Profile of Dr. A. Varadaraj
Dr. A. Varadaraj is a distinguished academician and researcher currently serving as a Professor in Organizational Behaviour & Human Resource Management at the Department of Management Studies, Alliance University, Bengaluru. With over two decades of diverse professional experience spanning teaching, manufacturing, administration, and marketing, Dr. Varadaraj has established himself as a prominent figure in academia and research.
Academic Credentials
Dr. Varadaraj holds an impressive array of academic qualifications, including:
• MBA
• M.Phil.
• Ph.D.
• Postgraduate in Tourism Management
• Postgraduate in Public Relations
Professional Experience
With 22 years of experience, Dr. Varadaraj has contributed significantly to academia and industry. His global exposure includes working and visiting countries such as Muscat, Dubai, and the UAE, where he gained insights into international business and management practices.
Academic Contributions
Dr. Varadaraj has made substantial contributions to the field of management through:
• Publishing numerous research articles in Scopus-indexed journals.
• Authoring books and presenting research papers at national and international seminars.
• Serving as a member of editorial and review boards for several prestigious international journals.
Editorial and Review Board Memberships
Dr. Varadaraj is actively involved in the academic community through his editorial and review roles, including:
• Editorial Review Member:
o Proceedings of The International Research Education & Training Center (ISSN: 2613-5817; E-ISSN: 2613-5825)
o The Caucasus Economic and Social Analysis Journal of Southern Caucasus (ISSN: 2298-0946, E-ISSN: 1987-6114)
• Review Board Member:
o International Journal of Management, Entrepreneurship & Technology (IJMET), New York
• Editorial Board Member:
o International Journal of Law, Education, Social and Sports Studies (IJLESS)
o Journal of ELT and Education (JEE)
o China-USA Business Review (ISSN 1537-1514) and Chinese Business Review (ISSN 1537-1506)
o Journal of Business Findings (JOBF)
o Ukrainian Scientific Professional Journal: Economic Bulletin - Series: Finance, Accounting, Taxation
• Advisory Committee Member:
o International Journal for Trends in Engineering & Technology (IJTET) (ISSN 2349-9303)
• Associate Reviewer:
o Informing Science: The International Journal of an Emerging Transdiscipline (InformingSciJ) (Online ISSN: 1521-4672, Print ISSN: 1547-9684)
• International Board of Reviewers:
o Interdisciplinary Journal of Information, Knowledge, and Management (IJIKM) (Online ISSN: 1555-1237, Print ISSN: 1555-1229)
Professional Engagements
Dr. Varadaraj has conducted and organized various self-development and motivational programs for young graduates, helping them enhance their professional and personal growth.
Areas of Expertise
Dr. Varadaraj specializes in:
• Human Resource Management
• Organizational Behaviour
• Talent Development
• Strategic Management
• Industrial Relations
• Sustainability
• Entrepreneurship
• Training
• Organizational Development
Conclusion
Dr. A. Varadaraj’s extensive academic contributions, editorial engagements, and international exposure have solidified his reputation as a respected and influential figure in the global academic and research community. His dedication to advancing knowledge in organizational behaviour and human resource management continues to inspire students, researchers, and professionals alike.

Bartosz Jóźwik, PhD, is an Associate Professor and Head of the Department of International Economics at the Institute of Economics and Finance at The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin in Poland. Earlier, he held academic positions at various institutions, including at the Nanovic Institute for European Studies at the University of Notre Dame in the USA and at the Faculty of Economics at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. His research interests focus on issues surrounding European economic integration, growth and economic development in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe, and environmental economics. He is the author of dozens of scientific publications published in recognized journals and publishing houses. He has collaborated with many scientific centers around the world. Among them are: University of Vienna, University of Cambridge, National University of Laos, and IBS Hyderabad ICFAI University (India).

Kristina Velichkovska is an assistant professor at the Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, International Balkan University, Skopje. She has a PhD in Economics and a MBA. Her areas of interest are in macroeconomics, income inequality, and corporate finance. She has authored and co-authored several scientific papers in the field of economics and organizational sciences.

Master of Cybernetics and Applied Mathematics; Master of Economics; PhD in Economics. Since 2012 - Professor of Finance at the Faculty of Business and Technology, Caucasus International University. Since 2018 - Head of the Doctoral Education Program in Business Administration. Since 2018 - Accreditation Expert at National Center for Educational Quality Enhancement of Georgia. Since 2019 - Certified reviewer at WoS Publons Academy and a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Eastern European and Central Asian Research (JEECAR) and the Caucasus International University’s International Journal of Social Sciences. A certified project manager (PRINCE 2 Certificate # P2R / 165226 issued by APMG - the world-leading accreditation and testing institute) with more than 15 years of working experience in project management for the UNDP, the USAID and the OSGF in Georgia. I have extensive experience of scientific and pedagogical cooperation with various universities. For years, I delivered lectures at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University and Ilia State University. Currently, I am collaborating with TSU and Speyer (Germany) University of Administrative Sciences on a joint English-language master's program in Public Administration as a Visiting Lecturer. I have experience in delivering lectures at foreign universities. I have been actively involved in scientific research; regularly present research findings to the scientific community through conferences, forums, symposia and seminars both in Georgia and abroad and publish them in scientific journals. My research interest includes financial education and inclusion, the impact of education on economic development, quality of education and workforce competitiveness, financing for development, etc. More than 30 research papers are published in different scientific journals. 

Prof. Dr. Fevzi Serkan Özdemir,

is a professor at Ankara University, Faculty of Political Science, Department of Business Administration, specializing in Accounting and Finance. He earned his Ph.D. from Ankara University, where he examined the alignment of financial statement information, produced according to the Uniform Accounting System and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), with the qualitative characteristic of relevance, using financial failure predictions. His doctoral thesis was awarded the Second Best Doctoral Thesis by the Economic Research Foundation in 2011.

During his doctoral studies and afterward, Prof. Özdemir worked as a visiting scholar at New York University, where he continued his research on accounting information systems, financial reporting and analysis, accounting theory and education, international accounting, and corporate sustainability.

Prof. Özdemir has published numerous articles in national and international journals, as well as presented papers at various scientific conferences. He has supervised many master's and doctoral theses in the areas of financial reporting, sustainability, and financial performance across different universities. In addition to his academic contributions as an author and editor in several books, Prof. Özdemir serves as a reviewer and editorial board member for several academic journals. He also coordinates Accounting Search Conferences and International Insurance, Banking, and Finance Symposiums.

Since 2008, he has held various editorial roles at the Journal of Accounting and Taxation Studies, including Editorial Board Secretary, Associate Editor, and Editor. He currently serves as the Editor-in-Chief.

Prof. Özdemir also holds certifications as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and Independent Auditor and serves as the Vice President of the Assurance Services Association.

Mehmet Asutay is a Professor of Middle Eastern and Islamic Political Economy & Finance at the Durham University Business School, and the Director of the Durham Centre in Islamic Economics and Finance.
Mehmet’s teaching, research, publication, and supervision of research is all in Islamic moral economy/Islamic economics, Islamic political economy, Islamic finance and banking, Islamic governance and management and the Middle Eastern political economies.
His articles on his research interest have appeared in various international academic journals and professional magazines. He has also published manuscripts and edited books on aspects of Islamic moral economy and Islamic finance, the latest of which are: A Model for Islamic Development: An Approach in Islamic Moral Economy (with S. Jan, 2019), Mapping the Risks and Risk Management Practices in Islamic Banking (with W. Eid, 2019).
Mehmet's recent research includes the construction of Islamic moral economy and Islamic political economy; and their articulation in economic and sustainable development. In addition, his research focused on locating Islamic banking and finance within the expressed ideals of Islamic moral economy by essentialising sharing and collaborative economy nature of Islamic finance. Mehmet is also involved in empirical research in various aspects and dynamics of Islamic banking and finance as well as examining the political economy determinants and consequences of various Islamic finance industry development models.
Mehmet has acted as consultant to COMCEC (part of OIC), CIBAFI and UNDP-IICPSD on various projects, who was also a member of Board of Directors of Albaraka Turk Islamic Bank from 2018-2020.
Mehmet is the Editor in Chief of the American Journal of Islam and Society, the International Journal of Islamic Economics and Finance Studies, and the Review of Islamic Economics. Mehmet is also a Board Member of the International Association for Islamic Economics.
His profile: https://www.durham.ac.uk/business/our-people/mehmet-asutay/

Olga Kravets is a senior lecturer at Royal Holloway University of London and holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Sydney, Australia. Her research interests are in history and politics of consumer culture, markets, and marketing with the focus on studying inequalities from critical perspectives. She co-edited The SAGE Handbook of Consumer Culture and The Routledge Companion to Marketing and Feminism. Her research has been published in Business History Review, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Material Culture, Marketing Theory among others and in edited books.