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Dr Bedanand Upadhaya

Senior Lecturer
EBS - Accounting
Dr Bedanand Upadhaya
  • Email

  • Telephone

    +44 (0) 1206 876641

  • Location

    EBS.1.11G, Colchester Campus

  • Academic support hours

    Monday: 10:30 - 12:30 Wednesday: 10:30 - 11:30. If you want to meet me at another time, please email me.

Profile

Biography

Bedanand Upadhaya is currently working as a Senior Lecturer in Accounting at ÌÇÐÄVlog Business School, ÌÇÐÄVlog. His research interests include sustainability/climate change accounting, accountability, corporate social responsibility, organisational culture, management control systems and developing/emerging countries. Bedanand has published his research papers in the leading international peer-reviewed academic journals, including the British Accounting Review, Financial Accountability and Management, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, and Journal of Business Research. Bedanand is an Associate Editor of RAE – Revista de Administração de Empresas and currently a co-guest editor of Journal of Public Budgeting, Accounting and Financial Management (Climate Change Accounting, Reporting and Accountability: Responses by Governments, Not-for-Profit Organisations and Charities). He is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK and an Executive Committee Member of the Accounting & Finance in Emerging Economies SIG, British Accounting & Finance Association (BAFA). In 2023, Bedanand received the 'Best International Research Impact Award’ (ÌÇÐÄVlog) and he was also nominated for the ‘Supervisor of the Year Award 2022-23’ at ÌÇÐÄVlog Business School. As a module leader/unit coordinator and lecturer, Bedanand has been teaching a wide range of modules including Accounting, Sustainability and Research Methodology among others. Prior to joining academia, Bedanand worked in a subsidiary of the Coca-Cola Company for over a decade.

Qualifications

  • PhD Macquarie University,

  • Postgraduate Certificate of Research (Accounting) Macquarie University,

  • Master of Professional Accounting University of Southern Queensland,

Appointments

ÌÇÐÄVlog

  • Senior Lecturer, Accounting, ÌÇÐÄVlog Business School (1/10/2021 - present)

  • Associate Director of Postgraduate Research (Accounting Group), ÌÇÐÄVlog Business School, ÌÇÐÄVlog (8/2022 - present)

  • Departmental Representative (EBS) and Management Team member of the ‘Sustainable Transitions in Governance, Ecological Management and Society – Leverhulme Doctoral Training Programme' (Total grant value: £2.2 million), ÌÇÐÄVlog (1/1/2024 - present)

  • Academic Faculty Member (Faculty of Social Sciences) at the University’s ‘Environmental Sustainability Action Group’ (ESAG), ÌÇÐÄVlog (1/1/2024 - present)

  • Member of Management Team and Advisory Group (representing EBS), Centre for Environment and Society (CES), ÌÇÐÄVlog (25/9/2023 - present)

Research and professional activities

Research interests

Corporate social responsibility/Sustainability practices in emerging/developing countries

Key words: Corporate social responsibility/Sustainability
Open to supervise

Conferences and presentations

Mediating Role of MCS on the association between CSR and organisational performance

19th BAFA Accounting and Finance in Emerging Economies SIG Workshop, Prague, Czech Republic, 21/6/2019

Association between corporate social responsibility, management control systems and organisational performance

8th Asia-Pacific Interdisciplinary Research in Accounting (APIRA) Conference, APIRA Conference, Melbourne, Australia, 13/7/2016

Mediating role of organisational culture on adoption of corporate social responsibility

46th Annual Meeting of the Decision Sciences Institute, Seattle, United States, 21/11/2015

Diffusion of corporate social responsibility: Evidence from a developing country

26th International Congress on Social and Environmental Accounting Research (CSEAR Conference), St Andrews, United Kingdom, 26/8/2014

Association between corporate social responsibility and organisational performance

Global Management Accounting Research Symposium (GMARS) Emerging Scholar Forum, Sydney, Australia, 6/2014

Teaching and supervision

Current teaching responsibilities

  • Management Accounting (BE151)

  • Sustainability Accounting, Accountability and Management (BE168)

  • Research Methods in Accounting (BE951)

Publications

Journal articles (10)

Wijethilake, C., Adhikari, P. and Upadhaya, B., (2024). . Organization and Environment. 37 (1), 84-116

Adhikari, P., Upadhaya, B., Dhakal Adhikari, S., Aryal, S. and WIJETHILAKE, C., (2024). . Financial Accountability and Management

Wijethilake, C., Upadhaya, B. and Lama, T., (2023). . Production Planning and Control. 34 (3), 275-294

Adhikari, P., Upadhaya, B., Wijethilake, C. and Dhakal Adhikari, S., (2023). . British Accounting Review. 55 (5), 101206-101206

Yi, L., Wang, Y., Upadhaya, B., Zhao, S. and Yin, Y., (2021). . Journal of Business Research. 130, 283-294

Wijethilake, C. and Upadhaya, B., (2020). . Business Strategy and the Environment. 29 (6), 2297-2309

Upadhaya, B., Wijethilake, C., Adhikari, P., Jayasinghe, K. and Arun, T., (2020). . Journal of Public Budgeting Accounting and Financial Management. 32 (5), 825-836

Upadhaya, B., Munir, R., Blount, Y. and Su, S., (2018). Does organizational culture mediate the CSR – strategy relationship? Evidence from a developing country, Nepal. Journal of Business Research. 91, 108-122

Upadhaya, B., Munir, R., Blount, Y. and Su, S., (2018). Diffusion of corporate social responsibility in the airline industry. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 38 (4), 1020-1040

Upadhaya, B., Munir, R. and Blount, Y., (2014). Association between performance measurement systems and organisational effectiveness. International Journal of Operations & Production Management. 34 (7), 853-875

Reports and Papers (2)

Upadhaya, B., Soobaroyen,, T., Ntim, C., Adhikari, P., Jayasinghe, K., Zalata, A. and Haque, F., (2024).

Upadhaya, B., Wijethilake, C., Adhikari, P., Jayasinghe, K. and Arun, T., (2021).

Grants and funding

2022

The role and impact of PFM systems in supporting fiscal transparency and public accountability

The World Bank (World Bank Group)

2020

Integrating Climate Change within Public Investment Policies: A Cross Country Assessment in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka and Nepal)

The World Bank (World Bank Group)

Integrating Climate Change within Public Investment Policies: A Cross Country Assessment in South Asia (India, Sri Lanka and Nepal)

The World Bank (World Bank Group)

Contact

b.upadhaya@essex.ac.uk
+44 (0) 1206 876641

Location:

EBS.1.11G, Colchester Campus

Academic support hours:

Monday: 10:30 - 12:30 Wednesday: 10:30 - 11:30. If you want to meet me at another time, please email me.

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