Rahul Kumar Shukla

Dr. Rahul Kumar Shukla is an Assistant Professor in the General Management Area at XLRI???Xavier School of Management. He has been a recipient of the Fulbright Fellowship and the prestigious Startalk Assistantship at the University of Pennsylvania.

Rahul earned Ph.D. in English from the University of Lucknow, Lucknow. His research interests include Gender Communication, Organizational Communication, Computer-mediated Communication, Second Language Acquisition, Stylistics and Discourse Analysis. He has published and presented his work on different national and international academic platforms.

Prior to joining XLRI, he has also taught Business Communication at Symbiosis International University, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (preparatory courses), Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad & Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan.

Experience Detail

• Assistant Professor, XLRI, Jamshedpur (From Sep 2015 onward)
• Adjunct Professor, IIM Kozhikode (From June 2018-Present)
• Assistant Professor, Symbiosis International University, Pune (July 2015-Sep. 2015)
• Trainee Associate, Communication Area, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad(June 2012 - June 2015 )
• Visiting Professor, Entrepreneur Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad (June 2014 - March 2015)
• Lecturer, Jaypee University of Information Technology, Solan Dept. of HSS (July 2011-May 2012)
• Fulbright Scholar - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Penn Language Center (August 2008-July 2009)

Other Achievements

Worked as a student assistant in an online Second language learning project New Directions New People directed by Prof.(Dr) Vijay Gambhir and Prof. (Dr) Surendra Gambhir, South Asia Studies, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA. Worked as a volunteer in a project titled, Gender Development Index of UP, under the aegis of Centre of Excellence, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, India at University of Lucknow, Lucknow, India from March 2010-September 2010.

Area of RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Gender Communication
• Organizational Communication
• Computer-mediated Communication
• Stylistics and Discourse Analysis

Journal Articles-Refereed

• Shukla, R.K. (2015). Kamala Das: A Unique Literary Phenomenon. Indian Journal of English Studies, 53 (1) (Accepted). ISSN-L0537-1988
• Shukla, R.K., & Dwivedi, A.K. (2014). A Case on Purvanchal Rural Bank. Journal of Rural and Industrial Development, 2 (1). ISSN: 2321-1873
• Shukla, R. K. (2014). Quest for Self through the Poethics of Love: A Study of Kamala Dass Poetry. World Journal of Gender and Literature, 1(1). ISSN: 2349-1620
• Shukla, R.K. (2014). Kamala Dass Confessional Poetry: An Expression of Self. Labyrinth: An International Refereed Journal of Postmodern Studies, 6 (1). ISSN: 0976-0814
• Shukla, R.K. (2014). Changing Identities: Quest for Self in Kamala Dass Poetry. Spectrum: An International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 3 (1). ISSN: 2319-6076
• Shukla, R.K. (2014). Understanding Organization through Gender Communication: A Conceptual Framework. BHU Management Review (Accepted). ISSN: 2231-0142
• "Relationship between perceptions of corporate social responsibility and organizational cynicism: the role of employee volunteering" The International Journal of Human Resource Management,2015.DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2015.1072102

Scholarly Books

• Shukla. R.K. (2014). Quest for Self: A Study of the Poetry of Kamala Das. Saarbr??cken, Germany: Lambert Academic Publishing. ISBN: 978-3-659-64662-1

Published articles in newspapers/magazines

• Shukla, R.K. (2015). Career Prospects in Foreign Languages. Employment News, 40 (4)
• Shukla, R.K. (2013). Linguistics as a Career. Employment News, 37 (52)
• Shukla, R.K. (2011). Communication as a Career Part-II. Employment News, 34 (1)
• Shukla, R.K. (2011). Communication as a Career Part-I. Employment News, 34 (13)