• Current Position: Assistant Professor, Strategy, Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam 

• Highest Qualification: PhD, Strategy, Indian Institute of Management Kashipur, 2025 

• Total Experience: 1 year 4 months (Post Ph.D. Academia:  8 months| Pre Ph.D. Industry : 9 months)  

• Research Interests: Entrepreneurial well-being; Entrepreneurial Orientation; Entrepreneurial Intentions 

• Teaching Areas: Strategy, Innovation, Entrepreneurship 

• Academic Profile : Broadly, his work lies at the intersection of psychology and entrepreneurship. In particular, he explores the impact of founder's well-being on entrepreneurial outcomes. He has published in Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing and Journal of Entrepreneurship. 

PGP/MBA (Graduate) 

• Technology, Strategy and Innovation | Role: Elective | Term 6, 2024–26 

PhD/Doctoral 

• Strategy and Innovation| Year(s): 2026 | Role: Instructor | Term 3, 2025-2029 

Executive Education / MDP / FDP 

• N/A 

Research & Publications (at least past six years) 

Journal Articles 

• Rahul Yadav; Safal Batra. 2023. “Does Narcissism Influence Entrepreneurial Intentions? A Theory of Planned Behaviour Perspective” The Journal of Entrepreneurship, 32(2), 449-478. (ABDC) 

• Safal Batra; Vishal Gupta; Sunil Sharma; Rahul Yadav. 2022. “Seeds of demand-side legitimacy: when do existing companies procure from B2B start-ups. Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing, 37 (12). 2432-2441  

Conference Papers (Peer-reviewed) 

• Rahul Yadav; Safal Batra. 2020. “Why narcissists are attracted to entrepreneurship as a career? An investigation using theory of planned behavior” International conference on Entrepreneurship and Family business  Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. 

Book Chapters / Edited Volumes 

• N/A. 

Working Papers / Under Review (optional) 

Executive Education / MDPs / FDPs 

• N/A 

Consultancy / Sponsored Projects 

• N/A 

Institutional Administrative Roles 

• N/A 

Committees / Academic Governance 

• N/A 

Academic Service (External) 

• Reviewer: Academy of Management (2020,2021,2022,2025); Reviewer, Midwest Academy of Management conference, 2020. 

Best paper, 2nd International Conference On Entrepreneurship and Family Business, University Of North Texas and Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. 2020