Dr. Merlyn D’souza

Dr. Merlyn D’souza

Assistant Professor

Dr. Mrs. Merlyn Michael D’souza is an Associate Professor specializing in Human Resource Management, with approximately 20 years of professional experience across academia and industry.

1. Major Areas of Expertise

  • Human Resource Management (HRM) and Personnel Management

  • HR Analytics, Workforce Planning and HR Dashboard Development

  • Organizational Behaviour and Organizational Theory, Structure & Design

  • Talent Acquisition, Retention and Employer Branding

  • Employee Value Proposition and Talent Management

  • Performance Management Systems

  • Skills and Competency Management

  • Industrial Relations, Labour Codes and Alternate Dispute Resolution

  • Global Human Resource Management

  • Operations Management and Operations Analytics

2. Academic Credentials :

Qualification                                           Institution

Ph.D. in Arts      :  Management Studies, University of Mumbai

MMS  (Master of Management Studies)   : Personnel University of Mumbai, IES MCRC

B. E.  : Electrical Engineering University of Mumbai, Fr. C.R.Institute of Technology, Vashi

HSC ( XII ) : Sophia Junior College, Mumbai

SSC ( X ) :  St. Joseph`s Convent, Bandra, Mumbai

 

3. Certifications and Professional Training

  • Human Resources Analytics – University of California, Irvine (Coursera), 87.5%

  • HR Analytics Master Course with Python, R and Excel – Udemy

  • HR Analytics: Build an HR Dashboard using Power BI – Coursera Project Network

  • Organizational Behaviour I – NPTEL, IIT Hyderabad; Elite Gold Certificate, Top 5%

  • Organizational Behaviour II – NPTEL, IIT Kharagpur

  • Python for Data Science – NPTEL, IIT Madras

  • Indian Labour Codes Masterclass – NHRDN Delhi & NCR Chapter

  • Masterclasses on IR Code, Code on Wages, OSH Code and Code on Social Security – Udemy

  • Android Basics in Kotlin – SmartInternz, in collaboration with AICTE and Google Developers

  • Faculty Development Programme in Android Application Development using Kotlin

  • GuruCool Emerging Technologies Training – IBM India University Relations

4. Research Papers Published / Research Contributions

  • Presented research papers at national and international HR conferences.

  • Won First Prize at the 24th International Research Conference organized by Atharva Institute of Management Studies, Malad, in February 2026.

  • Completed a Ph.D. doctoral thesis titled “To Assess the Levels of Stress Among Administrators of Hospitals in Greater Mumbai.”

  • Conducted research involving 222 hospital administrators across 116 government, private and municipal hospitals.

  • Co-edited a book on HR Conference Proceedings.

Research publications : 33 + papers in National & International Conferences / Peer – reviewed Journals.

Additional academic contribution: Authored three textbooks published through Amazon Kindle on HR Management, Organizational Behaviour, and HR Analytics.