Dr Sanyukta Jolly - IILM Lodhi Road

Dr Sanyukta Jolly

Designation: Professor
Department: Organisation Behaviour and Human Resources

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Currently, I am working as a Professor OB & HRM at IILM Lodhi Road, New Delhi, India.

I have held many leadership positions as Dean PGDM & Dean UG for BSc (Hons) Business and Management program offered in collaboration with University of Bradford, UK. I am also responsible for the International Partnerships at IILM and have successfully initiated and completed many partnership arrangements with various foreign universities in Europe, Canada and Australia.

I have a teaching experience of 20 plus years and I teach various undergraduate, graduate and executive level courses: core courses of OB & HRM. I have also been nominated and awarded the “best faculty award” from IILM for three consecutive years, in 2019, 2020 & 2021.

I was awarded the PhD degree in 2009 in the area of HRM from Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. I am a Psychology graduate and have completed Bachelors, Masters and MPhil in Psychology from University of Delhi.

I have successfully planned, executed and trained professionals across a wide range of leadership and behavioral skills. I have been actively involved with training executives and have been regularly conducting workshops in the area of soft skills on topics like Emotional Intelligence; Attitude Change and Anger Management; Conflict and Stress Management in various private and public sector organizations like Engineers India Limited (EIL), Airport Authority of India (AAI), GAIL Training Institute, Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) & Military Engineer Services (MES). I have also conducted training for IAS and IPS officers on HR related skills.

Areas of Expertise

  • Organizational Behavior
  • Human Resource Management
  • Psychology

Qualifications/Education

  • Ph.D. in Human Resource Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (IITD), 2008
  • Masters and MPhil in Psychology, University of Delhi, 1998 & 1999

Professional Experience

  • Professor: I teach undergraduate and post graduate courses in the area of HR

Courses Taught

  • Human Resource Management
  • Organizational Dynamics
  • Talent Acquisition
  • Performance & Compensation Management
  • Minds & Machines
  • Personality and Intelligence

Research Interests


  • My research interests are in the area of Employee Engagement; Organizational Commitment; Leadership in the VUCA world; Performance Management; Competency Mapping; Training and Development; Organizational Stress and Personality, Cyberloafing, Employee wellbeing & Counterproductive work behavior.

Awards and Recognitions

  • Best Faculty Award, [IILM], [2019, 2020 & 2021]

Licenses and Certifications

  • Completed Executive Development Program in HR Analytics from XLRI Jamshedpur (December, 2021)
  • Certificate on People Analytics, IIMBx, November, 201
  • UGC NET (National Eligibility Test) Examination in June 1998

Key Projects/ Consultancies

  • Military Engineer Service (MES), Course Human Resource Management
  • Directorate General Resettlement (DGR) Human Resource Management
  • PSU Training
  • Course Director IAS & IPS Training

Professional Memberships

  • Life Member of National HRD Organization
  • Member. Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM)