Mrs. Ch Chandana
MCA, MBA, (Ph.D)
Assistant Professor, HOD - MBA
hod.mba@kgr.ac.in

Biography
Mrs. Ch. Chandana is the Head of the Department of MBA and HR Head at KG Reddy College of Engineering & Technology. She brings around 10 years of combined teaching and industry experience, blending academic expertise with practical organizational exposure. With a strong interdisciplinary background in Computer Science, Computer Applications, and Management, she is committed to strengthening management education through outcome-based learning and industry-relevant practices.

Her professional journey integrates academic leadership with real-world industry insights, enabling her to bridge the gap between theoretical concepts and managerial application. As an academic administrator, she actively contributes to curriculum enrichment, faculty development, student mentoring, and industry–institute collaboration initiatives. She is particularly dedicated to empowering students from diverse and rural educational backgrounds by building their confidence, self-efficacy, and professional competence.

Research Interests
Mrs. Ch. Chandana’s research interests focus on Human Resource Management, Performance Management Systems, and data-driven decision-making in higher education institutions. Her primary research area is “Predicting Employee Retention in Indian Higher Educational Institutions Using Artificial Intelligence: The Mediating Role of Organizational Culture and Employee Engagement.” This research integrates AI-based predictive analytics with organizational culture and employee engagement frameworks to examine workforce retention patterns and institutional sustainability. Her work emphasizes performance analysis, competency alignment, appraisal systems, and strategic HR interventions that enhance long-term organizational effectiveness in academic institutions.

In addition, she actively undertakes action research in management education, particularly focusing on rural MBA students and their active participation and learning outcomes. Her research examines the role of self-efficacy, expectancy-value beliefs, and structured pedagogical interventions in improving classroom engagement, confidence, and managerial competency development. Through evidence-based teaching–learning models, she contributes to inclusive academic practices, performance-oriented management education, and continuous improvement in professional postgraduate programs.

Teaching–Learning Philosophy
Mrs. Chandana strongly believes that MBA education must be interactive, experiential, and competency-driven. Her teaching methodology emphasizes case-based discussions, real-time business problem analysis, role plays, simulations, management games, and student-led presentations to promote active participation and critical thinking. She integrates industry expert sessions, live projects, and continuous formative assessment to ensure measurable student outputs and learning outcomes.

Her classroom approach is centered on building self-efficacy, communication skills, analytical ability, and leadership qualities among MBA students. By creating an inclusive and engaging academic environment, she ensures that students not only gain theoretical knowledge but also develop practical managerial capabilities and employability skills aligned with industry expectations.