Name : Dr Vidhi Agrawal
Designation : Associate Professor
Qualification : M.Com., PhD, ACS, LL.B, PGDM(HRM)
Areas of Expertise : Human Resource Management and Law
Total Experience : 15 Years 7 months
Email id : vidhiagrawal@akgim.edu.in
Additional Details
Brief Bio : Dr Vidhi Agrawal is Associate Professor in the area of Human Resource Management and Law at Ajay Kumar Garg Institute of Management, Ghaziabad. Dr. Vidhi teaches papers in Human Resource Management and Law at AKGIM. She has more than Fifteen years of teaching and research experience. She has been actively involved in research and publications and has published/presented research papers in International/National journals and International conferences. She has presented papers at the conferences held at IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore and IIM Lucknow. Prof. Agrawal has been actively organizing conferences and organizes MDPs for senior and middle level executives. Her contributions and performance in teaching, conducting research, MDPs and conferences have been highly appreciated.
Prof. Agrawal holds the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and is the Associate Member of “The Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) Prof. Agrawal also holds degree of Master of Commerce (M.Com.) and Bachelor of Legislative Law (LL.B).
At present she holds the position of Asst. Professor – HRM and Law at Ajay Kumar Garg Institute of Management Prof. Agrawal has instilled a greater sense of academic discipline, rigor and quality improvement in the entire course she taught. She took keen interest in improving the research environment and bringing the reform in the process of study which is critical for the standard and excellence of business education.
Area of Research Interest : Human Resource Management andBusiness &Corporate Law
Administrative Responsibilities handled at AKGIM :
Taking care of AAYAM (AKGIM Journal for Research) as Editor.
1. Taking AAYAM to the new heights by promoting, both nationally, and internationally.
2. Liasoning with the various agencies like PRO QUEST, CABELL'S DIRECTORY, SCOPUS, UGC for insertion of the AAYAM in their prestigious index.
3. Looking after the website updating in relation to AAYAM Journal for e.g. preparing and updating peer review policy, reviewer’s policy, award policy, etc.
4. Maintaining Records of Faculty Research and Publications in the capacity of Chairperson (Research and Publications)
Student Affair
1. Planning and organizing Inter-Institutional events, such as SamatvaSpardha for the last five years.
2. Coordinationfor the Fresher’s party in Liasoning with AKGEC
3. Organizing the Farewell Party for MBA students ADIEU for the last five years.
4. Encouraging the students to participate in the other colleges' events and to make the necessary arrangement required for the students' participation
5. Looking after the society “samatva” which is divided into three academics clubs – Hrythm, Monetrix ,Markxenia
Allied Academic Responsibilities
1. Counseling Fresher students in order to prepare them for life ahead and for adjusting in hostels.
2. InductionProgram organizer for MBA New Batch from last two years.
HR and Training Function
Preparation of Competency Matrix, Training needs Analysis, Maintaining training records and feedback forms as per the requirements .
PUBLICATIONS (Full Details) :
Publications in National & International Journals
1. Agrawal, Vidhi,” “Transition to Higher Education-Progressive overview” published in The Management Accountant-Journal of the Institute of Cost and Work Accountants of India.(Vol.46No.2),February 2011
2. Agrawal, Vidhi, “God Lives There Where Women Are To Be Worshipped- Gender View Point – Journal of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Vol. 58, No. 7, January 2010
3. Agrawal Vidhi, ”Managing the diversified team: Challenges and Strategies for Improving Performance” published in Emerald Team Performance Management Journal, Year 2012,Vol.18,Issue 7/8 pp.384-400 ISSN 1352-7592
4. Agrawal Vidhi, “Leading the High Performance Team-Do the leaders’ need continuous training for managing high performance Team” published in North Star, The Souvenir of Indian Society of Training And Development(ISTD)Northern Region. March 2013
5. Agrawal Vidhi (2013) “ The New BRICS on the Block : A comparative analysis of Corporate Governance System.” AAYAM AKGIM Journal Of Management Vol.No. 3.Issue 1&2 ,Page No: 23 to 33.
6. Agrawal, Vidhi (2012) “Organizations in the new Millenium Challenges and Opportunities: Guest Editorial for the Emerald Team Performance Management Journal Vol.18 Issue 7/8 ISSN 1352-7592
7. Agrawal Vidhi (2014)“Being certain in the times of Uncertainty- A Growth Perspective” published in 25th Annual Convention of GMA , “Growth in times of Uncertainty”, Page no: 54- 59
8. Agrawal Vidhi(2017) “Digital Barter : Converting Limitations into Opportunities in Demonetization Era.” Chapter published in the Book Demonetization published by Bloomsbury Publication ISBN: 9789386643094
9. Agrawal Vidhi(2017) “Violation of psychological contracts destroys relationship –Are there any chances of repair?” ‘SAARANSH-RKG Journal of Management’ Vol. 8 no. 2 Page No:54-63 ISSN 0975-4601
10. Agrawal Vidhi(2018) "Purple Squirrels- Crown of the Talent Acquisition World" ‘Vimarsh- IFTM University Journal’ “UGC Approved Journal” Vol. 9 No., 2 Page No.85-94
11. Agrawal Vidhi (2020) “Managing Migrant Workforce in the Time of Covid 19” PIMT Journal of Research Vol. 13 No. 1 “UGC Approved Journal” ISSN : 02278-7925
12. Agrawal Vidhi (2020) “Decoding the code – Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code” SAARANSH-RKG Journal of Management’ Vol. 11 No. 2 , January 2020 ISSN:0975-4601
Publications in Conference Proceedings
International Conferences:
1. Agrawal, Vidhi,” A study of the relationship between creativity and leadership in the Management Study presented in Eighth AIMS International Conference on Management held at IIM, Ahmedabad on 01- 04 January 2011
2. Agrawal, Vidhi,” Impact of International Trade on Higher Education Services.” presented in Eighth AIMS International Conference on Management held at IIM, Ahmedabad on 01- 04 January 2011
3. Agrawal, Vidhi,” Globalization-crafting the Regional Disparity” presented (abstract published in the proceedings) in International Conference on Globalization and Economic Asymmetries held at IIM, Lucknow Noida Campus on December16-18,2010
4. Agrawal, Vidhi,” Higher Education as a Knowledge Agent-A study in Globalised Era.”(Paper published in the conference proceedings published by Mac Millan)in International conference on Challenges of Globalization and strategy for competitiveness held at AKGIM on January14-15,2011
5. Agrawal, Vidhi, “Importance Of Curriculum in improving Employability skills of Management Graduates-Empirical Study” presented in Seventh AIMS International Conference on Management held at IIM, Bangalore on 20- 23 December 2009
6. Agrawal, Vidhi, “Analysis Of the effectiveness of a corporate leadership training programme-An Empirical study” presented in Seventh AIMS International Conference on Management held at IIM, Bangalore on 20-23, December 2009.
7. Agrawal, Vidhi,” International Trend in Higher Education-Impact over Indian Education System” presented(abstract Published in the Souvenir ) at National Seminar held at Government Post Graduate College, Noida
8. Agrawal, Vidhi,” Managing Diversity in the today’s Organizational Scenario – The Role of Leaders” presented at the International Conference on Organizations in the New Millennium Challenges and Opportunities held at AKGIM on 14-15 October 2011.
9. Agrawal, Vidhi ,(2015) “Cause And Effects Of Crimes By Unemployed Educated Youth – A Study From Economy Perspective” presented as a poster at International Conference on Law And Economics jointly organized by Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), Indian Institute Of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM Ahmedabad) , Indian Institute Of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) pp.89
Conferences/Seminars/FDP’s Attended
Conference Attended
"International Conference on “Reimagining Business” Focus on Challenges and Responses(London Conference)organized by Indo Gulf Marketing Association on 26th September 2020
Seminars Attended
1. Webinar on Write and Publish in High Impact Journals organized by AMP associates on 30th April 2020
2. Webinar on How to improve article acceptance rate and publish quicker’.organized by Emerald Publishing,India, in collaboration with Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University, Lucknow on May 1,2020
3. 30th National Convention of GMA organized by Ghaziabad Management Association on 31st May 2020
4. One Day Workshop on “Design Thinking” on March 30, 2019 (Saturday) at U.P. Institute of Design, Noida (AKTU Noida Campus, Sector-62, Noida
5. Editor Workshop Co-host by Elsevier and Kalanidhi, Indira Gandhi Centre for the Arts on 26th November at IGNCA, New Delhi
FDP ATTENDED
1. Five days FDP on “Case Writing & Publication: Turning Records into Powerful Teaching Tools” organized by AKGIM from 26th Dec to 30th Dec 2020
2. Eight days FDP on Research Publications and Data Modelling Techniques organized by AKGIM from26th July to 2nd August, 2020.
3. Five days FDP on psychometric Testing and Analysis organized by AKGIM from 23rd November-27th November 2020
4. 8 days FDP on Universal Human Values and Professional Ethics organized by AKTU at Meerut Institute of Engineering and Technology,Meerut from 26 th December 2018 to 2nd January 2018
5. Four week “ Online course on Leadership” organized by NPTEL-AICTE during August-September 2018 and scored 87% Marks
6. Twelve Weeks “ Online course on Performance and Reward Management” organized by NPTEL-AICTE during July-October 2019 and scored 99% Marks
Conferences/Seminars/FDP’s/MDP’s organized
CONFERENCE
1. Organized International Conference on "Organizations in the New Millennium Challenges & Opportunities" (ICON 2011), at AKGIM, Ghaziabad on 14th - 15th October 2011 in association with Indian Society for Training & Development (ISTD) Delhi Chapter.
MDP’s
Conducted Four Management Development Programs, two at AKGIM campus and two at clients place. Details are mentioned below-
1. Two Days MDP on Transitions through supervisory and Managerial Excellence at Work. organized at AKGIMin association with GMA (Ghaziabad Management Association)from30th April - 1st May 2018
2. One Day MDP on Time Management conducted for the Middle level Employees At Majestic Auto Ltd. On 23rd May 2017
3. One Day MDP on Leadership Skills conducted for the Middle level Employees AtMajestic Auto Ltd. On 7thApril 2017
4. Two Days MDP onMotivation, Teambuilding and Leadershiporganized at AKGIM from 5th February-6th February 2011
FDP’s
1. Organized Five Days Online Faculty Development Program on “Psychometric Testing and Analysis” from 23rd Nov to 27th Nov 2020.
2. Organized five days Faculty Development Program on “Building Competitive Advantage through Human Resource Analytics” during October 10 - 14, 2019.