Prerona Jana, MBA Cohort of 2024 – 26, IFMR GSB, has co-authored a paper titled Subtractive proteomics unravel the potency of D-alanine-D-alanine ligase as the drug target for Burkholderia pseudomallei, which has been published in ScienceDirect.

Prerona Jana, MBA Cohort of 2024 – 26, IFMR GSB, has co-authored a paper titled Subtractive proteomics unravel the potency of D-alanine-D-alanine ligase as the drug target for Burkholderia pseudomallei, which has been published in ScienceDirect.

A research paper co-authored by Dr Praveen Bhagawan M, Associate Professor, Finance, Accounting and Quantitative Finance and Area Chair – Finance, Accounting and Quantitative Finance, IFMR GSB titled, Intensity of Exploitation-Exploration Innovation Strategies and Credit Ratings, has been published in Economic Modelling journal (“A” category journal as per ABDC list with an Impact Factor = 4.2 & CiteScore= 8).

A research paper by Soumyabrata Basu, PhD Scholar, IFMR GSB co-authored by Dr Praveen Bhagawan, Associate Professor, Finance, Accounting and Quantitative Finance and Area Chair – Finance, IFMR GSB and Dr Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Associate Professor, Economics and Chairperson – PhD Programme, IFMR GSB titled, Bankruptcy Reform and Audit Fees: Evidence from Quasi-natural Experiment in India has been published in Finance Research Letters (FRL) journal. It is an “A” category journal as per ABDC list with an Impact Factor of 7.4, CiteScore of 11.1, and SJR score (2024) of 1.71.
The pre-proof version of the paper is available



A research paper by Dr Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Associate Professor, Economics and Chairperson – PhD Programme, IFMR GSB, titled, Energy Poverty and Education: Evidence from Indian Households (co-authored with Dr Manasi B) has been published as a chapter (Chapter 6) in the Routledge Handbook of the UN Sustainable Development Goals Research and Policy Edited by Ranjula Bali Swain and Peter Dobers.

Dr Vijaya C, Assistant Professor, Finance, IFMR Graduate School of Business (GSB) and Dr Jyoti Kumari, Assistant Professor, Finance, Accounting and Quantitative Finance, IFMR GSB attended the ‘Teaching Cases Seminar’ organised and facilitated by Harvard Business Publishing at Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB) on 28 and 29 April 2025.
Facilitated by Professor V.G. Narayanan, Harvard Business School, the seminar was aimed at strengthening the case study pedagogy in business schools by sharpening the case teaching skills of management faculty across various institutes and disciplines. The seminar covered myriad dimensions of teaching cases, namely importance of case study pedagogy, designing a discussion plan, conducting, steering and evaluating classroom case discussions, as well as the different ways of using GenAI for case study pedagogy.


Dr Jyoti Kumari, Assistant Professor, Finance, Accounting and Quantitative Finance, IFMR GSB has penned an opinion article in the Deccan Herald titled, How decentralised credit enables SMEs, MSMEs.
The article discusses how decentralisation of credit and smart lending not only transforms the MSME sector but also contributes significantly to India’s economic growth.

Dr Swayam Sampurna Panigrahi, Assistant Professor, Operations and Area Chair – Operation, IFMR GSB and SIAS students Tanisha Tayal and Daniel George have co-written an article titled, Growing e-waste crisis in Telangana Today. Through the article they emphasise that e-waste is not just about disposal but about redefining technology, consumption and sustainability.



A research paper co-authored by Dr Debankur Saha, Assistant Professor & Area Chair – Marketing, IFMR GSB, titled Influence of Avitourism Experience in Developing Environmentally Responsible Behaviour has been published in Tourism Recreation Research (ABDC – A / Scopus – Q1).
The paper has been co-authored with Professor Anirban Chakraborty (IIM Lucknow).
This study explores the connection between birdwatching (avitourism) experiences and individuals’ commitment to environmental responsibility. It examines how various dimensions of avitourism experiences contribute to visitor well-being and promote environmentally responsible behaviour (ERB).

Professor Madhuri Saripalle, Professor, Economics and MBA Chair, IFMR GSB recently gave two lectures as visiting faculty at the University of Catania and Ragusa. Professor Saripalle gave a lecture on urban mobility to PhD students at the university and also a lecture on agribusiness supply chains to the undergraduate economics students at Ragusa. The University of Catania, founded in 1434, is the oldest university in Sicily and is a unique blend of ancient civilization with a modern curriculum adapting to the needs of the new generation. The visit was supported by the IFMR fund for the visiting faculty exchange program at Krea University. She also had a chance to interact with the head of the Department, Dr Roberto Cellini, and the hosts- Professors Luca Ruggeiro and MariaOlivella Rizza and other faculty members.



A case study co-authored by Professor Balasubramanian Vijayalakshmi, Professor, OB & HR, IFMR GSB; Professor N Chandrasekaran, Professor Chandrasekaran N (Professor, Operations and Strategy, Area Chair – Strategic Management and Chairperson – Executive MBA programme, IFMR GSB; and Dr Sathya Saminadan R S, Associate Professor of Practice, Marketing, IFMR GSB has been recently published with Ivey Publishing.
Titled Grow Out of the Box, the case highlights the entrepreneurial journey of a creative SME and is now part of the global teaching portfolio used in management and business classrooms around the world.


