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

• Highest Qualification: PhD, English Language Education, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad, 2020 

• Total Experience: 9 years (Academia: 6 | Industry/Other: 3) 

• Research Interests: Second Language Acquisition; Scholarship of Teaching and Learning; Transactional Analysis 

• Teaching Areas: Management Communication 

• Academic Profile: Dr. Sunitha holds an M.A. (TESL) and a Ph.D. in English Language Education from EFLU, Hyderabad. At IIM Visakhapatnam, she teaches Management Communication I & II, Academic Writing, Advanced Communication for Leaders, Interpersonal Communication: Insights from Transactional Analysis, and Research & Publication Ethics courses. She has served as visiting faculty at IIM Ahmedabad, completed IIM Ahmedabad’s Faculty Development Program and Navgati’s TA-101. She is also a trainee therapist (psychotherapy) under supervision, She has served as a resource person for management and leadership development programs with HSL, BEL, HPCL, IOCL, and L&T. 

PGP/MBA (Graduate) 

• Managerial Communication | Core | Term 1 

• Managerial Communication | Core | Term 3 

• Interpersonal Communication: Insights from Transactional Analysis | Role: Elective | Term 4 

• Advanced Communication for leaders| Elective Term 5 

PhD/Doctoral 

• Research and Publication Ethics | Year 1| Role: Co-Instructor 

Executive Education / MDP / FDP 

• How to say it at work: skills to communication with superiors, colleagues and external customers for executives | PowerGrid: | Dates: 12-15 December 2023 | Role: Program Director 

• HP Elevate Training on Building officers kike qualities, Batch 14, 16 and 17| Role: Program Director  

Journal Articles 

NA 

Conference Papers (Peer-reviewed) 

1. Sunitha, T. (March 2016). Story as a Vehicle: Teaching Vocabulary to young ESL learners. 3rd International ELT conference conducted by U.S. Embassy RELO and Amity University, Lucknow, India. 

1. Sunitha, T. (December 2016). Using stories for creative writing for young ESL 

learners. 2-day International conference on ‘Creativity in Writing’, The English and Foreign Language University, Hyderabad, India. 

1. Sunitha, T. (August 2023). Beyond Reflection: Learning Logs as a Feedback Tool for Teachers during (Large) Online Classes. 83rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Teaching Learning track, Boston, MA. 

1. Sunitha, T. (March 2024). Effect of explicit Instruction of formulaic sequences on the oral fluency of young ESL learners. 58th RELC International Conference 2024. Singapore. 

1. Sunitha, T. (June 2024). Lights, Camera, Hire me!: A Collaborative Approach with Instructor and Peer Feedback to Elevate Video Résumés’. International MOBTS 2024. James Cook University, Singapore. (Accepted for presentation). 

1. Sunitha, T., & Rajesh Chandwani (July 2025). Reverse Learning: Practical Insights from Teaching Leadership to Visually Challenged Learners. 85th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Teaching Learning Conference, Copenhagen, Denmark. 

1. Sunitha, T. (October 2025). 'What was done well?’ and ‘What needs 

improvement?’: The Role of Qualitative Peer Comments in Business Presentations Performance. 90th Association of Business Communication Annual International Conference, Virtual.  

Workshops attended

• Attended an International workshop on ‘Task Development in a Climate of Constraints’, organised by EFLU (8 November 2011).
• Attended a workshop on ‘Continuous Professional Development’ (CPD) for English language teachers, conducted by EFLU, Hyderabad (1-5 February 2016).
• Attended an online workshop on ‘Online Course Design, Development and Delivery’ organised by UGC-HRDC, University of Hyderabad (29-31 May 2020).
• Workshop on Academic Writing for PhD students (Apr 2021)
• Capacity Building Program on Communication Skills (October 2021)
• MDP/EEP: Capacity Building Program on Communication Skills
• Delivered a session on ‘Influencing skills’ during IOCL training program Madhyama 1 and 2 for mid-career employees (Sep and Dec 2021)

• CRMS Research Grant from IIM Ahmedabad for the project titled Role Reversal or Reverse Learning? (IIM Ahmedabad, IRB 2024-41): Completed | Principal Investigator [2024] 

• CRMS Research Grant from IIM Ahmedabad for the project titled Urban Heat Stress among Street Vendors in Ahmedabad: Completed | Completed |Co- Principal Investigator [2024]