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Dr Jayaram Ramakrishnan and Professor Balasubramanian G, IFMR GSB co-authored an article for The Management Accountant

Dr Jayaram Ramakrishnan, Professor of Practice of Finance, IFMR GSB, Krea University and Professor Balasubramanian G, Senior Professor and Advisor – Finance, Accounting & Quantitative Finance, IFMR GSB, Krea University have co-authored an article titled Unlocking the Potential of Industrial Engineering in Cost Optimization. This article was published in the prestigious The Management Accountant, the official magazine of the Institute of Cost Accountants of India, in its September edition. The magazine enjoys a global readership across more than 94 countries.

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Robo Advisors and the Digital Wealth Management

Dr Jyoti Kumari, Assistant Professor of Finance, Accounting & Quantitative Finance, IFMR GSB, Krea University recently penned an article in TheBuckStopper titled Robo Advisors and the Digital Wealth Management: The Future of Indian Capital Markets. The article analyses and predicts the role of virtual robotics and robo-advisors in the Indian financial market in reshaping the financial industry and bringing financial inclusion, in the near future.

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Dr Suresh Govindapuram virtually presented a paper the European Regional Science Association (ESRA 2024) Congress

Dr Suresh Govindapuram, Assistant Professor of Economics, IFMR GSB, Krea University virtually presented a paper titled Cultural Distance and Discrimination in Access to Financial Services: A Case Study for Bank Loans in Rural India at the European Regional Science Association (ESRA 2024) Congress: Regional Science Dialogues for Peace and Sustainable Development on 26 August, 2024 under the theme Culture Based Development: Cultural Narratives for Polarization versus Peace.

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IFMR GSB Professors Collaborate with Government of India to Document Best Practices Case Studies in Public Administration, Contributing to the Launch of ‘Amrit Gyaan Kosh’

Last year, the Government of India’s Capacity Building Commission initiated the documentation of best practices case studies in the Indian public administration system. Professor Lakshmi Kumar, Dean, IFMR GSB (Graduate School of Business), Krea University, spearheaded the initiative to collaborate with the Capacity Building Commission to document around ten case studies as a part of Amrit Gyaan Kosh knowledge bank.

Six professors from IFMR GSB including — Professor Lakshmi Kumar; Professor Vijayalakshmi C, Professor, OB & HR; Professor Chandrasekaran N, Professor, Operations Management & Chairperson – Examinations and Assessments; Sathyanarayanan R, Sundram Fasteners Associate Professor, Marketing; Dr Jayasankar Ramanathan, Associate Professor, Marketing and Dr V N Rajesh, Associate Professor, Data Science & Information Systems and Area Chair – Data Science & Information Systems — volunteered for this task and have written these case studies, documenting some of the outstanding initiatives and best practices of our civil servants around the country in various states and departments.

During the Civil Service Training Institutions (CSTI) Convention 2024, organised by the Government of India’s Capacity Building Commission on 12 August, 2024 in New Delhi, the “Amrit Gyaan Kosh” was launched by Dr Jitendra Sigh — the Honourable Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy & Minister of State in the Department of Space. IFMR GSB professors were also honoured with an invitation to attend the launch.

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Sathyanarayanan Ramachandran presented a paper at Academic Design Management Conference 2024, Netherlands

Sathyanarayanan Ramachandran, Sundram Fasteners Associate Professor, Marketing, IFMR GSB, Krea University successfully presented his paper Design Thinking View on an affordable public bike-sharing project from India during the Academic Design Management Conference 2024 held at TU Delft, Netherlands, on 6 and 7 August, 2024. The paper was based on the innovative “Bikes of Bijnor” project as an illustrative case for design thinking and marketing orientation in public action programmes for multiple stakeholder benefits. He also enlightened the audience about planned vs intuitive processes with several Indian and transnational examples. The perspective was well received and greatly appreciated by the diverse global audience who attended this prestigious international conference.

Dr Praveen Bhaghwan, Navya J Muricken and Dr Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay have published a research paper in the Journal of Accounting Literature (JAL)

Dr Praveen Bhagwan, Associate Professor & Area Chair – Finance, Accounting and Quantitative Finance, IFMR GSB, Krea University, Navya J Muricken, PhD Student, IFMR GSB, Krea University and Dr Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay Associate Professor, Economics, and Chairperson – PhD Programme, IFMR GSB, Krea University have co-authored a research paper titled “Does mandating gender quota in corporate boards affect firms` credit ratings? Evidence from India”. This paper has been published in the Journal of Accounting Literature (JAL)
JAL is a reputed peer reviewed journal in the area of Finance and Accounting and is classified as “A” as per ABDC classification with a 5-year Impact Factor (2023) = 4.2 as per Clarivate.

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Dr Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Dr Sona Mitra, Dr Sayli Javadekar  and Dr Narbadeshwar Mishra Publish a Research Paper in the Journal of Development Studies

Dr Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Associate Professor, Economics, & Chairperson – PhD Programme, IFMR GSB, Krea University, Dr Sona Mitra, Principal Economist, IWWAGE, Dr Sayli Javadekar, independent researcher, and Dr Narbadeshwar Mishra, Assistant Professor, O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) and an alumnus of the IFMR GSB PhD Programme, have co-authored a research paper titled Does Gender-Based Awareness Campaign Improve Girls’ Educational and Learning Outcomes? Empirical Evidence from India, published in the Journal of Development Studies (JDS). 

JDS is a highly regarded multidisciplinary journal in the area of development studies, categorised as “A” by the ABDC classification (Q1 as per Scopus, with an SJR (2023) of 1.03 and an Impact Factor (2023) = 2.9). 

This study is the outcome of collaborative research with Dr Sona Mitra from the Institute for What Works to Advance Gender Equality (IWWAGE), an initiative of LEAD at Krea University. The research was funded by Krea University under Krea Faculty Research Fellowship 2020-21. 

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Professor Madhuri Saripalle Presents a Paper at the American Agricultural Economics Association’s Annual Meeting in New Orleans, US

Professor Madhuri Saripalle, Professor, Economics & Chairperson – MBA Programme, IFMR GSB, Krea University presented a paper on Analyzing Inter-State Price Volatility Across the Rice Supply Chain at the American Agricultural Economics Association’s annual meeting (AAEA) held in New Orleans, US, from 28–31 July, 2024. The AAEA meeting is a prestigious conference and attracts more than 1,000 agricultural and applied economists from around the world every year.

Professor Saripalle’s research analyses rice price volatility at regulated market centres or APMCs, the minimum support prices received by farmers, and the prices paid by consumers at retail-level fair-price shops. Price trends are examined in major rice-growing states – West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. Data from the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution and the Directorate of Marketing & Inspection (DMI) is utilised to compile weekly and daily rice prices from various market channels for the pre and post-pandemic periods across various states of India. The study finds differences in price trends and volatility based on state-specific responses and institutional mechanisms prevalent across states.

Dr Suresh Govindapuram Completes a Course on the Fundamentals of Case Teaching by Harvard Business Publishing

Dr Suresh Govindapuram, Assistant Professor of Economics, IFMR GSB, Krea University has completed  an online course on the Fundamentals of Case Teaching by Harvard Business Publishing (HBS). 

Case study pedagogy in Business Schools places students in real-world decision-making roles, enhancing analytical skills, critical thinking, creativity, and communication. Effective faculty approaches are crucial, and MBA/BBA students benefit from mastering management concepts through case studies for informed decision-making.