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Dr SUMATHI A

Speciliazation : Management Studies

Qualification : MBA, MPhil, PhD

Department : SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT

Campus : BANGALORE CAMPUS

Sumathi Annamalai is an Associate Professor in the School of Business and Management at CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore Bannerghatta Road Campus. She holds a doctorate in Organizational Behavior. With over 30 years of experience, she has expertise in teaching, research, consultancy, and training programs. She is an accredited professional for MBTI instruments from the Australian Psychologist Press. Her research focuses on Wellbeing, Diversity, Equity & Inclusivity, Sustainable Practices, and Artificial Intelligence in Organizations. She has led workshops on intrapersonal, interpersonal, and team development for companies like Ramco Industries and TATA Electronics Pvt. Ltd. Sumathi has also contributed to several management development programs for various organizations. Her consulting includes designing learning programs, conducting workshops using psychometric tools, and enhancing HR systems. She is skilled at exploring employee datasets and generating insights through qualitative and quantitative analysis.

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Articles in Periodicals

Articles in Journels

2025

Name of Journal: International Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Scope

Date Of Publication: 31-Jan-2025

Category: Article in Research Journal

Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 6/1/938 - 949

Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author

Author Name (s): SUMATHI A

URL: https://www.irjms.com/indexing/

Indexing Agency: Scopus

2020

Name of Journal: Journal of Organizational Behavior Education

Date Of Publication: 31-Dec-2020

Category: Article in Research Journal

Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 13/13: 2020 /143 - 168

Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author

Author Name (s): SUMATHI A,SHIJU SEBASTIAN

URL: https://www.neilsonjournals.com/JOBE/abstractjobe13sumathi.html

Indexing Agency: Scopus

2022

Name of Journal: Frontiers in Education

Date Of Publication: 23-Sep-2022

Category: Article in Research Journal

Volume No/Issue No/Page No: /1 - 9

Sole Authored /Co Authored: Sole Author

Author Name (s): SUMATHI A (2670)

URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education

Indexing Agency: Web of Science and Scopus

2016

Name of Journal: International Journal of Business Innovation and Research (IJBIR), Inderscience Publications

Date Of Publication: 21-Aug-2016

Category: Article in Research Journal

Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 11/3/417 - 430

Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author

Author Name (s): SUMATHI A,PROF. KAMALANABHAN, IIT MADRAS

URL: https://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijbir

Indexing Agency: Scopus

2024

Name of Journal: Cogent Business & Management

Date Of Publication: 17-Dec-2024

Category: Article in Research Journal

Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 12/1

Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author

Author Name (s): SUMATHI A,ADITI VASUNANDAN,AVISHI MEHTA

URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/oabm20/about-this-journal

Indexing Agency: Web of Science and Scopus

Name of Journal: Central European Management Journal

Date Of Publication: 02-Feb-2024

Category: Article in Research Journal

Volume No/Issue No/Page No:

Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author

Author Name (s): SUMATHI A,ADITI VASUNANDAN

URL: https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/2658-0845

Indexing Agency: Web of Science and Scopus

2013

Name of Journal: Prabandhan: Indian Journal of Management

Date Of Publication: 16-Dec-2013

Category: Article in Research Journal

Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 7/1/15 - 26

Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author

Author Name (s): SUMATHI A,MARY EAPEN

URL: http://www.indianjournalofmanagement.com/index.php/pijom/article/view/59238

Indexing Agency: Scopus

2014

Name of Journal: International Journal of Enterprise Network Management

Date Of Publication: 01-Jan-2014

Category: Article in Research Journal

Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 6/1/14 - 29

Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author

Author Name (s): SUMATHI A,SREEDEVI,RAMALINGAM

URL: https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=63390

Indexing Agency: Scopus

Blog

Invited Talks

2020

Name of the Program: Being A Super Teacher

Date: 2020-07-06 00:00:00

Name of the Institutions: School Of Management Studies, Bannari Amman Institute Of Technology

Films / Videos / Documentaries

MPhil/PhD Guided/Adjudicated

2023

Name of Student: VANI MENON

Institutions: Christ University

Month & Year: July 2023

2025

Name of Student: SANDHYA D S

Institutions: Christ University

Month & Year: April 2025

Unknown

Name of Student: Roqaia Dorri

Institutions: UCAM, Spain and Exeed College, UAE

Month & Year:

Research Project

1

Investigator(s): MALLIKA SANKAR M, SUMATHI A,JAIS MERLIN P AUGUSTINE,YESHASWINI V

Sponsors: The Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils (AASSREC)

External

Workshop / FDP / Training Programme

2025

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Talent Acquisition

Name of the Organiser: HRCI Coursera

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2025-01-14

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: HR Analytics

Name of the Organiser: Coursera/University of California, Irvine

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2025-01-07

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Business Sustainability in the Circular Economy

Name of the Organiser: Coursera/University of London

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2025-01-01

2024

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Transformative Teaching Toolkit for Management Educators

Name of the Organiser: CHRIST University, School of Business and Management BGR Campus

Level: Institutional

Role: Organiser & Participant

Date: 2024-11-13

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Enhancing Research Activities in Higher Education

Name of the Organiser: IQAC, CHRIST University

Level:

Role: Participant

Date: 2024-09-28

2023

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: FDP Conference cum Reunion

Name of the Organiser: Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad

Level: International

Role: Participant & Presenter

Date: 2023-05-26

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: NVIVO Core Skills Certification

Name of the Organiser: NVIVO Academy

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2023-04-13

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: AI Tools Workshop (Artificial Intelligence Tools Workshop)

Name of the Organiser: be10x

Level: National

Role: Participant

Date: 2023-04-11

2022

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Faculty Development Program on Curriculum Design and Revision

Name of the Organiser: Staff Development College, CHRIST University

Level: Institutional

Role: Participant

Date: 2022-12-05

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Building Interactive Dashboards

Name of the Organiser: Skill Nation

Level: National

Role: Participant

Date: 2022-10-25

2021

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Artificial Intelligence for Business

Name of the Organiser: Wharton Online

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2021-05-14

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: QIP on Hybrid Teaching

Name of the Organiser: Staff Development College, Christ University

Level:

Role: Participant

Date: 2021-03-02

2020

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Learn to teach online

Name of the Organiser: Coursera

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2020-04-21

2019

Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: The Science of Well-Being

Name of the Organiser: Yale University and Coursera

Level: International

Role: Participant

Date: 2019-08-26

Awards / Achievements /Others

Books

Book Chapters

2024

Type of Book: Chapter

Title : Encyclopedia of New Populism and Responses in the 21st Century

ISBN: 978-981997802-1, 978-981997801-4

Month/Year: Jan 2024

2021

Type of Book: Chapter

Title : Generation A: Perspectives on Special Populations and International Research on Autism in the Workplace

ISBN: 1802622640 (ISBN13: 9781802622645)

Month/Year: Dec 2021

Case Study

Patents

Participation in Seminars/Conferences/Symposium

2025

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Is there a dark side to Work Passion? Insights on Wellbeing and Performance in the evolving knowledge eonomy


Date: 2025-05-02


Organising Institution: Indian Institute of Management (IIM) - Indore


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Participant


Title:


Date: 2025-02-01


Organising Institution: Indian Institute of Management, Bodh Gaya, in association with the School of Business, Economics, and Law, University of Gothenburg, Sweden and University of Groningen, Netherlands


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Moderator/Chair


Title:


Date: 2025-01-24


Organising Institution: Christ University


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Participant


Title:


Date: 2025-01-24


Organising Institution: Christ University


Level: International


2024

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Embracing Sustainability: Exploring Natural Farming Practices in Tamil Nadu - Sccess Stories and Transformational Framework


Date: 2024-11-21


Organising Institution: Indian Institute of Managrement (IIM) - Shillong


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Sustainability in Medieval Times: Insights from Raja Raja Cholan and Sthanu Ravi's Resource Management


Date: 2024-11-21


Organising Institution: Indian Institute of Managrement (IIM) - Shillong


Level: International


2023

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Can Emotional Intelligence moderate the relationship between Coping Self-Efficacy and Perceived Stress? A study among ITES employees


Date: 2023-05-26


Organising Institution: Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad


Level: International


Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Moderated mediation analysis of emotional intelligence on loneliness and quality of life among generation Z during Covid 19


Date: 2023-05-26


Organising Institution: Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad


Level: International


2022

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Prioritizing workplace spirituality in the global world


Date: 2022-08-26


Organising Institution: T John College


Level: National


2021

Type of the Program: Conference


Role: Presenter


Title: Managing with humor during COVID 19: Managers? humor style and its influence on team members? stress and job satisfaction using non-hierarchical cluster analysis


Date: 2021-08-06


Organising Institution: Christ University


Level: International


Own MPhil / PhD Thesis

Consultancy

Collaborative

Faculties: SUMATHI A,JYOTHI KUMAR,MARY METILDA J,SMITHA BABOO,AKRITI SRIVASTAVA,ANURADHA S,DIVAKAR G M,GAANA J,GANESH L,JOHN PAUL RAJ V,KRISHNA M C,KUMAR CHANDAR S,LAKSHMY PRIYA K,MOOSATH HARISHANKAR VASUDEVAN,PRAVEEN BABU P

Theme of Consultancy: Graduate Engineers Training (GET) boot camp- nontechnical for 2 batches of TEPL employees

Type: Paid

Faculties: AARTHY C,AISHWARYA N,JOHN PAUL RAJ V,SUMATHI A

Theme of Consultancy: Design and Delivery of a Soft skills Development Program

Type: Paid

Faculties: SUMATHI A,JOHN PAUL RAJ V,PRAVEEN BABU P,AISHWARYA N

Theme of Consultancy: Career Catalyst: Enhancing Soft Skills for Employability and Entrepreneurship

Type: Paid

Copyright

Cases / Notes / Working Papers

Chapters / Articles in Books

Conferences / Seminars Attended

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