Pratyush Banerjee is Associate Professor and Chair of Executive Education at International Management Institute (IMI) Bhubaneswar. He holds PhD in Management with specialization in HRM. He has over eight years of academic teaching experience at various institutions of repute including Xavier Institute of Management (XIM) University, Bhubaneshwar, T.A. Pai Management Institute (TAPMI), Manipal, and Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani. Dr. Banerjee is certified HR Analytics professional from Aon-Hewitt and Certified Business Analytics Professional from Carlton Advanced Management Institute (CAMI), UK. He has undertaken various Management Development Programmes with organizations such as IOCL, HPCL, Poclain Hydraulics and CGI. He has also been a guest faculty member with IIM Indore, IIM Sambalpur, IIM Amritsar, IIFT and IIM Raipur for teaching HR Analytics. Jatin Pandey is Associate Professor in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management area, IIM Indore. He is Fellow of IIM Ahmedabad. Prior to joining IIM Indore, he served at IIM Kozhikode as an Assistant Professor. He was conferred the seventh Young Faculty research chair in 2019 and the Best Teacher Award at IIM Indore in 2021 and 2023. He was awarded the Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) by the University Grants Commission, Government of India, and has been awarded the Best Thesis by IIM Ahmedabad for his doctoral work. He is a life member of the All India Management Association and the Academy of Human Resource Development. At I.I.M. Indore, he teaches across I.P.M., P.G.P., and F.P.M. Programmes and conducts M.D.P. s for private and public sector organizations, including armed forces. Manish Gupta (PhD, UGC-JRF, MBA) is Associate Professor at Mahindra University's School of Management, with industry and teaching experience at various academic levels. He teaches Human Resource Management (HRM), Organizational Behavior (OB), HR analytics, and Competency Mapping to PhD, MBA, and BBA students. His current research interests encompass agile HRM and engagement through gamification. He is an Article Editor and Editorial Member for international journals. He has published papers in ABDC A* and A-ranked journals. His work has garnered media coverage and he has authored research papers, textbooks, reference books, book chapters, and teaching cases.
