Faculty DBS University

Dr. Ashish Arya

Designation : Associate Professor
Management (HR & OB)

Dr. Ashish Arya is currently working as an Associate Professor of Organization Behaviour and Human Resources atDoon Business School. He is Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics & Instrumentation), MBA (Human Resource Management), MA (Psychology), UGC NET, and PhD. He has 14 years of experience in teaching MBA students. He is also a certified counselling professional from Counsellors Council of India (CRN No.- CRN9773675).

Dr. Arya has publishedvarious research papers indexed in SCOPUS, UGC Care-Listed journals andhas published books and book chapters with publisher like Taylor and Francis. He is a reviewer for many reputed journals too.

Dr. Arya was also the Managing Editor of Gurukul Business Review (indexed in Web of Science, a peer-reviewed journal of FMS, Gurukula Kangri Deemed to be University) for the last 03 years, other than research, Dr. Arya did a consultancy project for Anchor Electricals Ltd in which he helped the company utilize their CSR fund for the right cause in district Haridwar, India.

Dr. Arya is a keen learner, having updated his research and psychology subject knowledge through courses from institutions such as Elsevier Researcher Academy, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Wesleyan University, Univ. of Florida, and Univ. of London. His top five strengths as per the VIA character strength test are: Love, Love of Learning, Hope, Fairness, and Social Intelligence. His areas of interest revolve around human resource development and leadership.

Qualification

  • PhD in Management from Uttarakhand Technical University, Uttarakhand, India.
  • Qualified National Eligibility Test (NET) 2015.
  • MA (Psychology) from Uttarakhand Open University, India.
  • MBA (Human Resources) - Gurukula Kangri (Deemed to be University), Haridwar, India.
  • B.E. (Electronics and Instrumentation) - RGEC College, Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut, India.

Professional Experience

  • Teaching - 14 (year)
  • Industry - 3 (year)
  • Total = 17 (year)

Reputed Research and Publications (Published)

  1. Dhiman, A., Arya, A., & Madan, P. (2023).Institutionalization of Leadership Culture (ILC): A Key to Successful Industry 4.0 Transformation.  In Agile Leadership for Industry 4.0: An Indispensable Approach for the Digital Era ( pp 97-116 ). Apple Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003314615 .
  2. Arya, A., Nath, V., & Madan, P. (2023). A Concise Handbook of Business Research: Special Emphasis on Data Analysis Using MS-Excel and R (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003436980.
  3. Vashist, R. P., Arya, A., & Dhiman, A. (2021). An Analysis of e-Governance and Its Impact on the Profitability of MSMEs: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach. FIIB Business Review, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/23197145211032729.
  4. Sharma, K., Ahuja, D., Arya, A., & Dhiman, A. (2021). I Am Here to Stay: Customer and Employee Engagement in an M-Commerce World. In Critical Issues on Changing Dynamics in Employee Relations and Workforce Diversity (pp. 143-159). IGI Global. DOI:10.4018/978-1-7998-3515-8.ch008.
  5. Arya, A., and Dhiman, A.(2021). Book Review: HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership. IITM Journal of Business Studies, Vol 09, Issue 01.
  6. Arya, A. (2020), "Book review", Vilakshan - XIMB Journal of Management, Vol. 17 No. 1/2, pp. 197-199. https://doi.org/10.1108/XJM-10-2020-104.
  7. Arya, A. (2017). Recruitment and Selection Strategies and Their Impact On Business Performance A Case of Selected Banks (Doctoral thesis, Uttarakhand Technical University). Shodhganga. http://hdl.handle.net/10603/173818.
  8. Kishore, R. and Arya, A. (2011). A Relationship Between Vision and Work Efficiency Gurukul Business Review, Vol-07, pp 107-111.

Reputed Research and Publications (Published)

  • Project Name: ‘Project Arogya’- External Evaluation Report 2017-2018
  • A community health project done by Rajat Shahri Evam Gramothan Sansthan for Anchor Electricals Ltd under its CSR initiative.

Workshops Conducted as a Resource Person – 07

International Certifications: Certified Peer Reviewer Course from Elsevier Research Academy, Data Analytics course from MIT, Causal Modelling course from Harvard University, Positive Psychology course from Univ. of Pennsylvania, Social Psychology course from Wesleyan University, Know Thyself - The Value and Limits of Self-Knowledge: The Unconscious course from Univ. of Edinburgh, Introduction to Psychology course from Yale University, Personality Types at Work from Univ. of Florida.