Dr. Baishali Mitra

• Assistant Professor & Coordinator Department of Policy Advocacy Knowledge and Research (Grade 1), Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (EDII) July 2019 – September 2024.
• Assistant Professor, Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), July 2017, till April 2019.
• Assistant Professor, Amity University, October 2016, to June 2017.
Senior Assistant Professor, VNR VJIET, Hyderabad, March 2012 till July 2016.
• Assistant Professor, Asian School of Business Management, Hyderabad, August 2009 to April 2011.
• Assistant Professor, ICICI Manipal Academy, December 2007 –January 2009.
• Assistant Professor, Swami Vivekananda Institute of Technology, Swami Vivekananda PG College, Secunderabad, April 2004 – December 2007.
• Lecturer, Birla College of Arts Science & Commerce, Kalyan, Maharashtra, April 1996 – January 1997.
• Lecturer, DAV, Bhandup, Maharashtra April 1994 – May 1996.

Visiting Faculty

• M.B.A. Osmania University, Faculty- Managerial Communication for Foreign Students, 2012.
• Asia Graduate School of Business, Faculty- Managerial Communication, 2010.
• Osmania University (ELTC; CELT; Distance Education) Resource Person, English Language, and Literature, 2002-5.

• Strategic Communications
• Employee Behavior & Leadership
• Women Entrepreneurship

1. Khetarpal, R., Jain, D., & Mitra, B. (2025). The role of entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial motivation, and entrepreneurial readiness in mapping entrepreneurial intention of youth. The International Journal of Management Education, 23(3), 101272. Elsevier.

2. Khetarpal, R., & Mitra, B. (2025). Women’s roles in Indian family business: A typology from the governance perspective. Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy, 1–19. Emerald Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1108/JEC-07-2024-0128

3. Mitra, B. (2023). Book review: R. Smilor, Fire in the Classroom: Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and the Craft of Teaching. The Journal of Entrepreneurship, 32 (2), 479-482. https://doi.org/10.1177/09713557231186370

4. Mitra, B. (2022). Book review: Rebecca J. White, See Do Repeat: The Practice of Entrepreneurship. The Journal of Entrepreneurship, 31(2), 458–461. https://doi.org/10.1177/09713557221110318

5. Mitra, B. (2022). Book review: Prabhat Kumar, Public Service Ethics—A Quest for Naitik Bharat. The Journal of Entrepreneurship, 31(1), 220–225. https://doi.org/10.1177/09713557211073377

6. Gupta, J., Mitra, B. and Garg, K. (2021). Technological disruptions reshaping management education: a qualitative study of stakeholder perspectives. International Journal of Management in Education, 15(2), p.179. doi:10.1504/ijmie.2021.113526.
7. Mitra, B. (2020). Book review: Jaimin Vasa, Competitive Strategies for Indian SMEs, Lessons from China. The Journal of Entrepreneurship, 29(2), 448–451. https://doi.org/10.1177/0971355720930580

8. Mitra, B., Kode, S. and Cheruvu, A. (2015). Mobile Learning: A Pedagogical Framework to Facilitate Distributed Learning through Collaborative Approach for Enhancing English Language Communication Skills. [online] IEEE Xplore. doi:10.1109/T4E.2015.20.

9. Mitra, B. (2014). Collaborative Approach through Asynchronous Communication. The Journal of English Language Teaching, Vol. 56/4

10. Mitra, B. Gendering the Women: Feminine Aesthetics in Divakaruni’s Writings. Kakatiya Journal of English Studies, Dept. of English, Kakatiya University, Vol: 31, 2012. Print.

Edited Book of Abstracts
1. “Determinants of Women Entrepreneurship in India: A Scrutiny based on Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM)”, EDI W.P. No. CREED/2021/05, November 2021

Articles in News Media / Magazine
1. Repositioning and Change- in-design for Effective Online Teaching-learning” – published in BW Business World 2020
2. “The Emergence of Hybrid Learning in Higher Education – Advantages and Perils” – published in Higher Education Digest 2021
3. “She Is the Game-Changer: Women-Entrepreneurship in India” – published in BW Business World, 2021
4. “School Entrepreneurship” – published in Divya Bhaskar 2022

Research Guide
Approved Ph.D. supervisor and is presently guiding five doctoral scholars. To date, two Ph.D. scholars have been awarded their degrees:
1. Supervised and Guided research scholar in the area of Children’s Literature (Research topic: Elements of Power Play in Children’s Literature: Analysing the Literary Exclusion) – Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune (degree awarded) 2023.
2. Supervised and Guided research scholar, Fellow in Management (Thesis Title: Commercialization of Frugal Innovations by Stakeholder Engagement: A Bricolage Perspective”) – Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, 2024 (degree awarded).

1. “Psychological Safety as a Strategic Lever for Employee Wellbeing and Organisational Performance” – presented at the India Management Research Conference (IMRC) 2025

2. “Digital Transformation in Financial Services: A Review using Bibliometric study and TCCM framework”, ICIDS 2025, Adani University

3. “Assessing Women Entrepreneurs’ Well-Being: An Empirical Study in Indian Landscape”, Biennial International Conference, EDII, 2021
4. “Women Entrepreneurship: Socio-Cultural Perspective”, GIT 2020, IIMK, January 2020
5. “Disruptive Technologies Radically Reshaping Necessary Managerial Skills: Multi- Dimensional Perspective”, ICMC, BIMTECH 2018
6. “Social Entrepreneurship: The Role of Social Purpose in Facilitating Development through Strategic Communication”, International Conference, Business, Economics & Sustainable Development, Teri School of Advance Studies, Delhi, February 2018
7. “Mobile Enabled Learning: An Augmented Approach for Sustainability in Higher Education”, International Conference, Research and Business Sustainability, IIT Roorkie, December 2017
8. “The Literary Trajectory of Mahabharata’s Draupadi across Globalisation and Migration”, International Conference, Global Migration: Rethinking Skills, Knowledge and Culture. GRFDT, November 2016
9. “Mobile Learning: A Pedagogical Framework to Facilitate Distributed Learning through Collaborative approach for Enhancing English Language Communication Skills”, Technology for Education, IEEE International Conference, NIT Warangal, Dec 2015
10. “Using POGIL Technique for improving LSRW Skills”, Teacher Educator Conference, TEC 2015, International Conference, British Council, Hyderabad, Feb.2015
11. “Teaching Effectively within an Evolving Technology Backdrop”, Role of ELT in Education for Sustainable Development, International Conference, Amity University, Lucknow Campus, May 2014
12. “Evolving Pedagogy for a Continuous Professional Development”, National Conference on Rethinking the Role of Humanities in Technical Education: Pedagogies and Possibilities, BITS Pilani Hyderabad, October 2013.

Edited Book of Abstracts
1. Mitra, B., & Batthini, G. (Eds.). (2023). Fifteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship: Abstracts (February 22-24, 2023, EDII, Ahmedabad). (pp. xxiv,231p). New Delhi: Bookwell. 978-81-958340-3-7

Chapters in Books
1. Gender and Identity in Indian Women’s Blog Writing: The Landscape of Digital Diaspora – Accepted to be published by Pencraft International (2024)
2. The Magic of the Natural, Beyond Business, Beyond the Beaten Path, page 49-55; 111-116, ed. Gagan Katiyar, Arunaday Sahay, Bloomsbury, 2022, ISBN: 978-93-54355-20-2
3. Future of Mobile Learning in Higher Education, Ethics and Responsibility in Human Resources, Leadership and Start-Up Business, page 113 – 121, edited by Hanna Lehtimaki, Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, 2019, ISBN: 978-93-89449-64- 8
4. Disruptive Technologies Radically Reshaping Necessary Managerial Skills: A multi-dimensional approach, Evolving Business Models in Ecosystem of Disruptive Technologies and Social Media, page 75 – 85, edited by Ajoy Kumar Dey, Hanna Lehtimaki, Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi, 2018, ISBN: 978-93-88630- 07-8
5. Light from Heaven: Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Krishna Consciousness, Rajagopalachary, M. and Damodar Rao, K. (2016). Bhakti movement and literature: re-forming a tradition. Jaipur: Rawat Publications, ISBN 978- 81-316-0812-8, Print
6. Rohinton Mistry’s Such a long Journey: Perspectives of Multiculturalism and Double Displacement. Multiculturalism in Indian Tradition and Literature, ed. By M. Rajagopalachary, K. Damodar Rao. Atlantic Publishers & Distributors. New Delhi. 2016. ISBN: 978- 81-269- 2112-6.
7. Negotiating Multiculturalism in JhumpaLahiri’s The Namesake, Flowering of Indian English Literature- New Dimensions, ed. By B. Krishnaiah, Prestige Books, New Delhi 2014.
8. Coaching strategies for Leadership Development: A Futuristic Study, Envisioning the Future Business. Excel Books. New Delhi, 2012. Print.

• Principal Investigator: “An Assessment of the Status of Anaemia and Malnutrition among the Women and Children in Select Districts of Chhattisgarh”. Sponsor: NITI AAYOG, State Govt. of Chhattisgarh 2024

• Chief Coordinator on behalf of EDII (Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India): 100 Women Entrepreneurship Awareness Programs – Sponsored by NCW, Govt. of India – 2023-24

• Principal Investigator: UGC funded Minor Project on Mobile-Enabled Language Learning – entitled “Using Mobile Technology to Enable and Facilitate Distributed Learning for Enhancing English Language Communication Skills for better employability of undergraduate students”, 2014-16.

• Project Director on behalf of EDII, “Entrepreneurs Level Next”, Conceptualizing course and facilitating the making of 300 learning Videos on entrepreneurship for asynchronous, virtual learning of the Indian youth Project, 2022, funded by Jain International Organisation.

• Led high-impact executive programmes on Persuasion and Negotiation for multiple cohorts of Adani Group professionals.
• Designed and delivered Cross-Cultural Business Communication interventions supporting Adani’s Australia-facing business engagements.
• Conducted large-scale corporate programmes on Strategic Communication and Soft Skills for leading public sector organizations, including NTPC, Power Grid, NSPCL, NLC, and DVC.
• Served as coordinator and chief faculty resource person for two different years’ AICTE ATAL Faculty Development Programme on Women Entrepreneurship.
• Designed and delivered the School Teachers’ Development Programme on Entrepreneurship Mentoring for school educators across India for 3 consecutive years.
• Conducted international executive programmes under the ITEC (Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation) Programme on Women Entrepreneurship, training women entrepreneurs and government officials from developing nations across the world.
• Delivered specialized international programmes under the ITEC Programme on Gender-Responsive Governance and government officials from developing nations across the world.

Achievement
1. Recipient of AICTE’s Lilavati Award 2020- as part of EDII (Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India) Team: First Runner up

2. Conceptualized, Compiled and Edited ‘Odyssey of Excellence’, BIMTECH Coffee Table Book