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Smita Mukherjee

Assistant Professor
Department of Management Studies

Qualification

Masters of Philosophy, TISS,
Mumbai 2018

MMS (HR),
University of Mumbai 2009

B.Com.,
University of Mumbai 2007

Experience

12
Teaching Experience

04
Research/Industrial Experience

06
Papers Published

05
Administrative and Managerial Experience

Having grown up in a small town, Varanasi, where the facilities for education were limited then, I always dreamt of fulfilling my passion for education. Getting a good education was always on my mind since school days. I didn’t know then that soon I will get an opportunity to start pursuing my dream. I came to Mumbai after completing HSC and enrolled for B. Com. from SIES College of Arts, Science and Commerce. I then went on to acquire Masters in Management Studies (HR) from Vidyalankar Institute of Technology, affiliated to University of Mumbai.

During my stint as a student at Vidyalankar, I worked passionately towards various activities that the Institute organized, and thereafter I got an opportunity to work with my alma mater since 2009. Being an alumna of the Institute, I always shared an amazing connect with my students. Soon I developed a passion for the teaching profession which led me continue with this career, which is rather unconventional after having pursued a professional course like MMS. Having more than a decade of experience in teaching, my pedgogy spans MMS, Executive MBA, Engineering and BMS courses. My subjects include Organisational Behaviour, Human Resource Management, T & D, PMS, Strategic HRM, Business Research Methods, Human Skills to name a few. I strive to teach using contemporary cases and I also got myself trained on teaching Harvard Business cases. I have also undergone training on teaching excellence, level 1 and 2 from the faculty of University of Illinois.

My background of HR & OB enables me to conduct soft skills training on various modules for teaching and administrative staff of Vidyalankar. Apart from that I also handled a range of administrative responsibilities, such as In-charge, Summer Internship and In-charge, Final Year Projects, and the latest being In-charge Placements for MMS Students at VIT.

With a passion for continuous learning, I enrolled for integrated M.Phil-Ph.D at one of the prestigious Institutes, Tata Institute of Social Sciences in 2016 and completed my M.Phil. in 2018 in the area of Leadership. Since then I have been involved actively in research and published papers in national and international conferences including IIM Indore, IIM Bangalore, and IIM Trichy, Nirma University etc. I have also been a reviewer and a session chair of the Leadership track in conferences held at TISS and IIM Trichy. My Ph.D. work is into exploring the role of Organizational Humor and leadership effectiveness.

I am very passionate about giving back to the society, whatever I have learnt in my professional life. I assist Doctors at the Child Palliative/Oncology Dept. at the Tata Memorial Centre, Parel in conceptualizing and analysing their research on juvenile cancer patients and parents of children who are placed under palliative care.