Faculty
Assistant Professor
Areas of work
Contact
- aditi@dmi.ac.in
- +91 612 2236 116
- Room 119, Academic Block
About
Prof. Aditi Thakur works on women's work, careers in the development sector and people practices in NGOs. With about 11 years in teaching, research and practice, Thakur brings field experience from Bihar and eastern India into the classroom and supervises students' field work and summer projects.
At DMI, Thakur teaches Human Resource Management and Gender and Development in the PGDM in Development Management, and leads management development programmes for government departments, banks and NGOs. Current research looks at human resource management and gender and work, often with state agencies and civil-society partners.
Education
- Ph.D. (pursuing), Patna University
- M.B.A. (HR), XLRI Jamshedpur (2012)
Experience
- 2019–presentAssistant Professor, DMI Patna
- 2013–2019Manager – HR, PRADAN
Teaching
- Human Resource Management
- Gender and Development
- Negotiation
Publications
- Thakur, A. (2025). “Rethinking human resource management in Bihar”. Vikalpa.
- Thakur, A. and co-authors (2023). “Evidence on gender and work in Bihar”. South Asian Journal of Management.
- Thakur, A. and co-authors (2021). “Institutions for organisational change in Bihar”. Journal of Rural Development.
Colleagues
All faculty and staff-
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Dean (Academics)
Prof. Shankar Purbey
Ph.D., IIT Dhanbad
- Operations management
- Supply chains for agriculture
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