Dr. Upasana Singh is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the School of Business at Galgotias University. With a strong academic background, including a Ph.D. (pursuing) in Human Resource Management from the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, Prayagraj. Her research focuses on establishing the competencies required for the twenty-first-century digital workforce, focusing on Information Technology. Ms. Singh brings expertise in Talent Management and Competency Mapping. She has published a Scopus-indexed research paper, and other papers are in the pipeline in various reputed international journals, along with presentations at multiple national and international conferences. Ms. Singh is also actively engaged in academic activities, mentoring students, and contributing to curriculum enrichment. She holds a postgraduate degree in Master of Commerce and Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Allahabad. In addition, she has cleared UGC/NTA-NET three times. 

She has teaching experience at the undergraduate level, contributing to classroom instruction, academic evaluation, and departmental activities during her Ph.D. She has presented and published research on competency mapping, sustainable leadership competencies, green computing, and workplace behaviors in reputed journals. She is proficient in MS Excel, SmartPLS, SPSS, and R Studio. Her academic journey reflects a strong commitment to teaching excellence, research engagement, and student development.

Academic Qualifications

- Ph.D. (Pursuing) in Human Resource Management, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, 2025

- NTA NET (2017, 2018, 2019)

- Masters in Commerce (M.Com) International Finance, University of Allahabad, 2017

- Bachelors in Commerce (B.Com), University of Allahabad, 2015

Teaching Experience

Has a teaching experience of five months in Allahabad Degree College as a guest lecturer from Nov. 2018- Mar. 2019. 

Research Interests

- Talent Management

- Competency Mapping

- Green Skills and Competencies 

-Leadership Competencies

-Modern Workplace Behaviors

Publications & Conferences

Papers in Pipeline:

• Singh U., Tewari V., & Das S. (2025). Digital Workforce Competencies for 21st-century: a multidimensional competency scale development and validation. Acta Psychologica. 

• Singh U., Srivastava T., & Tewari V. (2024). Leadership that Makes a Difference: Analyzing the Impact of Digital Leadership and Sustainability Leadership on Organizational Excellence. Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication.

• Sharma A., Singh U., & Tewari V. (2024). The Great Disconnect: Exploring the impact of the modern workplace behaviors on employee workplace performance from the lens of Relational Psychological Contract. Employee Relations: The International Journal.

• Singh U., Tewari V., & Das S. (2023). 21st-century Digital Workforce Competencies: Review and Future Research Agenda. Human Resource Development Review.

International Conference Proceedings: 

• Singh U., Shardul S., Tewari V., & Das S. (2025) “Competency Mining: An NLP approach to LinkedIn job postings” in the 16th IEEE International Conference on Computing, Communication and Networking Technologies (ICCCNT) held from July 6th - 11th, 2025 at IIT – Indore, India.
• Singh U., Tewari V., & Das S. (2024) “A multi-dimensional scale development for the digital workforce competencies: an exploratory study” in the 3rd CloudEARTHi conference on Academic Education and its Impact on Entrepreneurship and Sustainability held in Verna, Europe, held from 27-29th June 2024, Organized by Technical University of Verna and EIT Raw Materials, Europe.
• Singh U., Srivastava T., & Tewari V., (2024) “Impact of Digital Leadership and Sustainability Leadership on Organisational Excellence” at the TIES International Conference Beyond Borders’ held from 2nd-6th March 2024, organized by the Institute of Management, Vivekanand Society’s Institute, Mumbai.
• Sharma A., Singh U., & Tewari V., (2024) “The Great Disconnect: Unravelling the mystery of modern workplace behaviors” at the TIES International Conference Beyond Borders’ held from 2nd-6th March 2024, organized by the Institute of Management, Vivekanand Society’s Institute, Mumbai.
• Singh U., Tewari V., & Das S. (2020) “Review of Current Talent Management Practices in Small and Medium Enterprises” in International Conference on Business Interventions for Effective Management of Technology and Innovation, held from 06-07th March, 2020, Organized by IIM Sirmaur.