Dr. Manju Raisinghani

Designation: Assistant Professor

Academic Area: OB-HR and Strategy

Brief Profile:

Dr. Manju Raisinghani is an Assistant Professor, OB, HRM and Strategy at Adani University. A dynamic professional with more than 20 years of rich experience, Dr Manju is practicing Human Resource Professional and instructor. She has Proficiency in HR Consultancy for Training and Development, People Management and Managing Processes and HR Systems. For 10 years, she held several leadership positions in the human resources management function and spearheaded strategic initiatives in the automotive, manufacturing, oil and shipping sectors. She has over a decade of teaching, research and consulting experience with a focus on guiding HR policies, practices and workforce planning. Some of the subjects and courses taught by her are Learning and Development, Human Resource Management, Managing Organizational Change, Organizational Behaviour, Human Resource Planning, Strategic Management, Performance and Compensation and Ethics and Corporate Governance.

She has published various research papers and cases in international publications and participated in International Conferences. Besides teaching, she is a Certified Corporate Trainer and conducted various training programs on Positive Attitude, Competency Mapping, Team Building, Leadership skills, Effective communication for Corporates. A confident, optimistic, and self-disciplined person and believes in perfection.


  • 43rd Faculty Development Program IIM Ahmedabad class of 2023
  • PhD in Human Resource , R.K. University, Rajkot 2018.
  • MBA in Finance & HR, Tolani Institute of Management Studies, 1999
  • B.Com., M. Com, MA (Industrial Psychology), and Diploma HR

Academic Experience

  • February ‘2021 till date (Internal Organizational Transfer) associated with Adani Institute of Infrastructure (Engineering & Management)
  • July ‘2019 to February 2021 associated with Oakbrook Business School, (now, Adani Institute of Digital Technology Management) Adalaj as Assistant Professor
  • June ‘2018 to November ‘2018 associated with Oak Brook College, Nirma Institute of Management and Soham Learning, Ahmedabad as Visiting Faculty
  • September ‘08 to   May ’16 with Tolani Institute of Management Studies as Assistant Professor

Industry Experience

  • November ‘2018 to July 2019 joined Kataria Automobile (HO), Ahmedabad as Manager HR
  • August ‘16 to March ’17 associated with Gokul Agro Resources Ltd., Ahmedabad as HR Consultant
  • September ’05 to April ‘08 with Balaji Enterprise, Management Consultant, Ahmedabad as  HR Executive
  • January ’02 to May ’05 with Odyssey Ways, Management Consultant, Gandhidham as Head – HR and Admin

  • Human Resource Management
  • Organization Behavior
  • Psychology

  • Linking technological innovation to Human Resources
  • Multigenerational Challenges
  • Portfolio workers

  • Case Study on “Women Empowerment at Ajanta manufacturing Ltd”, Published in GFJMR, Volume 2 January 2011, ISSN 2229-4651. P 95-102.
  • Comparison of Organizational Culture in Automobile Sector through OCTAPACE, INTERNATIONAL  FORUM OF RESEARCHERS  STUDENTS  AND  ACADEMICIAN PUBLISHED IN IBR , VOLUME 4 ISSUE 1, MARCH 2014 ISSN (Online)  2249 –5444  ISSN (Print)  2249 –8168
  • “Model of Work Life Balance Explaining Relationship Constructs” in International Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering & Management (ISSN 2319 – 4847), Volume 3, Issue 2, this paper can be downloaded from IJAIEM official website from the following link.  http://ijaiem.org/volume3issue2/IJAIEM-2014-02-17-028.pdf
  • “Managing Employee Attrition – An empirical Study in Education Sector” in Indian Journal of Applied Research (ISSN 2249 – 555X), Volume 5, Issue 4, April 2015.
  • Chapter titled “Emotional Intelligence: its Connection to HRD Theory and Practice”, published in book named Interdisciplinary Studies in Management by Dr.Keyur Nayak & Dr.Bhavesh Vanpariya, 9781308545226 ISBN-13, 1308545223 ISBN-10 by Tata McGraw Hill Publishing House, New Delhi.
  • Understanding Job Satisfaction among School Teachers during COVID 19 – Pandemic Published in Purakala with (ISSN 0971-2143), Vol. 31, Issue 39, May 2020. https://www.purakala.com/index.php/0971-2143/issue/view/56(UGC Care Listed)
  • COVID 19 Pandemic A stress test for Nurses and Paramedic staff, IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science, ISSN : 2279-0837, Volume No. : 25, Issue No. : 7, July 2020. Article DOI : 10.9790/0837-2507075162. iosrjournals.org

http://www.iosrjournals.org/iosr-jhss/pages/25(7)Series-7.html. (UGC Care Listed)

Training/Workshops/Conferences Attended

  • FDP – Teaching Tools and Techniques for Management Teachers – by Institute of Management, Nirma University on 19th – 21st November 2009.
  • FDP – How to Write Research Paper – by Tolani Institute of Management Studies on 19th – 20th December 2009.
  • FDP – Use of Statistical Computer Packages (SPSS & Gretl) in Research – by Tolani Institute of Management Studies on 19th – 21st February 2011.
  • International conference on Human Resource Management, organized by Ganpat University, GCeMP, Mehsana Ahmedabad ,  February 24th-26th 2011.
  • Management Development Program on Human Resource Management and Development by Ahmedabad Management Association September 6th – 7th 2011
  • Workshop – Mind Power Management by Gandhidham Collegiate Board 19th September 2011.
  • International Conference – Research in Management: Lessons for India by Tolani Institute of Management Studies, 10th – 11th December 2011.
  • 9th AIMS International Conference on Management, organized at Foundation for Liberal and Management Education, Pune. 01st – 04th January 2012.
  • 10th AIMS International Conference on Management organized by IIM Bangalore, Bangalore.6th -9th January, 2013.
  • International Research Conference, 2013 organized by Indian Education Society’s Management college and Research Centre, Mumbai February 21-22, 2013.
  • Workshop – The Need of the Hour, organized by Gandhidham Collegiate Board 05th September 2013.
  • Management Development Program on Train the Trainer (TTT) by Ahmedabad Management Association September 11th – 13th 2013
  • International Conference on Innovative Business Strategies, organized by Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune. March 28-29, 2014
  • Seminar on “We the Teachers”, organized by Gandhidham Collegiate Board 05th September 2014.

Moonlighting the Dark Side of Flexibility

  • Designed HR Systems, HR Policies, Practices and Implementation at Gokul Agro Resources Ltd., Ahmedabad
  • Done consultancy project at Rishi Kiran roadlines Pvt. Ltd., the project on Bench Marking Practices in Transport Industry.
  • Successfully completed  project at Welspun India Ltd. Anjar on competency Mapping and identifying the training need analysis for workforce.
  • Done a research based project on identifying the leadership traits and their impact on effectiveness in the organization. This project was done in Shipping Industry in Gandhidham
  • Designed the Performance Appraisal System at JMD oils Gandhidham . Leading oil Manufacturing Company in Kutch region.
  • Designed the HR systems policies and practices at M.G.Bhawnani constructions Pvt. Ltd. Adipur Kutch.
  • Associated with various consultants for conducting training programs on communication skills, employability skills and soft skills as required by the organization.

  • Management Development Programs
  • Conducted training at IFFCO Kandla for supervisor level of employees on Positive attitude and Work Culture for two days.
  • Conducted training at Al Cargo Mundra for junior level employees on Team Building and Positive Attitude for one day.
  • Conducted training program for Ratnamani Metals and Tubes on Team Development and Wok Culture for middle level employees.