Prof. Ghura is a commerce graduate who has done his Executive Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences and Masters in Marketing Management from Mumbai University. He completed his Ph.D. in Commerce and Management from JJT University and was associated with the Indian Institute of Management - Calcutta as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow. Dr. Ghura has over 11 years of experience in the education industry and was associated with institutions such as the Indian Institute of Management - Calcutta, the Indian Institute of Management – Ahmedabad, Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmedabad etc. at various capacities. As a visiting faculty Dr. Ghura has taught at IIM Sambalpur in their Ph.D. and Executive Ph.D. program; and at IMT Ghaziabad in their Executive program.

July 3-6, 2021 Dr. Ghura was selected and participated in the 2021 Wharton Global Faculty Development Program, conducted by the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Prior to coming in academics he was associated as a 2^nd generation in his Family managed business and is active in the start-up domain and was associated with two startups namely Indian Drivers Database Incorporation and MedChoice Pharmacy LLP.

Publications

Papers presented at Conferences:

Dr. Ghura presented his ongoing research work at the 38th EGOS Colloquium, Vienna 2022 hosted by Vienna University and 2021 IEEE International Conference on Technology and Entrepreneurship (ICTE) hosted by IEEE Technology & Engineering Management Society (TEMS) and the Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania.

• Dr. Ghura is an active researcher in the domain of corporate entrepreneurship and family-managed business. His research work has been accepted for publication in journals like Journal of Business Research (ABDC-A; Q1), Journal of Small Business Management (ABDC-A; Q1),  International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research.  (ABDC –B; Q1), Entrepreneurship Research Journal (ABDC-B), Frontiers in Psychology (Q1), Journal of the International Council for Small Business, IIM Calcutta working paper series, etc. to name a few.


• His articles have been published in business magazines like Corporate India and the Business Newspaper Economic Times.


• Dr. Ghura has written over 18 teaching cases, which have been published in IIM Ahmedabad Case center & Harvard Business Publishing; IIM Bangalore & Harvard Business Publishing; Ivey Publishing, Vision-The Journal of Business Perspective (ABDC -C), Emerald Emerging Markets Case Studies, Asian Journal of Management Cases, Asian Case Research Journal, ET Cases and are used in different institutions across the globe.

Significant Awards Won

• November 19, 2020: “2020 Emerald Literati Award”.


• July 03, 2018: “2018 Emerald Literati Award”.


• June 22, 2018: Economic Times (ET) Cases - FLAME Pedagogical Innovation Case Award 2018 at FLAME University.


• March 23, 2018: “Philip Thomas Memorial Case Award 2018” at IIM Ahmedabad.