Professor Payal Mehra
Professor, Communication area, IIM Lucknow
About Me
Professor in the Communication area at IIM Lucknow, Prof. Payal Mehra brings over 30 years of rich experience in corporate, teaching, research, and training. An award-winning researcher, she has recently received the Best Paper in Proceedings Award’ at the prestigious 85th Academy of Management Conference (July 2025), held in Copenhagen, Denmark, for a co-authored paper. She is the author of multiple widely used textbooks in business communication and has over 60 research publications including peer-reviewed journals, conference papers, book chapters, and cases. Her areas of expertise cover health communication, persuasive business storytelling, cross-cultural communication, organisational effectiveness, and written executive communication.