Teaching

Area of Research:

• Change Management: Large scale institutional changes brought about due to technological innovations and regulatory policies; social change brought about by technology and innovation.
• Strategic Communication: Use of social media for crisis management; use of public discourse as strategic action to influence stakeholders 
• Society and Culture: Study of discourse to understand the dynamics of gender and culture

Current Research:

Change communication:

• Narratives of change for rural development
• Technology enabled change for effective waste management
• Message framing for acceptance and resistance of change

Virtual organizations:

• Dynamics of communication in virtual teams
• Leadership, culture and virtual communication

Publications/Articles/Cases:

• Lewis, L.K., Laster, N., & Kulkarni, V. (2013). Telling ‘em how it will be: Previewing pain of risky change in initial announcements. Journal of Business Communication.
• Kaul, A., Kulkarni, V. (2011). ‘Gender and Politeness in Indian Emails' in Handbook of Research on Discourse Behavior and Digital Communication: Language Structures and Social Interaction, IGI Global
• Rai, H and Kulkarni, V (2008). How Close Can You Get - The Effect of Proxemics on LMX. Icfaian Journal of Management Research, 7(9), 7-15.
• Book Review: Leading Lessons from Literature by Sampat P Singh. Vikalpa: The Journal for Decision Makers; Vol. 29 Issue 3, p 153; July 2004.

Consulting

Awards & Honors

Thoughts