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PhD in Industrial Psychology (Gold Medalist) from IIT Kharagpur
• Assistant Professor, IIM Raipur, April 2011 onwards
• Assistant Professor, National Institute of Science & Technology, Berhampur, September 2007-March 2011
• Teaching Assistant, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, July 2006- June 2007.
• Emotional Intelligence
• Organizational communication & Climate
• Work Related Attitudes
• Group Dynamics & Leadership
• Gold Medal for the Best PhD. Thesis for the year 2008
• Best Scholar for three consecutive years (2005, 2006, 2007)
Life Member National Academy of Psychology
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1.
Kumar, B. P., & Giri, V. N. (2012).
presented at the Third Asian Conference on Social Sciences organized during May 3-6 at
Ramada Osaka Hotel, Osaka, Japan.
2.
Kumar, B. P.
(2011).
presented at the XXIst National Annual Conference of the
National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) organized during December 12-14 by Institute of
Rural Management Anand (IRMA), Anand, Gujarat.
3.
Kumar, B. P., & Giri, V. N. (2010). Assessing the Impact of Communication on Job
Satisfaction and Job Performance in Indian Organizations. Psychological Studies, 55, 137-143.

4.
Kumar, B. P., & Behera B. P. (2010).
presented at the XXth National Annual Conference of the
National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) organized during December 12-15 by Zakir Hussain
Centre for Educational Studies, JNU, Delhi.
5.
Kumar, B. P., Sirisha, E., & Swati, M. (2010).
Emotional intelligence abilities and their relationship with team building presented at the XXth National Annual Conference of the
National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) organized during December 12-15 by Zakir Hussain
Centre for Educational Studies, JNU, Delhi.
6.
Kumar, B. P., & Giri, V. N. (2010). HR Practices: An enhancer to emotional intelligence presented at the XXth National Annual Conference of the National Academy of Psychology
(NAOP) organized during December 12-15 by Zakir Hussain Centre for Educational Studies,
JNU, Delhi.
7.
Kumar, B. P., & Giri, V. N. (2010).
Emotional intelligence: A key to job performance presented at the XIX National Annual Conference of the National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) organized during March 06-09 by the Department of Psychology, Bangalore University,
Bangaluru.
8.
Kumar, B. P., & Giri, V. N.
(2009). Effect of age and experience on job satisfaction and organizational commitment. The ICFAI Journal of Organizational Behaviour, 1, 28-36.
9.
Kumar, B. P., & Giri, V. N. (2009).
. Journal of Creative
Communications , 4, 177-184 .
10.
Kumar, B. P. (2009) .
Summer School on Developing Interpersonal Communication Strategies, organized during August 10-16 by AICTE & IIT Kharagpur.
11.
Kumar, B. P., & Giri, V. N. (2008). Exploring the relationships of organizational communication, organizational climate, and organizational commitment. Management Stream, 1,
17-23.
12.
Kumar, B. P., & Giri, V. N. (2008).
Examining the relationship of organizational communication and job satisfaction in Indian organizations presented at the XVIII National
Annual Conference of the National Academy of Psychology (NAOP) organized during
December 14-17 by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati,
Guwahati.
13.
Kumar, B. P., & Giri, V. N. (2007). Organizational commitment, climate and job satisfaction:
An empirical study. The ICFAI Journal of Organizational Behaviour, 6, 7-17.
14.
Kumar, B. P., & Giri, V. N.
(2007).
Examining the effect of job performance on organizational commitment. Management and Labour Studies, 32, 123-135.
15.
Giri, V. N., & Kumar, B. P.
(2007).
Impact of organizational climate on job satisfaction and job
Performance in Indian Organizations. Psychological Studies, 52, 131-133.
16.
Kumar, B. P . (2007). FDP in Entrepreneurship organized during November 12-23 by NSTEDB,
DST, Govt. of India at Hotel Dreamland, Puri.

17.
Giri, V. N., & Kumar, B. P. (2007) .
Assessing the Impact of Communication on Job
Satisfaction and Job Performance in Indian Organizations presented at 10 of Psychology during July 3-6, Prague, The Czech Republic. th European Congress
18.
Kumar, B. P., & Giri, V. N. (2007).
Impact of Organizational Climate on Job Satisfaction and
Job Performance presented at the XVI National Annual Conference of the National Academy of
Psychology (NAOP) organized during December 14-16 by the Department of Humanities and
Social Sciences, IIT Bombay, Mumbai.
19.
Kumar, B. P., & Giri, V. N. (2006).
Impact of Organizational Climate on Job Satisfaction and
Job Performance: A Pilot Study of DRDL, Hyderabad presented at the national conference on
Emerging Paradigms in psychology organized during September 22-24 by DRDO, New Delhi.
20.
Kumar, B. P., & Giri, V. N. (2006). Impact of organizational climate on job satisfaction and job performance: A pilot study of DRDL, Hyderabad. In U. Kumar, S. Mukherjee, & V. Prakash
(Eds.) Recent developments in psychology (pp.248-255). Delhi: Defense Institute of
Psychological Research.
21.
Kumar, B. P., & Giri, V. N. (2005). Analysing the effect of computer mediated communication and face-to-face communication on self-disclosure. In M. Raman, S. Sharma, & B. Mishra
(Eds.), Communicating at work: Shifting paradigms and emerging trends (pp.179-188). New
Delhi: Jain Brothers.
22.
Kumar, B. P., & Giri, V. N. (2004). Analyzing the Effect of Computer Mediated
Communication and Face-to-Face Communication on Self-Disclosure presented at the National
Seminar on Meeting Communication Challenges at Workplace organized during September 10-
11by BITS, Pilani.
23.
Kumar, B. P. (2003) . Brand Positioning & Market Segmentation of Hotels (a case study of
Hyatt) paper presented at the XXVII National Annual Conference of the Indian Social Science
Congress organized by the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kharagpur,
December 3-7, 2003.
Training Programs for
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Dept. of Agriculture, Government of Orissa
Godrej & Boyce, Hyderabad
Reliance communications, Hyderabad
BSNL, Hyderabad
Siemens Ltd, Kolkata