Assistant Professor
Dr. Bharath Shashanka Katkam works as an Assistant Professor in the Centre for Human Resources Development (CHRD) at the Administrative Staff College of India – Hyderabad. He has publications in reputed research journals listed in Scopus, SSCI, ABDC and ABS. Moreover, he has also qualified the UGC-NET/JRF in the year 2013. ‘Dr. Katkam’ is a licensed MBTI and FIRO-B practitioner, certified by Myers-Briggs company, and has expertise in personality and interpersonal relationship-based assessments. Additionally, his teaching and research interests are oriented towards applying various psychometric assessments to understand employee attitudes and behaviors. Drawing on the certifications and various psychometric assessments, he is passionate about teaching and conducting research-consultancy projects in
- Understanding employee workplace behaviors using MBTI personality-based assessments
- Conflict management – using MBTI, FIRO-B assessments and other relevant theories
- Job stress management
- Well-being management
- Interpersonal relationship-based assessments using FIRO-B theory
- Developing cohesive teams – focusing on pro-social behaviors and emotional intelligence.
- Leadership with emotional intelligence – Goleman’s leadership styles
- Identifying the ‘Dark tetrads’ of employees in the organization.
- Integration of biology and organizational behaviour (cortisol-based stress research)
Dr. Katkam also worked as an ‘Assistant Professor’ at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) – Shillong for two years and delivered MDP sessions on the aforementioned topics to senior managers at IOCL, Petronet and in Post Graduate Certification programmes. He has worked on consulting assignments with reputed MNCs like ‘Fulcrum Digitals’ using his MBTI-certification expertise. The faculty also guided students to reach the ‘Grand Finale’ and Pre-finale stages in a ‘nationwide case competition’ named ‘Steel-a-thon’ in the consecutive seasons 2022 & 2023 conducted by ‘Tata Steel’. Around 3000 teams from top business schools in India (including IIMs, IITs) participated in the competition.
Furthermore, he also has software expertise and conceptual knowledge in contemporary data analysis techniques, including Longitudinal/Multilevel/Hierarchical linear modeling and Multilevel structural equation modeling. The faculty is also well-versed in conducting quantitative research using software packages like Mplus, SPSS, AMOS, and MS Excel.
CONTACT
Bharath Shashanka Katkam
Ph.D. (University of Hyderabad)
MBTI and FIRO-B certified practitioner,
Assistant Professor
Centre for Human Resource Development
bharath@asci.org.in