of Research

Interactive technologies and smart education, Future of Work, Digital Transformation, Employee Experience, Leadership, Metaverse.

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

Member in NHRD, SHRM, L&D networks. 

Publications : 

1)Future of work from everywhere: a systematic review

https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-06-2022-0288 

2) Centrality of psychological well-being of IT employees during COVID-19 and beyond
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40622-023-00334-3

3) Examining the structural relationship between Employee Branding, TQHRM and  Sustainable Employability Outcome in Indian Organized Retail
https://doi.org/10.1108/EJTD-05-2019-0072

4) HRD indicators and branding practices: a viewpoint on the employer brand building process
 https://doi.org/10.1108/EJTD-05-2019-0072

Google Scholar Link :

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=K361Ch4AAAAJ

Exploring the structural relationships of internal branding employer branding employee engagement and outcome variables in Indian organized retail

Future of Work, Digital Technologies Urmila Itam

Thesis Details

Critical success factors of offline and online education – A blended learning model

2024 (159999/2022-CO/L) Interactive Thechnologies and Higher Education Urmila Itam

Copyright

03-04-2023 Design Patent 380814-001

Face-Recognizing Biometric Emailing System