Dr. Anuradha earned her PhD from XLRI, Jamshedpur, and holds a master’s degree in psychology from the University of Delhi. Prior to her doctoral journey, she worked as a school counsellor and psychology educator and led a USAID-funded education initiative for underprivileged children in Delhi. She previously served as Assistant Professor in the OB-HRM area at Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai. Her teaching today spans MBA, EMBA, executive education, and doctoral programs, engaging learners from fresh graduates to senior leaders. Her core teaching areas include Individual and Group Behaviour, Organizational Design, Leadership, Business Ethics, Organizational Theory and Human Capital Development. 

Her research examines foundational questions about work and organizational life, including meaning of work, work centrality, engagement, identity, and the cultural underpinnings of organizations. She is particularly committed to bringing Indian socio-cultural contexts into mainstream management thought, contributing indigenous perspectives to global scholarship. She has also authored case studies on organizational transformation, including work on Ashok Leyland and the grassroots women’s empowerment initiative Mahila Navodayam. 

Beyond academia, Dr. Anuradha is a speaker and leadership trainer, working with senior leaders across public sector enterprises, defence and scientific organizations, and major corporations. Her areas of expertise include leadership development, organizational culture, emotional intelligence, change management, ethical leadership, and personal effectiveness. 

She has held several key institutional leadership roles, including Dean (Administration), Chairperson of the PGP Program, and Faculty Representative on the IIM Visakhapatnam Board. She currently serves as Chairperson of Executive Education Programs at IIM Visakhapatnam. 

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS 

• M V Anuradha (2024). Construction of Work Centrality: A Study of Public Sector Bank Employees in India. South Asian Journal of Management, 31, (3); 112-131. https://doi.org/10.62206/sajm.31.3.2024.111-131 

• M V Anuradha (2022). Psychological Antecedents of Engagement in Business Education: A Study of Indian B-School Students. South Asian Journal of Management, 29 (2); 7-36. 

• Anuradha, M. V., Lakshmi, R. S. & Ghuman, S. (2017). An Assessment of the Influence of the Psychological Consequences of Task Significance on Employee Engagement and Turnover Intentions. South Asian Journal of Management, 24 (3): 62-87. 

• Anuradha, M. V. & Kumar, Y. L. N. (2015). Trigunas in organizations: Moving towards an east-west synthesis. International Journal of Cross-Cultural Management, 15 (2): 195-214. 

• Anuradha, M.V., Srinivas, E. S., Singhal, M. & Ramnarayan, S. (2014). To work or not to work: Construction of meaning of work and making work choices. Vikalpa, 39 (2): 7-19. 

• Anuradha, M. V. (2011) Unionism as collective action: Revisiting Klandermans’ theory. The Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 46(3): 412-422. 

• Vernal, T. G. & Anuradha, M. V. (2011). Mirroring identities: Reflecting realities- Mumbai and its politics of representation. In Home in Motion: The shifting grammar of self and stranger. Marcelino, P. F. (Ed). Interdisciplinary Press, Oxford: UK. 

CASE STUDIES 

• M V Anuradha, Harshavardhan Reddy and Saroj Kumar Pani (2024). The Power of Storytelling: How Mahila Navodayam Built Confidence on SHG Women. (Reference no: 424-0034-1), The Case Centre, UK. 

• Anuradha M V; Rajan C. R. & Ganduri U. R. (2020). Changing the Quality Mindset at Ashok Leyland. The Case Journal. Emerald Publishing. 

• Ramnarayan, S. & Anuradha, M. V. (2014). Labour disputes at Dr. Reddy’s: Tip of the iceberg in a globalization effort. Published by Centre for Teaching, Learning and Case Development at the Indian School of Business and distributed by Harvard Business School Press (ISB039). 

POPULAR PRESS ARTICLES & INVITED EVENT PARTICIPATION 

• Invited Speaker for a talk on Anchoring Balance: Navigating Work & Life in Service for the Indian Coast Guards (Eastern Seaboard) in August 2025. 

• Anuradha, M. V. (August 2021). Building employee Experience Inside Out. Human Capital Magazine. 

• Anuradha, M. V. (April, 2021). Enabling a Performance Culture. Human Capital Magazine. 

• Invited Speaker for a talk on “Building Effective Organizational Cultures” at Hindustan Shipyard Ltd., Visakhapatnam, in September, 2021. 

• Invited Speaker for a talk on ‘Academic/Research - Ethics and Integrity’ for Phd scholars and faculty of GITAM University in September 2021. 

• Anuradha, M. V. (December, 2020). The need for Emotional Intelligence. Human Capital Magazine. 

• Invited Speaker for a talk on “Psychological Well-Being during the Pandemic” at the University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya in July 2020. 

• Anuradha, M. V. (June, 2020). Revisiting Psychological well-being. Human Capital Magazine. 

• Anuradha, M. V. (April, 2020). The Intangibles of Diversity and Inclusion. Human Capital Magazine. 

• Anuradha, M. V. (April 26, 2019) Four ways to deal with criticism during appraisals like a pro. Timesjobs.com 

• Invited Participant for WILL Open Roundtable on “Balanced Leadership- Men and Women for Business Success” to be held at Ashok Leyland, Chennai on 22nd February, 2019. 

• Anuradha, M. V. (12th December, 2018) Quoted in “Smoothen the rough edges, soften the blow” an article published in The Hindu. 

• Anuradha, M. V. (June, 2018) The Paradox of Change. Human Capital Magazine.  

• Speaker, The Growth Leadership Conclave and Awards, 20th March, 2018. Organized by Business World at Taj Club House, Chennai. 

• Anuradha, M. V. (November, 2017) Is internship really important while doing an MBA? India Today.in (http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/mba-internship/1/1088390.html ) 

• Anuradha, M. V. (October, 2017) Prosocial Employee Well Being. Human Capital Magazine. 

•  Anuradha, M. V. (30th August, 2017) Do you have a powerful workplace identity? The Hindu. 

• Anuradha, M. V. (April, 2017) Envisioning the Obvious. Human Capital Magazine 

• Anuradha, M. V. (November, 2016) The Legacy of Appraisal. Human Capital Magazine 

• Anuradha, M. V. (June, 2016) The psychology of Diversity. Human Capital Magazine. 

• Anuradha, M. V. (April, 2016) Leadership Skills for the New Age. Human Capital Magazine. 

• Anuradha, M. V. (2015) Contextualizing Talent Acquisition. People Matters. http://www.peoplematters.in/article/2015/08/24/talent-acquisition/contextualizing-talent-acquisition/11986 

• Anuradha, M. V. (2014) Constructing Gender Realities, short article published in Gravity -The Great Lakes’ Magazine. 

• Anuradha, M. V. (2013). The trainer’s paradox. People Matters: http://www.peoplematters.in/article/2013/09/24/training-development/the-trainers-paradox/3677 

• CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS 

•  Anuradha, M. V. (2022). Construction of Work Centrality through experiences at work. The paper was presented at Academy of Management Conference, to be held on the 5th- 9th August 2022 at Seattle, USA. 

• Anuradha, M. V. (2019). Engagement and Motivation in Business-Schools: Contextualizing the Psychological Needs Perspective to India (With Angelin Vilma) The paper was presented at Academy of Management Conference,  held on the 9-13th August, 2019 at Boston, MA, USA. 

• Anuradha, M. V. (2016). What am I without my work: Exploring Meaning making at Work. (With E. S. Srinivas) The paper was presented at the 2nd Symposium on Meaningful Work: Prospects for the 21st Century, Auckland University of Technology, Auckland. December 1-2. 

• Anuradha, M. V. (2013). To work or not to work: Construction of meaning of work and making work choices. The paper was presented at the third Indian Academy of Management Conference, Ahmedabad, December, 12-14. 

• Anuradha, M. V. (2012). Exploring work meaningfulness: A qualitative investigation into the experience of work meaningfulness in public sector bank employees in India. The paper was presented at the 5th IIM-A Doctoral Colloquium, Ahmadabad, January 6-8, 2012. 

• Anuradha, M. V. (2011). Relevance of work meaningfulness for public sector employees in India. (With E. S. Srinivas, S Ramnarayan & Manish Singhal) The paper was presented at the Second Conference of the Indian Academy of Management, Bangalore, December 18-20, 2011. 

• Anuradha, M. V. (2010). Mirroring identities: Reflecting realities- Mumbai and its politics of representation. (With Triveni Goswami Vernal) The paper was presented at the Second Global Conference on Strangers, Aliens and Foreigners, Oxford, UK. September 20-22, 2010. 

• Anuradha, M. V. (2009) A relook at the triguna theory and its implications for organizations (With Yamini Krishnan, E. S. Srinivas & P. Venugopal). The paper was presented at the Inaugural Conference of the Indian Academy of Management, Jamshedpur, December 28-30, 2009

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Reviewer 

IIM B Management Review, 2018; Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 2017, 2018, 2019; Great Lakes Herald, 2014-2015; British Academy of Management Conference, 2019; Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2018; Conference of the Indian Academy of Management 2009 

• Chairperson- Executive Education Programs (2021- 2022; 2024- present) 

• Faculty Representative- IIM V Board (2023-2025) 

• Dean (Administration) (2022-2024) 

• Chairperson, Student Matters Facilitation Committee (2022 – 2024) 

• First Appellate Authority, Right to Information (2022 – 2024) 

• Warden – Hostels (2022- 2024) 

• Chairperson- PGP Program (2020- 2021)