Ajinkya Navare
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Ajinkya Navare

Assistant Professor, Organisation and Leadership Studies

Deputy Programme Chairperson, Post Graduate Diploma in Management and Post Graduate Diploma in Management Business Management

Ajinkya Navare holds a Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, with a research focus on workplace spirituality and positive psychology. He began his academic career in 2012 and has since engaged in research and teaching with several leading management institutions across India.

His scholarly interests centre on Karma Yoga, workplace spirituality, and positive psychology. He has contributed to journals, books, and conferences, earning recognition for the quality and impact of his work.

Prof. Navare has received the ‘Best Paper Award’ from both INDAM and IISc, and the ‘Most Cited Paper Award’ from Wiley.

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Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Ph.D., 2019

Focus: Karma Yoga – Conceptualisation, Scale Development, and the Implications on Spirituality and Positive Psychological Outcomes at the Workplace

University of Mumbai

MMS, 2011

Major: Marketing

University of Mumbai   

BCom, 2008

Major: Accounting and Finance

  • Research interests

    Karma Yoga

    Workplace Spirituality

    Positive Psychology

  • Selected publications

    Lyndon, S., Rokadia, H. and Navare, A. (2024), Dark side of teleworking: impact of initiated interdependence, professional isolation and psychological detachment on emotional exhaustion, Evidence-based HRM, Vol. 12 No. 1, pp. 214-229. https://doi.org/10.1108/EBHRM-02-2022-0040

    Lyndon, S., Rawat, P.S., Bhardwaj, K. and Navare, A. (2023), The sexual identity disclosure dilemma for lesbian, gay, and bisexual employees in the Indian workplace, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Vol. 42 No. 8, pp. 1107-1125. https://doi.org/10.1108/EDI-02-2022-0052

    Upadhyay, N., Kamble, A., Navare, A. (2023). Virtual healthcare in the new normal: Indian healthcare consumers adoption of electronic government telemedicine service. Government Information Quarterly. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.giq.2022.101800

    Navare, A., and Pandey, A. (2022). Karma Yoga: Scale development and studies of the impact on positive psychological outcomes at the workplace. International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, 22(2), 271–299. https://doi.org/10.1177/14705958221111239

    Lyndon, S., Pandey, A. and Navare, A. (2022), Emergence and outcomes of shared leadership: unraveling the role of transactive memory system and team mindfulness using mixed-methods approach, Leadership and Organization Development Journal, Vol. 43 No. 2, pp. 196-210. https://doi.org/10.1108/LODJ-05-2021-0202

    Dagar, C., Pandey, A. & Navare, A. (2020). How Yoga-Based Practices Build Altruistic Behaviour? Examining the Role of Subjective Vitality, Self-transcendence, and Psychological Capital. Journal of Business Ethics, 175(1), Pages 191-206. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-020-04654-7

    Lyndon, S., Pandey, A. and Navare, A. (2020). Shared leadership and team creativity: Investigating the role of cognitive trust and team learning through mixed method approach. Personnel Review, 49(9), pp. 1805-1822. https://doi.org/10.1108/PR-05-2019-0262

    Pandey, A., Chandwani, R., & Navare, A. (2018). How can mindfulness enhance moral reasoning? An examination using business school students. Business Ethics: A European Review. https://doi.org/10.1111/beer.12171

    Link to Google Scholar

  • Books/Book chapters

    Navare, A., Pandey, A. (2018). Paths of Yoga: Perspective for Workplace Spirituality. The Palgrave Handbook of Workplace Spirituality and Fulfilment (pp. pp.101-126). Springer International Publishing.

  • Conferences

    Navare, A., Rai, A., From devotion to dedication: Exploring the Bhakti roots of servant leadership, 9th Indian Academy of Management, INDAM 2024 Conference, Goa Institute of Management. (January 2024)

    Ashish Pandey, Ajinkya Vijay Navare, Rajesh Chandwani, and Saurabh Srivastava, 2020: Indian Worldview and its Implications for Management Scholarship and Practices. Academy of Management (AOM) Proceedings, 2020, https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2020.20201abstract

    Navare, A. (Author), Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Indian Worldview and its Implications for Management Scholarship and Practices., Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada. (August 2020)

    Navare, A., Karma Yoga: A Vedantic View of Workplace Spirituality and Its Positive Psychological Outcomes. Indian Academy of Management (INDAM) Conference. (January 2020)

    Navare, A. (Presenter), Indian Academy of Management Conference, Karma Yoga: A Vedantic View of Workplace Spirituality and Its Positive Psychological Outcomes, Indian Institute of Management – IIM, Tiruchirappalli, India. (January 2020)

    Navare, A.(Presenter), Karma Yoga: Conceptualization, Scale Development and The Implications on Workplace Spirituality. Bangalore, India. Indian Institute of Science. (December 2018)

    Navare, A. (Presenter), The Consortium of Students in Management Research (COSMAR), Karma Yoga: Conceptualization, Scale Development and The Implications on Workplace Spirituality, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. (December 2018)

    Navare, A.(Author), How Yoga Based Practices Result in Human Flourishing?. Chicago, USA. Academy of Management. (August 2018)

    Navare, A. (Author), Academy of Management Annual Meeting, How Yoga Based Practices Result in Human Flourishing? Academy of Management, Chicago, USA. (July 2018)

    Navare, A. (Author), Academy of Management Annual Meeting, What has Yoga got to do with Positive Psychology? A Study of the Connections and Associated Mechanism, Academy of Management, Atlanta, USA. (August 2017)

    Navare, A., Pandey, A., Chandwani, R., Academy of Management, Enhancing Moral Reasoning (in Business School): A Mindfulness Perspective (2017)

    Navare, A. (Presenter), Pan IIM Conference, Karma Yoga: The Indian Psycho-Philosophical Perspective for Spirituality at Work, IIM Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad, India. (December 2016)

    Navare, A. (Presenter), Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Enhancing Moral Reasoning (in Business School): A Mindfulness Perspective, Academy of Management, Vancouver, Canada. (August 2015)

  • Teaching interest

    Science of Spirituality

    Happiness Development

    Organizational Behaviour

    Quantitative Research Techniques

  • Awards and honours

    Professional Service

    Best Paper of the Track (runner up), Indian Academy of Management. (January 2024)

    Best Paper in MSR Track, Indian Academy of Management (INDAM) conference. (January 2020). Best Paper of the Conference, South Asian Journal of Business Studies. (January 2020)

    Most Cited Paper, Wiley. (December 2019)

    Best Paper in HR Track, IISc Bangalore. (December 2018)

  • Work experience

    S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai. (December 2021 – present)

    Academic faculty

    Assistant Professor, Organisation and Leadership Studies

    Administrative assignments (January 2024 – present)

    Deputy Chairperson, PGDM programme

    Indian Institute of Management Jammu. (August 2020 – December 2021)

    Assistant Professor

  • Consulting

    Government, Jammu and Kashmir Public Works Department, Jammu, India. (August 2020 – January 2021)

  • MDPs/FDPs

    Ministry Of Education, Nurturing Future Leadership Programme (NFLP) – Batch 1 (February 2025).

    State Bank of India-Batch 15, Leadership Development Programme (February 2025).

    State Bank of India-Batch 14, Leadership Development Programme (February 2025).

    State Bank of India-Batch 9, Leadership Development Programme (January 2025).

    State Bank of India-Batch 7, Leadership Development Programme (January 2025).

    State Bank of India-Batch 2, Leadership Development Programme (December 2024).

    FDP, KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Research, Mumbai. (October 14, 2019 – October 16, 2019).

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