Manju Shree Pradhan (PhD)
Head of Department- HRM
Email id:
manjushreepradhan.gcbs@rub.edu.bt
HRM
Faculty
Biography
Dr Manju Shree Pradhan is a Lecturer at Gedu College of Business Studies, Royal University of Bhutan, where she has taught since 2014, and currently serves as Head of the Bachelor of Human Capital Management (BHCM) programme. She earned her PhD in Business Administration from Naresuan University, Thailand, as a recipient of the King’s Scholarship.
As programme head she is responsible for curriculum development, faculty coordination, academic quality assurance and industry engagement. She is a member of the College Academic Committee and the Moderation Committee, contributed to the College’s HR master plan, and has completed leadership development training at the Royal Institute of Governance and Strategic Studies.
Her research interests span informal workplace learning, competency development, employability, leadership and economic resilience. She is lead recipient of a SANDEE research grant, hosted by ICIMOD, for a project on climate-smart agriculture in Goeserling Gewog, Tsirang, and of a special grant for research on national issues, and has published in peer-reviewed and Scopus-indexed journals. She supervises student research, has served as Faculty Advisor for the Global Skills Enhancement Centre and organised the G-FEST literary festival.
Education & Qualifications
PhD in Business Administration, Naresuan University, Thailand (2024)
Master of Business Administration, Sikkim Manipal University, India (2013)
Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education, Samtse College of Education, Bhutan (2016)
Bachelor of Information Systems Management, Alpha Arts and Science College, University of Madras, India (2010)
Selected Publications
Pradhan, M. S., & Dorji, T. (2026, June 7). Are Bhutan’s foreign reserve resilient enough? A stress test analysis of compound external shocks. The Bhutanese.
Pradhan, M. S., Rattanawiboonsom, V., & Panya, F. (2024). Unravelling the nexus: Exploring informal workplace learning, competency development, and employability through a mixed method approach. Environment and Social Psychology, 9(3), Article 2078. https://doi.org/10.54517/esp.v9i3.2078
Pradhan, M. S., Rattanawiboonsom, V., & Panya, F. (2024). Informal workplace learning and employability: The mediating role of competency development among financial sector employees in Bhutan. Environment and Social Psychology, 9(1), Article 1845. https://doi.org/10.54517/esp.v9i1.1845
Gautam, K., Sharma, P., & Pradhan, M. (2021). Employees’ Perception about Female Leadership in Government and Corporate Sectors: A Contextual Study of Bhutan. Bhutan Journal of Business Management. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.18002.68803
Sarkar & Pradhan (2017). Job Crafting, Self-Efficacy and Affective Wellbeing of Employees: An Empirical Study on Royal University of Bhutan. The Research Network: Journal of Creative Thinkers, 10(1–4), 54–60.
