Faculty Profile

Sapna Arora

Professor

Food Business Management and ED

sapna@niftem.ac.in

0130-2281253

Quick Info

Department: Food Business Management and ED

Specialization: Available

Publications: Available

Awards: Available

Area of Interest/Specialization

Entrepreneurship
Finance

Awards & Recognition

UGC-NET(Management) Awardee in June 2005

Delivered 10+ expert sessions in domain of Entrepreneurship

Publications

Gulia, D and Arora, S (2025). Navigating the incubation Journey: Challenges faced by Start-ups in Incubation Journey, Journal of Small Business Strategy,
(Accepted).
Kumar, R; Arora, N and Arora, S. (2025). Effectiveness of Blockchain and IoT in Horticulture Crop Supply Chain, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, Volume 1233 LNEE, Pages 213 - 2242025 7th International Conference on Communication, Device and Networking, ICCDN 2024Rangpo19 December 2024through 20 December 2024Code 321899.
Arora, S; Goyal, A; Saini, M and Mittal, H (2025). The Impact of Russia Ukraine War on the Stock Market: Evidence from Indian Consumer Food sector, Int. J of Diplomacy
DOI: 10.1504/IJDIPE.2025.10070312 (Forthcoming).
Gulia, D; Arora, S and Sharma, A. (2024). Modelling the factors of business incubation from incubatee perspective using TISM and MICMAC approach, Journal Global Entrepreneurship
Research, Vol 14 (33), https://doi.org/10.1007/s40497-024-00403-6. (ESCI, IF-1.1).
Arora, S; Rahul, K and Gulia, D (2024). Mapping the Scientific Shreds on Barriers to SMEs' Innovation, Journal of small entrepreneurship Management
& extension, Vol, 52, Issue 1, 38-51. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/09708464241291290
Gulia, D., Arora, S. and Kumar, S. (2023) Bibliometric Analysis and Science Mapping of Business Incubators, Journal of Knowledge Economy,
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-023-01618-w
Goel, R, Arora, S, Rayaapa, M K , Gulia, D (2023) ‘Hemp and Marijuana are both pots?’ Young consumer awareness and Perception of hemp food in NCR,
India; Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, December, vol 14, 100809. doi: 10.1016/j.jafr.2023.100809 (SCOPUS and ESCI).
Dadi, V., Nikhil, S. R., Mor, R. S., Agarwal, T., & Arora, S. (2021). Agri Food 4.0 and Innovations: Revamping the Supply Chain Operations. Production
Engineering Archives, 27(2),75- 89, https://doi.org/10.30657/pea.2021.27.10. (Scopus Indexed)
Rayappa, M.K., Arora, S (2021). Keeping Up with Innovation: Perspectives into the Present and the Future Needs of the Indian Food Sector. J Knowl
Econ, 12(2), 470 – 488. (Impact factor 1.96, ABDC-C Ranking), https://doi.org/10.1007/s13132-021-00728-7. (Scopus and web of science Indexed)
Dahiya, S. & Arora, S., (2021). Robert D. Hisrich, Michael P. Peters and Dean A. Shepard, Entrepreneurship. SEDME (Small Enterprises Development,
Management & Extension Journal), 47(2), 163-164. (UGC-Listed-1). https://doi.org/10.1177/09708464211035645.
Arora, S., Prabha, K., Sharanagat, V.S. and Mishra, V. (2020). Consumer awareness and willingness to purchase probiotic food and beverage products: a
study of Sonipat district, Haryana", British Food Journal, 123(8), 2805-2817. (Impact factor 2.10, ABDC-B Ranking).https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-06-2020
0469. (Scopus and web of Science Indexed).
Arora, S., & Dahiya, S. (2020). Michael R. Carrell and Christina Heavrin, J. D., Negotiating Essentials Theory, Skills, and Practices. SEDME (Small
Enterprises Development, Management & Extension Journal), 47(1), 85-86. (UGC Listed-1) https://doi.org/10.1177/0970846420930514.

Qualification

S.No	Degree	Subject	University/College	Year
1	Ph.D.	Merger&acquisition	Ch. Devilal University, Sirsa	2012
2	MBA	Finance and Marketing	Ch. Devilal University, Sirsa	2005

Experience

S.No	Designation	Institution	Duration
1	management Process & Organization behaviour, Security Analysis & Investment Management(PG / Lecturer)	JCD Institute of Business Management	2007-08
2	Financial Management, Working capital management, management Process & Organization behaviour (PG and UG/ assistant Professor)	JCD Institute of Business Management	2008-2013
3	Entrepreneurship Development, new Enterprise Financing, Basics of Finance, Principles of Management(PG and UG / assistant Professor)	NIFTEM	2013

Externally Funded Projects

SMEs Innovations – Barriers and Enablers: A Study with special reference to Sonipat District, Haryana
Performance of Small and Medium Sized Agri and Food Business Enterprises: Evidence from Emerging Economies (Internal
project)

Books

Sapna Arora, Sultan Singh (2017). Stock Market Reactions to Corporate Events, Germany: LAP (Lambert Academic Publishing).
Mehta, N., Arora, S. and Gulia, D. (2024), "Framework for Financial Inclusion Barriers in the Agriculture Sector in India", Misra, R.K., Purankar, S.A., Goel,
D., Kapoor, S. and Sharma, R.B. (Ed.) Resilient Businesses for Sustainability (Advanced Series in Management, Vol. 34A), Emerald Publishing
Limited, Leeds, pp. 9-24. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1877-63612024000034A002. (SCOPUS Indexed).
Gulia D., Arora S. (2024). Exploring the role of agribusiness incubators on Agricultural innovation and entrepreneurship. In Atmanirbhar Bharat: Transforming
Economy through Education, Technology, and Sustainability. London, UK: Bloomsbury Publication. ISBN: 9789361315480.
Shandilya, A; & Arora, S (2023). Smart Packaging Market Potentiality for Processed Food Sector in Kumar, D; N. Ravi Shankar and Panghal (Eds). Transforming
Organic Agri-Produce into Processed Food Products: Post Covid-19 Challenges and Opportunities, 2020/ Apple Academic Press. ISBN no: 978-1-77491-192-1.
https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003329770 (Scopus Indexed).
Shandilya, A; Gulia, D and Arora, S. (2021). Cost Competitiveness through Value Chain Analysis: A Study about Black Pepper in Mor, R S; Kamble, S S and Sangwan,
K S (Eds), Operations and Supply Chain Management in the Food Industry- Farm to Fork. Doi no: 10.1007/978-981-16-5555-5 (In Press). ISBN No: 978-981-16-5554-8.
Shankhwar, A and Arora, S. (2021). Entrepreneurial Opportunity in Jack Fruit Processing in Singh, A; Chauhan, K and Chopra, R (Eds) Green Perspective in Food
Processing Industries, NIPA Publications. (In Press). ISBN No: 978-81-94849-51-3.
Arora, S; Gulia, D and Garg, A (2021). Understanding Impact Investment: An insight into Challenges and Opportunities in Chand, P; Joshi, R; Kumar, S & Dhiman, N
(Eds) Recent Trends in Management & Social Sciences, Bharati Publishers, ISBN No: 978-93-90818-55-6
Kumar, A; Prabha, K and Arora, S (2021). Assessing Indian consumer’s perception towards attributes of active and intelligent packaging using KANO model in Narayan,
B; Chetan, G. K. and Singhal, N (Eds). Contemporary issues and Challenges in business Management -Post-covid 19, 2021/ Routledge- Taylor & Francis Group.
ISBN No: 978-032-21444-3