Faculty Profile

Nimmi P. M. is an Assistant Professor of Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour at the Indian Institute of Management Tiruchirappalli, India.  Before joining IIM Tiruchirappalli, she served as an Assistant Professor (Senior Grade) at the Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore, where she was also a member of the Research and PhD committees.  Her research focuses on careers, employability, and work attitudes. She teaches students and executives (SHRM) on management programs in Human Resource Management, Organisational Behaviour, HR Analytics, and Career Management Practices. Her courses include Fundamentals of Human Resource Management (core-PGP-HR), Organisation Theory and Structure (core-PGP), Career Management Practices (Elective – PGP-HR), Human Resource Management (core-PGP). She has developed case studies to help students understand management concepts, which have been published in reputed case outlets such as Sage Business Cases and The Case Centre. She teaches in doctoral programs, offering sessions on research methodology, careers, and career management practices.

An enthusiastic scholar in career sustainability, she currently co-edits two special issues in Career Development International and Education & Training. Her article on the evolving career attitudes of Indian Millennials was featured on the London School of Economics Blog (2023). She was selected by the Academy of Management (AOM) Careers Division for the Research Incubator Program for PhD scholars and early-career researchers. Nimmi has served as an Associate Editor for Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning (Emerald) and is a member of the Editorial Boards of Career Development International (Emerald) and Journal of Career Development (Sage).

She had facilitated management development programs for officers of Bharat Electronics Limited, SBIL (Kolkata), the Rural Development Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu, and served as a resource person for the DST program on Social Impact for Social Responsibility. She holds a PhD in Human Resource Management (Career Management) from Cochin University of Science and Technology.