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Rohini Pillai

Rohini Pillai Email-ID: rohini@rajagiri.edu

<p><span style="color:null"><span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="background-color:#fbfbfb">Rohini holds a PhD in Management and Labour Studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and B. Tech in Electrical and Electronics engineering, from Government Engineering College, Thrissur. She has over 11 years of experience in business consulting and training in India and Oman. Prior to joining Rajagiri, she was working as the Vice President- Learning and Development, Sahya Leadership Solutions, an Edu-Tech start up based in Kochi. She has also worked as a part time faculty in Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai and School of Management Studies, University of Calicut. Rohini&rsquo;s research interests include human resource management, Digitalisation and gender studies.</span></span></span></span></p>

Educational Qualification

  • PhD in Management and Labour Studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
  • MBA (Marketing & Finance), Department of Commerce and Management Studies, Dr. John Mathai Centre, University of Calicut
  • B. Tech (Electrical & Electronics Engineering), Government Engineering College, Thrissur

Work Experience (Research /Teaching)

  • Vice President – Learning And Development Sahya Leadership Solutions, Kochi
  • Business Consultant Orbital Projects & Services Llc, Muscat, Oman
  • Business Analyst Ibs Software Services Pvt Ltd, Kochi, India
  • Manager- Sales And Support Standard Machinery Marketing Co Pvt Ltd, Bangalore
  • Visiting Faculty School Of Management And Labour Studies, Tata Institute Of Social Sciences, Mumbai School Of Management Studies, Dr. John Mathai Centre, University Of Calicut, Thrissur.

Area of Interest (Research /Teaching)

  • Leadership
  • Learning & Development 
  • Change Management 
  • Strategic Human Resource Management 
  • Training and Development,
  • Organisational Development and Change
  • Digitalisation in HRM

Journal Publication

  • Rohini Pillai and Bino Paul (2022) “Industry 4.0 and the Changing Employment Relations - A Case of the Indian Information Technology Industry”, NHRD network journal,16 (1), 1-16 https://doi.org/10.1177/26314541221134849

Book Chapter

  • Rohini Pillai and Bino Paul (2021). Industry 4.0 and the changing employment relations – A case of the Indian Information Technology Industry. In 62nd Annual ISLE Conference, Indian Society of Labour Economics, IIT Roorkee, Uttarakhand

Paper Presentation

  • “Towards A Sustainable Future: Exploring the impact of digitalisation on work life integration in the Indian IT Sector” at the International Conference on Sustainability, IIM Bodhgaya (February 1–2, 2025)

Workshops / Training Organised

  • Resource Person- “Creating Positive Team Dynamics to Combat Stress”, Das Investment and Transport Co LLC, Muscat , Oman (November 28, 2024)

Awards And Achievements

  • Notable Achievement Excellence Award, Kerala Engineers Forum, Muscat, Oman (2024)
  • Doctoral Fellowship awarded by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) (2019-2021)

Administrative Roles

  • Faculty Coordinator – Academic Calendar -PGDM (2024-25)
  • Batch Coordinator – 2023-’25 MA(HRM)