About
Dr. Ibra Fargha is an academician and researcher in the field of Management, with interdisciplinary expertise spanning Healthcare Management, Human Resource Management, and Strategic Management. She holds a PhD in Management with a research focus on the psycho-emotional and physical experiences of working women during pregnancy and is UGC-NET qualified in Management and Human Resource Management. She is an alumna of Jamia Hamdard, New Delhi, where she completed both her MBA and Doctorate in Healthcare Management. Her academic and research interests lie at the intersection of people, organizations, healthcare systems, technology, and human behaviour. Her areas of work include Human Resource Management, employee well-being, workplace experiences of women, healthcare systems and delivery, patient-centred healthcare, health communication, managed care, digital health, and the application of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare, HR, and management education.
Dr. Ibra brings experience in teaching, research, curriculum development, academic coordination, student mentoring, and institutional activities. Her teaching portfolio includes Healthcare Management, Strategic Human Resource Management, Strategic Management, Total Reward Management, Learning and Development, E-Business, Cybersecurity, and Strategic Management. She adopts learner-centric and experiential pedagogies, integrating case-based learning, simulations, real-world managerial problems, digital tools, and AI-enabled applications into classroom teaching.
Her broader research continues to explore employee well-being, gender and work, healthcare management, trust in AI- assisted healthcare, managed care business models, and technology-enabled management systems. Dr. Ibra has authored and co-authored research papers, review articles, and book chapters, including scholarly contributions to Springer Nature.
She has also presented her work at academic conferences and contributed to scholarly forums. In addition to teaching and research, Dr. Ibra has contributed to curriculum development and academic content design in management and healthcare education.
Her work reflects a strong interest in aligning management education with contemporary industry requirements, emerging technologies, and evolving healthcare systems. She has also coordinated academic and co-curricular initiatives, including student clubs, Faculty Development Programs, Management Development Programs, conferences, institutional events, and student engagement activities. Through these roles, she has contributed to experiential learning, managerial skill development, student mentoring, and academic-industry engagement.
Before transitioning into academia, Dr. Ibra gained valuable industry exposure through her roles at the Amazon Development Centre, where she worked in the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) domain, and at Jaypee Hospital, where she was associated with the International Patient Department. These experiences provided her with first-hand insights into customer-centric business operations, service delivery, patient coordination, and the dynamics of contemporary organizational environments. Her industry exposure continues to enrich her teaching by enabling her to connect management theory with real-world organizational practices across both corporate and healthcare settings.