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Sonal Hukumpal Singh
Assistant Professor
sonal.singh@mahindrauniversity.edu.in
I am working as Assistant Professor in the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Mahindra University. I have completed my PhD from Rajendra Mishra School of Engineering Entrepreneurship, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in the area of grassroots innovation and entrepreneurship. My PhD research contributed to the entrepreneurship development of grassroots innovators. Furthermore, my research described how innovation potential can be explored and exploited for socio-economic development in a resource constrained environment. I have also worked in the domain of regional foresight, circular entrepreneurship in tourism and leisure sector and technological innovations for sustainable development.
Ph.D
Ph.D in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from Rajendra Mishra School of Engineering Entrepreneurship at Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
B.Tech
B.Tech in Dairy Technology and MBA in International AgriBusiness Management from Anand Agricultural University, Anand, Gujarat.
2020
I have worked as Research Fellow in the Department of Systems Management and Strategy, Business School, University of Greenwich in the FACET project (Facilitate the Adoption of Circular Entrepreneurship in the Tourism and leisure sector) in area of circular entrepreneurship. I was a Research Associate in Regional Technology Foresight Project funded by Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) at Information School, the University of Sheffield from February 5th, 2020 to July 15th, 2020. As a Research Associate, I have worked in the area of regional foresight and entrepreneurship at the regional level. I also worked as a visiting Researcher in Innovate UK Project at Sheffield University Management School, the University of Sheffield from August 2019 to February 2020. I have worked as Assistant Professor at Thiagarajar School of Management (TSM), Madurai, India from December 10th, 2018 to February 2nd, 2020. I have completed my PhD thesis with the title “Developing Framework on Grassroots Innovation for Entrepreneurial Success in Indian Context” from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India on 4th December 2018.
Journal papers published
2023
- Kanakamedala, Venkata Chaitanya, Sonal Hukampal Singh, and Rishitha Talasani. "Sentiment Analysis of Online Customer Reviews for Handicraft Product using Machine Learning: A Case of Flipkart." In 2023 International Conference for Advancement in Technology (ICONAT), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2023.
- Martins, Jorge Tiago, and Sonal Hukampal Singh. "Boundary organisations in regional innovation systems: traversing knowledge boundaries for industry 4.0 regional transformations." R&D Management (2023), vol. 53, Issue. 3. (A Grade in ABDC, Impact Factor -5.962)
2021
2020
2018
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Book Chapter published
2017
2015
Conference
2017
2015
My research interest includes innovation, circular entrepreneurship, social entrepreneurship, technology adoption, technology foresight, small business development and sustainable development.