Dr Soumya G. Rajan | Tata Institute of Social Sciences

Dr Soumya G. Rajan

Assistant Professor
Mumbai Campus, Centre for Human Resources Management and Labour Relations, School of Management and Labour Studies

Qualification

BA (Calicut University),

MBA (Anna University),

PhD (TISS, Mumbai)

Contact

soumya.rajan [at]tiss[dot]edu

At the heart of my research is a belief in dignified work spaces and an exploration of its influence on humans who associate with them. With over 12 years of experience in Corporate and a Higher Education institution, I bring with me some experience in Human Resources and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) praxis. The last employer at Corporate was L&T and the education institution I engaged with was IIT Palakkad, previously.

Experience recital:

2008-2010 - Assistant Manager @ SIDBI

2010-2014 - Assistant Manager @ The Shipping Corporation of India Ltd

2014-2018 - Team Manager @ L&T Financial Services

2018-2021 - Assistant Registrar @ Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad

Organisation Theory and Design, Future of work, AI and Algorithms, Behavioural economics, Dignity, Sustainability, CSR and ESG, Social Impact, Cooperatives

Research: Qualitative Methodology

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=Tn3ZnkUAAAAJ&hl=en

Selected work:

“Capability approach for Dynamic capability building: an exploration of their complementarities in nurturing dignity” (Sole Author) accepted to be presented at INDAM Conference in January 2024.

'Can Social Impact Assessment emerge as an area of Social Work Research: Evidence from Development Projects in India' accepted to be presented at the 'National Conference on Social Work Research: Methodologies of the Peripheralized' at TISS in January 2024.

'Propounding an integrated solution ecosystem to effectuate CSR in India: an alternate framework'. Social Responsibility Journal, November 2023. (Sole Author) Pre-print - https://doi.org/10.1108/SRJ-12-2022-0529. (Q1 in Scopus, B in ABDC)

'A space for dignity: the vantage of capability approach'. Indian Journal of Industrial Relations, 59(2), October 2023. (C in ABDC)

'Proliferations in Algorithmic Control: Contextual Review of the Phenomenon and its Implications' accepted to be presented at the IIM Nagpur's IFIP WG8.6 Working Conference in December 2023

'Narratives on Experiences with Future of Work: The Case of an Indian Food Delivery Start-up' presented at SCMHRD - EM Normandie Business School's S-TEAM Conference, September 2023.

'Propounding an integrated solution ecosystem to effectuate CSR in India: an alternate framework', presented at the 38th EGOS Colloquium 2022, Vienna (Austria).

'Inversion of Control in Employee–Employer Relation: Multiple Case Study of Generational Cohorts from State Government Sector', NHRD Network journal 2022, Sage Pub, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/26314541221077145

'Searching for answers on dignity, knowledge and engagement in a Worker Cooperative Society' at IMRDC, IIM Bangalore, 2018 later published in IIMB Management Review, Elsevier DOI: 10.1016/j.iimb.2021.03.008 (Q2 in Scopus, B in ABDC)

'An emergent framework to analyse perception through the lens of knowledge: Observations from a rural social development interventions on Digital Financial Inclusion' at INDAM Conference, IIM Trichy 2020

'Understanding dignity at the face of changing world of work' at British Academy of Management (BAM) Conference, Birmingham, UK 2019

'Positing new elements in organisational analysis: the case of engagement' at CERE Conference, IIM Indore, 2019

'Drawing parallels between knowledge culture and identity: Questions on Decision making and Bounded Rationality' at Max Planck Institute's Winter School on Bounded Rationality, 2018

'Dignity at a worker cooperative society through the lens of capability approach' at International Conference on Cooperatives, IIM Kozhikode, 2018

'CSR implementation: Models in community engagement' at National Conference on CSR, XIMB, 2012

Social Development project:

Curated and implemented a Community Women leadership programme (Njanam Sarvam) with Sri Aurobindo Society, Puducherry

Corporate/Cooperatives:

An impact study on Sri Aurobindo Rural and Village Action Movement (SARVAM)
A study on capabilities and dignity with Uralungal Labour Contract Cooperative Society (ULCCS), Kerala
A study on the Emergence and Impressions of the Industrial Region: the case of Kanjikode, Palakkad, Kerala
‘Alternatives in organizing’ study on Kochi Muziris Biennale 2022-23
Research on 'Algorithms and future of work' with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Training conducted:

Management Development Programme for HR Executives - Asian Paints
Management Development Programme for HR Managers - Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd

Invited speaker

Talk titled 'Capabilities of Exabyte' at the 'Connect with leadership' session of TCS

Reviewer with the following journals:

Management and Labour Studies (XLRI)
Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers (IIM Ahmedabad)
Sustainable Development

EPGDHRM

HRM2: Sociology of Organizations, Theory and Design

MA HRM&LR

HR07: Organisation Theory and Design

HR06: Organisational Behaviour: Individual in the Organisation

HRO13: Talent Management

HRO22: Bounded Rationality and Decision Making

MA ODCL

ODCLOC02: Organisation Development and Innovation