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Neelima Rashmi Lakra

Academic Leader

I am Dr. Neelima Rashmi Lakra, a Lecturer in Business Management at the London School of Management Education (LSME), affiliated with the University of Chichester.As a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and a PhD graduate from TISS, Mumbai, my work bridges the gap between corporate strategy and social justice. My research—published in journals like Contemporary Voice of Dalit—focuses on labour migration, caste dynamics, and the intersection of mental well-being and occupation.

I am particularly passionate about Responsible Management Education, a field in which I was honored to receive the 2023 PRME UK & Ireland Funding Award.

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Contact

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neelimalakra@gmail.com

+44 7448633696

Since April 2022, I have served as a Lecturer in Business Management at the London School of Management Education (LSME), affiliated with the University of Chichester, where I actively champion the Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME). My commitment to ethical leadership is highlighted by a 2024 project funded by the PRME Chapter UK and Ireland, building upon my doctoral research into Training Needs Assessment within the public sector. Prior to joining LSME, I built a diverse portfolio as a Tutor at the University of Edinburgh, a consultant for NIEPA, and a contributor to an NHS government campaign. I am an active member of several premier academic bodies, including the British Academy of Management and the International Sociological Association, with a research footprint that includes 14 publications and 33 conference presentations delivered at institutions ranging from Mohammed V University in Morocco to the University of Melbourne. My current teaching and research focus on Human Resource Management, Strategic Management, and Corporate Social Responsibility.

​ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

  1. Fellow (FHEA), Advance HE, UK, 1st Sept 2025

  2. Doctor of Philosophy, in Management and Labour Studies
    Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India
    2018​

  3. Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

      The University of London, London, United Kingdom

      Submitted, Oct 2024- Sep 2025

  4. Master of Philosophy, Personnel Management & Industrial Relations (PM&IR)

      Department of PM&IR, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India
      2008​
  5. Master of Arts, Personnel Management & Industrial Relations (PM&IR)

      Department of PM&IR, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India
      2006​

  6. Graduation, Psychology (Hons.) and Library Science (Pass)

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS, AFFILIATIONS & RECOGNITIONS

  1. Member, British Academy of Management, Five Kings House, Queen Street Place London, EC4R 1QS
    2025

  2. Member, British Sociological Association, UK, 2025

  3. Life-Member, European Association of South Asian Studies (EASAS), Büro EG, Adolfstr. 39, 53111 Bonn, Germany

  4. Member, International Sociological Association’ & RC 17 - Sociology of Organization & RC42 - WG05 - Famine and Society Madrid, Spain
    2022-2026

  5. Member, British Association for South Asian Studies, 27 Old Gloucester Street, Bloomsbury, London
    2022-2026

  6. Lifetime Member, Comparative Education Society of India, World Council of Comparative Education Societies since 2017

  7. Member, International Sociological Association” & WG05 Famine and Society Sociology of Poverty, Informal Sector and Job-Creation, Madrid, Spain
    2014-2017

  8. Member, In Individual (India) Membership, AIMS International, the Association of Indian Management Scholars,
    2013-2014

GRANTS/AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

  1. ISA World Congress of Sociology 2023 registration grant for International Sociological Association (ISA), Melbourne, 2023.

  2. International Academic Visit Grant for University of Vienna, Austria, funded by Indian Council of Social Science Research, New Delhi, 2016.

  3. Roskilde Academic Visit Grant, Roskilde University, Roskilde, Denmark, 2016.

  4. International Congress Grant, International Sociological Association, Madrid, Spain, 2014.

  5. PhD, Maulana Azad National Fellowship, (MANF), University Grant Commission (UGC), New Delhi 2014-18.

  6. M. Phil., Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (RGNF), University Grant Commission (UGC), New Delhi, 2008-2009.

AWARD WINNING PROJECTS

  1. Winner of PRME UK & Ireland Funding Awards, 2023, UNPRME

PAPER PRESENTATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES/ SEMINARS

  1. “Caste and the Labour Struggle: Rethinking Work, Worth, and Union-Management Relations in the Indian Labour Movement” at The BASAS Annual Conference 2025, Lancaster University, 10- 12 September 2025.

  2. “Exploring Caste, Outward Migration, and Labour Exploitation: Dalit Experiences from Coastal Odisha to Urban India” at 3rd Global Conference on Caste, Business and Society, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, 21-23 July 2025 [with Dhaneswar Bhoi].

  3. “Labour, Caste, Brick Kilns, and the Social Psychology of Oppression: The Experiences of Labour Migrants” at the 5th ISA Forum of Sociology, Rabat, Morocco, from July 6 to 11, 2025.

  4. "Redefining Labour's Role: Claiming a Fair Share of Profits beyond the Means of Production," for the session "Organization and Valuation: Global Perspectives" (20298) at the 5th ISA Forum of Sociology, 6-11 July 2025, Rabat, Morocco.

  5. ‘Public and Private Higher Education in Laissez-Faire Economy: Echoes of Marginal Section Students of India’, at the XX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Melbourne, Australia, June 25-July 1, 2023 (Co-authored with Dr. Dhaneswar Bhoi).

  6. ‘Climate, Employability and Labour Marginalisation in India: A Case Study’, XX ISA World Congress of Sociology, Melbourne, Australia, June 25- 1 July, 2023.

  7. Customer Behaviour and Mindset towards Fast Fashion and Sustainability: Evidences from the Future Business Leaders and the Public in United Kingdom, India and the Maldives. This is an award winning paper for PRME UK & Ireland Funding Awards, 2023. Presented at UK and Ireland PRME Chapter Conference, Aston University, Birmingham, UK, 27-28 June 2023.

  8. ‘Alienation of Marginalised Students and their Decolonisation: Self-Experiences of Adivasi Women in Indian Management Institutes’, in ‘Decolonising the Classroom', teaching and learning workshop at University of Exeter in Cornwall on June 22-23, 2023.

  9. ‘Human Labour, Occupational Move and Internal Coloniality: Evidence from the Dalit Migrant Labourers in India, BASAS Annual Conference 2023, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, 3 - 6 April 2023.

  10. ‘Justice through Social Security for Workforce: Analysis of Organisational Experiences’, in Justice and Freedom from Caste in South Asian Context, March 31, 2022, University of Southampton, Southampton, The British Association for South Asian Studies, United Kingdom, 29th March to 2nd April 2022.

  11. ‘Caste, Labour and Migration: Unending Everyday Pains of Dalits at Brick Kilns in Non-agrarian Sector’. Academic Workshop, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, 18-19 October 2021.

  12. ‘Tribal Children and Need Based Curriculum: Training Need Assessment of Teachers and Their Contribution to Making Inclusive Teaching’. International Conference on Inclusive Education: Present Perspectives and Future Prospects’, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, 21st to 23rd January 2020.

  13. ‘Inequality, Social Mobility and Educational Inclusion: Evidences from the Socioeconomic and Political Mobility of Marginal Sections in India’. 10th International CESI Conference on Exclusion, Inclusion and Equity in Education, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, 9th - 11th December 2019.

  14. ‘Welfare in Contemporary Educational Discourses and Marginal Communities in Neoliberal Area: Evidences from Dalit Narrations’. Eighth Annual International CESI Conference titled 'Criticality, Empathy and Welfare in Contemporary Educational Discourses', University of Jammu, Jammu, 16th -18th November 2017.

  15. ‘Globalisation, Democratisation of Higher Education and Attainment and Performance of Scheduled Caste Students: With the Prospective od Socio-Educational Inequality in India’. 3rd Critical Edge Alliance (CEA) International Conference on Higher Education for 21st century: Innovations in University-Society Partnerships, TISS, Mumbai, 21-23 September 2017.

  16. ‘Training Need Assessment, Social Entrepreneurship and Employment in Informal Sector: Line Drawn from Public Sector and Educational Institution in India’, 3rd ISA Forum of Sociology, International Sociological Association, on The Futures We Want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World, Vienna, Austria, 10th -14th July 2016.

  17. ‘Critical Race Theory, Caste, Tribe and Marginality: A study of Students Caste and Tribes Experiences in Higher Education’, Critical Edge Alliance Conference on Innovative and Critical Approaches to Higher Education in the 21st Century 2016, Roskilde University, 22nd -24th June 2016.

  18. ‘Globalization, Social Communities, Social Development and Higher Education: Theory, approach and Practices’, Academy of International Business: India Chapter 2016, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore, 21-23 April 2016.

  19. ‘Talent Retention in Global Scenario Through Training Needs Assessment’, 2nd International Conference on Global Business and Innovation Management- Trends and Competitiveness, Christ Institute of Management and Christ College, Rajkot, 22nd & 23rd January 2016.

  20. ‘Identification of Training Needs in Informal Sector for Street Vendors and their Facilitators in Mumbai, XVIII World Congress of Sociology’, on Facing on Equal World: Challenges for Global Sociology, Yokohama, Japan, 13th -19th July 2014.

  21. ‘Issues of Atrocity and Discrimination Against the Dalits: A Study of Students Protest at the Premier Indian Educational Institutions’, in XVIII World Congress of Sociology, on Facing on Equal World: Challenges for Global Sociology, Yokohama, Japan, 13th -19th July 2014.

  22. ‘Organisational Issues Identified through Training Needs Assessment in Changing Global Business’, Eleventh AIMS International Conference on Management, Institute of Management Technology (IMT), Ghaziabad, 21st -24th December 2013.

  23. ‘Post Liberalization, Land Encroachments by Largescale Industry: Evidences from the Dalits of Coastal Odisha as Forced Labour Migration’, National Seminar on Labour Migration in the Post Liberalization Era (1991), Indian Social Institute, Bangalore and Indian Social Institute, New Delhi, 18th & 19th August 2018.

  24. ‘One Step Ahead and Two Steps Backward in Policy Implication: Experiences of Tribal Children’s at Ashram Schools in Odisha’, National Seminar on ‘Tribal Situations with Special Reference to Eastern India’ (Diamond Jubilee Celebration of Anthropology Department, 1958- 2018 and Platinum Jubilee Celebration of Utkal University, 1943-2018), organised by Department of Anthropology, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, 28th -30th March 2018.

PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL ORIENTATION AND WORKSHOPS

  1. ‘Decolonising the Classroom', teaching and learning workshop at University of Exeter in Cornwall, UK on June 22-23, 2023.

  2. Ambedkar Summer School, 2020 on Growing Inter-group Inequality in India: Emerging Challenges, Indian Institute of Dalit Studies (IIDS), New Delhi and Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, South Asia, October 19-23, 2020.  

  3. National Consultative Meet: Shaala Siddhi (External Evaluation), National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA), New Delhi, January 23-24, 2018.

  4. Workshop on Identities, Exclusion, Justice: Theory, Practice and Methods, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS), Delhi, 26th February to 8th March 2016.

  5. Orientation Programme for Research Scholars and Faculty Members in Social Sciences, Giri Institute of Development Studies (GIDS), Lucknow, 23rd -26th February 2016.

  6. National Workshop on Violence against Dalit Women: Role of Media and Dalit Women’s Literature, at Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), Mumbai, 21st and 22nd June 2014.

  7. Orientation Programme on Research Methodology in Social Sciences, ICSSR, Western Regional Centre, 11th June to 15th June 2012.

  8. Regional Seminar on Human Rights in Prison Management: Challenges and Remedies, TISS, Mumbai, 4th -5th February 2012.

  9. National Conference on ICT for Social Empowerment of Rural India, TISS, Mumbai, 20th -21st April 2011.

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509-511 Cranbrook Road, Cambrian House

London, IG2 6EY

United Kingdom

Phone

+44 7448633696

Email

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neelimalakra@gmail.com

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