Dr. Niranjan Rajpurohit is currently working as Associate Professor, Faculty of Management and Assistant Dean, ODL Programme at National Law University, Jodhpur. He is an MBA graduate from DoMS, IIT Roorkee and holds a University Gold Medal in B.E. (Hons.) - ECE from MBM University, Jodhpur. His doctoral thesis at DAVV Indore focused on the applications of machine learning in management, where he used structural equation modeling–artificial neural network (SEM-ANN) approach to develop a model for deploying effective project teams in real-time. He is a UGC NET-qualified professional in Management and has extensive experience in both industry and academia.

During his six-year tenure at BHEL (a Maharatna PSU) in the Group-A executive cadre, he managed a wide range of HRM activities while working in different plants and offices across India. As the In-charge of the New Initiatives Cell at the Nagpur HQ, he was a Core Team Member responsible for implementing SAP-HR and PCMM. At the Trichy plant, he was a member of the team that earned the prestigious RASBIC award. His past academic experience includes working at the School of Business Management, NMIMS Indore, and at Jaipuria Institute of Management, Jaipur, where he taught core and elective courses in HR, OB, Management Consulting, Indian Ethos and Business Ethics. He received the ‘InsideIIM's Professor of the Year’ recognition in both 2020 and 2021, an achievement he deeply cherishes.

He is a certified Emotional Intelligence Practitioner. His consultancy assignments and MDPs have encompassed large organizations such as Indore Smart City Dev. Ltd., Canara Bank, BPCL, M.P. Poorv Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Co. Ltd., ICSI Indore, AU Small Finance Bank, A-One Products, Wonder Home Finance, OAG Nepal (ITEC), etc., in the areas of AI Ethics, EI at Workplace, and Strategic HRM. His research work has been published in Web of Science, ABDC, and Scopus indexed journals, as well as in books published by Apple Academic Press, CRC Press, Taylor and Francis, Bloomsbury, and IGI Global. He has served as a reviewer for books and papers published by Emerald, McGraw Hill, IGI Global, Bloomsbury, and Springer Nature.

He has also served as a Subject Matter Expert for AICTE’s SLA project.

Recent Publications in Scopus:

Book:

• Jeyanthi, P. M., Rajpurohit, N., & Hack-Polay, D. (Eds.). (2025). Business Management and Ethics: Insights from Indian Ethos. Emerald Publishing Limited https://doi.org/10.1108/9781835492543 (Scopus Indexed)

Book Chapter:

• Rajpurohit, N., Jain, J., & Agrawal, Y. (2023). A Neural Network Approach to Increase Project Team Effectiveness Through Emotional Intelligence. In C. Chowdhary (Ed.), Multidisciplinary Applications of Deep Learning-Based Artificial Emotional Intelligence (pp. 93-106). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5673-6.ch007 (Scopus Indexed)
• Rajpurohit, N., & Chowdhary, R. (2025). A Transformer-Based Sentimental Analysis System for Cultural Heritage Sites. In Emerging Digitalization Trends in Business and Management (pp. 259-274). Apple Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003503354 (Scopus Indexed)

Case Study:

• Rajpurohit, N., & Gupta, P. (2023). Indore: the cleanliness turnaround. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, 13(3), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1108/EEMCS-12-2022-0539 (Scopus Indexed)
• Sama, R., Rajpurohit, N., & Tolia, V. (2025). Microsign: purpose-driven branding. Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, 15(2), 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1108/EEMCS-08-2024-0356 (Scopus Indexed)
• Jain, T., & Rajpurohit, N. "SLA Finserv: Selecting a Right Leader". Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies. (Scopus Indexed, in press)

Research Paper:

• Rajpurohit N., Sharma, D., Sharma, D. K., and Jain T. (2025), "Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Innovative Work Behaviour of Employees",  Int. J. of Process Management and Benchmarking, Vol. 21 No. 3, pp. 322-341. DOI: 10.1504/IJPMB.2024.10065910 (Scopus Indexed)
• Srivastava, S., Sama, R., Rishi, B. and Rajpurohit, N. (2025), "Demystifying the impact of religious beliefs and environmental concerns on consumer–brand relationships", Young Consumers, Vol. 26 No. 2, pp. 314-331. https://doi.org/10.1108/YC-09-2024-2242 (Scopus, WoS, ABDC)
• Rajpurohit N., "Analyzing Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Employee Recruitment Processes in Select IT Companies of India", Int. J. of Business Innovation and Research (Scopus Indexed, in press)

Short Term Online Certificate Courses offered through ODLP, NLUJ:

Course Coordinator and Resource Person:

• Emotional Intelligence (EI) for Conflict and Negotiation
• Artificial Intelligence (AI), Law and Ethics

Email: niranjan.rajpurohit@nlujodhpur.ac.in

Area of Interest:

• AI Ethics and Governance
• AI Applications in Management
• Emotional Intelligence at Workplace
• Indian Ethos in Management
• Strategic Human Resource Management
• Organisational Behaviour, Consumer Behavior