Biography

Dr. Arjun Chakravorty has a PhD degree from Indian Institute of Management, Raipur in the Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management area. He has completed his PGDM from T.A.PAI Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal and B.E. in Information Technology from Pt. Ravi Shankar Shukla University. 

His doctoral dissertation is in the area of employee burnout where he has identified the antecedents, consequences and buffers of burnout among school educators in India. Apart from burnout, his other research interests include employee engagement, health and well-being, work/family conflict, abusive supervision, digital transformation of Human Resources, work meaningfulness, and emotional intelligence.

Prior to starting his PhD, he was the Program Manager for the ICDS Leadership Program, an intervention aimed at district-level ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services) officers to help them lead their respective teams in delivering an effective ECCE (Early Childhood Care and Education) program. He was also a Teach for India fellow, where he taught children from underserved communities.

Before his stint in the social sector, he had spent 8 years in the corporate sector, working with organizations like Oracle, HCL Infosystems, and IMS Learning Resources, among others. 

Arjun has presented papers at reputed national and international conferences like the National Academy of Psychology and the Australia and New Zealand Academy of Management. His papers have been published in ABDC and Scopus-indexed journals.