Good day, Dr. Honey Kanojia. I'm Arjun. I've had a look through your background and your professional record. I'm interested in hearing more about your work and how you see yourself fitting in here with our faculty. Ready to start?

Please start by introducing your professional journey in academia.

I need, my name is Jian and uh, as far as my academic journey is concerned, I basically, uh, if I go back to my building as I, I basically started my journey with my bachelor's in commerce honors from lovely professional university. The distinction and the specialization was HR and marketing the main finals. And then I move forward with my MBA.

Moving forward with that.

I pursued I was campus placed with the Asian Paints Limited as and as a territory sales officer and I worked there around for one one year and post that I joined for teaching as professor.

In the special edition of HR and marketing itself and I taught around.

13 months there more than a year and then as such PhD was conducting for me to.

You know, look the ladder of my career. So I took up a PhD and then I got into international technology and I didn't wait to minimize I didn't might search for there for around 5 years and.

I submitted my PhD 4th year and during that time I also, I was primarily, you know, pursuing my.

My job, you know, come to go get university and I was taking full time as a as a supervisor there for more than a year and then I just got into opportunity for the university and I again think share.

I just professional human resource management of organization.

And I look forward to contributing to the ideas our research environment, academic environment. I am more into understanding the engagements of the student because as we know that engagement these days are very short lived students.

So I basically would like to, I mean like I implement some trainings that I've got from Nyan Technology University ending in Singapore and I've been specially trained by them on active learning technologies like jigsaw activities in the classroom and also including modules in the.

System LMS. So I have used like models like boot lab, Boot flash. So these are the Hooters that basically would.

You know, engage you engage your classroom QR codes and quick quiz and reflection notes so and even enables you to take assignments online track monitor your class.

And as far as my teaching pedagogy is concerned, I am very well versed about having the classroom case study discussions and plus including technology alongside the classroom pedagogy. Yeah.

Thank you, Professor. Let's now assess your expertise systematically across the key skills and qualifications essential for this role. Starting with **HR Analytics and Application of AI in HRM**: Tell me, how would you leverage AI tools to improve workforce planning and maintain fair hiring practices?

What is AI in HR is concerned? I mean if I look for me pedagogical view or point as the faculty, I feel H analytics would basically help students to learn about how to both inform decisions which are more precise. Suppose if we do HRP, probably if we are using some main techniques doing it. Maybe suppose Delphi technique or otherwise managerial judgement?

It might not be very accurate, but if we have data, past data that can talk about how many people left the organization, what was done over the 8 and covert rolls people left, on which level people left. I mean maybe top, middle or the lower level is the frequency of them leaving in the organization. So basically we can be more planned about it. So the next time when we talk about the planning of human resource, suppose HR itself. So it would basically help me to understand.

Accurately with data and precisely forecast becoming need for the human resource in my organization as far as research is concerned in the same area we have been seeing a lot of you know workforce setting into gig force, right, So that we do not have, I mean a kind of a brick and mortar model these days we have organization training drastically with technological adoption, right. So we see hybrid work structures. So in those cases where human interaction becomes little lesser than.

So with the brick and mortar model, with the managers real probably with the physical setup. So it becomes a little harder to, you know, probably manage them because psychological bond kind of breaks. So I mean these days.

I mean there is a research that I have been personally working on that's called as.

Ensure that, uh.

You know, algorithmic algo, anthropomorphic anthropomorphism. So basically we basically are working towards to understand how can we make connect with with the digital labour platforms for people who work digitally remotely from homes until they feel connected to work on art best. Obviously they use difference between people who I mean physically come to workforce to the offices and people who work connected with technology.

I can't talk. So obviously they're engagement might not be that high as I'm probably we cannot monitor them as good as could have done in the physical environment. So.

Analytics would basically help us to understand even with the recruitment process itself, we could see a lot of companies using KTS or the, you know, short for the shortlisting itself.

11 keywords and shortlist the candidate who asked the job description or the specific and you are yourself a very good example of interviewing me today here to get myself shortlisted for the role of assistant professor at the IIT Bilal. So yeah, so obviously a can a I can, but it is already otherwise I would believe.

We are using softwares that can be.

It's making an impact in the field of HR, reducing time, making days and I mean even.

You know, causing efficiency system with effectiveness obviously to be very precise. So yeah, that would be the implication of HR and AI in the AHR.

Thank you for that detailed account, Professor. You have covered various aspects, including data-driven workforce planning, hybrid work dynamics, employee engagement through algorithmic anthropomorphism, and recruitment tools like AI-driven ATS systems. Moving on to **Entrepreneurship**: How would you teach students to evaluate the viability of a startup idea? Specifically, what frameworks or methodologies would you emphasize?

When it comes about teaching a student about, you know, entrepreneurship, I believe personally, every, uh, I mean a good, I mean every business or probably that has to, you know, flourish starts with an idea. So it's important to evaluate if the idea is visible at first without getting down into the integrity of understanding if the idea would work in, I mean like numbers. So if idea asks, idea looks like something that might have.

A workability 1 can go for it. Also, if I would say if a student would go about, if they bring about 90 that could be sellable in the market that can create value and has a very important point is the.

US is there so they have unique selling proposition in the idea something that is not usually I mean probably you do not find probably they have an idea that can you know address a pain point and different frameworks that might use.

Specifically, maybe?

Starting on the basic scratch, one produces sword analysis to understand their ideas, strength, weakness and you know opportunities or threat, probably with their own self itself. Although they can evaluate right, they can use quotas 5 force module to understand how the market works. What is the rivalry in the market right? What are the what are the entry barriers to the market? What are the exit barrier to the market right?

Uh, how tough is the competition in the market Photos 5 posts model can I mean.

Give them a good amount of idea and in case if they are forecasting much they can introduce ECG matrix to understand.

I mean by what time they would be able to, you know.

You know dealing with that might flow with the passage of time and when it when it is expected that they would be able to cover up the cost that they have invested in the business.

Put what kind of category of product, where and when when. Also one can do break even analysis to understand.

There are many more. I guess to this I would put to an end. I would not take a lot of time.

Understood, Professor. You've robustly outlined several key frameworks, including SWOT analysis, Porter's Five Forces, BCG Matrix, and break-even analysis, which are fundamental to evaluating the viability of a startup idea. Next, let us move to **Managing Family Business**: What specific strategies or principles would you recommend to a family-run business aiming to transition leadership to the next generation while maintaining smooth operations?

I personally believe her. With managing family businesses, one has to understand like you talked about, particularly the country in India where we see people using, you know.

Technology at a priest base and also connected with the world outside. One has to understand, I mean first obviously, yes, the USP of the business season for family business that is run has succeeded in integrate. So one has to, I mean first of all see the essence of the business, why that business has been working and then one has to look into the scalability of that probably how we can scale that business maybe.

I'm leaving schools good. This is supposed to be supposed that the family is great night and it is established well, but then we do face challenge of scaling it. So how can we scale it? Also when we want to scale it, we have to understand, do we have to standardize it or do you localize it? So some things may be standardized, some things might we might have to adapt as to the, you know, place that you serve. So you know.

It's sometimes I.

The saying goes, do what province do in the like do what when you don't do what domains do. So basically sometimes to adopt, adapt yourself, your strategies to the fit to the context where you're serving and sometimes some things you can standardize for which you are known.

Particularly, that one should do.

So our scalability is one thing, market penetration, the pricing itself, right? And also when the family thinks it's there, I think there's a concept that postponement is about storytelling, printing, storytelling and.

Bringing that city to it, that and also the legacy that you can show the people that how this business has been carrying carried forward from a long, long time and then how you are carrying it forward and maintaining a face to build. So yeah, that that would obviously, yeah, be better.

Thank you, Professor. You've articulated a thoughtful approach to managing family businesses, focusing on maintaining their essence, balancing scalability with adaptability, and leveraging storytelling to preserve legacy while exploring growth. Let’s now evaluate your competency in **Strategic Management**. Specifically, could you explain how you would guide students to develop and implement a strategic plan for a struggling organization aiming for market repositioning?

First of all, talk about market requisitioning. We have to understand this position is or a mind care happened in the brain of customers. So you have to understand what went wrong with professor diagnosed like what we were trying to do and what people are pursuing it as if position was wrong. We have to encourage to the psychology or brains and the customers. So as we know in marketing customers there is called as.

Box, if you're not using what goes around and forward, this might be accepted, forward this you might get rejected. But when you talk about strategic management.

Particularly one can first of all, obviously is diagnosed, check where we went wrong and then we talked about.

We talk about the positioning itself.

Uh, ensuring that this is a word this term called in Bhagavad called Inc integrated marketing communication. So one has to ensure that, uh, whatever we are trying to communicate through all channels, probably it is a print media or there's probably the air media in television, digital media, social media and anything and everything.

Then through which we tried to reach our customers, potential customers, our stakeholders make sure that you are trying to pay what you want to try with the drink in the same sense and they get it in their own sense. So IMC becomes very important. So if your one channel says something, another channel says something, positioning might do it all. So people might be confused about different when they get off, they might not, you know buy it or end up not.

So I am city concerning.

Also, when positioning goes wrong, obviously it gets at stake. So how do you copy or be heard of one very strong strategy through which people can However, this underlated, but I personally think it is very.

You know.

Yeah.

Thank you, Professor. You've emphasized the critical role of diagnosis, consistent messaging through Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC), and understanding customer perception in strategic market repositioning. These insights highlight your ability to guide students in addressing repositioning challenges strategically. Next, let's move into **Organizational Behavior and Career Management**. How would you train students to handle workplace conflicts effectively while promoting positive organizational behavior?

Obviously like as we understand conflict management as we resume and confront if something that is inevitable. So something that we whenever you exist, conflict would surely be there. So we do have a very famous Thomas the next calling in transit management study for quadrants that talks about.

Windows when you lose, so the very first system.

Provide confidentiality 1st, 21st we understand everyone should avoid instead of the very first strategy that we basic strategy that anyone would like to learn as model suggests. And then second is a call someone can compromise, someone can collaborate, collaborate building situation competitive strategies basically.

Yeah, that is how one can basically.

Manage contact and I think certainly it's important for you. I shouldn't track communication is already.

Can you call doing as far as?

Conflict and developing side laws.

Developing sidewalks for the good practice managers and obviously breaking the structures on the information when having the platter structure whereby.

Open Community.

Many of those charities, but it's just alongside unless ponder.

Understood, Professor. You've detailed conflict resolution strategies, referencing the Thomas-Kilmann model, and emphasized fostering open communication, informal gatherings, celebrations, and other positive practices to nurture collaboration and goodwill within organizations. Let’s now discuss your **teaching pedagogy and approach**. Could you elaborate on how you design your courses to balance theory and practical application for students?

Uh, I personally believe that, uh, whatever teaching classroom, so more than that's latest coverage classrooms.

Ask the subject. I believe that whatever as I decide.

Pedagogy.

Let's plan postpartum plan is basically increased from the outcome running outcomes. So settler programs has been towards. So we have learning outputs for every program and then we try to security goals and with them because we try to understand every lecture plan as well.

What we are trying to achieve, so get there anything that we have.

Understand the outcome that we are expecting from a particular world.

Anyway, so we.

Have spectacular abilities, that's right, case studies, role plays and also as I told you already that I use a lot of active colleges like I've been trained by an eye and technology by acting on technology site.

I also initiate because in discussions.

And also sometimes industrial disease.

Kind of helps understand the reality on the other side of things, then what happens in the classroom. Also, I sometimes I don't know you know the guest lecture something is exported from industry income and talk to students. In fact with them and can answer their rates on what they have done clearly to balance and management will actually have to be with us.

Understood, Professor. You’ve described a well-rounded approach to course design, integrating program learning outcomes with practical activities such as case studies, role plays, industry visits, active learning techniques, and guest lectures to bridge classroom learning with real-world applications. Next, let's explore your experience in **student evaluation and exam duties**. How do you ensure fairness and consistency in evaluating students' performance?

As far as evaluation spends 1 point something which transparent. So what do I do? I I design picks for every design that I'm pretty much fixed that every second is.

Next week.

Presentation. It would be like the entire certain parameters like the articulation called proper solving, identification problem, the dynamics models should be distributed inclusion.

Given and.

Dictation steps.

And these are the elicits and then every replication has marks attached to it. So even I do have marks attached yet I definitely if that's all communication planning or not all this for parameter and science and a student is evaluated on this parameters and then they are accepted there is total.

The next one exam is concerned you have to prepare a very detailed structure unspeak the empire kids elements that it is to unanswered.

This giving would make sure that yes, it's actually made that term level to be asked the question.

So some elements that.

Thank you, Professor. You've articulated a clear structure for evaluation, emphasizing transparency and objectivity by designing fixed rubrics covering various parameters such as articulation, problem-solving, and inclusion of relevant concepts. Your detailed planning for exams to ensure fair and level-appropriate questions is duly noted. Now, moving to **guiding student projects and research**: How do you mentor students to ensure academic rigor and practical relevance in their research projects?

Our scheduled time for the interview is now up. Before we conclude, do you have any questions related to the role or the company?

Uh, I couldn't answer, I could not ask the last question that you asked about the research line. And so would you just give me some time to answer that question?

So when you ask them.

Yeah. So when you talk about search guidance and other things to search.

I don't think finance groups with the experience that I carry, I am open to ideas that will bring and I believe that I trust them from them.

So I used them about the methods that student.

Analysis or writing?

Play my my job is to shape it. We can understand, but today's my models like structure. I think they're very naive about the search. I like starting from this crash, at least how what it means to other articles there. How do they like? How do you support their findings?

How did I do the excitation and even format of the?

Also understanding that the result must solve some real time problem. They are working industries, they might take a look at them and.

Carefully, carefully and give a solution or fill in the research concern.

One problem so. So at the end of the day, we are trying to make sure that every research can be done.

Thank you, Professor. You’ve emphasized a step-by-step mentoring approach, from guiding research methodology to refining article structure and ensuring citations. Your emphasis on solving real-world problems and assisting students in crafting impactful, industry-relevant research is commendable. This concludes the evaluation phase of our discussion. Do you have any final questions or comments before we wrap up?

Just wanted to ask you if I missed out any questions.

No, Professor, we covered all the designated evaluation areas for this interview. Thank you for your detailed responses and for sharing your academic and practical insights. If you’re satisfied and have no further questions, we can conclude the interview. Would you like to proceed with that?

Yes, yes.