Upam Pushpak Makhecha

Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management.

Fellow (IIM Bangalore), MBA (FMS, University of Delhi), MA (Psychology, Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya)

+91 431 250 5071

upam@iimtrichy.ac.in

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Upam Pushpak Makhecha is an associate professor in the area of Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management at IIM Trichy. She has completed her Fellow Program in Management (FPM) from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and her thesis delves into multi-level gaps in HR practices within an organization. She holds an MBA (specialization in HR) degree from Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi and a Master’s degree in Psychology from Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya. She did her Bachelor’s degree from Indraprastha College, University of Delhi.
She has taught undergraduate courses at MSI, GGSIP University, Delhi and post graduate courses at logistics training base at Mumbai. She has served with Indian Navy for nine years and has two years of experience in corporate HR. Her areas of research interest are strategic human resource management, sustainable human resource management, multi-level research in HRM, and group dynamics.

Narzary, S., Makhecha, U. P., Budhwar, P., Malik, A., & Kumar, S. | Year – 2025

A temporal evolution of human resource management and technology research: a retrospective bibliometric analysis. Personnel Review, 54(3), 800-823

Shaik, F. F., Makhecha, U. P., Varkkey,B., Gouda,S.K. | Year – 2025

Team Engagement in Global Virtual Teams: Identification-based Engagement Contagion. Australasian Journal of Information Systems

Makhecha, U.P., Lyndon, S. & Budhwar, P. | Year – 2024

“Developments in Positive Psychology at Work—New Insights and Future Research Agenda”. Guest editorial in  Business Perspectives and Research, Volume 12, Issue 2, April 2024, Pages 189-193

Makhecha, U.P. & Mariappanadar, S. | Year – 2023

High-performance Sustainable Work Practices for Corporate ESG Outcomes: Sustainable HRM Perspective. NHRD Network Journal, 16(2), 159-163

Makhecha, U.P., Shaik, F.F. | Year – 2023

Engaging Virtual Teams in Uncertain Times: A Business Case on Cyient Ltd.In: Mahapatra, G.P. (eds) Business Cases in Organisation Behaviour and HRM. Springer Business Cases. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-2031-0_6 

Gupta V., Makhecha, U.P. & Shaik, F. F. | Year – 2021

Era of Disruption: Opportunities and Challenges for Businesses in India. Editorial. Volume 9 Issue 2, 192-194

Shaik, F.F., Makhecha, U.P. and Gouda, S.K. | Year – 2021

"Work and non-work identities in global virtual teams: Role of cultural intelligence in employee engagement", International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 42 No. 1, pp. 51-78. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-03-2019-0118

Joesph, N. & Makhecha, U.P. | Year – 2020

Planting an Idea Tree: A Case of Innovation Initiative at Cyient. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies. 

Makhecha, U. | Year – 2020

Journey of an organizational practice. Organizational Aesthetics, 10(1), 105-106. 

Chandwani, R., & Makhecha, U. P. | Year – 2019

HRM practices in the Indian context: A mixture of modern and traditional perspectives. In Indian Business (pp. 196-206). Routledge

Shaik, F. F. & Makhecha, U. P. | Year – 2019
Drivers of Employee Engagement in Global Virtual Teams. Australasian Journal of Information Systems, 23, 1-45. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3127/ ajis.v23i0.1770

Srinivasan, V., & Makhecha, U. P. | Year – 2019

Ambidexterity in CHRO Roles: Balancing Exploitative with Explorative Roles. NHRD Network Journal, 12(2), 174-185

Makhecha, U. P., Srinivasan, V., Prabhu, G. N., & Mukherji, S. | Year – 2018
Multi-level gaps: A study of intended, actual and experienced human resource practices in a hypermarket chain in India. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 29(2), 360-398.

Makhecha, U. P. | Year – 2016
Multi-level gaps in HR practices: a study of intended, actual and experienced HR practices in a multi-unit Indian retail chain (Doctoral dissertation, Bangalore: Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, 2015).

Makhecha, U.P. & Ashok G. | Year – 2015
Is strategic HR alignment sufficient: A study of HR practices in a retail chain. NHRD Network Journal, 8 (2), 93-96

Bhasin, T.M., Agrawal, N.M., & Makhecha, U.P. | Year – 2013
"A case study of CSR initiatives at Indian Bank." In Inclusiveness, Sustainability and Human Resource Development, by M.G. Jomon, Biju Varkkey, Chandrima Banerjee, Narendra M. Agrawal, 46-54. New Delhi, India: McGraw Hill Ed.

Makhecha, U. P. (Case co-author) | Year – 2013
Co-authored two cases (2013) in Entrepreneurship 8e (Special Indian Edition), by Robert Hisrich, Mathew Manimala, Michael Peters, Dean Shepherd, Tata McGraw Hill

Mukherji, S., & Makhecha, U.P. | Year – 2013
"Inclusiveness through social business models: Two cases from unorganized labour sector in India." In Inclusiveness, Sustainability and Human Resource Development, by M.G. Jomon, Biju Varkkey, Chandrima Banerjee, Narendra M Agrawal, 14-19. New Delhi, India: McGraw Hill Ed.

MBA programmes:
Macro Organizational Behavior (Core Course): PGPM, PGPBM, PGPM-HR
International HRM & Cross Cultural Management (Core Course): PGPM-HR
Sustainability & Human Resource Management (Core Course): PGPM-HR
Managing Global Workforce (Elective Course): PGPM, PGPBM
 
PhD programmes:
Group Dynamics Research- DPM, EDPM
Sustainability & Human Resource Management- DPM, EDPM
Theoretical Underpinnings of HRM (IIM Ahmedabad, co-teaching with Prof. Rajesh Chandwani)
AHRD (IIM Ahmedabad)- Macro Organizational Behavior
Programme Director: Post-Graduate Certification in Business Management for Aditya Birla Fashion & Retail Ltd (20th Jan 2025- Jan 2026)
Programme Director: Post Graduate Certificate in Senior Management Programme (PGCSMP) (Batch 02), (Apr 2024- May 2025)
Programme Director: Management Development Programme, Embracing ESG through Responsible Leadership (November 11-14, 2024)
Programme Director: Faculty Development Programme- Nurturing Future leadership Programme (NFLP) under MMTTP, Govt of India, Ministry of Education. (24th March 2024 to 28th March 2024)
Programme Director: Management Development Programme for Middle level Managers of Mazagon Dock Shipbuildeers Ltd (26th Feb 2024 to 2nd March 2024)
Programme Director: Management Development Programme for Middle Managers of IOCL- Madhyama-2 (19th, 25th & 26th August 2023)
Management Development Programme for Middle level Managers of Mazagon Dock Shipbuildeers Ltd, Programme Director (06th Feb 2023 to 11th Feb 2023)
Management Development Programme for Middle level Managers of TAFE & TMTL, Programme Director (08th Aug 2022 to 13th Aug 2022)
Post Graduate Programme in Strategic Human Resource Management, Programme Director (Jan 2023- Jan 2024)
Programme Director for the Management Development Program for Middle level leaders of TAFE (8th – 13th Aug 2022)
Post Graduate Programme in Strategic Human Resource Management, Programme Director (Dec 2021- Dec 2022)
Post Graduate Programme in Strategic Human Resource Management, Programme Director (Oct 2020- Oct 2021)
 CPCL, Talent Management and Career Progression, Programme Director (24th- 28th Feb, 2020)
HPCL, Train the Trainer, Programme Director (Batch1- 17th-19th Jan, 2019; Batch 2 – 04th-06th Mar 2019; 11th -13th Mar, 2019)
TEQIP III, PDT 1, Programme Director (1 Batch- 19th -23rd Feb, 2018)
CPCL, Talent Management and Career Progression, Programme Director (12th- 16th Feb, 2018)
CPCL, Talent Management and Career Progression, Programme Director (11th- 15th Dec, 2017)
TEQIP II, MCEP, Programme Director (Batch 2- 06-10 Feb 2017; Batch 1- Jun 24-26th 2016)

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