Dr. Rohan Bhalla

Dr. Rohan Bhalla holds a Ph.D. from FMS, Jamia Millia Islamia (a central university). He was a Gold Medalist in his Master’s program and completed his undergraduate program and educational qualification through first class. He is an executive alumnus of IIM Kozhikode and is certified in advanced analytics and academic research writing. He has also completed an advanced research course from Mid-Sweden University, Sweden. He coordinates the International Research Symposium in Service Management (IRSSM), India Chapter. In terms of publication, he has more than 30 publications in International and National Journals, including Scopus and ABDC-listed journals and edited books. He has published books on tourism education at the school level, chapters in edited books, and the Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing, which includes publishers like Routledge, Edward Elgar, IGI Global, Springer, and Palgrave Macmillan. He also assisted in the consultancy projects of EYI and the Government of Uttarakhand. He serves on the Editorial Board of Scopus-Q1 and ABDC-indexed journal-Journal of Tourism Futures. He has been the managing editor of a special issue in the Journal of Ecotourism. He also has two patents and six copyrights to his credit. He is also doing a joint research project under the ICSSR-BRICS nation collaboration-ICSSR, India-NIHSS, and South Africa bilateral program in the field of social sciences. Dr. Rohan Bhalla also shares his expertise through lectures and invited talks at FDPs. He has been a resource person in Atal FDPs and refresher programs organized by universities and institutes like BHU, Vishwakarma University, Jagran Lakecity University, PIMR-Gwalior, and the Institution of Engineers India. His expertise lies in qualitative and developmental research using multi-disciplinary approaches, particularly in the social sciences. His interest lies in Philosophy of Research, Psychology, Sociology, Spirituality and Spiritual Tourism, Spiritual and Emotional Intelligence, Consciousness, Religious and Rural Tourism, Transformation and Regeneration, Sustainability, Mental Health and Well-being, Urban and Gender Studies, Organizational Behaviour, and Human Resource Management.

PhD (Jamia Millia Islamia), Advance Certification in Academic Research and Data Analysis (IIM-Kozhikode), Advances in Tourism Management (Mid Sweden University, Sweden), UGC NET/JRF, PGDM (IITTM), BBA (Jiwaji University)

Academic Experience: 5 years 8 months
Industry Experience: 6 Months
Total Experience: 6 years 2 months

Achievements and Awards:

Best PhD Thesis Award conferred in the AICTE sponsored XIV International Conference on Industry 4.0: Optimizing Operations and Shaping the Future of Business organised by Prestige Institute of Management and Research Gwalior on February 11^th and 12^th

International Research Symposium in Service Management (IRSSM), supported by the Journal of Service Management (ABDC-A, Scopus Q1), Emerald Publishing, conferred two awards consecutively for two years 2021 and 2022

• • Young Service Researcher Award-2022
  • Highly Commended Paper Award-2022

Gold Medal and Best Student Award in PGDM, IITTM (an Organization of Ministry of Tourism, Govt. of India)

Research works:

Bhalla, R., Chowdhary, N., & Ranjan, A. (2021). Spiritual tourism for psychotherapeutic healing post COVID-19. Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, 38(8) 769-781 (ISSN 1054-8408) DOI: 10.1080/10548408.2021.1930630 (ABDC-A, Scopus-Business Collection)

Bhalla, R. and Chowdhary, N. (2023). Decoding the Hummus Trail of India: Regaining the Lost Prudence. Anatolia, 34(1), 18-29 (ISSN 1303-2917) DOI: 10.1080/13032917.2023.2129664 (ABDC-B, Scopus)

Nema, P., Srivastava, R., Bhalla, R.  &  Chakraborty, A. (2023). Impact of Social Media Distraction on Student Evaluation of Teachers' Effectiveness. International Journal of Educational Management, 37(2), 300-313 (ISSN 0951-354X) DOI: 10.1108/IJEM-10-2022-0389 (ABDC-B, Scopus-Business Collection)

Bhalla, R. and Chowdhary, N. (2022), Green workers of Himalayas: evidence of transformation induced regeneration. Journal of Tourism Futures, 8(3), 380-392. (ISSN 2055-5911) DOI: 10.1108/JTF-12-2021-0273 (ABDC-C, Scopus-Business Collection)

Bhalla, R., and Agarwal, S. (2021). Life in a pandemic: Intersectional approach exploring experiences of LGBTQ during COVID-19. International. Journal of Spa and Wellness, 4(1), 53-68. (ISSN 2472-1735) DOI: 10.1080/24721735.2021.1880204 (ABDC-C, Scopus- Business Collection)

Bhalla, R., Chowdhary, N., & Agarwal, S. (2023). Transformational Travel for Well-being and Meaning Making. International Journal of Tourism Policy,13(2), 154-161 (ISSN 1750-4104)(ABDC-C, Scopus-Business Collection)

Singh, P., Agarwal, S., Bhalla, R., (2023). Strategic Transformation and the New Normal in Hospitality Industry, Dynamics of Tourism Industry, Apple Academic Press. (Scopus Indexed)

Chandra, S., Bhalla, R., Ranjan, A. (2023). Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Management in Restaurant Industry, Routledge Handbook of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Hospitality Industry, Routledge ISBN 9781032259253(Scopus Indexed)

Saini, A., & Bhalla, R. (2022). Artificial Intelligence and Automation: Transforming the Hospitality Industry or Threat to Human Touch. In Handbook of Research on Innovative Management Using AI in Industry 5.0, pp. 88-97 IGI Global (ISBN 9781799884972)

Ranjan, A., Chandra, S., Bhalla, R., & Agarwal, S. (2022). Hospitality in the Experience Economy. In Planning and Managing the Experience Economy in Tourism, pp. 85-106 IGI Global (ISBN-9781799887751)

Chandra, S., Bhalla, R., & Agarwal, S. (2022). Business Events and Hospitality. In The Routledge Handbook of Business Events pp. 263-272 Routledge (ISBN-9781138629004) (Scopus Indexed)

Chandra, S., Khaled, S. W., & Bhalla, R. (2022). Old Is Gold: Looking Back to Traditions, Languages, and Arts. In Future of Tourism in Asia pp. 37-49 Springer, Singapore (ISBN-9789811616693) (Scopus Indexed)

Bhalla, R., Tiwari, P., & Chowdhary, N. (2021). Digital Natives Leading the World: Paragons and Values of Generation Z. In Generation Z Marketing and Management in Tourism and Hospitality (pp. 3-23) Palgrave Macmillan (ISBN-9783030706951) (Scopus Indexed)

Agarwal, S., & Bhalla, R. (2021). Behavioural Dynamics in the Times of COVID-19: Changing Interpersonal and Family Relationships. The New Normal: Reinventing Professional Life and Familial Bonding in the Post COVID 19 Era. Bloomsbury (ISBN-9789354350801)

Bhalla, R., & Agarwal, S. (2022). Existential Tourism. In Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing, pp. 172-174, Edward Elgar Publishing (ISBN-9781800377479)

Bhalla, R., & Prakash, M. (2022). Transformational Tourism. In Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing, pp. 554-556, Edward Elgar Publishing (ISBN-9781800377479)

Agarwal, S., & Bhalla, R. (2022). Prosumer. In Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing, pp. 581-583 Edward Elgar Publishing (ISBN-9781800377479)

Agarwal, S., & Bhalla, R. (2022). Tourist Delight. In Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing Edward Elgar Publishing (ISBN-9781800377479)

Abad, M., & Bhalla, R. (2022) Co-design Experiences. In Encyclopedia of Tourism Management and Marketing pp. 522-525 Edward Elgar Publishing (ISBN-9781800377479)

Bhalla, R., Ranjan, A., Tiwari, P., Nair, S., & Chowdhary, N. (2022). A Textbook of Tourism for Class XIth (Part A & part B). Goyal Brothers Prakashan. ISBN/SUK: 9789357260046

Tiwari, P., Nair, S., Bhalla, R., Ranjan, A., & Chowdhary, N. (2022). A Textbook of Tourism for Class XIIth (Part A & part B) Goyal Brothers Prakashan. ISBN/SUK: 9789357260053