Dr. Samal has a Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Management, Kashipur, India in the area of OB/HRM. Before the Ph.D., he has completed his MBA from the National Institute of Technology, Kurukshetra, India. A graduate in commerce (B.com) with a distinction class pass degree precedes the post-graduate qualification. Dr. Samal has extensive experience in the field of banking with over 8 years of managerial experience. He currently holds many prestigious certifications such as the JAIIB, CAIIB, NCDO, and AMFI. His primary research focuses on organizational change management and organizational sustainability in SME’s.

1. Samal, A. and Chatterjee, D., 2021. “A Moderated-Mediation Approach To LMX-Outcome Relationship In M&A.” Journal of General Management.
2. Maheshwari, M., Samal, A. and Bhamoriya, V., 2020. Role of employee relations and HRM in driving commitment to sustainability in MSME firms. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management.
3. Samal, A. and Chatterjee, D., 2020. Rethinking Organizational Change: Towards a Conceptual Framework. South Asian Journal of Management, 27(2).
4. Samal, A., Patra, S. and Chatterjee, D., 2019. Impact of culture on organizational readiness to change: Context of Bank M&A. Benchmarking: An International Journal.
5. Chatterjee, D and Samal, A., 2017. Triple Talaq And The Land Mark Judgment: Women One Step Up The Social Ladder?” International journal of engineering technology science and research. 4(12).

• Organizational Behavior/HRM
• Negotiation And Conflict
• Leading And Managing Change
• Negotiation And Conflict Management

1. Samal, A. “An exploratory study on innovative work behaviour practices and its effect on organizational sustainability: An MSME perspective.” IIT Bombay, PhD consortium, 2020,
2. Participated in the Social Network approach to organization/ Management research workshop under SPARC, organized by IIM Udaipur from Dec 26th – 30th, 2019
3. Faculty development Programme on “structural equation modelling using AMOS”. Rukmini Devi institute of advanced studies, May 28th -June2, 2018
4. Paper Development workshop- IIM Rohtak, July 26-28, 2019
5. Participated in the AICTE sponsored ‘online short term training program-II on BIG DATA ANALYTICS’ organized by MBA department, School of management studies, VISTAS, Chennai from 17th Aug to 24th Aug, 2020.

• AMFI Qualified (Advisory Module)
• NCDO (Depository Module)
• JAIIB Qualified
• CAIIB Qualified