Swapnil Garg completed his Ph.D. from the University of Florida, USA in the year 2012. His dissertation was titled “Working the PPP: Coordination in Public-private partnerships”. He started his career as a mechanical engineering officer apprentice when he joined the 1987 batch of Special Class Railway Apprentices. On completion of this 4-year engineering training, he joined Indian Railways as an officer in the IRSME cadre. He later earned an Executive MBA from Management Development Institute as part of the National Management Program –XIII, with specialization in Information Systems. After working for over 23 years in senior administrative, techno-managerial and academic positions (last posting as Senior Professor, Rolling Stock Technology) he took voluntary retirement and joined IIM, Indore as an Associate Professor in 2015. He got promoted to Professor(Strategic Management) in June 2019.
His research interests lie at the public-private interface (focus on public-private partnerships), public sector management, entrepreneurship, and pedagogical techniques (i.e., business simulation games and ethics). He has presented his research in the Academy of Management meetings, Strategic Management Society meetings, Southern Management Association meetings, Transportation Research, etc. He has published in papers in the Journal of Business Ethics, Handbook of PPPs in emerging economies, etc.
He is a certified assessor for ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and CII Business Excellence Model. In 2013, he was awarded the Minister of Railway’s award for outstanding service.
Garg, S Habibganj Railway Station Redevelopment: A World-Class Dream Coming True Vikalpa: The Journal of Decision Makers (Accepted VIK-21-0055)
Garg, S (2021) Coastal Gujarat Power Limited: Public Gains Private Losses! Ivey Case Collection 9B21M056
Mazumder, S & Garg, S., (2021) Decoding Digital Transformational Outsourcing: The Role of Service Providers’ Capabilities. International Journal of Information Management, 58(2021) 102295 (ABDC-A*) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102295
Garg, S (2020) Adani Power: Risk and Uncertainty. IIM Indore Case Center. IIMI/Case/2020-4
Garg, S., & Tripathi, S. (2020) INDIAHIKES – Treading the Untrodden Trail. Ivey Case collection 9B20M051. Winner of the ISB-Ivey Case Competition 2018.
Mazumder, S., & Garg, S. (2020). Decoding Digital Transformational Outsourcing: Role of Service Providers’ Capabilities. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2020, No. 1, p. 16974). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.
Van Scotter, J., & Garg, S. (2020). Entrepreneurial Tenacity and Self-Efficacy Effects on Persisting Across Industry Contexts. Contemporary Management Research, 15(3), 147-173. doi: 10.7903/cmr.19501
Garg, S., & Mahapatra, D. (2019) Hybrid Annuity Model: Hamming Risk Allocations in Indian Highway Public-private Partnerships. Journal of Public Affairs, 19(1), e1890. doi: 10.1002/pa.189 (ABDC- B)
Garg, S., & Srikanth, K. (2019). Trusting Others When Looking Over One’s Shoulder: Accountability Pressures and Governance Choices. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2019, No. 1, p. 12099). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management. Doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2019.12099abstract
Venkat, G., Garg, S., & Thapliyal, S. (2019) Integrative Live Case: A Contemporary Business Ethics Pedagogy, Journal of Business Ethics,155(4), 1009-1032. Doi: 10.1007/s10551-017-3514-6 (FT50, ABDC- A*)
Van Scotter, J. R., & Garg, S. (2019). Tenacity and Self-Efficacy Across Contexts: Effects on Quitting and Continuing. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2019, No. 1, p. 16155). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management. doi: 10.5465/AMBPP.2019.16155abstract
Garg, S., (2019) Delhi to Gurugram NH-8 Highway: A public Private partnership. IIM Indore Case Center. IIMI/Case Center/SM/XX/2018-19
Garg, S., & Rastogi, N. (2018) Road Learnings: The first Road PPP of India. A case on Public-private partnerships evolution. IIM Indore Case Center. IIMI/Case Center/SM/01/2017-18
Garg, S., & Mahapatra, D. (2017) Opportunism Galore: The Case of Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway. Handbook on PPPs in Developing and Emerging Economies. Emerald Publishing ISBN 978-1-78714-494-1
Garg, S., & Venkatraman, G. (2017) Diesel Gate: Catching dirty fish in murky waters. IIM Indore Case Center IIMI/Case Center/GM/02/17-18
Garg, S. (2017) Brushes with Bankruptcy: The Braithwaite Case, Part A, and BIIM Indore Case Center. IIMI/Case Center/SM/01/16-17
Garg, S., & Garg, S. (2017) Rethinking Public-private Partnerships: An unbundling approach. Transportation Research Procedia, Volume 25, 2017, 3789-3807, ISSN 2352-1465, doi: 10.1016/j.trpro.2017.05.241
Garg, S. (2016) Contextualizing Coordination: Peeling the Onion or Blind men and the elephant. Working Paper Registered with IIM, Indore
Garg, S., & Garg, S.B.L. (2005), Technology Innovation as an Evolutionary Process, GIFT Journal of Flexible Manufacturing Systems, New Delhi, India.