Dr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey

**Dr. Abhishek Kumar Pandey **is an assistant professor in management field at School of Management Sciences, Lucknow. **He did his doctoral work in Human Resource Management from the Department of Management, University of Lucknow (NAACA++), in 2024. His thesis title was Succession Management Practices in Corporate Firms in India. **He is also qualified for UGC-NET in management. He has an MBA in dual specialization HRM and Marketing from AKTU Lucknow. Before MBA, he completed a Bachelor of Science in Maths from the University of Gorakhpur (NAACA++).

His research interests include HRM, OB, succession planning, general management, corporate strategy, multi-business firms, and entrepreneurial orientation. _He has a keen interest in researching & investigating the issues and challenges related to succession planning & management in new-age startups._Abhishek is also a life member of the Indian Commerce Association-ICA (Membership ID: UP1089). He has actively participated in IIM Bangalore, Center for Corporate Governance and Citizenship Panel Discussion since 2021. He has also reviewed research articles for _The Organization Studies Journal Collection (Scopus Indexed) since 2021 and the Diversity Journal Collection (Scopus Indexed) _since 2021 based on Common Ground Research Networks, University of Illinois Research Park, USA since 2021. He is also a reviewer in European Journal of Management Issues. He has published research papers in journals indexed in ABDC, Web of Science, Scopus, and peer-reviewed international journals. He is reviewer in Journal of industrial information integration (Scopus indexed).