Mr. Akshat Bhargava

Bio

Akshat Bhargava is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Business at Dr. Vishwanath Karad MIT World Peace University, Pune, India and a Doctoral Candidate at the Indian Institute of Management, Shillong, India. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) in Information Technology (IT) degree from MJP Rohilkhand University, Bareilly and a Master of Human Resource Management (MHRM) degree from Indian Institute of Social Welfare & Business Management (IISWBM), University of Calcutta. His research interests cover talent management, leadership development in social enterprises, social stock exchanges, impact investment, performance of social enterprises, business analytics, organizational network analysis and public policy frameworks for nature positive economies. His dissertation work has been published in the journals of international repute. He has also presented papers in several International Conferences. In addition to his doctoral work, Akshat has worked for around 15 years in different private and public sector organizations.

External Engagement and Affiliation
Member of International Training Centre of the ILO Alumni Network.

Publications

1) Bhargava, A., Mukherjee, S., & Rani, N. (2024). UK’s Social Stock Exchange: Unlocking the Effect of Its Closure on Total Factor Productivity of Social Enterprises. Journal of Social Entrepreneurship. https://doi.org/10.1080/19420676.2024.2354407 . (ABDC-B, Scopus Q1).

2) Bhargava, A., Mukherjee, S., & Rani, N. (2024). Impact of UK’s Social Stock Exchange Trading scheme on the performance of Social Enterprises. Economic Notes. https://doi.org/10.1111/ecno.12248 . (ABDC-B, Scopus Q2).

3) Bhargava, A., Mukherjee, S., & Rani, N. (2025). Social Stock Exchange Funding Dynamics: Navigating Factors for Social Enterprises and Sustainability Projects. FIIB Business Review. https://doi.org/10.1177/23197145251324542 . (ABDC-C, Scopus Q1).

Conference Papers

• Bhargava et al. (2024): Social Stock Exchange after Covid-19 for building Nature-Positive Economies. Paper presented virtually at the International Conference on Local Environmental Democracy and green transitions: mapping institutional mechanisms and political mobilizations, jointly organized by Geneva Graduate Institute and IIM Bangalore at Geneva.
• Bhargava, A. (2021). Paper selected for presentation at the Strategy-as-Practice (SAP) Community Day 2021 during 37th EGOS (European Group for Organizational Studies) Colloquium (July 7–10, 2021) hosted by Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU), The Netherlands in hybrid mode.
• Bhargava, A. (2021). Creating “Co-Operative Lingua Franca” in Indian Craft Cooperatives Communication. Poster Presented at MICA’s 7th International Communication Management Conference (7-9 January 2021).
• Bhargava, A. (2015). Managing Growth of Organizations - the plant way: Diffusion through Strategic HR intervention. Paper presented at National Conference on HRD- 2015 organized by Banaras Hindu University (BHU) jointly with ICSSR, Ministry of HRD.
• Bhargava, A. (2014). Reverse Succession Planning in retail organizations. Paper presented at Fourth Biennial Supply Chain Management Conference held at IIM, Bangalore (18-19 December 2014).
• Bhargava, A. (2014). Adding Social Media Governance to Corporate Governance Framework of Indian PSUs: Embracing Social media Revolution and Gen Y. Paper presented in National Seminar on Corporate Governance & Business Integrity organized by Sri SIIM, New Delhi (April 2014) and this paper was awarded 3rd prize for best presentation.
• Bhargava, A. (2011). Talent Management in PSUs. Paper presented in the National Seminar on” HR / IR Best practices in Public Sector” held at XIME, Bangalore (January 2011).
• Bhargava et al. (2006). Corporate Transformation. Paper co- authored with Dr. Madhumita Mohanty, Professor, IISWBM, Kolkata presented in National Seminar on the Theme: Corporate Re-incarnation-Reaching New Horizons held at RIMS, Rourkela (February 2006).

Certifications / Workshops

• Virtual SIX SWISS Exchange workshop on Gender Equality and Global Markets facilitated by experts of UNSSE and UN Women. (November 2024).
• Participated in the Academy on Social and Solidarity Economy (12th Edition) organised jointly with CASES Portugal and the ILO in virtual mode. (November 2021).
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification by ISEL Global. (March 2020).
• Impact Investment certification by UNIDO. (January 2020).
• Qualitative Research Methods: Conversational Interviewing. Course study offered by edX-MITx, an online learning initiative of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. (2019). Passed with 100% grade.
• Public Procurement and Contract Management certifications by World Bank Group. (2018).
• Human Resource Management Professional (HRMP) certification by HRCI, USA. (2015).
• Attended Global Peter Drucker Forum 2015 in Vienna (Austria).
• Workshop on HR Audit, organised by Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI), Hyderabad. (2013).
• MDP on Talent Management workshop by Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT), New Delhi. (2012).
• CSR workshop at Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India (2011).
• Training the Trainers certification by All India Management Association (AIMA). New Delhi. (2010).
• Experiential Workshop on Learning Instruments (FIRO-B) in HR & OD, AHRD, Ahmedabad (2009).
• Vigilance Course at Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Academy, Ghaziabad. (2008).

Google Scholar Link :
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OUWTqegAAAAJ&hl=en