Ashish holds master’s and Ph.D. from IIT Madras. Prior to Ph.D. he earned managerial experience of over seven years at one of India’s largest engineering and construction firms. He has conducted MDP sessions for multiple government and private organizations from infrastructure and other related sectors. Before moving to IIM Sirmaur, Ashish worked as a faculty at National Institute of Construction Management and Research (now NICMAR University) Pune.

• Teaching interests: Strategic Analysis and Formulation, Strategy Implementation and Control, Business Strategy, Stakeholder Strategies for Responsible Business, Managing Public Private Partnerships.
• Research interests: Sustainability and Strategy, Stakeholder Engagement, Technology and Strategy, Sustainable Infrastructure, and Infrastructure Management.

• Completed (with Dr. P. Sanjay) a research project titled “Green Residential Housing - Making Cost Effective & Affordable” funded by National Housing Bank.

• Best paper award for the paper titled “Conceptualizing social sustainability and social value of construction projects: a stakeholder-based benefits management framework” presented at 3rd Annual International Conference organized by IIM Lucknow.
• IIT Madras Institute Research Award for the quality and quantity of research publications during Ph.D.
• L&T Endowment Award, 2007 at IIT Madras for the Best Academic Record in Master’s program.

Peer Reviewed Journal Papers

• Goel, A., Baliga, A. J., Rangarajan, D., & Lussier, B. (2024). Technology use in B2B sales: examining the extant literature and identifying future research opportunities using morphological analysis. Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, 1-17.
• Goel, A. (2023). Using Secondary data in research on social sustainability in construction project management: a transition from ‘interview society’ to ‘project-aspractice’. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 30(9), 3858- 3875. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-10-2021-0905
• Goel, A., Ganesh, L. S., & Kaur, A. (2020). Social sustainability considerations in construction project feasibility study: a stakeholder salience perspective. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(7), 1429-1459 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-06-2019-0319.
• Goel, A., Ganesh, L. S., & Kaur, A. (2020). Project management for social good: a conceptual framework and research agenda for socially sustainable construction project management. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 13(4), 695-726 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMPB-06-2019-0155.
• Goel, A., Ganesh, L. S., & Kaur, A. (2020). Benefits formulation in construction projects: an exploratory study through a social sustainability perspective. IIM Kozhikode Society and Management Review. 9 (2), 162-176, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2277975219896510.
• Goel, A., Ganesh, L. S., & Kaur, A. (2019). Sustainability integration in the management of construction projects: A morphological analysis of over two decades’ research literature. Journal of Cleaner Production, 236, 117676. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.117676.
• Goel, A., Ganesh, L. S., & Kaur, A. (2019). Deductive content analysis of research on sustainable construction in India: current progress and future directions. Journal of Cleaner Production, 226, 142-158. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.03.314. Full List: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=bKbigMoAAAAJ
• Goel, A., Ganesh, L. S., & Kaur, A. (2019). Deductive content analysis of research on sustainable construction in India: current progress and future directions. Journal of Cleaner Production, 226, 142-158. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.03.314. [ABDC-A]
• Goel, A. (2019). Sustainability in construction and built environment: a “wicked problem”? Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, 8(1), 2-15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/SASBE-06- 2018-0030. [ABDC-C]
• Goel, A. (2018). Analysing contractor prequalification criteria in construction: new insights through interpretive structural modelling. International Journal of Procurement Management, 11(6), 667-683. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJPM.2018.095646.
• Goel, A. (2016). Understanding pre-qualification preferences of public clients in traditional and design-build procurement systems. International Journal of Procurement Management, 9(6), 684-700. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJPM.2016.079980. 

• Goel, A., Baliga, A. J., Rangarajan, D., & Lussier, B. (2024). Technology use in B2B sales: examining the extant literature and identifying future research opportunities using morphological analysis. Journal of Personal Selling & Sales Management, 1-17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08853134.2024.2362684. [ABDC-A]
• Goel, A. (2022). Using Secondary data in research on social sustainability in construction project management: a transition from ‘interview society’ to ‘project-as-practice’. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 30(9), DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-10- 2021-0905 [ABDC-A]
• Goel, A., Ganesh, L. S., & Kaur, A. (2021). Sustainability assessment of construction practices in India using inductive content analysis of research literature. International Journal of Construction Management, 21(8), 802-817. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15623599.2019.1583851.
• Goel, A., Ganesh, L. S., & Kaur, A. (2020). Social sustainability considerations in construction project feasibility study: a stakeholder salience perspective. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 27(7), 1429-1459 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/ECAM-06-2019- 0319. [ABDC-A].
• Goel, A., Ganesh, L. S., & Kaur, A. (2020). Project management for social good: a conceptual framework and research agenda for socially sustainable construction project management. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 13(4), 695-726 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/IJMPB-06-2019-0155. [ABDC-C]
• Goel, A., Ganesh, L. S., & Kaur, A. (2020). Benefits formulation in construction projects: an exploratory study through a social sustainability perspective. IIM Kozhikode Society and Management Review. 9 (2), 162-176, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2277975219896510.[ABDC-C]
• Goel, A., Ganesh, L. S., & Kaur, A. (2019). Sustainability integration in the management of construction projects: A morphological analysis of over two decades’ research literature. Journal of Cleaner Production, 236, 117676. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.117676. [ABDC-A]
• Goel, A., Ganesh, L. S., & Kaur, A. (2019). Deductive content analysis of research on sustainable construction in India: current progress and future directions. Journal of Cleaner Production, 226, 142-158. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.03.314. [ABDC-A]
• Goel, A. (2019). Sustainability in construction and built environment: a “wicked problem”? Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, 8(1), 2-15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1108/SASBE-06- 2018-0030. [ABDC-C]
• Goel, A. (2018). Analysing contractor prequalification criteria in construction: new insights through interpretive structural modelling. International Journal of Procurement Management, 11(6), 667-683. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJPM.2018.095646.
• Goel, A. (2016). Understanding pre-qualification preferences of public clients in traditional and design-build procurement systems. International Journal of Procurement Management, 9(6), 684-700. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1504/IJPM.2016.079980. 

• Goel, A. (2024), Integrating Stakeholder Strategies in Organizational Policies: Evidence from Project-Oriented Organizations in the Indian Infrastructure Sector, presented at 9th PAN IIM World Management Conference organized by IIM Sambalpur. Goel, A.
• (2023), Conceptualizing social sustainability and social value of construction projects: a stakeholder-based benefits management framework, presented at 3rd Annual International Conference (AIRC-03) organized by IIM Lucknow. [best paper award] Goel, A.
• (2018) Is sustainability a 'Wicked Problem'?: Perspectives from construction and built environment sector, presented at International Conference on Sustainable Management organized by IIM Kashipur.

• Goel, A., Ramalingam, S., Renganaidu, V., & Inturi, S. K., (2024). Technology selection dilemma in an affordable mass housing project. In Sage Business Cases. SAGE Publications, Ltd., https://doi.org/10.4135/9781071939079