Ms. Priya

Priya is a doctoral scholar in the Strategy department of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. She did her Bachelor’s in Technology (B.Tech.) from the National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur. She has 4 years of industry experience in a manufacturing plant, a consulting firm, and an early-stage startup.

Her research interests lie around social entrepreneurship, transitional entrepreneurship, and inclusive businesses. Her work has been accepted for presenting at top national and international conferences like INDAM, SMF, ICSB World Congress, Academy of Management (AoM), European Group for Organizational Studies (EGOS), and Social Entrepreneurship Summit (SES). She was the only participant from India(out of 9 participants across the world) to be selected for the prestigious Social Entrepreneurship Doctoral Seminar in 2022 at the University of Washington, Seattle, USA. Her experience at the Shodh yatra (by Prof. Anil Gupta) and Jagriti yatra (both as a Yatri and later as a Facilitator) has shaped her research in this field. She has taken social entrepreneurship sessions for Mahatma Gandhi National Fellows at IIM Ahmedabad and has been an online guest speaker for Gandhi Fellow Alumni (Piramal Foundation).