Siddhartha Saxena

Program Chair- BBA and Faculty with Ahmedabad University. Pursued Global Faculty Development Program from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. Completed PhD on 'Gender Role Congruity in Family Businesses' in 2020.

Involved in teaching and administrative role with Ahmedabad University. Developed skills to analyze & carry out 360 degree feedbacks, CPI analysis and CVF framework, along with designing and teaching courses in the field of Organisational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Presented research work on platforms like Academy of Management (AOM), Academy of International Business (AIB), Decision Sciences, INDAM, UNESCO- APEID, PAN IIM and IIT Conferences. Besides that wrote papers for journals, cases and working papers at IIM- Ahmedabad. One of my case studies is in Harvard Business Review (HBR) collection.

My work also includes developing new courses in the field of Human Resources viz., Future of Work, Dark side of Organisations and People Analytics. The courses are based on some of the most contemporary issues of the organizations which are rested on pure application. I am associated with the development of Foundation program on water where I am involved in behavior and systems domain of organizations.

Recipient of 2022 Fetzer MSR Scholarship. Recipient of 2020 Ideas Worth Teaching Award by the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program for the course 'Future of Work'. Awarded Best IB Teaching-related panel award by Teaching and Education Shared Interest Group of AIB at AIB, Copenhagen 2019. Panelist, Silver Screen Solutions: Teaching Management Topics Using Recently Released Films, for the 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2019. Best Paper Award at iNYS 2019 on Social Interventions in Family businesses of Gujarat at Gujarat University. Won Best Young Case Writer award by ET cases at FLAME conference.

Research Interests:

• Counterproductive Work Behavior, Leaveism, People Analytics, SNA, Family Businesses (Focus on Succession Planning).

Teaching Interests:

Counterproductive Work Behavior, Leaveism, People Analytics, Network Theory.

Involved in teaching the following courses:

• Future of Work
• Dark Side of Organisations
• People Analytics
• Industrial relations and Labour Laws
• Human Resource Management
• Organizational Behaviour
• Strategic Human Resource Management
• Organisation Process
• Human Capital Management
• Behavior Lab
• Identity and Behavior
• Network & Behaviour [involves SNA (Social Network Analysis)]

BOOK

• Saxena, S., Dash, S. (2015) Women at Workplace: Work Family Interfaceby Lambert publication. ISBN 978-3659709715.

Awards and Honor

• Recipient of 2022 Fetzer MSR Scholarship by the Fetzer Institute and Management, Spirituality and Religion (MSR) Interest group of the Academy of Management.
• Recipient of 2020 Ideas Worth Teaching Award by the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program for the course 'Future of Work'.
• Among the top 6 finalists for the 2021 Fox International Business Case Writing Competition organized by Fox School of Business, Temple Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER) and Ivey Publishing.
• Microsimulation Vaccine in the times of pandemic was awarded third position in the GBSN’21 Microsimulation Lab competition in 2021. It is registered with Capsim as an inbox microsimulation.
• Recipient of AIMS International Outstanding Young Management Teacher Award, 2020.
• Recipient of Chairman’s Award for Teaching by Ahmedabad University on the Founder’s Day 2021 and Chairman’s Award For Institution Building as part of the Foundation Program Team (Water Domain).
• Awarded Best IB Teaching-related panel award by Teaching and Education Shared Interest Group of AIB at AIB, Copenhagen 2019.
• Panelist, Silver Screen Solutions: Teaching Management Topics Using Recently Released Films, for the 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2019.
• Best Paper Award at iNYS 2020 on Research on Family businesses at Gujarat University.
• Best Paper Award at iNYS 2019 on Social Interventions in Family businesses of Gujarat at Gujarat University.
• Won Best Young Case Writer award by ET cases at FLAME conference.