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       Dr. Prabir Kumar Bandyopadhyay is a Professor in SIBM, Pune. He started his career with Century Spinning and Weaving Manufacturing Company, Mumbai as a Jr. Assistant where he worked for three years. Thereafter he joined National Productivity Council (NPC) with fully imbibing NPC’s mission of promoting cause of productivity for various sectors of economy with a missionary zeal. During his two decades of service with NPC as a Consultant-cum-Trainer he has played a key role in several organizations with regard to improving productivity and implementing Quality Circle, Total Quality Management, TPM, ISO 9000, ISO 14000, KAIZEN, Six sigma, etc. Subsequently he taught in ICFAI Business School, Ahmedabad and in KIIT School of Management, Bhubaneswar as Professor in Operation management. He was with Balasore Alloys Limited, Balasore (An Ispat Group of Company) as Head of Consulting and New Initiatives and also worked with Hindustan National Glass Industries Limited, Rishra as General Manager (Systems). Before joining SIBM, Pune he was with Goa Institute of Management as a Professor in Production and Operation Management area, where he played a key role designing the mechanism in implementing the Institute’s Educational Philosophy and Perspective Plan and steered its implementation through various team.

Recently, Dr. Bandyopadhyay was involved as an expert in designing ‘Sultan Quaboos Industrial Excellence Award’ model, Sultanate of Oman and conducted training programmes for Award committee members and Assessors at Oman.  

Dr. Bandyopadhyay has a B.Sc (Technology) in Textile Technology from College of Textile Technology, Serampore and a P.G.D.I.E from TIPIE, NPC (Presently known as Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Productivity) and a PhD from Jadavpur University. His PhD Thesis was Risk Assessment in Process Industries where he had used Fuzzy Logic based Multi Criteria Decision Making Model. He has undergone training in Productivity and Quality Improvement in Japan and Singapore by Asian Productivity Organisation.

He is a qualified lead Auditor in ISO 9000, ISO 14000 and OHSAS 18000 and also a qualified Business Excellence Model assessor and Six sigma Black Belt holder. 

He is a life member of Institution of Engineers (India), a life member of Indian Statistical Institute and Senior Member of American Society for Quality (ASQ) and Member of APICS, USA. He is also a Chartered Engineer and Certified Management Consultant (CMC). 

CONSULTANCY ASSIGNMENTS: 

1. Identification of training need and training evaluation system for M/S Coal India  (World Bank financed project) and IFFCO, Kandla

2. Long term Training programme on Productivity/ Project management for IOC, Baroda. , BHEL, Bhopal 

3. Implementation of ISO 9000 and 14000 systems for various organizations (like-Ordnance Factory, DumDum, Kesoram Rayon, Kesoram Cotton, Barauni Refinery, Essel Mining, Eastern Railway Workshop-Liluah, etc.). HPCL Petrol pump at Kolkata. IOC Pipe Line Division, ONGC, Regional Computer Centre

4. Job restructuring for M/S Alsthom and Birla Tiers, GNFC.

5. Implementation of TQM in Indo Asahi Glass in association with the Japanese Technical Director.

6. Implementation of Kaizen in Model Workshop of M/S Stone India and M/S Alstom.

7. Implementation of Total Productive Maintenance and Six-sigma project in IOC, Barauni.

8. Helped several organizations in establishing Quality Circles.

9. Design of Productivity linked Incentive Scheme in IPCL, all the Sarabhai Group of Companies at Baroda, BOGL, Bridge and Roof

10. Conducted many Management and Supervisory Development Programmes.

11. Inter firm comparison study for Jute Industries on behalf of Planning Commission.

12. Six-sigma project guidance at Simpson & Sabind, Jamshedpur (A 100% export unit for Automobile parts).

13. Conducted Six Sigma Black Belt Certification programme for IICM and guiding projects.

14. Management System Audit for Integrated Steel Plants on behalf of MOS for Prime Minister’s Trophy.

15. Job Evaluation and Manpower rationalization, restructuring in several organisations including some multinational companies and leading Hospital

16. Conducted Pilot study for measuring Productivity for Software Development in Usha Telecom, Kolkata

17. Executive time profile study in Dept. of Irrigation, Govt. of Bihar

18. Project Management for Durgavati Irrigation Project, Govt. of Bihar

19. Project management for Flakt India

20. Implemented Quality Circle in several Organisations

21. Process Capability Study at ESSAB Ltd. Kolkata

22. Preparation of State, District and Panchayat Disaster Management Plan for Govt. of Goa

23. Assessed Five Organisations for Business Excellence (EFQM Model) as an external assessor on behalf of CII.

24. Training to Award committee and Assessors for ‘Sultan Quaboos Industrial Excellence Award’ earlier known as ‘His Majesty’s Cup for best factories’, Sultanate of Oman, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, June 2015 and August 2015.

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List of National Publications:

1. Application of Dynamic Programming with Decision Network in Modernisation of a Textile Unit, Journal (Textile) of the Institution of Engineers, Vol.72, Dec.91.

2. Shop Floor Productivity –Some Old Factors revisited, Excellence in Supervision, Vol.8.No.6, Nov-Dec’92. 

3. Implication of ISO9000 series of standards from Shop Floor Angle The Indian Textile Journal, Jul’93.

4. An in-depth analysis in quality costing-A case, Management Accountant (Mar’99). 

5. Preparedness of Leather Industry to implement ISO9000-A Survey, The Journal of Leather technologists association, Vol.XXXXIII, No.1, Jan’93. 

6. In search of Risk Assessment Model for ISO14001, Chemical Industry News (Nov’00). 

7. Working for and with the Customer through ISO10002:2004(E)- A Welcome and Timely move from ISO, Global CEO, ICFAI Magazine, Feb’06. 

8. Ranking Hazards – A Fuzzy Set Approach for Rational Use of Intuition, ICFAI Journal of Operation Management (Feb’06). 

9. Implementation of Six Sigma Concepts at a Corporate Management Development Institute- A Case Study IIIM, Jaipur, OORJA 

10. Consumers’ perception towards ISO9000-Result of a Pilot Survey, ICFAI Journal of Operation Management, Vol6, No.1, Feb’07. 

11. Better moisture control in coke manufacturing- a case study, Indian Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 4 No. 9 (Sep 2011)

12. Learning from Lean Sixsigma Implementation in Indian Pharmaceutical Firms, Oakbrook Business Review, Vol. 1, No. 1 , April,2015

List of International Publications: 

1. Implementing KAIZEN in an Engineering Company, KENSU, No.148, 1998, AOTS Journal, Japan. 

2. Assessing risk in chemical plant with Pattern Matching, Chinese Journal of Chemical Engineering, 10 (2), 249-253 (Apr’02).[ Scopus,Q2, Rank 55,H Index 20,Chemical Engineering], ISSN: 10049541

3. Risk assessment in Open Cast Mining-An application of Yager’s Methodology for ordinal Multiobjective Decisions Based on Fuzzy sets, Japan journal of Industrial & Applied Mathematics, Vol. 20. No. 3. PP.311-319, Oct’03. [Scopus, Q3,H Index 16 ,Mathematics- Miscellaneous], ISSN: 09167005

4. Use of Sixsigma in adopting Business Excellence Model in Indian Context, International Journal of Business and Management, Vol.6,No.10,October,2011.ISSN 1833-3850 Index: EBSCOHost,ProQuest,Ulrich,etc

5. Arvind Mills Ltd.: Managing Working Capital. A case study- published in ECCH 19 

6. Compressed New Product Development Cycle & its Impact on Outsourcing Decisions in Auto Component Industry, International Journal of Managing Value and Supply Chain, June 2013,Vol. 4,No. 2.PP.25-37,ISSN 2230-7936,Indexed-EBSCO Publishing, Ulrich, ProQuest (co-authored with Prof. Kunal Ganguly, IIM,Kashipur)

7. Application of Principal Component Analysis in Determining Factor Weight in Point Rating System of Job Evaluation has been published in Prabandhan: Indian Journal of Management ( ISSN 0975-2854, NAAS Rating:2.58; IC Value(2012): 6.30),Vol 7 No.3 March 2014,pp.15-25.

8. Profitability and Productivity analysis – An empirical study of select metal industry firms of India, co-authored with Abhishek Sinha (PGP Student) Journal of Empirical Economics ( ISSN: 2310-3280) Vol. 2, No. 2, 2014, 97-115 

9. "Implementing Lean Manufacturing System for a Cluster of Leather Units" A Case study, Asian Journal of Case Research,7(1):49-56(2014).

10.  “Supply Risk Management Process: Modelling the enablers for development of a structural framework” International Journal of Risk and Contingency Management ( ISSN: 2160-9624), v3n4 (Dec 2014).[Jointly with Prof. Kunal Ganguly of IIM,Kashipore]

11. Impact of Business Excellence Model on Firms Business Results (Findings from literature survey and research agenda), International Journal of Economy, management and Social Sciences, Vol14, No.2 [Jointly with Prof. Suresh Nair of University of Connecticut, USA]. 

12. Reduction of Setup Time through SMED Approach- A Case Study in the Pharmaceutical Industry. The International Journal of Applied Management Sciences and Engineering, Vol.2, Issue 2. 2014

BOOKS PUBLISHED: 

1. Strategic Maintenance Management – Current Practices (Eds), ISBN: 81-7881-738-1,2006,The Icfai University Press

2. Productivity in 21st Century-Issues and Challenges (Eds), ISBN: 81-314-0493-5,2006,The Icfai University Press

3. Measuring Productivity in Services-New Dimensions (along with Prof. G S Gupta an eminent economist of IIM(A).(Eds),ISBN: 81-314-0530-3,2006,The Icfai University Press

4. Technology Management-Concepts and Cases (Eds.), ISBN: 81-314-1232-0,2007,The Icfai University Press 

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS 

INDIA

1. Quality Circle Failure- A review Conference Proceedings, National Convention on Quality Circle, Organised by QCFI, 1987

2. Perspective of Management Development-A Total Approach; Conference proceedings, National Seminar on Mine Productivity & Technology, Jul’94. Organised by The Mining, Geological & Metallurgical Institute of India. 

3. Managing Knowledge Workers- Issues, Challenges, Direction National Conference on Global Competitiveness 2006-Organised by ICFAI Business School, Kolkata. 

4. Developing an Optimization model for Coking Coal mix for Metallurgical Coke manufacturing at Optimum Cost, 43rd Annual Convention of Operation Research Society of India, Madurai, 15-17th December, 2010. (Co - authored with Mr. S Borker)

5. Impact of Knowledge Management in IT Products marketing in India (Co-authored with Prof. Pranab Deb, ICFAI) First international conference on knowledge management for productivity and competitiveness, New Delhi, 11-12.01.2007, Organised by NPC, APO, IMI. 

INTERNATIONAL 

1. An Application of Principal Component Analysis in Supplier Selection -a case study in the Chemical Industry, Global Supply Chain Management Conference, Plattsburgh,24-26th May,2011

2. "Assessing Organisational Learning Culture in the Context of Business Excellence –A case study" Accepted in 10th Annual International Conference on Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: Management – Marketing – Economic Aspects, 29-31 July & 1 August 2013, Athens, Greece

               Dr. Madhura Bedarkar presently works with Symbiosis Institute of Business Management (SIBM Pune) as an Assistant Professor. She has Ph.D. in Economics from University of Mumbai. Also, she has a master degree in Personnel Management (MPM) from University of Pune. 

Dr. Madhura has worked as an Economist with several NGOs and Chambers of Commerce and Industry. She was involved in several research projects in the fields of civic issues, marketing research and environmental research. She moved to academics in the year 2009. Since then, she had been associated as visiting faculty with institutes such as Symbiosis Law School, The Institute of Management Development & Research (IMDR), MIT School of Business, etc.

Dr. Madhura joined Symbiosis Institute of Business Management Pune (SIBM P) in January, 2013, as a full time faculty. Her teaching areas include Managerial Economics, Business Environment, Micro/Macro Economics and Organization Change and Development. 

Her research interests include environmental valuation, fiscal consolidation and organizational culture. Recently, Dr. Madhura has been recognized as a Ph.D. Guide by Symbiosis International University and she has two students registered under her guidance.

Dr. Madhura has undergone the Certified OD Developer (CODD) Programme, being jointly conducted by Middle Earth Consultants and Carlton Advanced Management Institute (USA). 

Corporate Training:
Dr. Madhura has conducted Management Development Programs for Cybage Software Private Limited, d Yazaki India Private Limited, Wipro Technologies, Pune and Godrej Industries.

Current research work:

Dr. Madhura has received a research aid from Symbiosis Centre of Research and Innovation. The study aims to develop research capability amongst students pursuing post graduate management education. 

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List of Key Publications:

1. Bedarkar, M. and Pandita, D. (2014). A Study on the Drivers of Employee Engagement Impacting Employee Performance. Procedia-Social and Behavioural Sciences, 133, 106-115.
2. Bedarkar, M. and Thatte, L. (2013). Cost Benefit Analysis of Environmental Protection Initiatives. SAMVAD, Vol. VI, 7-20.
3. Bedarkar. M. (2014). Understanding High Performance Organizations. SAMVAD, Vol.VII, 57-60.
4. Pandita, D. and Bedarkar, M. (2015).  Study on the key dimensions of employee perception for effective Organizational Performance. Prabhandhan: Indian Journal of Management, 8 (7), 29-40 (Scopus indexed).
5. Bedarkar, M. and Pandita, D.(2015). An Exploratory Study on the Perception of the Employees towards Organizational Effectiveness. SAMVAD, Vol. X, 121-125.
6. Bedarkar, M. and Pandita, D.(2016). To Study the impact of Organizational Culture on Customer Centricity in Organizations. Prabhandhan: Indian Journal of Management, 9(2), 19-28 (Scopus indexed).
7. Bedarkar, M. and Pandita, D.(2016). An Exploratory Study of Analysing the Factors that affect the Organizational Culture in Organizations. Researchers World, Vol. VII, Issue 1 (2), 33-39.
8. Bedarkar, M., Gopalkrishnan, G. and Khairnar, K. (2016). Indian Twin Deficits : The Role of Inflation and Money Supply. Indian Journal of Finance, 10(2), 7-23. (Scopus indexed).

Research Papers Presented in Conferences:

1. Jambhekar, Madhura, ‘Integrated Approaches to Area Water Partnership: with reference to Patalganga Area Water Partnership’, presented at South Asia Water Forum, Dhaka, Bangladesh, in the year 2004.
2. Bedarkar, Madhura ‘Role of Government and NGOs in Elimination of Child Labour’ presented at 34th Marathi Arthashastra Parishad in November, 2010.
3. Mishra, M. & Madhura Bedarkar (2016). The Indian Railways: Reforms and the Road Ahead, presented at International Research Conference on Revitalizing Economies, Pioneering Innovation organized by Jamnalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies, on March 2 & 3, 2016.

Prof. Sandeep Bhattacharya works as Head of Corporate Relations and Adjunct Faculty. His qualifications include a M.M.S. Post Graduate Degree from NMIMS, Bombay University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Science from Bombay University. He is IELTS certified.

His global corporate experience of 28 years has been in the IT industry and includes Asia Pacific – 10 years (last role SVP-APAC), Middle East – 15 years and India – 3 years with concurrent academic experience of 12 years. He has taught at institutions like UniSIM University, Singapore, SP Jain Centre of Management, Singapore, Singapore Human Resources Institute and American University of Dubai. He has joined SIBM Pune in 2014.
Prof. Bhattacharya has authored a book on Human Capital Metrics published by McGraw Hill/UniSIM University Singapore and several technology editorials in publications like the Khaleej Times, Dubai. His areas of research/expertise include HR Analytics, Sales Management, Regional Markets, Aviation and Soft Skills.

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Prof. Yogesh Brahmankar is an Asst.Professor at SIBM, Pune. He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Pune University and an MBA from Mumbai University. He is a Certified Lead Auditor and Trainer for ISO14001 and also a certified ‘Lean Six-Sigma Green Belt’.  He is also a Trainer for systems like ISO9001, 5S and TPM. 

Prof.Yogesh has a blend of industry and academic experience. He started his career with auto-component manufacturing industry and later on worked with Department of Defence Production (Ministry of Defence) in the field of Quality Assurance and Management. He has total 11 years of experience in the field of Quality Control and Assurance. Being Passionate towards teaching and training, he moved to academics with his first full time academic assignment at NMIMS Mumbai. At NMIMS Mumbai, he was involved in teaching subjects like Technology Management, Quality Management Systems, Organisation Design and conducting workshops on Team Building, Knowledge Management and Service Quality Management.  

His areas of research and interest include service quality management, ecological Sustainability, spiritual intelligence and knowledge management. 

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• “ Eco-culture for sustainable development”, DEW – The Complete Energy Journal (2012).
• “Change Management through productive social networking”, IOSR Journal of Business & Management, Vol 1 Issue 1,2012; iosrjournals.org
• “IT as an enabler for Green HRM”(2012) – Presented in National Conference at Delhi organized by Symbiosis International University. 
• "Customer Satisfaction, Service Quality and Diffusion of Service innovation in Indian Telecom Industry" (2013) - Presented in National Conference at GITAM University Vishakhapatnam.

B) Areas of Interest: Service Quality, Ecological Sustainability of Organizations.

Chapters in Books:

• “Embedding Sustainability in Organisational Culture,” Today’s HR for Sustainable Tomorrow, Allied Publishers (2012).

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Dr. Aravind Chinchure to SIBM Pune is president of Innovation and Entrepreneurship professor. His qualifications include a PhD Physics Postdoctoral qualification as well as the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai in Physics. His corporate experience has been primarily in the area of Science and Innovation. Until recently, he "was working as Asst. Head - What's New" Reliance Innovation Leadership Centre (RILC), Pune, a global thought leader in leadership - Dr. RA Mashel. Before joining RILC, he Honeywell Technology Solutions, Bangalore, General Electric worked (GE) Global Research Center in Bangalore, Kammerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden University, the Netherlands, and Basic Research Tata Institute (TIF), Mumbai.

 He's an Oxford, the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, University of Southampton, UK, the Institute of Applied Physics (IAPD), Dresden, Max-Planck Institute, Stuttgart and Dresden, Germany and the Paul Scherer Institute (PSI) student research at Zurich University / scientist visit. One of the European Union, the Dutch Academy of Sciences, the Max-Planck Institute, TIF, and Science and Technology (India) Department of international scholarship recipients. Dr. Aravind Chinchur Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Technology Management and Intellectual Property issues were penned writings. Areas of expertise include research and innovation and entrepreneurship. One of condensed matter in the field of physics, has written 28 research papers published in international journals and fuel cells, US, Europe, 4 patents Istanbul transvestites as lead and co-inventor in various regions, including Japan made the application.

               Dr. Pravin Dange an Industry practitioner turned academician, brings along a total of 21 years of Industry and academic experience which spreads over various sectors and functions, to the table while he interacts with his students.

His last industry engagement was with Hughes Communications India Ltd. as Head of CRM for its DirecWay Global Education Division before joining academics in 2006.

Adept at handling customer relations and solving problems, he has successfully handled various consultancy assignments not only for Corporate Clients but also for the state Govt. of Nagaland and Manipur and Central Government Agency NCDC, New Delhi.

Dr. Pravin has been felicitated at the 17th Dewang Mehta B- School Awards as ‘Best Teacher in Marketing’

He has also been recognized by the Higher Education Forum for outstanding contribution to teaching marketing.

He has handled various roles connected with academics which include teaching, consultancy and academic administration.

Dr. Pravin’s interest areas are ‘Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility’ and Outcome Based Education

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Publications 

1. Dange P. and Singh S. P. (2008). The Dichotomy of CSR approaches and Indian CSR,   Indira Management Review, 2 (1), 6-16.

2. Dange P., Kallurkar S. P. and Bose S. K. (2012). Understanding and Measuring Motivations for Indian Firms to Engage in Corporate Social Responsibility, Indira Management Review, 6 (1), 4-27.

3. Dange P. and Bose S. K. (2012). CSR Measurement in India: Problems and Prospects, South Asian Journal of Marketing and Management Research, 2 (10), 124-135.

4. Dange P. and Bose S. K. (2013). CSR Measurement in India : A Scale Development Study, Vishwakarma Business Review, 3 (2), 68-75.

5. Singhal T.K. and Dange P. (2001), eManufacturing: New Paradigm for Design and Supply Chains, Pranjana – The Journal of Management Awareness, 5(1).

6. Singhal T.K. and Dange P. (2001), The New Way to Market through  eCommerce , Pranjana – The Journal of Management Awareness, 4(1).

7. Dange P., Singhal T.K. and  Saxena D.  (2001), Distribution Management –Case Study  , Pranjana – The Journal of Management Awareness, 4(2).

8. Prakash A., S. Jayashree and Dange P. (2007), Building Competencies for Organisational Excellence in Indian Steel Industry, in Kumar A, Panda M R , Haran H and Ghoshal Taposh (Eds) , Organisational Strategies and Processes, Viva Books Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi.

Conference Papers 

1. Mohanty R. P. and Dange P. (2007), Understanding the conditions of Socially Responsible Behaviour of Corporations, presented at the National CSR Summit, LBS Institute of Management, New Delhi. Nov 6th and 7th.

2. Sadri S., Dange P. and S.  Jayashree (2007), Corporate Social Responsibility and Local Infrastructure (Some Views), presented at the National CSR Summit, LBS Institute of Management, New Delhi. Nov 6th and 7th.

Training and Consultancy Assignments 

1. Spearheaded the “Training Need Assessment” consultancy for Finolex Industries Ltd. Also driving the delivery of identified Learning Interventions at various locations of the company.

2. Extended consultancy to a Pune based realtor (RTC Goyal Ltd.) for marketing a Commercial Real Estate project in Pune.

3. Integrated Cooperative Development Projects (ICDP) sponsored by National Co-operative Development Corporation (N CDC)  for the districts of Ukhrul and Imphal for Government of Manipur and Tuensang district  for the Government of Nagaland 

Prof. Santosh Gopalkrishnan is an Assistant Professor at SIBM Pune. His qualifications include MBA (Finance), SEBI Certification and UGC-NET. His corporate experience has been in the financial sector and has been in organizations such as IBM and HDFC Bank.

His academic experience of over 6 years has been gained in institutions such as MIT School of Management, Alard Institute of Management Sciences and Global Business School, Pune. He joined SIBM Pune in 2013.

Prof. Santosh Gopalkrishnan is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in the area of Banking Risk and is following his passion in the area of Finance with a Company Secretaryship qualification at the same time. His areas of research and expertise include Banking and Financial Services, Business Law, and Financial Management. Being a SEBI Certified Resource in the area of Financial Education, he conducts training programs on behalf of SEBI across various strata of the society. He has written Research papers in the field of Finance and Banking which have been published in both National and International Journals. He is also a reviewer for Textbooks and Reference Books for Pearson and Sage Publications and has reviewed 3 titles for them.

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• Pursuing Ph.D. in Management (Finance)
• Published Research Papers in International Research Journals and presented them in Conferences

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             Dr. G.M Jayaseelan has more than 14 years of experience in academics and industry. He holds a Doctoral degree in Marketing from Pune University, M.Phil in Management and MBA from Madras University. He also has completed Bachelor degree in economics and Diploma in software technology and systems management from NIIT. He is also an Accredited Management Teacher, a respected national recognition confered by AIMA.

During his tenure in corporate India, he has worked with Eenadu & ETv, Philips India (Lighting), and Bayer India (Consumer Care) in the area of Media strategy, Sales and Marketing prior to academics and has kept close ties with Industry since then. He was actively involved in marketing of various brands in Rural India and has carried out market research in rural towns of Tamilnadu on Sales and Distribution network for the Successful re-launch of “CFL” (Philips-Essential) lamps and launch of “BAYFRESH” room fresheners.

Prof. Jayaseelan started his full-time career in academics with Sprott School of Business – Carleton University, Canada (India Campus) and was associated with academic institutions such as KBS-Center for Management Research, Northpoint Center of Learning (a Lintas initiative) and National Insurance Academy.

His areas of research and teaching include Services Marketing, Sales and Distribution, Strategic Management, Advertising and Media management, International marketing and Rural Marketing.

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• ‘Intentions to use mobile apps for online shopping’, Vol.IV, Issue 4, (April 2016), The Journal of Business and Management, ISSN:2321 - 8916
• ‘Impact of television advertisements on sales of Televisions (TVs) in India’- Doctoral study (2014)
• ‘Scope for healthcare services due to old age longevity in India’ – M.Phil study (2010)
• ‘Private labels in retail space – a threat to brands in economic slowdown’ – a research conducted among retail stores in Pune, Maharashtra (2010).
• ‘The power of ‘in-store’ digital advertising’ – a study conducted among select retail stores in Pune during the period 2010-2011 presented at International Marketing Research Conference, held at IES, Mumbai (January 2010).
• Co-authored chapter Ten in the book ‘KPO/BPO Management – an industry perspective’, (2008), Excel Books Publications, ISBN: 817446672X
• ‘‘Classicone’ to ‘Globalone’ – Will global brands transform rural india from traditional market to global market?’– a study conducted in maval taluka, Maharashtra during 2005 published in Spectrum (2006) – e-journal of Kohinoor Business School, Khandala.

Prof. Ritesh Khatwani is an Assistant Professor at SIBM Pune. His academic qualifications include BBA (Finance) & MBA (Finance) from Veer Narmad South Gujarat University (VNSGU) and UGC-NET. His 5 years long corporate experience began with Reliance capital and was also associated and Tata AIG towards the later part of his corporate career. He had also taken up part time teaching assignments at Metas Adventist College to keep abreast with new academic developments.

His passion for academics led him to take up teaching assignment on full time basis. He went on to gain teaching experience of over 6 years at various Institutes which includes, Metas Adventist College (Surat), Marwari Education Foundation Group of Institutes (Rajkot), Institute of Technology and Management (Navi Mumbai).

Prof. Ritesh Khatwani had also jointly under taken paid research and consultancy projects for corporates and is currently looking forward to his Ph.D. with SIU.

Prof. Sunaina Kuknor is an Asst. Professor at SIBM, Pune. She holds an MBA – HR from IGNOU and an M.Com from Mumbai University. She has a blend of corporate and academic experience having worked with Accenture for 2 years before taking up an academic career.

She has worked with Kirloskar Institute of Management Studies for 5 years before joining SIBM in 2014.

Her areas of expertise and research are HR : Performance Management Systems, Recruitment & Selection and OB. Additionally she focusses on Women Entrepreneurship and Workforce Diversity in Banking. She is currently carrying out research on the subject of Work Life Balance of Faculty in B-Schools.

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• Presented papers at various international and national level conferences on Stress Management, Human Resource Management, Entrepreneurship Development, Service Quality Control and Management Education.
• Publication of research paper and book review in one international and two national level journals

Prof. Amresh Kumar is an Assistant Professor at SIBM Pune. He has submitted his PhD thesis in the area of Marketing in BIT Mesra University. After completing his graduation in Arts (English hons.) from Delhi University, he did his post - Graduation in Management (Marketing) from ICFAI University. He started his academic career as a Research Associate for nearly two years (June 2015 - May 2017) in Asia Pacific Institute of Management, New Delhi.

Prof. Amresh has near perfect blend of academic and practical research experience. With keen interest in research, he has conducted training sessions on research methodology, Statistical/Data Analysis/Computer Application in software Packages: SPSS and AMOS. He has strong understanding of survey design, data analysis and knowledge of statistical concepts to be applied (Validity and Reliability; Multiple Regression; Exploratory Factor Analysis, Confirmatory Factor Analysis; Pathway Analysis; and first order Structural Equation Modeling). As a young researcher, he has plethora of research publications and presentations in the area of marketing.

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1) Online banking adoption: a factor validation and satisfaction causation study in the context of Indian banking customers.
 Published in:  International Journal of Bank Marketing 33 (6), 760-785 (Published by Emerald, Indexed in Scopus) 

2) Social eWOM: does it affect the brand attitude and purchase intention of brands? 
Published in: Management Research Review, 40(3), 310-330. (Published by Emerald, Indexed in Scopus) 

3) Antecedents of Customer Loyalty: Attitudinal and Behavioral Perspectives based on Oliver’s Loyalty Model. 
Published in:  Indian Journal of Marketing 46 (3), 31-53, Indexed in Scopus 

 

4) E- Retail adoption in emerging markets: Applicability of an integrated Trust and Technology Acceptance Model.
Published in: International Journal of E-Business Research (IJEBR) 12 (3), 44-67 (Published by IGI Global, Indexed in Scopus) 

5) Measuring Retailer Store Image: a scale development study.
 Published in: International Journal of Business and Economics 13 (1), 25 (ABDC rated Journal) 

6) Retail Service Quality Assessment – A Scale Validation Study in Indian Perspective.  AIMA Journal of Management & Research (AJMR), Vol. 8, Issue 1/4, (ISSN: 0974-497).

7) Payments Banks: A Catalyst for Financial Inclusion. 
To be published in:  Asia Pacific Journal of Management Review (APJMR), Vol 12 (3). (Published by Sage) 

Conferences Presentations:

Antecedents of Customer Loyalty: Attitudinal and Behavioral Perspectives in context of Emerging Markets’. 4th Biennial IAM Conference held at IIM Lucknow, Noida Campus, December 2015. 

Measuring post-purchase customer experience in online retailing: Striking an emotional chord with customer. International conference on Inclusive Growth & Profits with Purpose: New Management Paradigm held at IIM Bangalore, December 2015. 

E- Retail adoption in emerging markets: Applicability of an integrated Trust and Technology Acceptance Model. 3rd Pan IIM World Management Conference held at IIM Indore, December 2015. 

A Study of Gaps in Derived Store Image Attributes at leading Departmental Stores of India. International conference on research and sustainability held at IIT Roorkee, December 2015. 

Online Banking Adoption: A Factor Validation and Satisfaction causation study in the context of Indian Banking Customers. International Conference on Business Paradigms in Emerging Markets (ICBPEM) at National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela, December 2014.

         V.V. Ravi Kumar is an Associate Professor at SIBM Pune. His qualifications include PhD in Management from the Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi and a Post Graduate in Business Administration from Osmania University, Hyderabad. He is also a Certified Associate of the Indian Institute of Bankers (CAIIB) and is NET-UGC certified.

Dr. Ravi Kumar is a blend of corporate and academic experience. He has over a decade of industry experience in the Banking and Logistics sectors in the functional area of Marketing. His academic experience is over 8 years. His previous assignment was with Xavier Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (XIME), Bangalore. As a part of his global exposure, he has visited Monash University, Australia’s Malaysia campus and UCSI University, Kuala Lumpur and interacted with faculty members there. 

Dr. Ravi Kumar has authored papers in the fields of Marketing, Banking, Finance, Consumer Behavior and Technology amongst many others. His areas of research and expertise include Services Marketing with a special emphasis on technology based service delivery channels like Internet Banking and Mobile Banking, Retail Management, Consumer Behavior, Rural Marketing and Marketing Management. 

Dr. Ravi Kumar has also contributed to leading business and general newspapers like The Hindu Business Line, Business Standard, Financial Express, The Hindu etc.

Dr. Ravi Kumar has handled corporate training sessions/MDPs for various leading companies like John Deere, Credit Suisse, HPCL, GE, CPCL.

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Journals 

1. Dr.V.V.Ravi Kumar and Dr. S.K.Bose ‘A Study on migrating Non-users to Retail Internet Banking: Evidence from India’ International Journal of Business Information Systems. SCOPUS Indexed – Accepted for Publication. ISSN print: 1746-0972, Published by Inderscience.
2. V.V.Ravi Kumar – “Bank Marketing in India”, Vinimaya, Journal published by the National Institute of Bank Management, Pune.  ISSN 0970-8456. Vol. 34, No. 3, October-March, 2013.
3. V.V.Ravi Kumar and Dr. S.K. Bose – “Adoption of Self Service Technologies (SST)- A study on the intention of Management students to use Internet Banking Services”, Journal of Contemporary Research Management, PSGIM, Coimbatore. ISSN 0973-9785. Vol. 8, No.1, January-March, 2013.
4. V.V.Ravi Kumar and Neeraj Gupta - “A study on CRR and SLR Management at J&K Bank Ltd.”, Contemporary Management Research, BIM, Trichy. ISSN 0973-8266. Vol.7, No. 1, March, 2013.
5. V.V.Ravi Kumar and Ramya G – “A study on Capital Budgeting Decision at BHEL, Power Sector Southern Region” Udyog Pragati, NITIE, Mumbai. ISSN 0970-3365 Vol. 37, No.1, January-March, 2013. 
6. V.V.Ravi Kumar and Dr. S.K. Bose – “Brands that exploited Latent Demand”, Indian Management, Vol. 51 Issue 7, July 2012. Journal published by All India Management Association.
7. V.V.Ravi Kumar and C Swarnalatha –“Managing Non-Performing Assets- A study in the Indian Banking Industry”, Journal of Venture Capital & Financial Services”, ISSN 2249-8680, Vol. 6, Issue 1, June 2012. Journal published by Institute of Public Enterprise.
8. V.V.Ravi Kumar, Dr.S.K.Bose and Dr. P.V.Raghavan –“Extension of Technology Adoption Model (TAM) - Intention to use Internet Banking: Evidence from India”- International Journal of Finance and Policy Analysis (IJFPA), ISSN - 0974-3499, Vol. 3 Issue 1, June 2011. Published by Brown Walker Press USA.
9. V.V.Ravi Kumar – “Deal with your customer” – Indian Management, Vol. 50 Issue 3, March 2011. Journal published by All India Management Association.
10. V.V.Ravi Kumar, Dr.S.K.Bose and Dr. P.V.Raghavan -  “Banking through Technology – Migrating more customers in India to the Internet Banking Delivery Channel: A Strategic Framework” -  Journal of Technical and Vocational Education – ISSN 0971-8508, Vol. 26 No. 2 , 2009. Published by NITTTR, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India.
11. V.V.Ravi Kumar and Dr.S.K.Bose – ““Internet Banking – A Conceptual Framework” – The Alternative- ISSN 0973-0451, Vol. 7 No. 1 & 2, 2007-2008. Published by Department of Management – Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra, Ranchi. 

Paper Presentations 

1. Adoption of self-services technologies (SST)-A study on the intention of the educated youth to use internet banking services - Great Lakes NASMEI conference, December, 2012.
2. UGC Sponsored National Seminar conducted by Department of Business Administration, Annamalai University- March 2011. Paper presented on “Innovations in Management: The Advertising Field”.
3. National Conference conducted by Department of Management Studies, Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi, July 2008 - “Improving the standards of Professional Education Graduates in India”.
4. Golden Jubilee National seminar conducted by Department of Management Studies, University of Madras – February, 2006. Paper presented on “Emerging Paradigms in Management – Banking Sector”.
5. Banker’s Conference Bancon, 2004, New Delhi conducted by Punjab National Bank. - “Banking Strategy – To specialize or to diversify”

Newspaper Articles 

The Hindu Business Line 

1. Reforming the RTO, September 22, 2014.
2. Can India make a driverless car?, September 18, 2014.
3. Just Speed up, January 22, 2014.
4. No longer a  fast draw, June 21, 2013.
5. What is the Value Addition?, January, 4, 2013.
6. Do not pay more than the MRP, September, 16, 2012.
7. “How Retail Banking has changed”, August 17, 2012.
8. “Add muscle to your CV”, October 12, 2009.
9. “Targeting New age disorders”, February 15, 2006.

The Hindu

1. “Staple food”, May 31, 2009.
2. “Case for raising benchmark for superfast trains”, February 9, 2006.

Business Standard 

1. “Please enter your passwords” November 2, 2012.

Financial Express 

1. “Blackboard over keyboard” August 26, 2013.

Edited Books:

• “Niche Marketing - Concepts and Experiences” – ISBN 81-314-0389-0, 2006.
• “Bancassurance – Trends and Opportunities”-ISBN 81-314-0326-2, 2006.
• “New Trends in Banking”- ISBN -81-314-0345-9, 2006.
• “Effective Presentation Skills-The Key to Success”- ISBN 81-314-0305-X,2006 
• “Indian Aviation Industry–Opportunities and Challenges”, ISBN 81-314-0388-2,   2006.

These books were published through ICFAI press.

         Dr. Preetha Menon is an Asst. Professor at SIBM, Pune. She is also Head – Training and Consulting, Symbiosis Center for Waste Management and Sustainability (SCWMS). Her Ph.D is from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-M). She holds an MMS Post Graduate degree from Mumbai University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Advertising and Marketing from Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai. 

She has been awarded a scholarship of Half Time Research Assistantship (HTRA) by the HRD Ministry of India for her Ph.D (2009-2015) and is the Asia Pacific Social Media Marketing Finalist – Google Online Marketing Challenge 2014. Her dissertation proposal on ‘The Construction and Efficacy of Exchange Offers: A focused study of corporate initiative and customer action’ was awarded the best proposal at the Yale-Great Lakes Doctoral Symposium.

She has 3.5 years of advertising and marketing experience with clients such as Madura Garments, 3M, and Taj Hotels. She also has over 9 years of academic experience across Christ University, Bengaluru, Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai and Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune.

Her teaching interests are Integrated Marketing Communications, Advertising and Sales Promotion, Consumer Insights, Culture & Communication and Marketing Research. Her research interests include pricing of sales promotions, non-monetary sales promotions and persuasive communication. She has published and presented at several international conferences.

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• Increasing the Efficacy of Exchange Offers: Effect of Message Framing, Promotion Bundling and Product Category on Exchange Offer Efficacy (2015). Asia-Pacific Advances in Consumer Research, Vol. 11 pp. 204-205.
• Gender Stereotyping in Advertising and its Consequences and Effects on its Audience. (2015) Samvad, Vol. 9(1) pp. 59-64
• The Impact of Rebranding on Brand Likeability, Brand Image and Purchase Decision of a Consumer (2014). International Journal of Decision Making in Management, Vol. 3(4) pp. 33-40
• Nature of Exchange Offers and Antecedents of Exchange Offer Proneness (2014). Samvad, Vol. 7(1) pp. 66-73
• Exchange Offer as a Sales Promotion Tool for Consumer Durables: A Content Analysis of Indian Print Advertisement. Proceedings of Academy of Marketing Sciences’ World Marketing Congress. Cultural Perspectives in Marketing, Atlanta, U.S.A. Aug. 28 – Sept 1, 2012.
• 'Consider this, in exchange'. Dhithi, DoMS magazine, IIT Madras, August 2012.
• Understanding exchange offers and enhancing their efficacy: A study of Indian consumers. Proceedings of the Academy of Marketing Annual Conference 2012, Southampton, U.K. July 2-5, 2012.
• Understanding replacement purchase behaviour for electronic goods – a netnographic study of Indian consumer forums. 5th Great Lakes – NASMEI Conference, Chennai. Dec. 29-30, 2011.
• Green disposal behavior: Study of the Indian mobile phone user.Proceedings of the International conference on Marketing in Emerging Economies, IIM Ahmedabad. Jan. 5-7, 2011.
• Factors affecting Trade-ins: A study of young consumers in India. 4th Great Lakes-NASMEI Conference, Chennai. Dec. 23-24, 2010.
• A study of factors affecting Green Purchasing Behavior amongst young consumers in India. Proceedings of the 3rd Great Lakes NASMEI conference, Chennai. Dec. 18-19, 2009.
• Book review of 'Games People Play' by V. Raghunathan in the Great Lakes Herald Vol.1 (2) 2007.
• Market analysis, usage & attitude study of Evian Natural Spring Water for Danone International Brands.
• Advertising on the Internet, a critique on an emerging trend (Degree project).
• Market visit and Research to study the advertising awareness of Britannia cheese.
• Study of consumer behavior for durables for Godrej Appliances
• New product development and research on the deodorant market in India for Xavier Institute of Communications

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            Dr. Mahima Mishra is an Asst. Professor at SIBM Pune. She is a post graduate in Economics with specialization in International Business from Banaras Hindu University. She also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management with specialization in Marketing Management from Pune University and is a certified UGC -NET. She holds her PhD degree in International Business from Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth. Her PhD thesis was based on exploring challenges faced by Indian Granite Exporters with specific references to USA market.

She has a very strong academic foundation and is a Gold Medallist of BHU and is a recipient of National Scholarship from Government of India for securing a top position at Undergraduate level. 

She has over 12 years of strong experience in Teaching, Research and Corporate Trainings. Her teaching interest includes International Business/Marketing, Macroeconomics and Microeconomics. She has joined SIBM Pune in July, 2011. She has published a number of papers in journals of repute. Her research interest includes International Trade, Granite Industry, Macroeconomics and Microeconomics.

Workshops and programs Conducted: Conducted programmes for executives of :-

• IBM
• Thermax
• Cybage
• L&T
• John Deere
• Godrej and Boyce
• Godrej Industries
• McDonalds
• Credit Suisse
• TACO
• Wipro etc. 

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Ms Phiza works as a teaching assistant at SIBM. She has completed Bachelors in Commerce and Masters in the same faculty from the University of Pune in 2013 and 2015 respectively.

She has completed a project on “A Study of the Financial Statement of the Reserve Bank of India and Comparison of the Components of the RBI Balance Sheet between 2004 and 2014” as a part of her M.Com curriculum. She intends to pursue Ph.D. in the same title by extending this study to a period between 1950 and 2015. 

She has taught in an undergraduate senior college in Pune to B.Com students. She has taught a paper titled ‘Banking and Financial Services in India’ at Symbiosis Centre for Information Technology (SCIT) to their MBA students as a visiting faculty. She has served Indira Gandhi National Open University’s (IGNOU) Study Centre 16143 at M.U. College as an Assistant. 

Her areas of interest are Micro and Macro Economics and Banking and Financial Services in India.

Prof. Deepika Pandita is an Asst. Professor at SIBM Pune. Her qualifications include Ph.D.(Management), UGC-NET, MMS (HR), and M.Com. She holds numerous Psychometric profiling certifications including DISC profiling.

Her career began with Aditya Birla Group in their Cement Vertical called Ultratech Cement Ltd. She joined SIBM Pune in 2010.

Prof. Deepika Pandita has authored various papers including ‘Going Beyond a Hierarchical Structure’, published in Human Capital. Her areas of research and expertise include Employee Value Proposition, Emotional Intelligence, Talent Management, Psychology and Employee Engagement. Her academic areas of interest are Human Resource Management, Talent Management, Organisational Behavior, Training & Development and Psychology for HR Managers. She has completed her PhD in the Study of Talent Management Practices and their impact on Employee Engagement with reference to IT companies.

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Journal Papers Published 

1. Bedarkar Madhura, Pandita Deepika (01/2016) An Exploratory Study of Analysing the Factors that affect the Organizational Culture in Organizations. Researchers World, VII(1(2)) : 33-39 (Ebsco,ProQuest,Cabell's directory,Google Scholar,Index Copernicus,Open J-Gate,USA Directory of Open Access Journals,CrossRef; ISSN: 2231-4172).

2. Bedarkar Madhura, Pandita Deepika, Agarwal Ravi, Saini Rupinder (02/2016) Examining the Impact of Organizational Culture on Customer Centricity in Organizations:An Analysis. Prabandhan: Indian Journal of Management, 9(2) (Scopus,Cabell's directory,Google Scholar,Academic Keys,Index Copernicus; ISSN: 1877-0428).

3. Deepika Pandita (12/2016) A Study on Measuring the Effectiveness of Human Resources in Organizations. Samwad, 12(0) : 85-93 ( ISSN: 22491-880).

4. Bedarkar Madhura, Pandita Deepika (12/2015) An Exploratory Study on the Perception of the Employees towards Organizational Effectiveness. Samavad, 10: 121-125 (Australia Open J-Gate,Open J-Gate; ISSN: 2348-5329).

5. Deepika Pandita (12/2015) An Exploratory Study of Exploring Drivers of Gender and Workexperience of the Post-graduation Students to its Locus of Control. Training and Development Journal, 6(2) : 93-98 (ProQuest,Google Scholar,EBSCO Discovery; ISSN: 2231-069X).

6. Pandita Deepika (08/2015) Building Organizational Brand Through EVP. International Journal of Social Science & Interdiciplinary Research, 4(8) : 132-140 (Cabell's directory,Global Impact Factor,Open J-Gate; ISSN: 2277 3630).

7. Pandita Deepika, Bedarkar Madhura (07/2015) Factors Affecting Employee Performance: A Conceptual Study on the Drivers of Employee Engagement. Prabandhan: Indian Journal of Management, 8(7) : 29-40 (Scopus,Cabell's directory,Google Scholar,Academic Keys,e-JEL,Index Copernicus,Indian Science Abstracts; ISSN: 0975 - 2854).

8. Bedarkar Madhura, Pandita Deepika (05/2014) A study on the drivers of employee engagement impacting employee performance. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 133: 106-115 (ScienceDirect; ISSN: 1877-0428).

9. Pandita Deepika (06/2012) Emotional Intelligence for workplace leaders. Samvad, 5: 63-73 ( ISSN: 2249-1880).

10. Pandita Deepika (03/2012) Esentials of a healthy workplace. Samvad, 4: 87-92 ( ISSN: 2249-1880).

11. Pandita Deepika (09/2011) EVP A key to attract performance. Samvad, 3: 56-61 ( ISSN: 2249-1880).

12. Pandita Deepika (03/2011) HR Refined. Samvad, 2: 37-39 ( ISSN: 2249-1880).

Book Chapters Published 

1. Deepika Pandita (02/2017) Digitalizing Human Resources through Gamification for Employee Engagement. In: Building Organizations of Tommorow : Leadership Challenges of Human Capital in a Digital Workplace (Edited by: Dr. Preeti Rawat) ELK Asia Pacific Journals 0(0) , pp: 152-162 (ISBN: 9789385537035;Cabell's directory,Google Scholar,Index Copernicus).

2. Pandita Deepika (10/2013) Managing and Engaging talent in turbulent times. In: Manging business in turbulent times (Edited by: Dr. Stephen silva, Kavite Laghate, Balkrishanan Parab) Excel Publisher , pp: 323-333 (ISBN: 978-93-82880-13-4).

Proceeding Papers Published 

1. Pandita Deepika (08/2012) Experiences from the Indian cement sector : A comparative study of the Indian cement companies. In: International conference on management in the new world order, 1, pp: 439-451 (ISBN : 978-1-25-902824-3).

Dr.G.Raghuram is an Associate Professor in the Finance area at SIBM, Pune, India. His experience includes both corporate and academic experience.He has worked for about eight years in Zacks Research Private Limited, Kolkata, India, a subsidiary of Zacks Investment Research, Inc., USA in the area of quantitative analysis and research.During his service at Zacks Research, Kolkata, Dr.Raghuram had been to the office of the parent company, Zacks Investment Research, Inc., USA for about five months for training and work assignments.

Dr.Raghuram was a Senior Assistant Professor in the Finance area at School of Management, SASTRA University, Thanjavur, India for about two and a half years. He is a Ph.D from Institute of Management, Nirma University, Ahmedabad, India. His Ph.D thesis is titled, 'Does Stock Market Reform Affect Asset Pricing: The Case of India.' During his Ph.D programme at Nirma, Dr.Raghuram was an exchange research scholar at College of Business Administration and Economics, New Mexico State University, USA where he formulated and defended his Ph.D research proposal.Before joining his Ph.D programme, Dr.Raghuram was a Research Analyst at Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts of India (ICFAI), Hyderabad, India.

His research and teaching interests are in anomalies of asset pricing models, investment analysis and portfolio management and financial markets.

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Dr. R Raman has a blend of corporate and academic experience. He started his career with Godrej and Boyce and then ventured into the area of consultancy with - The Leading Edge Consulting Services.

His Passion for academics led him into teaching assignment at Vellore Institute of Technology. Carleton University's Sprott School of Business, Canada gave him the platform for global exposure in teaching Information Technology while he was handling the teaching assignment with Kohinoor Business School along with the consulting assignment as an Information Technology Architect with the Kohinoor group of companies for the various verticals including Real Estate, Hotels, Hospitals, Education and Power Generation. He also taught at S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research Mumbai. 

Dr. Raman is a Computer Science and Engineering graduate from Madras University, he completed his MBA in Information Systems from the same University. He furthered his education by completing his Postgraduate Diploma in Software Marketing, M.Phil (Management) and Ph.D in Information Technology Enabled Services Strategy. He is a Six Sigma Green Belt and Six Sigma Black Belt Certified by RABQSA (Registrar Accreditation Board Quality Society of Australasia). He is also an Accredited Management Teacher, (a prestigious national recognition conferred by AIMA) and Green IT certified by ISEB. 

His teaching and research area include Management Information Systems, Six Sigma for Business, IT Infrastructure Management, Market Research, IT Project Management, Management of Information Technology Enabled Services and Green IT. He has published his research finding in several refereed journals and also has presented several papers in Indian and International conferences. 

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Title	Year
THE ROAD AHEAD FOR THE INDIAN IT AND ITES INDUSTRY CONSIDERING ITS   SERVICE OFFERINGS, DOMESTIC MARKET AND TECHNOLOGY TRENDS LSKDR Raman Journal of   Theoretical and Applied Information Technology 60 (2), 263-273	2014
A FPN Based Risk Assessment Model for ERP Implementation in Small and   Medium Enterprises DP Vijayakumar   Bhrathi, Ramakrishnan Raman Middle-East Journal   of Scientific Research URL :http://www.idosi.org/mejsr ...	2014
A Study on the User Perception and Awareness of Smartphone Security DPR Raman International   Journal of Applied Engineering Research 9 (Number 23), 19133-19144	2014
Mobile Usage among Youngsters - Prediction of Factors That Might   Influence Addiction DP Ramakrishnan   Raman Journal of   Technology-Innovation 2 (Sepecial Issues 2), 27-35	2014
A Regression Model To Study The Effectiveness Of Specific Online   Channels To Reach Student Aspirants DP Ramakrishnan   Raman International   Journal of Applied Engineering Research 9 (19), 6159-6167	2014
A Fuzzy Petri-Net Based Conceptual Model for Risk Prediction in   Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Acquisition Decisions for Small and Medium   Enterprises V Bharathi, D   Pramod, R Raman Journal of Computer   Science 9 (1), 139-146	2013
A fuzzy petri-net based conceptual model for risk prediction in   enterprise resource planning acquisition decisions for small and medium   enterprises RR Vijayakumar   Bharathi, Dhanya Pramod Journal of Computer   Science 9 (1), 139-146	2013
Synergies between social media features and user engagement to enhance   online brand visibility - a conceptual model BK Anuradha   Goswami1,Vijayakumar Bharathi, R Raman International   Journal of Engineering and Technology 5 (3), 2705-2718	2013
A Principal Component Analysis To Identify The Green IT Factors That   Impact ERP Adoption In Indian Small And Medium Enterprises RRDP Vijayakumar   Bharathi European Journal of   Social Sciences 37 (4), 559-582	2013
A Study On Data Privacy, Protection & Sanitization Practices During   Disk Disposal By Indian Educational Institutes DP R Raman International   Journal of Computer Science Issues 10 (2), 53-58	2013
Information and communication technology based model for   dematerialization of academic certificates for Indian educational system R Raman, D Pramod, V   Bharathi American Journal of   Applied Sciences 11 (1), 85	2013
An aspect oriented process based approach to information risk   management D Pramod, R Raman,   SV Bharathi International   Journal of Engineering and Technology 5 (3), 2262-2267	2013
Blog Content and User Engagement – An Insight Using Statistical   Analysis BK Apoorva Vikrant   Kulkarni, Shaji Joseph,R. Raman International   Journal of Engineering and Technology 5 (3), 2719-2733	2013
Use of Structural Equation Modeling to Empirically Study the Turnover   Intentions of Information Technology Professionals in Pune City R Raman, SV   Bharathi, V Sesha, S Joseph Indian Journal of   Science and Technology 6 (12), 5612–5624	2013
A Conceptual Model for ERP Failure Prediction using Fuzzy Petri-nets   for Small and Medium Enterprises RR Vijayakumar   Bharathi, Dhanya Pramod European Journal of   Scientific Research 87 (3), 330-338	2012
Linking Strategic Type & Outsourcing Pattern R Raman NMIMS Management   Review Journal 20	2010
The Importance and Relevance Of Cross Cultural Management in   Information Technology Enabled Services Sector R Raman Udyog Pragati 34 (1)	2010
How protected is electronically transferred data from Business Process   Outsourcing (BPO) Units –The Indian Scenario R Raman KBSCMR’s Journal of   Management Research 1 (1)	2009
Challenges of Attrition and Retention Strategies| Strategies to Retain   Human Capital in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Industry R Raman ICFAI University   Press First Reprint	2008
The Changing International Competitive Environment Prospects and   Challenges For Business Process Outsourcing Units In India R Raman http://www.aima-ind.org/ejournal   2 (2/4)	2008
Employee Satisfaction in Knowledge | Strategies to Retain Human Capital   in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Industry R Raman ICFAI University   Press First Reprint	2008
How Protected Is Electronically Transferred Data from Business Process   Outsourcing (BPO) units – The Indian Scenario R Raman http://www.aima-ind.org/ejournal   1 (4/4)	2007
Knowledge Process Outsourcing -An emerging trend- Will it Dwarf   Business Process Outsourcing in the Future? R Raman Pratibimba 7 (1)	2007
Role of Government( Central and State) in making Maharashtra an export   hub for IT and ITES services R Raman DYPIMS Research   Review	2006
The BPO Cyber coolies – Are they satisfied with their jobs? R Raman Udyog Pragati 30 (2)	2006
Strategies to Retain Human Capital in BPO Industry R Raman Abhigyan 23 (4)	2006
The BPO Revolution: Strategies to Control High Rate of Attrition R Raman Udyog Pragati 28 (4)	2004
Business Process Outsourcing Boom - Will It Remain? R Raman Abhigyan 23 (2)	2004
Strategies to develop Cost and Time effective: E-Learning solutions R Raman Journal on   Management Awareness 7 (2)	2004
The Mobile and Wireless Solution –An SFA tool for sales force   effectiveness R Raman Abhigyan 22 (2)	2004
BPO-Discontinuities for growth RR AllenRajDas SPARK	2003
Management by Wandering Around R Raman HRD Times 4 (7)	2002
Mobile Usage among Youngsters-Prediction of Factors That Might   Influence Addiction R Raman, D Pramod

      Prof. Arpita Sharma is an Asst. Professor at SIBM, Pune. Prof Sharma is an MBA in Banking & Finance from Banasthali University Rajasthan. She is also a post graduate in Chemistry and holds a junior research fellowship. She has a total experience of 5 years across industry and academics. 

She has worked as full time faculty for various management institutes with her last assignment being with Amity University Gurgaon. 
Her areas of expertise and research include International Finance, Financial Management, Financial Markets and Securities, Investment Management, Personal Financial Planning, Microfinance and Women Entrepreneurship.

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Dr. Sonal Shree is an Asst. Professor at SIBM Pune. Her qualifications are Ph.D., UGC-NET and MBA (HR). She also holds a post graduate degree in English literature from Banaras Hindu University.

She is an annual member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and National HRD Network and past member of Indian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA), New Delhi, India. 

She has 4 years of corporate experience in the areas of recruitment and general management before beginning her academic career in 2011 with a College affiliated to University of Pune. She joined SIBM Pune in 2012.  Her academic assignments are in the areas of Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour. Her areas of interest are Talent acquisition, leadership communication and exploring inter-disciplinary approaches for enriching management and organizational behavior. She has attended & presented papers at various conferences and seminars.

Dr. Sonal Shree has to her credit the following publications. Currently, she is working on papers bringing together the study of English Literature and Management.

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• Book Chapter: “Social Capital & Women’s Political Leadership” (Book: Women Political Leadership in India: Some Important Dimensions; 64-70, 2010. Serials Publication, New Delhi. ISBN: 978-81-8387-354-3)

Articles & Papers
• Shree Sonal, Sharma Lavina (2014). The Eightfold Path of Buddhism for an Effective & Credible Leadership. Purushartha, 7(1), 52-62 (ISSN: 0975-024X). 
(Journal Indexed in Scopus, Elsevier and Hosted on OJAS platform of INFLIBNET, UGC)
• Shree Sonal, Sharma Lavina (12/2014) Y: More than an Alphabet at Workplace. SPCERA International Journal of Business & Management, (ISSN: 2347-6842).
• Shree Sonal, Srivastava Mallika, , Khan Muzaaam (11/2014) An Analysis of Attitude of B-School Faculty Members towards Factors affecting Job Satisfaction. Aarahat Multidiciplinary International Education Research Journal, 3(5): 107-120 (ISSN: 2278-5655). 
• Shree, Sonal (2012). Management of Cross Cultural Integration through Communication. Samvad. Vol.5 (2). pp. 79-86. (p-ISSN 2249-1880, and e-ISSN 2348-5329)

         Dr. Anugamini Priya is an alumnus of University of Allahabad and holds gold medal in Masters of Business Administration with dual specialization in HRM and Finance. She is UGC –JRF/NET qualified and has completed her Doctorate in Philosophy (PhD) in the area of human resource management from Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT-R). Her research topic was “Authentic leadership as a predictor of School teacher’s extra role behavior”, which examined the issues related to the authentic behavior of school staff. Her research interest broadly comprises leadership, educational administration and optimism. 

She has a work experience of more than 3 years in UPTU affiliated management institutions. Her teaching experience lies in the area of human resource management, company law, and research methodology. She has been actively involved in administrative duties comprising organization of cultural events as well as academic programs like workshops and certification programs, both as leader and member, during her PhD and work experience. She has also worked as trainee in Hindustan Aeronautics ltd, Lucknow.

She has published research papers in journals of international repute (SCOPUS and ESCI indexed) listed in Elsevier and Emerald publishers. She is also a part of editorial team of SIBM Pune journal – SAMVAD as Associate Editor and special issue of SCOPUS abstracted journal ‘Journal of Global Operations and Strategic Sourcing’ as a guest reviewer. She has also reviewed multiple papers in other top rated international journals.

She has presented her research papers in international conferences organized at Sheffield Business School, United Kingdom, National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA), Bangkok, IIT-Kharagpur, IISc-Bangalore and IIM Ahmedabad. She has also achieved ‘Best Conference Doctoral Research Paper Award’ in PAN World Management Conference 2016, held at IIM Ahmedabad.

She brings with her a wide knowledge of research and quantitative techniques that can support multiple classroom sessions. She has also developed a standardized scale to measure training comprehensiveness, which can help to enhance the effectiveness of training programs taken.

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Published in international journal(s)

• Srivastava A.P. & Dhar R.L. (2016). Technology leadership and predicting travel agents performance. Tourism management perspectives, 20, 77-86 (Impact factor: 1.38)
• Srivastava A.P. & Dhar R.L. (2016). Impact of Leader member exchange, Human resource management practices and Psychological empowerment on extra role performances: the mediating role of organisational commitment. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, 65 (1), 351-377 (SCOPUS and ESCI indexed).
• Srivastava A.P. & Dhar R.L. (2015). Training comprehensiveness: construct development and relation with role behavior, European Journal of Training and Development, 39 (7), 641-662. (SCOPUS & ESCI indexed).
• Srivastava A.P. & Dhar R.L. (2016). Authentic leadership for teachers' academic optimism: the moderating effect of training comprehensiveness. European Journal of Training and Development, 40(5), 321-344 (SCOPUS & ESCI indexed).
• Srivastava, A.P. & Jaiswal, D. (2015). Leaders' positive expectations and subordinate performance: a study of academic professionals. South Asian Journal of Management, 22(3), 7-27 (PROQUEST indexed).
• Srivastava A.P. (2017). Teacher’s extra role behavior: relation with self efficacy, procedural justice, organizational commitment and support for training. International Journal of management in education, 11 (2), 140-164 (SCOPUS indexed)

Published in Conference proceedings:

• Srivastava, A.P. & Dhar R.L. (2016). Training comprehensiveness and innovative behavior: a study on tourist hotels. The Fifth International Conference on Advancement of Development Administration 2016—Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies (the 5th ICADA 2016—SSIS), National Institute of Development Administration, Bangkok, Thailand.
• Srivastava, A.P. & Dhar R.L. (2016). Academic optimism for a good soldier. Proceedings of the Management Doctoral Colloquium (MDC & VRS 2016) (pp.31), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India.
• Jaiswal D. & Srivastava A.P. (2015), Impact of High Performance Work Practices on Service Innovative Behavior in the Hotel Industry. Proceedings of International Conference in Research and Business sustainability, (ICRBS-2015) (pp.561-564), Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Greater Noida extension campus, India and Sheffield Business School, United Kingdom
• Srivastava, A.P. & Dhar, R.L. (2015). Authentic leadership and academic optimism: a study on their relationship. Proceedings of the Global Conference on Managing in Recovering Markets (GCMRM) (pp. 15), Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, India: ISBN: 9788192914923.
• Srivastava, A.P. & Dhar, R.L., (2015), Teacher’s academic optimism and role behaviors: an Indian Perspective. Proceedings of International Conference in Evidence Based Management, Vol II (ICEBM) (pp.386390), Birla Institute of technology and science Pilani, India. ISBN: 9789384935184.

Workshops and conferences attended:

• Presented paper on the topic “Authentic leadership and extra role behavior: mediating role of academic optimism” in Fourth PAN IIM World Management Conference 2016, IIM Ahmedabad, India, 13-15th Dec 2016.
• Presented a paper on the topic “Authentic leadership and academic optimism: organizational commitment as mediator” 14th doctoral consortium of students in management research (COSMAR), Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 21-22nd November, 2014.
• Attended workshop on the topic “Training and awareness session on Scopus and Mendeley and Re-axis” organized by Mahatma Gandhi Central Library, IIT Roorkee on 10-11 March 2015.
• Attended the 3rd International Conference on “Vedic Foundations of Indian Management: New Insights on Co-Creation and Entrepreneurship” organized by Vedic Foundations of Indian Management (A Unit of ISOL Research Foundation) in collaboration with Department of Inter-Cultural Communication and Management, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, 28-30th November, 2014. 
• Participated in the Northern regional Conference on “HR Manthan. A Discourse on Organizational & Social Excellence” organised by Indian Society of Training and Development, Dehradun, 22-23rd November, 2013.
• Attended workshop titled “Qualitative research methods in social sciences and humanities”, a Quality improvement program organized by Department of humanities and social sciences, IIT Roorkee on 12th October 2013. 

Dr. Poornima Tapas is Professor at SIBM Pune. She has Ph.D. in Economics. She has expertise and experience in teaching Economics and Management. She has conducted lectures in Economics at MSU (Metropolitan State University), Denver-USA and also is on editorial and reviewer board of many international research journals.
She is a certified Balance Score Card professional and also has a Six Sigma- Yellow Belt to her credit. She has trained employees of Government Engineering Colleges and Polytechnics in Maharashtra, under the Quality Improvement Programme, organized and sponsored by Directorate of Technical Education, Mumbai. She is Life Member of Pune Business Ethics Foundation, Marathi Artha Sahitya Parishad and SpARC (Spiritual applications Research Centre) and is also associated with many NGOs in Pune.

List of Publications and Activities

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Papers for Conferences/Seminars

Dr.Poornima Tapas (Jan 2006), “Economic Opportunities and Challenges: Global Perspective” 8th International Conference, Delhi
Dr.Poornima Tapas (Mar 2006), “Lifestyle Diseases” International Health Seminar at IIM Ahmedabad
Dr.Poornima Tapas (Sept 2008), “Working with Technological Advancement for increasing the employability of technical graduates”, International seminar at BITS Pilani
Dr.Poornima Tapas (Dec 2008), “Women in Business” International Conference at IMT Ghaziabad
Dr.Poornima Tapas (Jan 2009), “Role of a leader in Total Quality Management of educational system”, International Seminar at IIM Bangalore
Dr.Poornima Tapas (Feb 2009), “WTO and its impact on Developing countries with special reference to Agriculture and Education” International Conference, Garware College, Pune
Dr. Poornima Tapas (Apr 2009), “Behavioural Economics: Emerging Sub-discipline”, International Conference on Arts, Science, Management and Engineering, Goa
Dr. Poornima Tapas (Mar 2010), “Agricultural Delivery System in India” International Conference on Business and Finance, ISB Hyderabad


Papers for Journals

Dr. Poornima Tapas (Feb 2009), “Study of educational environment of Pune city as a tool for transforming personality of a student”, Jidnysa, ISSN-0973-7936, Vol no.3, (pages 15-24)
Dr. Poornima Tapas (Jan 2010), “Inflation and Economy” The Role of Financial Innovations- Corporate Sustenance and Growth, ISBN 978-93-80043-87-6, (pages 254-265)
Dr. Poornima Tapas (Jan 2013), “Business Ethics in Decision making” PARIPEX-Indian Journal of Research, ISSN-2250-1991, Vol: 2, Issue: 1, (pages 39-42)
Dr. Poornima Tapas (Mar 2013), “A Study of consumer preferences for buying Passenger Cars” International Journal of Marketing and Technology, ISSN 2249-1058, Vol-3, Issue-3, (pages 138-154)
Dr. Poornima Tapas (Dec 2013), “Ethics in Business- An overview” Journal of Management and Administration Tomorrow, Vol.2, No.3, ISSN 2278-9316, (pages 23-29)
Dr. Poornima Tapas (Jan-June 2014), “Emerging Trends in Health Care: Challenges and Opportunities” Indian Journal on Economics and Business, ISBN-0972-5784, Vol-13, No., (pages 121-135)



Book Review

“Connect the Dots: By Rashmi Bansal”, International Journal ANVESHAK, ISSN: 2278-8913, Vol no.1, June 2012, (pages 138-139).

Article

Dr.Poornima Tapas (2012), “Article on “How to solve Work Place problems” ANVESHAK, ISSN: 2278-8913, June 2012, (pages 115-117)

Chapter in Book:
Dr. Poornima Tapas (Mar 2009) “Woman’s Autonomy and Communication: Opportunities for Empowerment” Feminist Development Communication, Empowering Women World Wide Series: 3 (under ISRO’s EduSat programme, N.Delhi)

Books:
Poornima Tapas (Jun 2008) ‘Managerial Economics’ for Distance Learning Programme of Indira Group of Institutes, Pune.
Dr. Poornima Tapas (Jan 2013), Editor ‘Business Houses of India’, ISBN 978-81-8407-896-1, Edition 1, Vol 1, Published by Tech-Max Publications, Pune.
Funded Project:
Completed a research project on Health awareness in the residents of Pune city, funded by Pune University under research grant.

Dr. Bhama Venkataramani holds a Ph.D degree in Finance from the University of Pune. She has more than 25 years of experience in teaching courses of Accounting and Finance. She is the founder director of Symbiosis Centre of Management Studies (then more popularly known as Symbiosis BBA). She is also the founder director of Symbiosis School of Banking and Finance, established in 2010. The high demand ratio (number of applicants to number selected for the admission) is an indicator of the good academic standing of the programmes offered in these institutes.

She has to her credit a monograph on Factoring Services published by Think line publishers, Nashik. She has authored several book chapters in Accountancy and Business Organization for B.Com and BBA programmes for the syllabus prescribed by University of Pune. Her research interests are in areas of Financial Inclusion and Inclusive Education and she has published papers on topics relating to these areas.

Dr. Bhama Venkataramani was the Dean, Faculty of Management, Symbiosis International University and had spearheaded the exercise of curriculum development, course levelling and had set processes for introduction of new courses in the catalogues. In her capacity as Dean, FoM, she had also structured the course work for the Ph.D programme to ensure quality of content and delivery.

Two students have been awarded Ph.D degree under her guidance and three more are working under her supervision. She is also the Dean- Academics and Administration, Symbiosis.

Dr. Bhama Venkataramani has been on the Board of Studies for the Department of Banking of Symbiosis College of Arts and Commerce, and IndSearch- both autonomous institutes affiliated to University of Pune. As one of the senior professors of SIU, she is a member of the Board of University Development and the Planning and Monitoring Board of SIU and brings to the table her rich experience in teaching and administration.