Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sucheta Agarwal | GLA University | India
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Sucheta Agarwal is an accomplished researcher and academic with a PhD from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, specializing in women entrepreneurship and competency development, supported by strong qualifications including UGC-NET, MBA in Human Resource Development, and B.Tech in Instrumentation & Control. She has supervised multiple doctoral candidates, with three PhD scholars already awarded and five currently under her supervision. She serves as Associate Editor for Business Strategy and Development and the Cureus Journal of Business and Economics, and as Senior Editor for the Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries. A highly active trainer and consultant, she has led and delivered numerous national and international workshops, FDPs, conferences, and research methodology programs funded by bodies such as ICSSR and NRC. Her contributions include invited lectures, keynote talks, course design, and resource person roles across institutions including EDII Ahmedabad, California State University San Bernardino, Jindal Global Business School, University of Delhi, and several national universities. She has received multiple awards, including Best Paper Award (SBI Conference, USA), Research Excellence Award (InSc), Young Woman Management Researcher Award (AIMS), Young Research Scholarship (AIT Bangkok), and commendations for teaching and research excellence. She has also served as Guest Editor for several special issues in international journals such as Journal of Enterprising Communities, Journal of Family and Economic Issues, Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, Journal of Family Business Management, and International Journal of Educational Management. Dr. Agarwal is a lifetime or active member of InSc, NHRDN, GAHSSR, and AGBA, supported by a strong publication record of 47 documents, 1,039 citations across 797 sources, and an h-index of 14, reflecting her substantial impact in entrepreneurship, HRM, education management, and sustainability research.
Featured Publications
Dixit, J. K., Agrawal, V., & Agarwal, S. (2025). Sustainable entrepreneurship: Exploring the intention–behavior gap. Management Decision. Advance online publication.
Varshney, N., Agarwal, S., Dana, L. P., & Dwivedi, A. K. (2024). Correction to: An investigation of factors towards family business sustainability: Perspective from India, a developing economy. Journal of Family and Economic Issues.
Bhardwaj, S., Agarwal, S., & Tripathi, V. (2024). Exploring factors influencing the entrepreneurial intentions of the youth community towards green ICT to encourage environmental sustainability: Evidence from an emerging economy. The Electronic Journal of Information Systems in Developing Countries, 90(6), e12331.
Varshney, N., Agarwal, S., Dana, L. P., & Dwivedi, A. K. (2024). An investigation of factors towards family business sustainability: Perspective from India, a developing economy. Journal of Family and Economic Issues. Advance online publication.
Agrawal, V., Bhardwaj, S., Pathak, N., Dixit, J. K., Agarwal, S., & Momin, M. M. (2024). Augmenting research. IGI Global.
Agarwal, S., Mangla, S. K., & Ramadani, V. (2024). Enlightening cases. In IGI Global.
Ramadani, V., Agarwal, S., Caputo, A., Agrawal, V., & Dixit, J. K. (2022). Sustainable competencies of social entrepreneurship for sustainable development: Exploratory analysis from a developing economy. Business Strategy and the Environment, 31(7), 3997–3012.
Dixit, J. K., Agarwal, S., Ramadani, V., & Agrawal, V. (2022). Comparing male and female entrepreneurs—Is the comparison justified? A qualitative study in Indian perspective. FIIB Business Review, 11(4), 402–415.