Dr. Afzal Hassan Khan, MBA, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at Chotanagpur Law College, Ranchi specializes in General Management. With an MBA from L.N.M.I. and a Ph.D. from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi, he has 3 years of industry experience and 3.5 years of teaching experience.

Dr. Khan has been awarded ICSSR, New Delhi Doctoral fellowship for his research work and also awarded the Indian Psychological Association (IPA) President’s Gold Medal Award for the best research paper presentation in at T.M.B.U., Bhagalpur. He has published 6 research papers in National and International Journals, 2 book chapters, and one case study. He has also presented 16 research papers at various National and International conferences/seminars. Additionally, he has also reviewed 18 book chapters as a Reviewer related to his area.

As a part of growing academic activities, he has participated in and completed 11 workshops and 27 Faculty Development Programmes (FDP’s) related to his academic area. He has also participated as an Expert and also acted as a PANELIST member in various conferences /seminars. He has also contributed his experiences and expertise by participating as a Rapporteur in various National and International conferences and seminars.

• General Management
• Organisational Behaviour

1. Worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management Studies, NSHM Business School, NSHM Knowledge Campus, Durgapur, West Bengal from February, 2024 to June , 2026.

2. Worked as Visiting Faculty at L.N.Mishra Institute of Economic Development and Social Change, Patna, Bihar, India from July, 2022 to December, 2023.

3. Worked as Visiting Faculty at Department of Personnel Management & Industrial Relations, Patna University, Patna, Bihar , India from July, 2022 to December , 2023.

4. Worked as Visiting Faculty at the Department of Applied Economics and Commerce, Patna University, Patna, Bihar, India from July, 2022 to December, 2023.

5. Worked as Visiting Faculty at the Department of Psychology, Patna University, Patna, Bihar, India from July, 2023 to December, 2023.

Research Articles

1. Khan, A.H. (2020). Organisational citizenship behaviour – An extra role behaviour. International Journal of Indian Psychology, 8(3), 961-966. DIP:18.01.010/20200803, DOI:10.25215/0803.010.P-ISSN: 2349-3429 E-ISSN: 2348-5396. [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2. Khan, A.H. (2020). Green human resource management: need of the modern era. International Journal of Research in Human Resource Management, 2(2) , 01-11. [Peer Reviewed Journal]

DOI: https://doi.org/10.33545/26633213.2020.v2.i2a.38. E-ISSN: 2663-3361 P-ISSN: 2663-3213.

3. Khan, A.H. (2020). Employee Engagement: A Key for Employee Retention. Sodh Sarita Journal , 7(28). ISSN : 2348-2397   [UGC CARE]

4. Khan, A.H. (2021). Organizational Behavior Management: A Way to Engagement. Indian Journal of Psychology, 127-132. ISSN : 0019-5553 [UGC CARE]

5. Khan, A.H. & Bhagat, M. (2022). An Empirical Study to Retain Good Quality Employees in Indian Firms. Iranian Journal of Management Studies, 15(3), 471-493. DOI: 10.22059/ijms.2021.322863.674535. P- ISSN: 2008-7055 E - ISSN:  - 2345-3745 [Non-paid Scopus, ESCI - Web of Science]

6. Khan, A.H. & Bhagat, M. (2022). Engaging Employees during COVID – 19 lockdown. International Journal of Indian Psychology,10(2),110-130. DIP:18.01.097.20221002, DOI:10.25215/1002.097. P-ISSN: 2349-3429 E-ISSN: 2348-5396. [Peer Reviewed Journal]

1. Khan, A. H. & Bhagat, M. (2026). Talent Management Factors Influencing Employee Retention: An Empirical Analysis. In C. Rassal (Ed.),Talent Management in Hotels and Hospitality (pp. 365-398).IGI Global Scientific Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3373-4485-0.ch011 [Non – paid Scopus]

2. Book Chapter Approved entitled “A Documentary Retrieval of Human Resource Entrepreneurship Filling the Gap Between Organizational Innovation and Human Capital” for publication in the book “Inspiring Innovation Through Entrepreneurship” under IGI Global Publishing on 21st August , 2025 [Non – paid Scopus]

1. Khan, A.H. (2025). Employee Engagement and Job Satisfaction in a Technology-driven world: A Contemporary Case Study Analysis. Proceedings of the HR Meet 2025, Damodar Valley Corporation, Kolkata, 60-66. [Peer Reviewed]

2. Khan, A. H. & Bhagat, M. (2025). Impact of Human Resource Management Digital transformation on Employee Productivity with special reference to the FMCG Sector. Proceedings of the 10th PAN-IIM World Management Conference, IIM Ranchi Publishers, 582-583. [Peer Reviewed]

1. Khan, A.H. (2026). Digital Transformations at Starbucks (Case No. 5). Case Diary Volume 2, A Collection of Management Cases, Center for Case Development, Medicaps University. Orange Book Publications. https://url-shortener.me/D3EE . https://url-shortener.me/D3E2

1. Presented paper on the topic "Employee Retention and Organisational Citizenship Behaviour : Mediating Effects of Organisational Commitment in Telecom Sector" in International Conference on 12th March,2018 at Kolhan University, Chaibasa, Jharkhand.

2. Presented Paper on the topic “Post Pandemic (COVID – 19) Challenges for HR Managers” in National Webinar organized by Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari, Bihar on 30th & 31st May, 2020.

3. Presented Research Paper on the topic “Effects of lockdown during COVID 19 on environment” in National Webinar organized by Mizoram University, Mizoram & Sikkim University, Sikkim on 19th June, 2020.

4. Presented Research Paper on the topic “Motivational Level of BSTDC Ltd. Employees” in International Seminar organized by T.N.B. College, Tilka Manjhi Bhagalpur University, Bhagalpur on 22nd and 23rd February, 2021. 

5. Presented Research Paper on the topic “Employee engagement : A key for Employee Retention” in National Conference organized by Department of Management Sciences , Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari , Bihar on 25th and 26th June,2021.

6. Presented Research Paper on the topic “Engaging employees during COVID-19 lockdown” in International Conference organized by O.P. Jindal University, Raigarh, Chattisgarh on 27th & 28th November, 2021.

7. Presented Research Paper entitled “Impact of COVID-19 on Employee Performance: A Socio-Behavioral Study” in 62nd ISLE Conference at IIT Roorkee on 12th April, 2022.

8. Presented Research Paper entitled “Modeling the socio-behavioral impact of work from home policy during COVID - 19 pandemic: A SEM approach” in Research Colloquium organized by Birla Institute of Technology , Mesra ,Ranchi on 27th and 28th July,2022.

9. Presented Research Paper entitled “A study to know the factors affecting work engagement of employees during COVID - 19 pandemic” in National E-conference on Industry 4.0 & Society 5.0 - 2022 organized by Department of Management Sciences , Mahatma Gandhi Central University, Motihari, Bihar on 27th & 28th  August,2022.

10. Presented Research Paper entitled “A PLS-SEM approach to examining the link between Training Satisfaction, Organisational Citizenship Behaviour, and Turnover Intention” in the National Conference on “Human Resource Management & International Business transformation in Digital Era” organized by Department of Management Studies ,Faculty of Management Studies ,Jamia Milia Islamia , New Delhi on 21st September, 2022.

11. Presented Research Paper entitled “A conceptual analysis of challenges and potential HRM strategies for the interaction of human workers and artificial intelligence at the team level” in National Seminar at Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi on 11th and 12th November, 2022.  

12. Presented Research Paper entitled “Talent Management Factors influencing Employee Retention: An Empirical Analysis” in 63rd ISLE Conference at Rajiv Gandhi University, Itanagar on 2nd March, 2023.

13. Presented Research Paper entitled “An Empirical Study to Retain Good Quality Employees in Indian Firms” in International Conference on Recent Advances in Business, Management and Data Analytics organized by Department of Management Studies , University of Kashmir on 15th March , 2023.

14. Presented Research Paper entitled “A Systematic Review of Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Advanced Technologies within Human Resource Management” in International Seminar on Accounting, Finance, Business, and Social Sciences (ISAFBS’2023) organized by Department of Business Administration , Assam University , Assam on 15th September , 2023.

15. Presented Research Paper entitled "Transformation of Human Resource Management in the Digital Age: Recent Trends and Practices" at 23rd Annual Conference of Indian Association of Social Science Institutions (IASSI) Jointly Organized by Department of Management & Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra & Institute for Human Development-Eastern Regional Centre (IHD-ERC), Ranchi During 25th to 27th October, 2024.

16. Presented Research Paper entitled “Impact of Human Resource Management Digital transformation on Employee Productivity with special reference to the FMCG Sector" at the 10th PAN-IIM World Management Conference 2025 on Driving Social Impact Through Management Research held at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM),  Ranchi from 27th to 29th November , 2025.

Worked in Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi Research Project titled “A Study on Job Search and Recruitment Methods in Urban India” in Institute for Human Development (IHD), Ranchi as Research Investigator in January & February, 2017.

2. Worked in Institute for Human Development (IHD), Ranchi on a Research Project named “Are Households willing to adopt and pay for recycling their own waste: A study of Patna City” as Research Investigator in October, 2020.

3. Worked in Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR),New Delhi Research Project titled “Dynamics of Change in Urban Informal Employment: Insights from Panel Data of two Indian Cities” in Institute for Human Development(IHD), Ranchi as Research Investigator in November & December ,2020.

4. Worked in Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi Research Project titled “A Study on Job Search and Recruitment Methods in Urban India” in Institute for Human Development (IHD), Ranchi as Research Investigator in August, 2022.

5. Worked in Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi Research Project titled “Adoption of digitalization among Indian MSME’s impacting the firms performance – An empirical study of select areas of Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha” in School of Management Studies , IGNOU , New Delhi as Research Assistant in March & April , 2024.

1. Worked as the Program Coordinator of BBA in (Banking & Finance) course at NSHM Knowledge Campus, Durgapur from July , 2024 to July, 2025.

2. Worked as the Batch Coordinator of BBA course at NSHM Knowledge Campus, Durgapur from July , 2024 to July , 2025.

3. Worked as the Faculty Placement Coordinator with Corporate Relation and Talent Transfer (CRTT) team at NSHM Knowledge Campus, Durgapur from May, 2024 to July , 2025.

4. Worked as the Member of Examination Committee at NSHM College of Management and Technology, NSHM Knowledge Campus, Durgapur from June 2024 to January, 2025.

5. Worked as the Member of ERP Team at NSHM Knowledge Campus, Durgapur from September, 2024 to April, 2025.

1.Participated as a Rapporteur for Two Technical Sessions on Themes “Technological Transformation and Inclusive Development” & “Challenges of Climate Change and Sustainable Development” at  23rd  Annual Conference of Indian Association of Social Science Institutions (IASSI) Jointly Organized by Department of Management & Department of Humanities & Social Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra & Institute for Human Development-Eastern Regional Centre (IHD-ERC), Ranchi during 25th to 27th October, 2024.

2. Participated as an Expert for an Expert Talk on the topic “Role of Divergent and Convergent Thinking Techniques in Problem Solving and Idea Generation” at Jharkhand Rai University, Ranchi on 25th November , 2024.

3. Participated as a PANELIST for the thematic roundtable session at the “International Conference Vision and Strategies towards a Prosperous and Inclusive Jharkhand” on 12th December, 2025, jointly organized by the Institute for Human Development, Ranchi, and Shri Krishna Institute of Public Administration (SKIPA), Ranchi, Jharkhand

1. Attended Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Excellence in Pedagogy and Quantitative Research” organized by Department of Management, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi from 26th to 30th August, 2019.

2. Attended International Faculty Development Program on "Teaching Methodology on Case Based Learning" organized by Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Delhi School of Professional Studies and Research, New Delhi on 10th May, 2020.

3. Attended Five Days International Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on "New Paradigms Of Research In Commerce And Management" organized by Rajiv Gandhi University,Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh from 29th June to 3rd July,2020.

4. Attended six days Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Fundamentals of Applied Data Analysis for Management” organized by Institute of Business Management, GLA University, Mathura from 27th July,2020 to 1st August,2020.

5. Attended seven days EDP on “Model Building” organized by School of Management, Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry from 10th to 16th August,2020.

6. Attended five days Capacity Building Program(CBP) on “Approaches for Quality Research Paper Writing In High Impact Journals” organized by IQAC , Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh from 2nd to 6th September 2020.

7. Attended five days’ workshop on “Building Proficiency in Academic Writing” organized by Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology(NIT), Sikkim from 29th September,2020 to 3rd October,2020.

8. Attended three days Student Development Programme (SDP) on “Cyber Security & COVID-19” organized by the Department of Computer Application, Integral University from 23rd to 25th October, 2020.

9. Attended three days Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on "Data Analysis Using Ms Excel” organised by Department of Mathematics, Babu Banarasi Das North India Institute of Technology, Lucknow from 25th to 27th December,2020.

10. Attended five days AICTE Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on "Understanding Organizational Behaviour from Managerial Perspectives" organized by International Management Institute (IMI), Kolkata from 14th June,2021 to 18th June, 2021. 

11. Attended five days AICTE Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Leveraging Design Thinking for Innovation” organized by International Management Institute (IMI), Kolkata from 12th July,2021 to 16th  July, 2021.

12. Attended five days AICTE Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Employee Engagement” organised by University of Allahabad, Prayagraj from 4th September, 2021 to 8th September, 2021.

13. Attended five days AICTE Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Social Enterprise Management” organised by Institute of Management Studies, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi from 23rd to 27th October, 2021.

14. Attended five days Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on "Recent Trends in Qualitative Research" organized by School of Social Science and languages, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai from 30th January to 3rd February, 2023.

15. Attended five days Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Research Methodology and Data Analysis using NVIVO & SMART PLS 4” organised by R & D Cell, Institute of Professional Excellence and Management (IPEM), Ghaziabad from 15th to 19th July, 2024.

16. Attended five days Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Recent Advances in Business Analytics and Management Research” organized by Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Ranchi from 8th to 12th January , 2025.

17. Attended one day Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Entrepreneurship & Case Development” organized by Department of Business Studies , NSHM Business School  , NSHM Knowledge Campus , Durgapur on 19th May , 2025.

18. Attended five days Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Data Analytics using AI” conducted by EICT Academy , Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) , Kanpur from 9th to 13th June , 2025.

19. Attended Faculty Induction Programme (FDP) on “Forecasting for Planning and Policy Making” organized by UGC-Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre (MMTTC)  National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration (NIEPA) in collaboration with International Management Institute(IMI) , Kolkata from 28th July ,2025 to 2nd August , 2025.

20. Completed six days AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Faculty Development Program on “Leveraging AI and Workforce 5.0” for Circular and Sustainable economy : Synergies for operational Excellence organized by Loyola Institute Of Business Administration from 18th August , 2025 to 23rd August ,2025.

21. Participated in a two - weeks Online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “AI for Teaching and Learning” jointly organized by Electronics and ICT (EICT) Academy, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) , Kanpur under the “Scheme of financial assistance for setting up of Electronics and ICT Academies” of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India held from 18th to 29th August , 2025.

22. Completed six days AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Faculty Development Program on “Blue and Green Economy Integration Approach for a Sustainable Future” organized by Atal Bihari Vajpayee - Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management(ABV-IIITM), Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh from 19th September , 2025 to 24th September ,2025.

23. Completed six days AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Faculty Development Program on “Innovation and Entrepreneurship for India’s Sustainable Future” organized by National Institute of Technology(NIT) , Patna from 10th November , 2025 to 15th November,2025.

24. Attended seven  days Short Term Programme (STP) on "Artificial Intelligence for Sustainable Development: a myth or reality?" organized by UGC-Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre (MMTTC)  , Jadavpur University , Kolkata , West Bengal from 14th January , 2026 to 20th January , 2026.

25. Completed 15 days Interdisciplinary Refresher Course in PMIR/IRPM/LSW/HRM/HRD/MGT on the topic “Reshaping Human Resource for Vikshit Bharat” organized by UGC-Malaviya Mission Teacher Training Centre (MMTTC)  , Patna University ,Patna in collaboration with Department of PMIR , Patna University , Patna from 28th January , 2026 to 10th February , 2026. 

26. Participated in a two - weeks Online training cum Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “AI for Managers” jointly organized by Electronics and ICT (EICT) Academy, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) , Kanpur held from 16th February , 2026 to 27th February , 2026.

27. Participated in a three days Online training cum Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Data Visualization and Analytics using Power BI and Tableau” organized by IMI Kolkata from 3rd to 5th April, 2026.

1. Attended two days Certificate course in "Strategic HRD and Research Perspectives" on 10th & 11th June, 2017 at CEC, IIT Roorkee.

2. Attended a "Workshop on Academic Writing: Grants, Consultancy & Research Articles” organised under the training programme of BIT & ICT Mumbai on 13th Dec, 2017.

3. Attended Ten days “Research methodology” course sponsored by ICSSR at Central University of Jharkhand from 1st April, 2019 to 10th April, 2019.

4. Attended one day workshop entitled “IPR Management” on 10th June, 2019 at BIT Mesra, Ranchi.

5. Attended “Entrepreneurship Awareness Workshop by MSME, Ranchi” organized by Department of Management, Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra , Ranchi on 4th march 2020.

6. Attended Workshop on “Strategic Intellectual Property Management organized by IPR Cell” , IIT Roorkee on 12th December,2020.

7. Attended One-Week National Workshop on “Emerging Tools and Technologies In Research” organized by Department of Information Technology, Tripura University from 15th to 19th December, 2020.

8. Attended two days National workshop on “Research Methodology” organized by Government Girls’ College, Khargone, Madhya Pradesh in technical collaboration with The Global Association of Social Sciences and The International Research Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities sponsored by MPHEQIP, World Bank Project, GoMP on 15th & 16th, January, 2021.

9. Attended two days online workshop on “Scholarships, Grants, Fellowships , Post-Doctoral opportunities , Research Funding and Research Proposals” organized in collaboration with NSHM Knowledge Campus , Durgapur and The Assam Royal Global University , Guwahati , India on 3rd and 4th July , 2024.

10. Attended one day workshop on “Fostering a Culture of Respect : Internal Committee’s (IIC) Impact on Organisational Growth” organized by Internal Committee(IC) , NSHM Knowledge Campus , Durgapur , West Bengal on 20th May , 2025.

11. Attended two days National workshop on “Learner-centric Education through MOOCs and GenAI” organised by the Department of Humanities & Social Sciences & HRDC, Integral University , Lucknow ,Uttar Pradesh on 6th and 7th August , 2025.

1. Awarded Elite + Silver Medal Certificate + Topper in the Course Certificate after Completion of a NPTEL Online Certification Course and Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on “Designing Work Organisation” offered by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) , Roorkee with a consolidated score of 85 %.

2. Awarded Elite Certificate after Completion of a NPTEL 12 weeks Online Certification Course and Faculty Development Programme (FDP)  on “Leadership and Team Effectiveness” offered by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) , Roorkee.