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Ph.D. in Human Resource Management

M.B.A., Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology & Business Administration, University of Allahabad

B.Com., University of Allahabad

Prof. (Dr.) Swati Agrawal

Professor and Vice Dean

Email swati.agrawal@jgu.edu.in
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ORCID ID 0002-2510-9956
Key Expertise Sustainable career, Leadership, Gender & Career Progression, Contemporary HR Practices, Future of Work, AI and Career.

Ph.D. in Human Resource Management

M.B.A., Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology & Business Administration, University of Allahabad

B.Com., University of Allahabad

Biography

Dr. Swati Agrawal is Professor and Vice Dean at Jindal School of Banking & Finance (JSBF), O. P. Jindal Global University, Sonipat. She has over 2 decades of work experience in post graduate and undergraduate teaching, is an avid researcher, and an executive trainer. Previously she has worked with Bennett University (Times Group), Jaipuria Institute of Management, Noida and Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology, Allahabad. She has been part of important leadership and institution-building roles like University Dean (Research & Development) and Chair-Doctoral Porgramme with Bennett University, Dean (Academics) with Jaipuria Institute of Management, Chairperson- Internal Academic Quality Assurance, Chair-Individual Development Plan Committee for student’s career services in her previous assignments, and has been continuously engaged in the outcome-based teaching-learning process in her academic journey. She has published more than 40 research articles in the International and national Journals including high ranked ABDC, ABS journals. She is also on the reviewer panel of international journals, supervised doctoral scholars, and has conducted training sessions for executives/managers like NTPC, Airport Authority of India, ONGC, and others. She is trained by Harvard Business School in Case Teaching and Writing. She is the recipient of the “Certificate of Excellence for High-Impact Research" from Sage in 2023 for her highly cited research article, most Outstanding Professor Award from the World Education Congress & ET Now in 2019 and the Best Professor in Human Resource Management from the World HRD Congress & Edutech in 2022. She has received the "Woman of Excellence Award, 2023" from the Government of India recognized, 80G certified, Indian Achievers Forum. She aims to facilitate a high-impact teaching & research-driven ecosystem for faculty and students with broader impact to society.

Fundamentals of Business Functions

High Performance Work Systems

Organization Change and Transformation

Workplace Dynamics

Human Resource Management

Woman Excellence Award — Indian Achievers Forum ( 80G certified, recognised by Government of India), 2023

Excellence in Research Impact Award — Fortune Business Review & Sage Publication, 2023

Best Paper Award — International Conference on Research in Business, 2021

Best Professors in Human Resource Management — ET Now & World HRD Congress, 2019 (International Event, Mumbai)

Women Excellence Award — HR Success Talk, 2020

BIMTECH-Stough Young Scholars Award — ICMC, George Mason University collaboration, 2013

Best Faculty Performance Award — Jaipuria Institute of Management, 2010

International Journal of Hospitality Management, 2025

Personnel Review, 2023- continuous

Discover Sustainability- 2026-2027

AIMA- Life Time Membership

International Association of Technology & Management, Pittsburgh, USA, May 2025 — 'Navigating Sustainable Career: A Review'

INDAM-2024 International Conference, January 2024 — 'Do Enterprise Social Media Improve Work Performance?'

International Conference on Research in Business, IIC India, June 2021 — 'Building Subjective Career Satisfaction: Empirical Evidence from IT Industry' [Best Paper Award]

International HR Conference, K.J. Somaiya Institute, Mumbai, January 2020 — 'Transformational Leadership and Career Satisfaction'

International Conference on Management Cases, BIMTECH, November 2018 — 'Responsible Branding: The TOMS Mission'

International Conference on Emerging HR Issues, Appejay Business School, May 2014

AIMS International Conference, IIM Bangalore, December 2010

Asian Management Practices Conference, IIM Lucknow, March 2009

International Conference on Education Leadership, IIM Bangalore, January 2008

International Strategic Convention, IIT Mumbai, May 2007

Kapil, Y and Agrawal, S (2026). “Navigating Sustainable Careers: A Review and Conceptual Framework”, Australian Journal of Career Development. (B Category, Q1)

Agrawal S, Bhatia S (2026), "Optimizing social media and work performance in work from anywhere: interplay of networking and knowledge sharing". Benchmarking: An International Journal, Vol. 33 No. 7 pp. 2043–2060. (Q1)

Agrawal S, Pradhan S, Mishra DK (2026), "Does organizational pride transmit the effect of transformational leadership on employee service behavior? A study of the Indian hospitality industry". Consumer Behavior in Tourism and Hospitality, Vol. 21 No. 3 pp. 417–43, (Q2)

Agrawal, S, and Kapil, Y (2026). “The Sustainable Competitiveness Framework: A Grounded Theory Study on SME Hotels in India” in the forthcoming book Competitiveness of SMEs in Hospitality and Tourism Industry: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Forthcoming, Emerald publication (Scopus).

Kapil, Y., and S. Agrawal. 2025. “Exploring Sustainable Careers: Insights From a Bibliometric Lens.” Sustainable Development 33, no. S1: 854–872. (Q1)

Agrawal, S., Kapil, Y., Singh, S. (2024). Bridging Human Interface and Technology: A Critical Analysis of Artificial Intelligence for Hiring in the Healthcare Sector. In: Singh, R., Shafik, W., Crowther, D., Kumar, V. (eds) Transforming Healthcare Sector Through Artificial Intelligence and Environmental Sustainability. Approaches to Global Sustainability, Markets, and Governance. Springer, Singapore

Agrawal, S. and Pradhan, S.(2024), "Transformational leadership and career success: a moderated mediation model of proactive career behavior and role ambiguity", South Asian Journal of Business Studies, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Q1)

Agrawal, S. and Pradhan, S. (2023), "Employee green behavior in hotels: the role of green human resource management, green transformational leadership and value congruence", Consumer Behavior in Tourism and Hospitality, Vol 18, No. 2, (Q2)

Vijh, G., Sharma, R. & Agrawal, S. (2023) Blockchain-Enabled Intelligent Solution Using Structured Equation Modelling Based on the UTAUT Framework. SN COMPUTER. SCIENCE. 4, 738 ( Q2)

S. Pradhan, Agrawal, S and Nigam. S. (2022) “Abusive Supervision and Coping Strategies among Indian Professionals” IIMB Management Review. Vol 30. No. 4 (Q2)

Garima Vijh, Richa Sharma & Swati Agrawal (2022) “Effect of competency on employee performance and the mediating role of commitment: An empirical investigation in the IT Industry”, Journal of Information and Optimization Sciences, 43:7, 1573-158 ( Q2)

S. Pradhan, Agrawal, S. & Srivastava A. (2022), “Cyberbullying and Depression: An empirical study of Indian executives”, published in Vision: Business Perspective, (ABDC-C, Q3),

Agrawal, S. and Singh, S. (2021), "Predictors of subjective career success amongst women employees: the moderating role of perceived organizational support and marital status", Gender in Management: International Journal, Vol. 37, No. 3 (Q2)

Pandit, D. and Agrawal, S., (2021). Exploring challenges of online education in COVID times. FIIB Business Review, Vol. 11 No. 3. (Q2)

Agrawal S. (2020), "Role of Sub-constructs of Psychological Capital and Transformational Leadership in Engaging Employees in Service Sector," Business Perspectives and Research, vol. 8(2), pages 244-256 (Q2)

S. Agrawal & S. Srivastava (2018) “Organizational Commitment Leading to Career Satisfaction among Women Employees: Role of Employee Empowerment”. Indian Journal of Industrial Relation, Volume 54, No. 1, July, 2018. (Q 3)

Qadir & S. Agrawal (2018) “Human Resource Information System (HRIS): Re-engineering the Traditional Human Resource Management for Leveraging Strategic Human Resource Management” International Journal MIS REVIEW, Vol.22, Nos. ½ (Indexed in web of sciences, Q4).

S. Agrawal & V. Jain (2018) “Aligning Compensation with Business Cycle: Exploring Economics of HR” Abhigyan, Vol XXXV No 4 pp 12-21. ( Scopus, Q4)

Agrawal, S. (2017). Animesh at a Crossroad: Is HR Responsible? The Case Centre, No. 417-00-0017-

Gugnani, R. & Agrawal, S. (2015). Reaching the Poor: A Case of Bandhan Financial Services Pvt Ltd. The Case Centre, No. 816-0066-1.

S. Agrawal & Gugnani (2014) “Creating Business Models: Lessons from Social Entrepreneurship”, Inderscience International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management (Q2).

Singh, A. & Agrawal, S. (2013) ‘Determinants of Performance Management System’ edited book on Performance Management System by B. Srivastava and M. Mohapatra, Excel Publication.

Agrawal, S. (2011). “HR Framework for Winning in Economic Upswing: Content Analysis. Management and Labour Studies, 35(4), pp.429-447. ( Q2).

Agrawal, S., (2010) ‘Talent Management Model of Business Schools for Higher Education: Factor Analysis’, Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 45, No. 43. (Scopus)

Agrawal, S. and Jain, V. (2010) “A Conceptual Framework for Winning in Turbulence: An Analytical View”, Abhigyan, Jan- March 2010. (Scopus)

Agrawal, S. (2008) “Competency-Based Balanced Scorecard: An Integrative Perspective”, Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, Vol. 44, No. 1. (scopus)

Agrawal, S. (2008) “Paradigm Shift in Alignment of Business Strategy and Human Resource Strategy”, Fortune Journal of International Management, Vol 5, Number 2.
Email swati.agrawal@jgu.edu.in
ORCID ID 0002-2510-9956
Key Expertise Sustainable career, Leadership, Gender & Career Progression, Contemporary HR Practices, Future of Work, AI and Career.
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