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Dr. Neha Chawla

Assistant Professor

School: School of Business and Law
Email Id: nehac@nuv.ac.in

Assistant Professor in the domain of Entrepreneurship and Quantitative Techniques with 15 years of teaching experience. Detail oriented and passionate towards teaching, I am approachable and command reasonably good control over the class. I continuously strive to experiment with different pedagogy to make the subject interesting, application based and understandable for the students. My doctoral research was on ‘Influence of Entrepreneurship Education on the self-efficacy of the participants’. My research interests comprise of entrepreneurship education, entrepreneurial self-efficacy, coupled with entrepreneurial finance. I aim to advance knowledge in these areas through rigorous inquiry and dissemination.

Academic background/Qualification 

  • Ph.D in Management 2022, Navrachana University, Vadodara  
  • Master of Business Administration (Family Business & Entrepreneurship), Nirma University, Ahmedabad 2009  
  • Bachelor of Science (Mathematics), MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly, U.P. 2007 
  • HSC, Delhi Public School, R.K.Puram, New Delhi
  • SSC, Modern Public School, Najibabad, U.P.

Professional or Industrial Experience 

July 2015 to Current: Assistant Professor at School of Business and Law, Navrachana University, Vadodara 

  • Teach courses in the area of Entrepreneurship, Quantitative Techniques and Research Methodology at BBA and MBA program 
  • Guide BBA and MBA students for their research projects 
  • Teach Entrepreneurship course to the students of other programs at Navrachana University 
  • Worked in NIRF team for preparing and submitting the data for ranking 
  • NAAC committee member as criteria head 

June 2009 to November 2014: Lecturer at BBA Program (BKMIBA) of Amrut Mody School of Management, Ahmedabad University 

  • Courses Taught: Entrepreneurship- Concepts & Cases, Research Methodology, Business Statistics and Business Mathematics 
  • Other Major Responsibility: 
  • Project Committee In charge (includes Industrial Project & Research Project)  
  • Exam Committee member 

Teaching 

  • Entrepreneurship 
  • Business Planning 
  • Quantitative Techniques 
  • Business Research Methods 

Area of Expertise and Research 

  • Entrepreneurship Education 
  • Entrepreneurial self-efficacy 
  • Entrepreneurial intention 
  • Entrepreneurial Finance 

Ongoing research: 

  • Venture Capital Funding and Financial health of ‘Better for you’ start-ups in India 
  • Value addition by Venture Capital investors- Perception of entrepreneurs in ‘Better for you’ segment

Publications  

  • Chawla, N. T., & Bhatia, H. (2022). Entrepreneurship Education in the Indian Context: Relevance and Limitations. In Geo-economic Perspectives in the Global Environment (pp. 125-143). Routledge India. 
  • Taneja, N., & Bhatia, H. (2022). A study on the influence of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial self-efficacy. Vision: The Journal of Business Perspective, 097226292211101–09722629221110130. https://doi.org/10.1177/09722629221110130 
  • Taneja Chawla, N., & Bhatia, H. (2021). Measuring Entrepreneurial Self-efficacy: A Comprehensive Scale. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation in Emerging Economies, 7(2), 194-215. https://doi.org/10.1177/23939575211019605 
  • Chawla, N. T., & Bhatia, H. (2021). A study on evolution of models measuring Entrepreneurial intention. Interwoven : An Interdisciplinary Journal, 4(11),11-33 
  • Chawla, N. T., & Bhatia, H. (2020). A Study on the Influence of Education and Demographic Variables on the Entrepreneurial Self Efficacy (ESE). Adhyayan : A Journal of Management Sciences, 10(2) ,64-74. 
  • Taneja, N., & Gandhi, P. A. (2015). An inquiry into entrepreneurial characteristics amongst students in Ahmedabad. Asian Journal of Management Research , 5 (4),487-496 
  • Taneja, N., & Bhatia, H. (2017). A Review of Ease of Doing Business for New Age Entrepreneurs in India. Journal of Entrepreneurship and Management , 6 (1). 
  • Thomas, S., S, A., Taneja, N., & Vatavwala, S. (2017). Patanjali Ayurved – Capturing Ayurvedic FMCG Market Case. Reference No. 517-0035-1. UK.:The Case Centre. 
  • Taneja, N. (2015, May). Snack place to International Brand: 90 years of Entrepreneurship. Reference no. 815-031-1. UK.:The Case Centre. 
  • Taneja, N., & Pastakia, A. (2015). Business for Inclusive Development: Profiling the Social Business Enterprises in India. Eleventh Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship. Gandhinagar: Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India. 
  • Gandhi, P. A., & Taneja, N. (2015). Banking and Finance(Liquidity, Mergers and other issues). In A. K. Puri, & K. Singh (Eds.), Emerging Horizons in Finance. New Delhi: Bloomsbury 
  • Taneja, N., Hawa, A., Kanani, H., Sharma, S., Patel, M., Siddhi, P., et al. (2014). A study on consumer purchase intention towards ready-to-eat food in Ahmedabad. Asian Journal of Management Research , 5 (2), 202-209 
  • Topiwala, A., Taneja, N., Patel, S, et al. (2014, April). A study on the effectiveness and attitude of parents, students and teachers towards Smart Class. International Multidisciplinary Research Journal.

Conferences/Seminars  

  • Presented paper titled “Evolution of Start-up Culture in India: A Reflection through IPOs backed by Venture Capital” with Dr. Nikita Mehta at Indian Strategy Conference organized by IIM Ahmedabad, IIM Bangalore, ISB Hyderabad, and CII CSO Forum Date at IIM Bangalore from  December, 14-17, 2023. 
  • Presented paper titled “A study on critical determinants: The growth saga of venture capital funding in India” with Dr. Nikita Mehta at INDAM 2023 @SBM-NMIMS Mumbai hosted on 6-8 January 2023. 
  • Presented paper titled “A Study on the Influence of Education and Demographic Variables on the Entrepreneurial Self Efficacy (ESE),” with Dr. Hitesh Bhatia at Fourteenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship, EDII, Gandhinagar, India, February, 25-27,2021. 
  • Presented paper titled “Entrepreneurship Education in the Indian Context: Relevance and Limitations” at Fore International Business Conference (FIBC)2020 held on November 27-28,2020. 
  • Presented a paper on  “CSR and Social Entrepreneurship” with Nikita Mehta and Dr. Nirlesh Kotharui at Samhit -National Conference on CSR, January, 8-9 January, 2016 at Navrachana University, Vadodara 
  • Presented paper on “Business For Inclusive Development: Profiling the Social Business Enterprise in India”with Dr. Astad Pastakia at the Eleventh Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship, February 20-22, 2015 at Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India,Gujarat. 
  • Presented paper on “Dividend Signaling Effect: An Empirical Study of Indian Midcap Companies” with Prof. Pervin Gandhi at Fore International Conference on Finance on November 27-28, 2014 at Fore School of Management, New Delhi. 
  • Assisted Dr. Astad Pastakia in research on the evolution of Corporate Social Responsibility for developing Theme Paper on ‘Addressing the Challenges of  Socially Responsible Business (SRB) in Asia-Pacific Region’ presented as a key-note address at the International Workshop at EDI, Ahmedabad, India, October 16-18, 2013. 
  • Attended National Conference on ‘Innovating for Development and Sustainability,’ October, 30-31 2015 at Navrachana University, Vadodara

Training/Workshops 

  • Six weeks certificate program on Nurturing Innovation and Start-up Ecosystem conducted by Gujarat Start-up and Student Innovation Hub in association with Start-up India and SSIP from 8th September to 24th October 2020 
  • Entrepreneurship Educators Program WF 100 & WF 101 organized by Wadhwani Foundation and National Entrepreneurship Network, July 25-29, 2017 
  • Workshop on ‘Incubation of Incubators’ by ISBA – Indian STEPs and Business Incubators Association, 11th March 2016, Pune 
  • International Workshop on “Entrepreneurship in Socially Responsible Business for Development in Asia and the Pacific Region” organized by Entrepreneurship Development Institute, Ahmedabad, October 16-18,2013 
  • FDP on Research in Management Education  at FORE School of Management New Delhi on 14th -15th  March 2012 
  • Ten days FDP on Advanced Business Research and Analytics  from June 8-18, 2012, at MICA, Ahmedabad which provided an insight into the entire process conducting research and tools and techniques for analysis of qualitative and quantitative data. 
  • One month course on Entrepreneurship at Judge Business School, Cambridge University during September 2012. 
  • FDP on ‘Case Study Method of Teaching’ at IIT Delhi, 14th to 16th March 2011 
  • FDP on ‘Kindling Creativity’ in teaching by M.R.Senapathy,Sr. faculty member IFEN at ICFAI, Ahmedabad. 
  • FDP on ‘How to write an Effective Case’ at Centre for Continuing Education, AMSoM, Ahmedabad University, 29th January 2011. 
  • FDP on ‘Aligning Learning Styles and Course Planning’ by Dr. Ravi Gor, held at Ahmedabad University on 24th September 2011.  
  • FDP on ‘How to write a Research Paper’ by Prof. Atanu Bhattacharya from H. M. Patel Institute of English Training and Research, Vallabh Vidyanagar on 17th December 2011. 

Awards/Honors  

  • ‘Best Faculty Award’ at B .K. Majumdar Institute of Business Administration, Ahmedabad University for the year 2011-12 
  • Gold Medal for First position in MBA 
  • Gold Medal for Best student in MBA 

 

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