Dr. Gaana J. brings over 15 years of teaching experience across undergraduate, postgraduate, doctoral, and executive education programmes. Prior to joining the Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam, she served at the Indian Institute of Management Jammu, Alliance University, Bengaluru, and Christ University, Bengaluru.

Her doctoral research on Amitav Ghosh’s Ibis Trilogy critically examines the evolution of cosmopolitanism within Indian Ocean worlds through the lens of historiographic fiction. Dr. Gaana’s research interests span workplace communication, blue humanities, climate narratives, and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL).

• Digital Culture
• Visual Culture
• Datastorytelling for Business
• Business Communication
• Technical Communication
• Introduction to Sociology
• Introduction to Cultural Studies
• Developing Fluency and Clarity in English for Business
• Society, Business, and Culture
   

1. “Bridging Structure and Delivery: A Mind Map–Based Approach to Oral Communication in Management Education” in Management Teaching Review (ABDC-C) [Forthcoming], June 2026.
2. Book review: Kotiganahalli Ramaiah, Let Polly Thrive: Yaane Yaare Koogadali (May Anyone Shout as They Please) in Contemporary Voice of Dalit, (ESCI-WoS) https://doi.org/10.1177/2455328X251389757, November 2025.
3. “Fiction as Signature Pedagogy: Narrative Inquiry for Business Communication Pedagogy” in Business and Professional Communication Quarterly, (ABDC-C), https://doi.org/10.1177/23294906251340969, June 2025
4. “Teaching through urban sensorium: urban spatiality as a smart learning environment” in Smart Learning Environments, (IF: 12.1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40561-022-00186-x, January 2022.
5. “Affective Geographies and the Anthropocene: Reading Shubhangi Swarup’s Latitudes of Longing” in Journal of Dharma, (Q1), https://dvkjournals.in/index.php/jd/article/view/3490, June 2021.
6. “At the Interface of Colonial Knowing and Unknowing: A Critical Reading of the Golden Camellia in Amitav Ghosh’s River of Smoke” in South Asian Review, (Q2) https://doi.org/10.1080/02759527.2020.1789428, June 2020.

Conferences:

1. Between Optics and Inclusion: Examining DE&I Washing in Multimodal Messaging by India’s Leading Corporations at PAN IIM Conference, Ranchi, November 2025. 
2. Beyond the Writing Machine: AI, Blended Learning Environments, and Student Engagement as Fostering a Community of Inquiry in Writing Instruction at PAN IIM Conference, Ranchi, November 2025. 
3. Finding Your Voice, Navigating Contexts, Connecting with Audiences: A Case
4. Study in Reimagining Business Communication with Rhetoric, 89th Annual ABC
5. Conference by Association of Business Communication, USA, October 2024
6. Passive Processing Among Indian Bilinguals: An Experimental Study ICOLSI 46,
7. University of Kashmir, October 2024
8. Narrative Fiction for Ethical Leaders: A Critical Pedagogical Approach, Future of
9. Work Conference, Goa Institute of Management, September 2024
    

1. January 2026, As Program Director: Business Communication and Presentation Skills, HAL Management Academy, Bangalore, On-Site
2. June 2025 , As Program Director: General Management Programme for Middle Management, NHPC, at IIM Jammu, Jagti Campus
3. March 2025, As Program Director: Nurturing Future Leadership Programme (Edition VI), at IIM Jammu, Jagti Campus
4. Jan. 2025, As Resource Person: ”Effective Communication For Sales”, for PnBMetLife Sales Professionals, at IIM Jammu, Jagti Campus
5. As Resource Person: ”Storytelling for Academic Leadership”, NFLP III, V, VI, VII, IX, IV, at IIM Jammu, Jagti Campus
6. July 2024, As Program Director: Capacity Building Program on Small Business Development for Aspiring and Existing Entrepreneurs, at IIM Jammu, Jagti Campus
7. June 2024, As Resource Person: PnB Metlife: ”Leverage Networking to Boost Sales” at IIM Jammu, Jagti Campus
8. August 2023, As Program Director: Effective Thinking and Decision Making for Powergrid Corporation of India Ltd., at IIM Jammu, Srinagar Off-Campus
9. January 2023, As Program Director: Effective Leadership Skills for J&K Bank Branch Managers, at IIM Jammu, Srinagar Off-Campus
10. Jan. 2023 As Resource Person: MGNF Academic Module 4: ”Developing and Nurturing People Skills” at IIM Jammu
11. Oct. 2022 As Resource Person: Management Skill Development for Administrative Heads of Poly-technics and ITIs: ”Interpersonal and Organizational Communication” at IIM Jammu
12. As Resource Person: Persuasive Communication in the Digital Age for Officers of Department of Public Enterprises, Government of India: “Leadership and Persuasion”; “Stress and Persuasion” at IIM Jammu