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.
Name of Journal: International Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Scope
Date Of Publication: 07-Apr-2026
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Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 7/2/472 - 483
Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author
Author Name (s): SUMATHI A
Indexing Agency: Scopus
Name of Journal: Journal of Asian Scientific Research
Date Of Publication: 05-Feb-2026
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Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 16/1/269 - 284
Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author
Author Name (s): SUMATHI A
URL: https://archive.aessweb.com/index.php/5003/issue/view/1021
Indexing Agency: Scopus
Name of Journal: International Research Journal of Multidisciplinary Scope
Date Of Publication: 31-Jan-2025
Category: INTERNATIONAL_REFEREED
Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 6/1/938 - 949
Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author
Author Name (s): SUMATHI A,SANDHYA D S
URL: https://www.irjms.com/indexing/
Indexing Agency: Scopus
Name of Journal: Journal of Workplace Behavioral Health
Date Of Publication: 16-May-2025
Category: INTERNATIONAL_REFEREED
Volume No/Issue No/Page No: /1 - 38
Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author
Author Name (s): SUMATHI A,SANDHYA DS
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/wjwb20
Indexing Agency: Scopus
Name of Journal: Prabandhan: Indian Journal of Management
Date Of Publication: 15-Dec-2025
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Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 18/12/35 - 48
Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author
Author Name (s): SUMATHI A,MALLIKA SANKAR M,GAORISHA PRASHAR
URL: https://www.indianjournalofmanagement.com/index.php/pijom/
Indexing Agency: Scopus
Name of Journal: Cogent Business & Management
Date Of Publication: 17-Dec-2024
Category: INTERNATIONAL_REFEREED
Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 12/1
Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author
Author Name (s): SUMATHI A,AVISHI MEHTA
URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/oabm20/about-this-journal
Indexing Agency: Web of Science
Name of Journal: Central European Management Journal
Date Of Publication: 02-Feb-2024
Category: INTERNATIONAL_REFEREED
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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
Name of Journal: Frontiers in Education
Date Of Publication: 23-Sep-2022
Category: INTERNATIONAL_REFEREED
Volume No/Issue No/Page No: /1 - 9
Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author
Author Name (s): SUMATHI A
URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/education
Indexing Agency: Web of Science
Name of Journal: Journal of Organizational Behavior Education
Date Of Publication: 31-Dec-2020
Category: INTERNATIONAL_REFEREED
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
Name of Journal: International Journal of Business Innovation and Research (IJBIR), Inderscience Publications
Date Of Publication: 21-Aug-2016
Category: INTERNATIONAL_REFEREED
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
Name of Journal: International Journal of Enterprise Network Management
Date Of Publication: 01-Jan-2014
Category: INTERNATIONAL_REFEREED
Volume No/Issue No/Page No: 6/1/14 - 29
Sole Authored /Co Authored: Co-Author
Author Name (s): SUMATHI A,SREEDEVI
URL: https://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticle.php?artid=63390
Indexing Agency: Scopus
Name of Journal: Prabandhan: Indian Journal of Management
Date Of Publication: 16-Dec-2013
Category: NATIONAL_REFEREED
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
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
Name of Student: SANDHYA D S
Institutions: Christ University
Month & Year: April 2025
Name of Student: VANI MENON
Institutions: Christ University
Month & Year: July 2023
Name of Student: Roqaia Dorri
Institutions:
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Name of Student: Elizabeth Ngina Kieti
Institutions:
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Name of Student: Arrmilla Devi Ramasawmy
Institutions:
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Name of Student: Sahal Mohamed Yousuff
Institutions: Exeed College UAE
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Name of Student: Thiruchelvam Kuppan
Institutions: Exeed Group, UAE
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Name of Student: Boipelo Moalosiomiat
Institutions: Exeed College
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Name of Student: Yuki Akita
Institutions: Exeed College, Westford Education Group
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Investigator(s): MALLIKA SANKAR M,JAIS MERLIN P AUGUSTINE,SUMATHI A,YESHASWINI V,JAIS V THOMAS
Sponsors: The Association of Asian Social Science Research Councils (AASSREC)
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
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
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
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
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
Name of the Workshop/FDP/Training Programme: Learn to teach online
Name of the Organiser: Coursera
Level: International
Role: Participant
Date: 2020-04-21
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
Type of Book: CHAPTER
Title : Agripreneurship, Digital Inclusion and Sustainability: Rural Innovation and Growth in the Global South
ISBN: 978-1-83699-2
Month/Year: Jan 2026
Type of Book: CHAPTER
Title : Agripreneurship, Digital Inclusion and Sustainability Rural Innovation and Growth in the Global South
ISBN: 978-1-83699-262-2
Month/Year: Jan 2026
Type of Book: CHAPTER
Title : Collective Flourishing in India: Culture, Social Cohesion and Community Well-being
ISBN: 978-981952333-7, 978
Month/Year: Jan 2026
Type of Book: CHAPTER
Title : Harnessing Happiness and Wisdom for Organizational Well-Being
ISBN: 979-836938457-2, 979-836938459-6
Month/Year: Jan 2025
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
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
Inventors: SUMATHI A
Type of Specification: PUBLISHED
Granted/Awarded Date: -
Publication/Application Date: 11-Jul-2025
Application/Filing Date: 02-Jul-2025
Publication Number: 28/2025
Patent Number: 202541063176
Field of Invention: BIO-MEDICAL ENGINEERING/INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Inventors: SUMATHI A
Type of Specification: PUBLISHED
Granted/Awarded Date: -
Publication/Application Date: 05-Sep-2025
Application/Filing Date: 24-Aug-2025
Publication Number: 36/2025
Patent Number: 202541080183 A
Field of Invention: BIO-MEDICAL ENGINEERING/INDUSTRIAL PSYCHOLOGY
Type of the Program: SYMPOSIUM
Role: PARTICIPANT
Title: 2025 AOM Annual Meetings and Conferences
Date: 2025-07-25
Organising Institution: Academy of Management (AOM)
Level: INTERNATIONAL
Type of the Program: CONFERENCES
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: CONFERENCES
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: CONFERENCES
Role: MODERATOR
Title:
Date: 2025-01-24
Organising Institution:
Level: INTERNATIONAL
Type of the Program: CONFERENCES
Role: PARTICIPANT
Title:
Date: 2025-01-24
Organising Institution:
Level: INTERNATIONAL
Type of the Program: CONFERENCES
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: CONFERENCES
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
Type of the Program: CONFERENCES
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: CONFERENCES
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
Type of the Program: CONFERENCES
Role: PRESENTER
Title: Prioritizing workplace spirituality in the global world
Date: 2022-08-26
Organising Institution: T John College
Level: NATIONAL
Type of the Program: CONFERENCES
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:
Level: INTERNATIONAL
Faculties: SUMATHI A,,AKRITI SRIVASTAVA,ANURADHA S,DIVAKAR G M,GAANA J,GANESH L,JOHN PAUL RAJ V,JYOTHI KUMAR,KRISHNA M C,KUMAR CHANDAR S,LAKSHMY PRIYA K,MARY METILDA J,MOOSATH HARISHANKAR VASUDEVAN,PRAVEEN BABU P,SMITHA BABOO
Theme of Consultancy: Graduate Engineers Training (GET) boot camp- nontechnical for 2 batches of TEPL employees
Type:
Faculties: AARTHY C,,AISHWARYA N,JOHN PAUL RAJ V,SUMATHI A
Theme of Consultancy: Design and Delivery of a Soft skills Development Program
Type:
Faculties: SUMATHI A,,AISHWARYA N,JOHN PAUL RAJ V,PRAVEEN BABU P
Theme of Consultancy: Career Catalyst: Enhancing Soft Skills for Employability and Entrepreneurship
Type:
Faculties: SUMATHI A
Theme of Consultancy: Research Consulting and Review Service
Type:
Faculties: SUMATHI A
Theme of Consultancy: Research Consulting and Doctoral Supervision Services: UCAM Project Phase 1
Type: TRAINING_AND_ORGANIZATIONAL_DEVELOPMENT
Faculties: SUMATHI A
Theme of Consultancy: Research Consulting and Supervision Service - UCAM Project July - October 2025 Phase 2
Type: TRAINING_AND_ORGANIZATIONAL_DEVELOPMENT
Faculties: SUMATHI A
Theme of Consultancy: Assessment of Research Work - 1, UCAM Project
Type: TRAINING_AND_ORGANIZATIONAL_DEVELOPMENT
Faculties: SUMATHI A
Theme of Consultancy: Assessment of Research Work - 2, UCAM Project
Type: TRAINING_AND_ORGANIZATIONAL_DEVELOPMENT
Faculties: SUMATHI A
Theme of Consultancy: Assessment of Research Work - 3, UCAM Project
Type: TRAINING_AND_ORGANIZATIONAL_DEVELOPMENT
Faculties: SUMATHI A
Theme of Consultancy: Research Consulting and Supervision Service - UCAM Project, Nov 25 to Feb 26, Phase 3
Type: TRAINING_AND_ORGANIZATIONAL_DEVELOPMENT
Faculties: SUMATHI A
Theme of Consultancy: Virtual Facilitation: Learners’ Support, Assessment and Feedback
Type: TRAINING_AND_ORGANIZATIONAL_DEVELOPMENT
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