Faculty

Dr Vittal Rangan

Associate Professor

Email: vittalrangan.s@greatlakes.edu.in

Dr. Vittal Rangan S has strong expertise in Business HR Strategy and its finer Execution. He has over 20 years of experience in Industry and over 5 years in academia. Prior to joining Great Lakes, Dr. Vittal was an Assistant Professor in OB and HRM at Indian Institute of Management, Bodh Gaya. In addition, he was the Programme Chairperson of IPM and a Member of the Board of Governors of IIM Bodh Gaya. He was also an Associate Professor at Jagdish Sheth School of Management, JAGSoM, Bengaluru.

In the Industry, Dr. Vittal has helped organizations cultivate, manage and grow their human resources through targeted interventions across the HR domains both as a CHRO and, also as a HR Strategy Consultant. With the support of the top leadership team, Dr. Vittal has got his organizations feature among the India’s Best Companies to Work For list, including the coveted Top 10 position. His experience spans across sectors: BFSI, IT and Manufacturing (Asian Paints, Aditya Birla Life, Cholamandalam Finance - Murugappa Group, HDFC Life, Mahindra Satyam, Ujjivan and ESAF Small Finance Bank). Dr. Vittal has held multiple leadership roles and has received many HR Awards for his initiatives in each of these organizations.

Dr. Vittal has been a speaker in industry forums across India and abroad: CII Delhi, NHRD Network Hyderabad, Microfinance India Summit Delhi, Women’s World Banking, New Zealand. His areas of research interest include work engagement, employee service performance, social impact and Indian management knowledge. He enjoys teaching OB, HRM, Performance and Compensation Management, Leadership, Management Lessons from Mahabharat & Gita

Dr. Vittal is a graduate from Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi, Postgraduate from Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies, Pune and a Doctorate from Indian Institute of Management, Indore.

Peer Reviewed Journal Articles:

Vittal, R.S., & Sahay, V. S. (2025) Policy to Practice: Implementation of IKS - Indian Knowledge System - in the New Education Policy (NEP): The role of Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). Indian Journal of Industrial Relations. (Area of Research: IKS – Indian Knowledge System). ABDC-C
Vittal, R.S., Mishra, S.K. and Varma, A (2022). Direct and Indirect Effect of Beneficiary Contact and Supervisor Support on Service Performance: Does Perceived External Prestige Matter? British Journal of Management. (Area of Research: Social Impact) ABDC-A*/ABS-4
Vittal, R.S. & Mukherjee, K. (2021) Mandatory CSR – A Strategic Opportunity. Innovations. (France), 64(2). pp. 810-823. ISSN: 1267-4982 (Area of Research: CSR) (Scopus)
Vittal, R.S. (2021). Understanding the Causes, Contingencies and Consequences of building Best Workplaces in the context of “Great Places To Work®” in India. International Journal of Management. 12(4). April, 2021, pp. 35-40. ISSN: 0976-6502. (Area of Research: Work Engagement). Scopus.

Case Study:

ISB Ivey Global Case Competition: Ranked among the Global Top Ten Cases and found an Honourable Mention by the judges (2017)

Published Book:

Vittal, R.S. (2024) ‘Conscious Leadership’, National HRD Journal, Sage Publications. (Book Chapter)

Conference Proceedings:

2026 – Academy of Management - IIM Bangalore HR International Conference. Feeling Worthy and Earning Trust by Impacting Lives: Role of employee’s Prosocial value
2026 – Academy of Management - IIM Bangalore HR International Conference. A Two-Dimensional Conceptual Model of Trigunas
2026 – International Conference on Sustainable India: Bridging ESG Principles with IKS, Evolutionary Model of Sustainable Human Enhancement from the Bhagavad Gita (along with Madhavan V) - Art of Living – Jagdish Sheth School of Management.
2026 – International Conference on Sustainable India: Bridging ESG Principles with IKS, Conflict Resolution – A Vedantic Perspective (along with Vishakha V) - Art of Living – Jagdish Sheth School of Management.
2025 – PAN - IIM World Management Conference, IIM Ranchi. Impact of beneficiary contact on Employees, the Company and Customers: The role of Prosocial Impact.
2024 – GLOGIFT Conference, IIM Bodh Gaya, A fireside chat with Prof. Jagdish Sheth on his book: India’s road to Transformation: Why Leadership Matters.
2022 - ISDSI Conference, JAGSoM, Bengaluru, Deciphering the employee experience throughout the employee life cycle
2020 – INDAM Conference, IIM Trichy. How prosociality impacts job performance: Examining the roles of family motivation, work engagement and perceived supervisor support (along with Dr. Sushanta K Mishra).
2015 - PAN - IIM World Management Conference, IIM Indore. A look at How India Inc can make the 2% PAT of Mandatory Corporate Responsibility, an opportunity.

Published Media Articles:

2022 - Vittal, R. S., Six Recruitment Trends in 2022. The People Management, July.
2017 - Vittal, R. S., People Orientation – Success Mantra of the New Banks. Human Capital, August.
2015 - Vittal, R. S. HR Implications of ‘in-principle’ approval for SFBs. Human Capital, November.