Newcastle University

Introduction

Pushkar finished his PhD from Cass Business School, London in 2007. Since joining Newcastle University Business School, he has lectured in the areas of strategic management, research methods and business systems. He is involved in module re-design and development for several programmes, and is also the admissions selector on business management and international business programmes. 

His research interests have seen him associate with international donor agencies, policy makers, and with top management at blue chip firms. His work spans several areas including health-care, creative industries and poverty alleviation. He has been involved in research and development ventures with the International Chambers of Commerce, Employee Ownership Association(UK), Global Music Majors,and with NGOs in India working in the areas of health, water & sanitation and micro-enterprises.

Key Administration Role

UCAS selector and Admissions Tutor for Business Management Degree Programme and International Business Management Programme

Qualifications

Post Graduate Diploma in Management (equivalent to M.B.A), MPhil in Data Modelling, PhD in the area of Strategic Management.

Previous Positions

2003-2006 Doctoral Researcher, Cass Business School, City University, London
2001-2003 Researcher on an EPSRC project with 'seven industrial partners' at Nottingham University Business School and then at Cass Business School
2000-2001 Data Modelling work to inform managerial decision making as a researcher in the Faculty of Engineering, University of Newcastle upon Tyne [industrial sponsorship]
1999-2000 Project Coordinator on a UNFPA Project responsible for monitoring and evaluation of investment and delivery mechanisms under the project in five states of India.
1998-1999 Research Officer on the Government of India, National Drinking Water Mission Project. Responsible for monitoring and evaluation of investment and delivery mechanisms under the project in two states of India
1997-1998 Project Coordinator on a World Bank Project (DPIP)
Responsible for capacity assessment and design of the project delivery mechanism in seven districts of the state of Rajasthan in India .

Informal Interests

Travel, Curries, Mythology and Bollywood Movies

Research Interests

Strategic and Project Based Learning, Design Contests,Creative Industries, Employee ownership, Mergers and Acquistions (spc: PMI), Poverty alleviation initiatives, IP,

Current Work

Learning for actionable performance feedback in project systems- the context of poverty alleviation projects
Value appropriation and innovation in creative industries
The phenomenon of Design Contests
Growth and performance issues in the area of employee owned businesses

Esteem Indicators

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Academic referee for EPSRC grant applications
Reviewed for Long Range Planning and for the Journal of Management Studies
Winners list (top 10) on the ISB (Indian school of Business-Hyderabad )'Idiya' Social Enterprise Challenge [water & sanitation initiative]

Industrial Relevance

[With Lampel Joseph and Ajay Bhalla] (2010). Role-Co-Investigator. 'Model Growth: Do Employee-Owned Businesses deliver sustainable performance?', London; sponsored by: John Lewis Partnership ; keywords: Employee-owned businesses, governance structure, performance
http://www.johnlewispartnership.co.uk/Display.aspx?MasterId=3dc563d5-3baa-4186-9f81-e1604e0094a7&NavigationId=1753

[With Lampel Joseph and Ajay Bhalla] (2007).Role-Co-Investigator. 'BASCAP Counterfeiting & Piracy Index' (by invitation); sponsored by: International Chambers of Commerce (ICC), Paris ; keywords: Intellectual Property
http://www.iccwbo.org/uploadedFiles/BASCAP/Pages/BASCAP%20Survey_%20Final%20Report_29%20January07.pdf

[With Lampel Joseph and Ajay Bhalla] (2006) Role-Co-Investigator. Back to the Digital Future: The Role of Copyrights in Sustaining Creativity and Diversity in the Music Industry ', Response to Lord Gowers Review (by invitation), London; sponsored by: EMI Music ; keywords: Intellectual Property

EPSRC Research Project: ‘Organisational learning and Business Performance in Project Based Organisations’.(2001-2003)
Role - Researcher under Prof. Joseph Lampel at Nottingham Business School and then at Cass Business School.Industrial partners in the research: GlaxoSmithKline, Rolls Royce and, Department for International Development (DFID), BP, Bovis Lend Lease, Lloyds TSB and Fujitsu.

UNFPA project on Reproductive and Sexual Health (1999-2000). Role- Project Coordinator (India-Nationwide):responsible for designing and organising the study to carry out monitoring and evaluation of investment and delivery mechanisms under the project in five states of India.

Government of India, National Drinking Water Mission Project (1998-1999). Role- Project Research Officer - I was responsible for executing monitoring and evaluation study of investment and delivery mechanisms under the project in two states of India

District Poverty Initiatives Project (DPIP) World Bank Project (1997-1998). Role- Project Officer (one of two POs)-responsible for capacity assessment and design of the project delivery mechanism. The project provided support for infrastructure and micro enterprise development in seven districts of the state of Rajasthan in India. The work saw award of Learning and Innovation Loan from the Bank.

Advanced Strategy and Operations Management

Business Information Systems  

Foundations of Business Strategy

International Business Strategy

• Lampel J, Jha PP, Bhalla A. Test driving the Future How Design Competitions are Changing the Future. Academy of Management Perspectives 2012, 26(2), [Accepted for publication]. In Press.
• Genus A, Jha P. The Role of Inertia in Explanations of Project Performance: A Framework and Evidence from Project-Based Organizations. International Journal of Project Management 2012, 30(1), 117-126.
• Lampel J, Bhalla A, Jha PP. Model Growth: Do employee-owned businesses deliver sustainable performance?. Employee Ownership Association: Cass Business School & Newcastle University Business School, 2010. Commisioned by John Lewis Partnership.
• Lampel J, Bhalla A, Jha PP. EOBs: The Promise of resilience. European Business review (By inivitation in context of a REF impact study that I propose to submit as well) 2012. In Preparation.
• Lampel J, Bhalla A, Jha PP. Show and Play: Trade Fairs and Challenge Competitions. In: The 3rd Annual Copenhagen Conference on Partnerships. 2009, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.
• Jha PP, Lampel J, Bhalla A. Intellectual Property Rights and Industry Evolution: The Case of the Recorded Music Industry. In: The Creative Industries and Intellectual Property: DIME International Conference. 2008, London, UK.
• Lampel J, Jha PP. Knowledge Integration and Resource Selection in the UK Film Industry. In: Scarborough, H, ed. The Evolution of Business Knowledge. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008, pp. 137-160.
• Jha PP, Lampel J. Déjà vu, But Not all over Again:The Impact of Inertia and Aspirations on Movie Sequels. In: Academy of Management Meeting. 2007, Philadelphia, PA.
• Lampel J, Jha PP. De nouvelles figures du projet en management Collection. In: Germain, O, ed. De nouvelles figures du projet en management. EMS, 2006.
• Jha PP, Lampel J. Strategic Learning in Technology Design Contests. In: BPS track at the Academy of Management Meeting. 2006, Atlanta, Georgia.
• Jha PP, Lampel J. Strategic Learning in Design Contests. In: European Group for Organisation Studies (EGOS). 2005, Berlin, Germany.
• Lampel J, Jha PP. Models of Project Orientation in Multiproject Organizations. In: Pinto, JK; Morris, PWG, ed. The Wiley Guide to Managing Projects. New Jersey, USA: John Wiley & Sons, 2004, pp. 223-236.
• Jha PP, Lampel J. To Talk The Talk You Must Walk the Walk, Linguistic Communities in Post merger Integration. In: Organizational Knowledge, Learning, and Capabilities (OKLC). 2004, Innsbruck, Austria.
• Jha PP, Lampel J, Morris PWG, Loch I. A construct for Project-Based-Learning. The PROBOL Model. In: 5th International Conference on Organizational Learning & Knowledge. 2003, Lancaster, UK.
• Jha PP, Glassey J, Montague GA, Mohan P. Product cost management structures: a review and neural network modelling. Australasian Journal of Information Systems 2003, 11(1), 76-91.
• Jha PP, Lampel J, Morris PWG, Loch I. Projects & the Organization: A Strategic Learning Interface. In: OKLC. 2003, Barcelona, Spain.
• Jha PP, Lampel J. Reflective & Genetic Strategic Learning in Project-based Organization. In: OKLC / EGOS 19th Colloquium. 2003, Barcelona / Copenhegan.
• Jha PP, Glassey J, Montague G, Mohan P. Product Cost Modelling Review of Process Issues & Potentials in application of Data Modelling Techniques.. In: International ICSC-NAISO Congress on Computational Intelligence: Methods and Applications. 2001, Bangor, Wales, UK.