 Pooja Verma

Pooja Verma is an Professor-cum-Assistant Director at the Shoolini University Center for Distance and Online Education (SCDOE). She holds a PhD in Management from Shoolini University and is UGC-NET (Management) qualified (2016). She completed her MBA (HR) from Dr. Y. S. Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Nauni, Himachal Pradesh, securing top position in her batch, and earned her BBA from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla. Professor Verma’s research interests include Human Resource Management, Quality of Work Life (QWL), Organisational Behaviour, Employee Engagement, Leadership, and the integration of Artificial Intelligence in HR and healthcare systems.

With over 15 years of academic and industry experience, Dr. Verma has served in leadership, teaching, research, and administrative roles including Assistant Director, Professor, Associate Professor, and Assistant Professor at Shoolini University. She has also worked in HR and commercial roles in industry prior to joining academia. She has successfully supervised doctoral scholars in areas such as leadership effectiveness, entrepreneurial mindset, AI in healthcare, and job satisfaction.

She is a recipient of multiple Golden Rudraksh Awards at Shoolini University, including recognition in the Leadership Category (2025) and Top Ten Employee awards. Beyond academia, she actively contributes to community development through leadership training, motivational sessions, and career counselling initiatives.

Publications

Thakur,Divya Jyoti, Dayal,Gopali, Verma,Pooja and Sehgal,Shallu, (2025). 9781836990185.0024, Festival and Event Tourism and Hospitality Series, doi:10.1079/9781836990185.0024, (289–297), CABI, Future Trends and Implementation in Events and Festivals: A Focus on Himachal Pradesh’s Festive Culture and Traditions.
Gopali Dayal, Pooja Verma, Divya Jyoti Thakur, and Shallu Sehgal. “The AI Revolution in Tourism: Enhancing Efficiency and Personalization Intelligence and Analytics.” Artificial Intelligence in Hospitality and Tourism Transforming the Future.; Series: Perspectives and Anthropology in Tourism andHospitality(PATH);Hard ISBN: 9781779643773 E-Book ISBN: 9781779643780.
Degefu, M. E., & Verma, P. (2025). How do demographic variables influence the entrepreneurialmindsets of students in Ethiopia? Exploring implications for improving entrepreneurial education.Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 1–16.https://doi.org/10.1080/14703297.2025.2483377.
Degefu ME, Verma P and Ranabhat D. Entrepreneurial mindset assessment: a systematic literaturereview using PRISMA model. F1000Research 2024, 13:1020(https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.153652.1)
Anita kumari, Dr. Pooja Verma, Dr. Sunil Kumar (2024). Addressing the Ethical, Legal, and Regulatory Challenges in the Deployment of Medical Robots. Frontiers in Health Informatics, 13 (3),11322-11328.
Anita kumari, Dr. Pooja Verma (2024). A systematic review on “Transforming healthcare with AI: Its impact on work-life balance and job efficiency of doctors”. Frontiers in Health Informatics, 13(3), 10615-10621
Dayal, G., Verma, P. & Sehgal, S. (2024). A Comprehensive Review on the Integration of ArtificialIntelligence in the Field of Education. (Page No. 331-349). Book: Leveraging AI and EmotionalIntelligence in Contemporary Business Organizations. IGI Global. ISBN13: 9798369319024;EISBN13: 9798369319031. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-1902-4
Verma, P. & Sehgal, S. (2023). Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Enhancing Customer Experienceand Efficiency in the Banking Industry. (Page No. 282-310). Book: AI and Emotional Intelligencefor Modern Business Management. IGI Global. ISBN13: 9798369304181; EISBN13:9798369304204. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-0418-1
Dayal, G. & Verma, P. (2023). An Observational Study on Job Satisfaction: A Perspective of Medical Practitioners. Journal of Clinical Otorhinolaryngology, Head, and Neck Surgery. 1001-1781.Vol 27 (Issue 1).
Dayal, G. & Verma, P. (2022). Factors instigating employee turnover intention amid covid-19.International Journal of Health Sciences. Vol. 6, No. S3. e-ISSN: 2550-696X, p-ISSN: 2550-6978.
Thakur, D. J. & Verma, P. (2022). How Servant Leadership is Effective for EmployeePerformance with the Use of t-Test, Algorithm and ANOVA. Springer Book: Lecture Notes in Networks andSystems. ISSN: 2367-3370. e-ISSN: 2367-3389. Page No. 1-14. Link:https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-16-8763-1.
Dayal, G., Thakur, D. J. & Verma, P. (2021). Analysis of CRM with new era of Digital MarketInnovation during Covid-19 Pandemic situation. Book: Marketing 5.0: Putting up Blocks Together.Publisher: National Press Associates. ISBN No.: 978-93-90863-14-3. Page No. 77.
Dayal, G. & Verma, P. (2021). Employee Satisfaction And Organization Commitment: FactorsAffecting Turnover Intentions And Organization Performance. Elementary Education Online. 3315-3324. Vol 20 (Issue 5).
Thakur, D. J. & Verma, P. (2020). THE IMPACT OF LEADERSHIP ON EMPLOYEE’S TURNOVER INTENSION. PalArch's Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology, 17(6), 1693-1704.
Thakur, D. J., Verma, P. & Sharma, D. (2019). Influence of Leadership Style: A Review.International Journal of Advanced Science and Technology. 945-952. 28(20). 2005-4238 IJAST.
Verma, P. & Sharma, D.(2018). Quality of Work Life in Academics with reference toMotivational Theories. Pacific Business Review International. 159-165. 11-4. ISSN: 0974-438X.
Gupta, C. M. & Verma, P. (2018). Accounting & Business Ethics - Need of the Hour. SSRGInternational Journal Verma, P. (2016). Quality of Work Life of females in India. Book: Economic Environment of Business:Issues and Policy.Chapter: Quality of Work Life of Females in India. 291-296.
Verma, P. (2015). Value based education for better living. Paramhansa Yogananda InternationalConference on Science, Spirituality and Education conference proceeding. HPU, Shimla, HimachalPradesh (India).
Verma, P. & Monga, O. P. (2015). Understanding Quality of Work Life in Contemporary World. International Journal of Emerging Research in Management &Technology. Volume-4, Issue-4,2015. 49-53. ISSN: 2278-9359
Verma, P. & Monga, O. P. (2014). Attitudinal Study of Quality of Work Life at an Electronics Company. European Academic Research. Vol. II, Issue 6/ September 2014. 8549-8562.

Book:

Co-edited a book titled “Management Practices amidst Covid19”. Published by WeserBooks. ISBN No.: 978-3-96492-299-1
Edited a book titled “Smart HR with AI: Leveraging AI for WorkForce Excellence”

COPYRIGHTS REGISTERED:

"Quality of Work Life vis-a-vis Fredrick Herzberg's Two Factors Motivational Theory" (Copyright ©2021, Dr. Pooja Verma, Dr. Dipanker Sharma) Registration No L-106263/2021 dated: 11/08/2021(Copyright Office, Government of India).
"Quality of Work Life vis-a-vis Maslow’s Need Hierarchy Motivational Theory" (Copyright © 2021, Dr. Pooja Verma, Dr. Dipanker Sharma) Registration No L-107001/2021 dated: 27/08/2021 (Copyright Office, Government of India).
"Quality of Work Life Scale (A Scale for University Female Faculty) " (Copyright © 2023, Dr. Pooja Verma, Dr. Dipanker Sharma) Registration No L-130935/2023 dated: 27/07/2023 (Copyright Office, Government of India).
“Eep-Model {engagement-environment Performance}” (Copyright © 2025, Dr. Bhawana Bhardwaj, Dr. Namrita Kalia, Dr. Dipanker Sharma, Dr. Pooja Verma, Ms. Bindakshi Bhuria) Certificate No. 20250169477; Registration No LD-21208/2025CO dated: 26/05/2025 (Copyright Office, Government of India).
“Apocalyptic Gender Outcome-A visual model of gendered impacts of the Pandemic in India” (Copyright © 2025, Ms. Bindakshi Bhuria, Dr. Pooja Verma, Ms. Akshita Thakur) Certificate No. 20250175748; Registration No LD-29293/2025-CO dated: 23/07/2025 (Copyright Office, Government of India).

Conferences:

Paper presented titled “From Resistance to Resilience, from chaos to creativity: Effect of covid 19pandemic on the business of Indian IT and IT enabled companies” in (ICMR - 2022) on 26thFebruary 2022 on the theme "Chaos, Complexity, and Resilience: Business and Society inPandemic Context" by Kalinga Institute of Indusdtrial Technology, School of Management,Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
Presented a paper titled “How leadership styles creates an impact on job satisfaction ofemployees” in Two days International e-conference on “Recent developments and Innovations inBusiness Management & Hospitality” held on 25th to 26th November, 2021 organized by School ofCommerce and Management, IEC University, Baddi, Himachal Pradesh, India.
Presented a paper titled “Analysis of previous factors that affect the turnover intention of employeesduring a COVID-19 Crises” in three days International e-conference on “Paradigm shift in GlobalBusiness Ecosystem Post COVID-19 perspectives” held on 9th, 10th & 11th September, 2021 jointlyorganized by Kerela University of Fisheries and Ocean Studies (KUFOS), Kochi and Holy GraceAcademy of Management Studies, Kerela.
Paper presented titled “ How Servant Leadership is effective for Employee Performance with theuse of t- Test, Algorithm and Anova” in 4th International Conference on Cognitive Informatics andSoft Computing (ICCISC-2021)” held on 21st -22nd August, 2021 at Balasore College ofEngineering and Technology, Balasore, Odisha.
Paper presented titled “The Empirical Study on Leadership Styles in Pharmaceutical Industry” in 1st Multi-Disciplinary National Conference on “Society, Technology and Development in 21st Century India”organized by School of Law Baddi, Solan (HP) in collaboration with Global Human Awareness Society (GHAS), Rohtak held on November, 22, 2019.
Presented a paper titled “Social Media a blessing for Cyber Crime” in the National Seminar on“Cyber Laws and Cyber Crimes: Issues and Challenges” held on 28th September, 2019 organizedby University Institute of Legal Studies, Ava Lodge Campus, Chaura Maidan, Shimla-171004.
Presented a paper titled “Cybercrime against women” at a “National Conference on Cyber Law& Administration of Criminal Justice System” held on 16th March, 2019 organized by School ofLaw, Shoolini University, Solan (HP).
Paper presented "Accounting & Business Ethics - Need of the Hour" in “International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research, Practices & Studies (ICMRPS - 2018)” at A P Goyal Shimla University,Shimla (H.P.), India held on 23-24 February,2018.
Presented a paper titled “Quality of work life in Academics” at Conference “National Conferenceon Management, Economics & Social Sciences (NCMESS 2017)” in NIT, Hamirpur, HimachalPradesh (India) held on July 14-15, 2017.
Paper titled “Quality of Work Life of females in India” at Conference “XIV InternationalConference on Business Management and behavioral Sciences (ICBMBS-16)” in Haridwar,Uttarakhand (India) held on December 24-25, 2016.
Paper presented “Value based education for better living” at “Paramhansa YoganandaInternational Conference on Science, Spirituality and Education” held on 25-27 September,2015 in HPU, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh (India).

Contact Details:

E mail id: poojaverma@shooliniuniversity.com
LinkedIn profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pooja-verma-622378122/
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bqp3zpgAAAAJ&hl=en
SCOPUS: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57215605065
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8070-6609

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