IFMR GSB has been nurturing marketing talent ever since its inception. It has deep-rooted connections with the industry, with long standing association with industry stalwarts. The marketing faculty team is a blend of rich industry experience and strong academic credentials. It is due to this, that the foundational courses of first year are followed by the entire spectrum of marketing electives in the second year. As a testimony of this commitment to the marketing area, GSB has initiated an annual marketing conference – where leading CXOs and Head of Marketing Division from the industry are invited to talk on important and critical issues – to provide vital guidance to the students specializing in marketing.
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Fellow of the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode.
Jayasankar Ramanathan is an Associate Professor of Marketing at IFMR GSB, Krea University. His research interests include Understanding Stock Market/Consumer Reactions to Marketing/Ethics Phenomena. His teaching interests include many subjects in Marketing such as Marketing Management, Brand Management, Marketing Research, and Marketing Ethics.
Jayasankar Ramanathan completed doctoral studies from the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode. Before joining the doctoral program, he was employed as a Programmer Analyst at Cognizant Technology Solutions and was a member of the R&D team at Cognizant Academy. After completing the doctoral program, he was employed as a Visiting Assistant Professor and then as an Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Management Indore and then as an Assistant Professor at Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam.
Jayasankar Ramanathan also holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan.
Sathyanarayanan has twenty years of industry and academic experience, having worked in Organizations like BIM, CII, CBS and also in European Union’s Global projects like Economic Cross-Cultural Programme (ECCP). Sathya Considers himself a motivator and enjoys the role of being a catalyst to vibrant, young minds and motivating them towards excellence in their areas of strength.
Prof Sathyanarayanan is one of the Top-6 Global finalists in the “Case for Women – Case study Writing Competition” organized by Forté Foundation, Case For Women and Emerald Publishing (2021). His case study “Happy Self Publishing” has been accepted for publication in “Emerald-The Case for Women Collection”. He was a winner in London Business School’s Case development Initiative (2009) and his case study “Legal Process Outsourcing Opportunity and Cobra Legal Solutions” has been published by Palgrave Macmillan UK.
Dr Sathya after Completing MBA from IFMR, have 19 rich years of Work experience of which 10 years he was in the Industry and 9 years in Academia. Initial career started with a Pharmaceutical Company as Sales representative. Later moved to aviation industry and later into banking sector.
Had a vibrant career growth, starting as a Sales Executive to Assistant Vice President. Served and been a part of every marketing department which included Sales, Training, Digital Marketing and Product strategy. Was heading the branches in bank, lead a holistic team of managers who were responsible for revenue and broadening market.
During 2010 moved to Great Lakes Institute of Management as lecturer for marketing as move towards the passion of becoming a teacher.
Dr Sathya, Completed his PhD in Digital Marketing in alliance with search and purchase behaviour of the consumer from the University, SCSVMV – Kanchipuram.
He is associated with than a dozen colleges in Chennai and outer as a visiting prof. and to name a few, IIT- Madras, LIBA and SRM.
He was awarded as the best teacher for the year 2016 by International Business Conference committee, Goa for the contribution towards teaching and research in the area of Marketing.
Been a committee chair in many occasions for to manage an event, conference, department and institution building exercises.
Dr Sathya Saminadan have also published several research papers and some them were widely recognized among the research community, to name a few :