Upam Pushpak Makhecha

+91 431 250 5071    upam@iimtrichy.ac.in

Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management.

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

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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 Programme in Management (FPM) from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, and her doctoral thesis focuses on multi-level gaps in HR practices within organizations. She holds an MBA with a specialization in Human Resources from the Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, and a Master’s degree in Psychology from Barkatullah Vishwavidyalaya. She completed her Bachelor’s degree from Indraprastha College, University of Delhi.

She has taught undergraduate courses at MSI, GGSIP University, Delhi, and postgraduate courses at a logistics training base in Mumbai. She served in the Indian Navy for nine years and also has two years of experience in corporate human resources. Her research interests include strategic human resource management, sustainable human resource management, multi-level research in HRM, and group dynamics.

Journal Articles

Narzary, S., Makhecha, U. P., Budhwar, P., Malik, A., & Kumar, S. | Year – 2025
A temporal evolution of human resource management and technology research. 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. Australasian Journal of Information Systems.

Makhecha, U. P. & Mariappanadar, S. | Year – 2023
High-performance Sustainable Work Practices for Corporate ESG Outcomes. NHRD Network Journal, 16(2), 159–163.

Makhecha, U. P., & Shaik, F. F. | Year – 2023
Engaging Virtual Teams in Uncertain Times. Springer Business Cases.

Gupta, V., Makhecha, U. P., & Shaik, F. F. | Year – 2021
Era of Disruption: Opportunities and Challenges for Businesses in India. Editorial.

Shaik, F. F., Makhecha, U. P., Gouda, S. K. | Year – 2021
Work and non-work identities in global virtual teams. International Journal of Manpower, 42(1), 51–78.

Joseph, 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. In Indian Business. 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.

Srinivasan, V., & Makhecha, U. P. | Year – 2019
Ambidexterity in CHRO Roles. NHRD Network Journal, 12(2), 174–185.

Makhecha, U. P., Srinivasan, V., Prabhu, G. N., & Mukherji, S. | Year – 2018
Multi-level gaps in HR practices in a hypermarket chain in India. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 29(2), 360–398.

Makhecha, U. P. | Year – 2016
Multi-level gaps in HR practices. Doctoral dissertation, IIM Bangalore.

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. McGraw Hill.

Makhecha, U. P. (Case co-author) | Year – 2013
Co-authored two cases in Entrepreneurship 8e (Special Indian Edition), 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. McGraw Hill.

Articles in Magazines/Newspapers

Makhecha, U. P., Lyndon, S., & Budhwar, P. | Year – 2024
Developments in Positive Psychology at Work. Business Perspectives and Research, 12(2), 189–193.

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 (11–14 November 2024)
  • Programme Director: Faculty Development Programme – Nurturing Future Leadership Programme (NFLP) under MMTTP, Govt. of India, Ministry of Education (24th–28th March 2024)
  • Programme Director: Management Development Programme for Middle Level Managers of Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (26th Feb – 2nd March 2024)
  • Programme Director: Management Development Programme for Middle Managers of IOCL – Madhyama-2 (19th, 25th & 26th August 2023)
  • Programme Director: Management Development Programme for Middle Level Managers of Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Ltd (6th–11th Feb 2023)
  • Programme Director: Management Development Programme for Middle Level Managers of TAFE & TMTL (8th–13th Aug 2022)
  • Programme Director: Post Graduate Programme in Strategic Human Resource Management (Jan 2023 – Jan 2024)
  • Programme Director: Management Development Programme for Middle Level Leaders of TAFE (8th–13th Aug 2022)
  • Programme Director: Post Graduate Programme in Strategic Human Resource Management (Dec 2021 – Dec 2022)
  • Programme Director: Post Graduate Programme in Strategic Human Resource Management (Oct 2020 – Oct 2021)
  • Programme Director: CPCL – Talent Management and Career Progression (24th–28th Feb 2020)
  • Programme Director: HPCL – Train the Trainer (Batch 1: 17th–19th Jan 2019; Batch 2: 4th–6th Mar 2019; Batch 3: 11th–13th Mar 2019)
  • Programme Director: TEQIP III – PDT 1 (19th–23rd Feb 2018)
  • Programme Director: CPCL – Talent Management and Career Progression (12th–16th Feb 2018)
  • Programme Director: CPCL – Talent Management and Career Progression (11th–15th Dec 2017)
  • Programme Director: TEQIP II – MCEP (Batch 2: 6–10 Feb 2017; Batch 1: 24–26 June 2016)

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