Vidyut Lata Dhir

Vidyut Lata Dhir is a Professor of Organisational Behaviour & Leadership and Group Head for Design Thinking at SPJIMR. She holds a Ph.D. from SNDT university, with her research focus on Organisational Commitment and Citizenship Behaviour. She holds an M.Phil. from Mumbai university and a master’s in psychology from Panjab University.

With over 3 decades of experience, she has taught at top B Schools in India and Germany. Her 20+ years of corporate training and consulting include designing and delivery of Management Development programmes on Leadership and Building High Performing Teams.

She is passionate about Women Leadership and recently directed an 18-month Women Leadership programme co-created with Mahindra and Mahindra experts which won them the UNGCNI Award for Best Innovative Practices for successfully implementing a first-of-its-kind Women Leaders Programme.

She has spearheaded the design & development of Personal Growth Lab – an innovative pedagogic innovation to teach Organisational Behaviour through experiential learning. She was awarded an Erasmus Mundus Scholarship (2014) by the European Union for Interdisciplinary Bridges for Indo-European studies.

As a Licensed psychologist, she pioneered Vishwas – a Centre for nurturing psychologically safe spaces and is a Co-Founder at Nest, a start-up dedicated to mental well-being. She has dedicated her efforts to guiding, mentoring, coaching & counselling, decoding life stories and impacting lives meaningfully across countries, academic programmes, industries & sectors.

She is a panellist at international conferences and is also an author. Her research interests include Organisational Commitment, Leadership, Design Thinking, and Innovative Pedagogy. Her research articles have been published in peer-reviewed journals.

Education

• SNDT University
  Ph.D. in Organisational Behaviour, 2013
  Dissertation Title: Organisational Commitment and its Role in Managing Responsibility in an Organisation
• University of Mumbai
  Phil. in Psychology, 1993
  Dissertation Title: Indian Merchant Navy Officers’ Attributions of Responsibility as a function of Subjects Status, Outcome Severity, Causal Controllability, and Acceptance versus Denial of Responsibility
• University of Punjab
  MA, 1980
  Major: Psychology
• University of Punjab
  BA (Hons.), 1978
  Major: English

Research Interests

• Pedagogic Innovations
• Organisational Commitment & Citizenship Behavior
• Attribution of Responsibility
• Design thinking in HR
• Intersection of Psychology and Technology, Psychological Safety
• Individual Factors in Cyber security.
• Leadership

Courses

• Organisational Behaviour
• Leadership
• Design Thinking and Innovation

Work Experience

Academic Faculty

• Professor, SPJIMR. (July 1, 2016 – Present).
• Associate Professor, SPJIMR. (April 1, 2009 – June 30, 2016).
• Assistant Professor, SPJIMR. (June 9, 2004 – March 2009).

Administrative Assignments

• Head, People & Performance (2009 -2014)
• Group Head, Design Thinking, Business School. (December 4, 2020 – Present).
• Head, Counselling and Development Centre. (November 26, 2015 – Present).
• Head, Vishwas – A space for Nurturing Mental well-Being
• Member of the SPJIMR POSH Committee

Narsee Monjee Institute For Management Studies (June 2001 – April 2004)

• Adjunct Faculty

Narsee Monjee Institute For Management Studies (JUNE 2000 – APRIL 2001)

• Visiting Faculty

Various Academic Institutions (May 1999 – April 2000)

• Visiting Lecturer, Mithibai College of Arts and Commerce
• Narsee Monjee College of Commerce Mumbai.

Mithibai College (1988 – 1995)

• Lecturer