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Veena Shenoy is based at the International School of Business and Research, Bangalore, India and School of Management, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Mangalore, India. She is a highly accomplished professional with over two decades of experience in industry, academics and research. She is the founder of Inclusiv, an impact start-up with a global mission of creating a barrier-free, sustainable inclusive environment for persons with disabilities and senior citizens. She is an Associate Professor at ISBR Business School, Bangalore. She is an inclusive experience researcher in the workplace and believes that inclusive environments are a priority and key to innovation and development.

Dr. Shenoy is a PhD holder from the National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) Surathkal Mangalore, where her thesis was on employee experience at a workplace confining to a cultural environment, physical environment, virtual environment and technology environment. She also has an M.Com. from the University of Pune with a Gold medal and stood the first rank in the University of Pune. Additionally, she has a Master of Business Administration (M.B.A., Banking and Finance) and a Post Graduate Diploma in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management. She has presented and published more than 50+ papers in national and international conferences and peer-reviewed journals on interdisciplinary topics.

Dr Shenoy is a co-author of the book “Introduction to Rural Marketing” with Dr Chetan Bajaj and Nandini Bajaj, published by New Age International Publisher with ISBN 97893-86070-95-1. She has many accolades to her credit, including Best Research Paper Awards at various national and international conferences. She is a member of the Sponsored European Union project, a part of the ERASMUS+ program titled “Sport and Physical Education as a Vehicle for Inclusion and Recognition in India, Indonesia and Sri Lanka/SPIRIT.”