IFMR GSB at Krea University welcomes incoming MBA batch of 2023

IFMR Graduate School of Business at Krea University welcomed the new batch of MBA students with ‘Prarambh’ – a three-day virtual orientation programme. Packed with engaging sessions, industry interactions, discussions and presentations with Krea leadership, faculty, staff, students, and alumni, the inaugural function for the incoming batch of 2021-2023 took place on 1 July 2021. …

MBA Office releases the medal winners, merit scholarship awardees, and Dean’s Merit List from the IFMR GSB MBA batch of 2019-21

We are delighted to share the list of medal winners, merit scholarship awardees and the Dean’s Merit List at IFMR Graduate School of Business (IFMR GSB), Krea University from the MBA batch of 2019-21. Medal winners:  The first three medals – the C.M.Kothari Medal; the A.Sivasailam Medal; the A.M.M. Arunachalam Medal – are awarded to …

My Summer Internship Story: Srutarshi Chakrabarti (MBA Cohort of 2022)

Did you focus on a specific domain while participating in summer placements?  During my summer placements, I focused on the role and how it aligns with my career interests. I stressed a lot on the learning part of the internship and wanted an internship in such a domain that would provide me with aspects of …

New Faculty appointments at IFMR GSB, Krea University

We are glad to announce that Prof Vinod Kumar (Associate Professor of Finance, IFMR GSB); Prof Jayasankar Ramanathan (Associate Professor of Marketing, IFMR GSB); Prof VN Rajesh (Associate Professor of Data Science and Information Systems, IFMR GSB) and Prof Gayathri Sampath (Associate Professor of Strategy, IFMR GSB) have joined Krea University!

Conference paper authored by IFMR GSB PhD scholar and faculty wins ‘Best Doctoral Paper Award’!

IFMR Graduate School of Business (IFMR GSB) at Krea University PhD Scholar Ameesh Samalopanan and Prof Vijayalakshmi Balasubramaniam together authored two papers that are all set to be presented at two different conferences.  Their conference paper “Defining Dignity at Workplace: A Step Closer Towards Responsible Management”, won this year’s Eastern Academy of Management Conference (EAM) …

‘Social Science and Medicine’ Journal accepts impactful paper on supply chain co-authored by Prof Vijaya Subramanian

Prof Vijaya Subramanian — Sundram Fasteners Associate Professor of Operations Management at IFMR GSB — has co-authored a paper titled “Essential medicine shortages, procurement process and supplier response: A normative study across Indian states”. Accepted in the “Social Science and Medicine” journal, the paper analyses the supply chain factors leading to essential medicine shortages in …

Strome College of Business at Old Dominion University accepts paper for presentation authored by Dr Shobha Das

Dr Shobha Das, Dean – IFMR GSB at Krea University, will present her paper “Transitional Entrepreneurs in the Gulf: Examining transnational temporary migrant entrepreneurship in Qatar” at a virtual conference hosted by Strome College of Business at Old Dominion University. Adhering to the theme of the conference — ‘Transitional Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship among Veterans, Women, Minorities, …

Research paper by two IFMR GSB professors to be presented at the 37th International Conference of the French Finance Association

Dr Praveen Bhagawan, Assistant Professor of Finance – IFMR Graduate School of Business at Krea University, and Dr Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Associate Professor of Economics – IFMR Graduate School of Business at Krea University, have together worked on an impactful research paper titled “Does Mandatory Expenditure on CSR Affect Firm Value? Empirical Evidence from Indian …

Sundram Fasteners Limited to support 4 faculty positions at Krea

In an effort to encourage Krea University’s talented faculty in their research interests and academic endeavours, Chennai-based manufacturing company Sundram Fasteners Limited (SFL) have come on board to support 4 faculty positions in Science and Business. The proud recipients of this grant are- Prof Bharath Sundaram for Sundram Fasteners Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies; Prof …

Krea University appoints Dr. Mahesh Rangarajan as Vice Chancellor

Eminent scholar of history and environmental studies to lead Krea University’s efforts to re-imagine education 31st March 2021, Sri City: Krea University announced the appointment of Dr. Mahesh Rangarajan as its next Vice Chancellor, effective July 2021.  A scholar of global renown, Dr. Rangarajan has an MA and a DPhil, both from Oxford University, where he was …