Mukta
Kulkarni
Chairperson, Office of International Affairs
IIMB Chair of Excellence
Mukta is interested in workplace inclusion of persons with disabilities. She has published papers in journals such as the Academy of Management Journal, Human Relations, Human Resource Management, Journal of Business Ethics, Journal of Management Inquiry, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Organization Studies, and The Leadership Quarterly.
Her co-authored work has been recognized by Academy of Management Journal (Best Paper Award), Academy of Management (Carlo Masini Award nomination, Saroj Parasuraman Award nominations, Best Paper Award Runner up - Organization and Management Theory Division, Best International Paper Award - Organization and Management Theory Division, the all-Academy Carolyn Dexter Award), Personnel Review (Outstanding Paper), and by Human Relations (Among the top papers).
She held the Mphasis Chair for Digital Accessibility and Inclusion at IIM Bangalore.
Mukta is currently serving on the Editorial Boards of Human Relations and Journal of Organizational Behavior. She is also serving as an Associate Editor at the Journal of Management Inquiry and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
At the Academy of Management, she is currently serving as the Chair of the Professional Development Workshops (DEI Division). She has served as a Representative-at-large, a co-chair of the Doctoral Student Consortium, and a co-chair of the Junior Faculty Consortium (DEI division). She has also chaired the Carolyn Dexter Award Committee, the Saroj Parsuraman Outstanding Publication Award Committee, and the DEI Division Best Student Paper Award Committee.
With respect to her work on disability, Mukta has served as a Member, Confederation of Indian Industry - National Committee on Special Abilities. She has authored reports on disability for The National Trust, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities, Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Government of India; and for the Office of the State Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities in Karnataka. Mukta is currently a member of EnAble India’s Advisory Board.
At IIMB, she has been a member of several committees (e.g., MBA, PhD, Research and Publications, Faculty Development and Evaluation Committee, among others) and has chaired the PhD program review and the Internal Committee. She has also served as a Member of the Board of Governors of IIMB.