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Abha R. Dixit is a faculty of Business Communication at Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow. She teaches the courses on Professional Spoken Communication, Applied Managerial Communication, Servant Leadership and Critical Reading and Writing. She is an active member of “Association for English studies of India” and “Literary Perspectives Society.” She has conducted various management development programmes for reputed companies, like Birla Corporation Ltd. Medicamen Biotech Ltd., Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd., etc. She has done voice over for national and international documentary films.

Nishtha Malik is an academician, researcher and trainer with more than ten years of experience in academics and two years of experience in industry. At present, she is working with the Jaipuria Institute of Management, Lucknow as an assistant professor. Her research works are related to topics such as artificial intelligence, authentic leadership, extra-role behavior, psychological capital, autonomy, ethical climate, extra-role behavior, etc. She has published research articles in journals, such as Personnel Review, International Journal of Manpower and International Journal of Nursing Studies and so on.

Manisha Seth is currently working as an associate professor and chairperson of Human Resources and Organizational Behavior area at the Jaipuria Institute of Management Lucknow, India. Dr. Seth earned her doctorate from the Department of Psychology, the University of Lucknow and has a work experience of more than 23 years in industry and academics. Her research interests include technostress, stress and well-being, health workers' motivation, talent management, HR practices, leadership, soft skills and teaching effectiveness. Dr. Seth has been coordinating and imparting corporate training in the areas of self-management, emotional intelligence, leadership, team building, ethics, values, conflict management, negotiation, change management and teaching effectiveness.

Deepa Sethi is a professor in Business Communication and chairperson of PGP Liberal Studies and Management at the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India. With more than 15 years of teaching and research experience, she is specialized in business communication, soft skills, social media communication, advanced corporate communication and cross-cultural communication. She has published in high-impact factor ABDC-A* and A/B category journals.

Prof. Sethi has been trained in “Participant-centered learning” at Harvard Business School. She is the recipient of the prestigious “Prof. Indira Parikh 50 Women in Education Leaders Award” in 2019. She has also authored a book, “Impactful Communication: Communicate to Conquer.”