Dr. Richa holds a PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee. Her Ph.D. topic was “HRD Climate and Occupational Self-Efficacy as Predictors of Work Engagement” which was largely a multilevel investigation of factors influencing work engagement level of Indian business executives. Prior to her PhD she has a Masters in Business Administration with specialization in Human Resource from BIET Jhansi (govt) and has worked as an HR with a noida based e-learning company, Transweb Educational Services Pvt. Ltd. where she was responsible for all corporate HR activities. She has done her Bachelors in Science and Education (B.Sc B.Ed, 4 year integrated course) from Regional Institute of Education Ajmer (NCERT) and was awarded with best outstanding student award for all the four years. She has been a topper throughout her academic career.