Faculty Outreach Activities

Faculty Outreach Activities 2021-22

FOA 2021-2022 FOA 2020-2021 FOA 2019-20 FOA 2018-19  FOA 2017-18  FOA 2016-17 FOA 2015-16
Dr (Lt Col) Prasad S.N.
ME, PGDM, Ph D
Deputy Director & Professor - Strategy & General Management
  • Expert panel member for the Rane (India) Innovation Competition.
  • Invited Speaker on NEP at St.Philomena's College Degree Orientation.
  • Visiting faculty at the Esc.Pau, France conducted the course ‘Responsible Human Resource Management’ from 15 Nob 2021 this year for one week for the International MBA students of Esc. Pau.
Dr. M.R. Suresh
PGDRM & Ph.D
Professor - Marketing
  • Reviewed a paper on August 30, 2021 for the Management and Labour Studies journal published by Sage Publications. The paper focused on Service quality and Learners' satisfaction in Click classrooms which have emerged as an important approach to teaching in higher learning institutions in the post pandemic era. 
  • Delivered a sessions on Case writing and Case teaching to the faculty members of School of Management Sciences, Varanasi as part of that institute's FDP on “Enhancing Faculty Competence vis a vis National Educational Policy” on August 31, 2021.
  • Panelist for a Ph D synopsis presentation in May 2021 for Jain University. The thesis topic focused on Innovation processes (from product perspective) in non-family and family firms in the IT sector.  
  • Jury Member/Mentor during the TiE University Pitchfest 2021, held in the month of March- April 2021. They highly appreciate his contribution to TiE Mysuru Chapter, the TiE University and Entrepreneurship development.
Dr. Nilanjan Sengupta
M.A. & Ph.D.
Professor - OB/HRM
  • Invited as a Adjudicator of PhD thesis, from the Department of Management, Seacom Skills University, Bolpur, West Bengal.
  • Reviewed manuscript titled Practice based organizational change ifor the Journal Organization Collection, Common Ground Publishers, USA.
  • Reviewed the manuscript titled Socio-economic and Political Impact of Pandemics in the African Continent for International Journal of Sociology and Anthropology.
  • Attended the 5-day online FDP on the theme “Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education” organized by All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE) from 25 October 2021 to 29 October 2021.
  • Reviewed a manuscript for the journal International Journal of Sociology and Anthropology (IJSA) titled - The (Capitalist) making of an addict: A Marxian and Durkheimian perspective on modern manifestations of addiction
  • Reviewed a manuscript titled Business ethics practices in top companies in Peru, manuscript no. 76781 for the Common Ground Publishers' Journal collection - The Organization Collection.
Dr. Mousumi Sengupta
M.A. in HRM, GradIPD & Ph.D.
Professor - OB/HRM
  • Invited to join the Review Board of the Journal of Organization and Human Behaviour, Publishing India Group, ISSN Number: 2277-3274, indexed: EBSCO (Business Source Complete), Proquest, i-scholar, Ulrich's Web, Cabell's Directory of Publishing Opportunities. 
  • Reviewed an article for Rajagiri Management Journal, ISSN: 0972-9968, eISSN: 2633-0091, Emerald Publishing. 
  • Reviewed a paper titled "ECO TAXES - YOU POLLUTE, YOU PAY" submitted for consideration of publication in VISION: Journal of Indian Taxation.
  • Invited as a Adjudicator of PhD thesis, from the Department of Management, Seacom Skills University, Bolpur, West Bengal.
  • Invited as a subject expert in the field of Management in the Research Advisory Committee (RAC) meeting for the research scholars of CMR University Bangalore. 
  • SDMIMD partnered with the University of Dundee School of Business to jointly organized the International Partners Research Conference 2021 on 29 November 2021. During the conference, Dr. Mousumi Sengupta, Professor - HRM and OB, SDMIMD, chaired a session on the   theme "E-commerce and Big Data". 
  • Participated and successfully completed a 5 days Faculty Development Program on “Inculcating Universal Human Values in Technical Education”, conducted online during 25-29 October, 2021.
  • Invited as an adjudicator for  PhD Thesis in the area of social media recruitment, for Christ University, Bangalore. 
Dr. Neetu Ganapathy
M.Sc., MDBA & Ph.D
Associate Professor - Systems
  • Worked with Pearson on an adaptation plan for the Indian edition of  ‘E-commerce’ by Laudon and Traver.
  • Was invited by the Department of Management Studies, SDM College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad, to review and recommend changes to their course on Business Communication.
  • Attended a 5-day online FDP on Universal Human Values (UHV) by AICTE from August 16th to 20th, 2021
  • Attended follow up meetings of the AICTE UHV training program on August 29, 2021 and September 5, 2021
  • Attended a virtual meeting of the CII Women Network Forum held on May 10, 2021.
  • Attended a webinar on “Coming to Grips with COVID Stress the Ayurveda way” by Dr. Poornima Krishnamoorthy, Director, Prajna Kuteera which was organized by CII Women Network Forum on May 29, 2021.
  • Attended a virtual meeting conducted by the Abu Dhabi University as part of their Global Engagement Program
  • Chaired a meeting of the core team of the CII Women Networking Forum on August 5th at 2:00 PM to plan for a Conference on Women Empowerment.
  • Chaired a meeting of the core team of the CII Women Networking Forum on February 17, 2022 at 2:30 PM to plan for a Roundtable on Women in Leadership.
  • Attended a Roundtable of the Women Leaders’ Forum organized by ISB Hyderabad on February 17, 2022
Prof. Mohamed Minhaj
MCA, M.Phil
Associate Professor - Systems
  • Reviewed a manuscript entitled “What Does Comprehensibility Do to Content ? Automatic Analysis of Semantic Differences in Text-Based Follow-Up Communication Using T-MITOCAR” for Journal of Information Science.
  • Contributed an article entitled “The Emergence of Business Analytics in Management Education” in I’M magazine, Special Edition, Shiksha Samagam 2021-22
  • On 5 and 6 July 2021, attended a Workshop on Tableau, organised by NEAT Cell, AICTE.
  • Was a member of the core group for organising the  CII Mysore’s  Annual IT Conference on January 19, 2022.
  • Attended a seminar on Research Data Management and Stewardship – Building Blocks of Open Science, organised by Informatics as part of LTC 2022 on January 4, 2022.
  • Was a special invitee to represent the Mysore Chapter of Computer Society of India for the Online National Level Coding Competition, “CODE IGNITER-2021”, organised by GSSS Institute of Engineering and Technology for Women, Mysuru, on November 11 2021.
Dr. Srilakshminarayana.G
M.Sc., Ph.D.
Associate Professor - Quantitative Methods
  • Attended the Workshop on advanced research methodology" from February 21, 2022, to February 25, 2022, at Government of Maharasthras Sydenham Institute of Management Studies Research and Entrepreneurship Education.
  • Attended the Data Analysis Using Econometric Models" from February 7, 2022, to February 11, 2022, at Central University of Tamil Nadu.
  • Reviewed a paper titled “Impact of Perceived Corporate Citizenship and Purchase Intention During the COVID-19 Pandemic Crises in the Retail Sector" for South Asian Journal of Marketing. Emerald Publishing.
  • Reviewed a paper titled “Driven determinants to Indonesia sharia commercial banks' performance: the important role of diversification strategy” for Advances in Decision Sciences. Scopus Q4 Journal.
  • Reviewed a paper titled” The    discrepancy of $(n_kx)^\infty_{k=1}$ with respect to certain probability measures” for American Mathematical Society”.
  • Acted as an external examiner for the project presentations of the B.Sc Students of NMIMS Schools of Science, Bangalore, on November 15, 2021.
  • Conducted a workshop on “Multivariate Data Analysis in Research” for the research scholars of Vidyavardhaka First Grade College on October 3, 2021.
  • Conducted a workshop on “Inferential Statistics in Research” for the research scholars of Vidyavardhaka First Grade College on September 25, 2021.
  • Attended a Workshop on “Natural Language Processing”, conducted by Data Centre and Analytics Lab & Analytics Society of India, on July 16-18, 2021.
Dr. M. Sriram
MBA, FCMA, M.Com, MPhil, Ph D
Associate Professor - Finance
  • Reviewed a paper titled 'Can Coercive, mimetic and normative isomorphism predict  hedging decisions? for Cogent Journal of economics and finance (Taylor &Francis), (ABDC-B, SCOPUS-Q2 and ABS-1) on March 10, 2022.
  • Invited to review the course on 'Corporate finance' by Department of Management Studies, SDM College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad on March 11, 2022.
  • Invited to moderate a session on 'Economic Outlook- State of the Economy' in the conference organized by the Finance and Taxation Panel, CII Mysuru on February 23, 2022 (online). The session was delivered by Sri. Saugata Bhattacharya, Chief Economist, Axis Bank,Mumbai.
  • Was invited as an external examiner to conduct the Research Advisory Committee (RAC) meeting (virtual mode) at School of Management, Presidency University, Bengaluru on February 22, 2022.
  • Reviewed a paper titled 'Board Characteristics, assurance auditing services role and earnings management- Evidence from Vietnam' for International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting (ABDC-B, ABS-level 2, Scopus Q3), published by Inderscience Publications.
  • Reviewed a research paper titled 'Effect of Capital Structure on the Financial and Social Performance of Indian Microfinance Institutions' for FIIB Business Review (indexed in SCOPUS and ABS level 1), published by SAGE on August 20, 2021.
  • Was invited as an external examiner to conduct the Research Advisory Committee (RAC) meeting (virtual mode) at School of Management, Presidency University, Bengaluru on June 11, 2021.
  • Invited to review a book titled 'Stock Splits in India and China by SAGE Spectrum (SAGE's flagship self publication platform) on June 10, 2021.
    Attended a four day FDP on Panel Data Analysis using GRETL organized by Department of Financial Studies, University of Delhi between June 7-10, 2021.
  • Reviewed a case study titled 'Burger King India IPO-  Invest or not' for Asian Journal of Management Cases (ABDC-C and Scopus Q3) and published by SAGE on April 22, 2021.
Dr. Jayakrishnan S 
Bsc, PGDM, PGCAM & PR, FPM (NITIE)
Associate Professor - Marketing
  • Participated in the International Conference on Digital Marketing experiences organized by Jain University from 27 to 29 October 2021 as a Track /Session chair.
  • Was part of the Judging panel for the Global Marketing competition - a case study competition organized by New York-based deal sourcing platform-Appengine at the National level on September 9-10, 2021.
  • Attended a webinar titled "Designing Better Courses: Blending the Best of Pre- and Post-Pandemic Pedagogy" on July 21, 2021, organized by Harvard Business Publishing. 
  • Participated in Ahmedabad Learning Dialogues - A Conference on Teaching and Learning conducted by Ahmedabad University.
  • Review the paper titled "Elements of Innovation Culture Influencing Individual Research and Development (R&D) Performance in Public Higher Education Institutions in the Philippines" for Asia-Pacific Journal of Management Research and Innovation, published by Sage.
  • Attended a webinar organized by Pearson titled "Unlocking extraordinary insights into brand management" on April 23, 2021.
Dr. Venkatraja B
MA, Ph.D
Associate Professor - Economics
  • Was invited as the Guest Speaker to the "Analysis of Union Budget 2022-23" organised by Rotaract Club Bangalore on February 8, 2022. This virtual program was attended by the club members. 
  • Reviewed on invitation a research paper submitted to Heliyon - a scopus indexed journal published by Elsevier.
  • Reviewed a research paper for International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management (Scopus and ABDC listed), published by Inderscience Publishers Ltd.
  • Reviewed a research paper that examines the effectiveness of Business Facilitator Index (MSME-BFI) in analysing the performance of Indian MSMEs' for Asia-Pacific Journal of Management Research and Innovation, a Scopus indexed journal published by Sage. 
Prof. L Gandhi
M.A., M.B.A., M.Phil., UGC-NET
Assistant Professor - OB/HRM
  • Presented a case titled "Founding Father Vs Top Brass" AIMA ICRC Case Writing Competition held on 24,25 & 26 March 2022. 
  • Reviewed a paper on "Influence of Performance appraisal and training on job satisfaction" for JME Journal, (UGC-CARE List)
  • Acted as a resource person for the MDP on "Leadership in the Disruptive World" on December 3, 2021. The MDP was organized by SVPITM, Coimbatore  
  • Reviewed a paper on "Motivation to learn, mobile learning and online learning" for the European Journal of Training and Development (Emerald publications)
  • Acted as a Chief Guest and Speaker of an "International Conference on Innovation" organized by Sri Ramakrishna College, Coimbatore on September 15, 2021.
  • Acted as a resource person Webinar on "Students will have to develop HR resources to drive Marketing” on September 8, 2021. organized by MBA Rendevous
  • Acted as a resource person for the webinar on "Leadership of the future" on Sep 09, 2021. The webinar was organized by CIMAT, Coimbatore  
Prof. Kannadas S 
MBA, M.Phil, FDP (IIM K), FDP (IISc)
Assistant Professor - Finance
  • Delivered a national level online webinar on the topic, emerging trends and risks in financial management.
  • Invited as a resource person for a national-level webinar on 21st March 2022.
Dr. K Riyazahmed
B.Com (CSCA), MBA, Ph.D. (UGC-NET)
Assistant Professor - Finance
  • Reviewed a paper titled "The financial crash of 2020 and the retail traders boon a correlation between sentiment and technical analysis" for the SN Business and Economics published by Springer (ISSN: 2662-9399)
  • Acted as a reviewer for the Rajagiri Management Journal (ISSN: 0972-9968, eISSN: 2633-0091) published by Emerald publishing and indexed in Proquest, Ebsco, and UGC.
  • Reviewed 22 research papers in total during the year 2021 "SN Business and Economics" published by Springer.
  • Acted as a resource person for a webinar on the topic "Artificial Intelligence - Insights into the Post Algorithmic Business World" to IMS Learning Resources Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai. The webinar was conducted on 14th December 2021. 
  • Acted as a session chair for 'Accounting and Finance', in the international conference "ISDSI-Global Conference 2021 Leading Business in a Fluid world" held during 27-30 DECEMBER 2021, organized by Indian Institute of Management Nagpur, India. 
Dr. Sunil M.V
MLISc, Ph.D
Assistant Professor - Learning Resources
  • Delivered webinar on "Engaging library fraternity with emerging technologies” held on  May 29, 2021. He spoke about ‘libraries’ moving away from regular topics - research methodology, plagiarism, reference management, searching, e-learning, etc.
  • Invited to conduct a webinar on the topic "Understanding plagiarism in Academic Assignments" held on May 26, 2021.
Dr. Balaji Gopalan
M.Sc., M.E. & Ph. D
Assistant Professor - Operations
  • Chaired Session at the ISDSI-Global conference 2021: Leading business in a Fluid world held by the Indian Institute of Management, Nagpur during December 27-30, 2021.

 

Faculty Outreach Activities 2020-21

FOA 2020-2021 FOA 2019-2020 FOA 2018-19  FOA 2017-18  FOA 2016-17 FOA 2015-16
Dr. N.R. Parasuraman
LLB, FCS, FICWA, DBF, Ph.D.
Director & Professor-Finance
  • Invited to address at the TNTDPC Summit on The Future of Management Education: Leadership for the New Normal held during December 18-19, 2020 (Virtual Platform).
  • Was a panel member on "How to transform challenges into opportunities to maximise the impact" on August 20, 2020, organized by EFMD Global Network. He  addressed on the regional perspective of the B-School sharing the specific experiences, challenges and insights into the impact assessment process, particularly in pivoting during the period of crisis.
  • Delivered a webinar session on August 20, 2020, on the data presentation of the institution in the survey focused on the CBPOMS Survey. The webinar session was organized by Muscat College Nigeria.
  • Was a panel member for the Webinar on "Is Blended Learning going to be the Future of MBA teaching?" organized by MBA Rendezvous!. The panel which included leaders in the Management Education discussed the key aspects of online education & face to face teaching and how the stakeholders of a B-School come together to bridge the Digital Divide. Further, the discussion focused on access to online resources and adaptability to the new normal.
Dr. Nilanjan Sengupta
M.A. & Ph.D.
Professor - OB/HRM
  • Reviewed a manuscript titled Stages of Organizational Conscience, manuscript no. M 20 75718 for the Common Ground Publishers' Journal collection - The Organization Collection.
  • Reviewed a manuscript titled - An Assessment of Community Assets, and gaps in its utilizations, Assela city Administration, manuscript no.  IJSA/21.09.20/0882. for International Journal of  Sociology and Anthropology ( IJSA) part of academic journal org.
  • Reviewed the manuscript titled - Viability Analysis of Small Hydroelectric Power Projects in Saal Valley in Ravi basin of Chamba District in North Western Himalayas, manuscript number - IJSA 25.06.20-0864 for the journal  International Journal of Sociology and Anthropology ( IJSA). part of academic journals.org
  • Reviewed the article titled “Enhancing organizational workgroups” submitted for publication in the The Organization Collection, Common Ground Publishers, USA, Manuscript no. ID 75211.
  • Reviewed the article titled “Analysis of Children’s Social Competence – An African Perspective” submitted for publication in the International Journal of Sociology and Anthropology, ISSN: 2006-988X DOI: 10.5897/IJSA, Manuscript no. IJSA-29.10.20-0883.
  • Reviewed the article titled “Feuerbach’s Anthropology, Human Existence and Philosophy” submitted for publication in the International Journal of Sociology And Anthropology, ISSN: 2006-988X, DOI: 10.5897/IJSA, Manuscript no. IJSA/19.11.20/0891.
  • Reviewed the article titled "Sex differences in mate selection criteria in Bangladesh: A study from the perspective of assortative vs. disassortative mating” submitted for publication in the The interdisciplinary Journal of Social Sciences, Common Ground Publishers, USA.
  • Reviewed the article titled "The Interaction between Organisational Culture and Individual Behaviour: a Conceptual Approach” submitted for publication in the Organization Studies Journal, Common Ground Publishers, USA.
Dr. Mousumi Sengupta
M.A. in HRM, GradIPD & Ph.D.
Professor - OB/HRM
  • Appointed as a member of National Council for Higher Education,  Women's Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry ( WICCI), for the year 2021.
  • Delivered an online lecture on the topic "Job Evaluation" on November 3, 2020 at SDM College of Engineering & Technology, Dharwad, Department of Management Studies, as a part of the 'Compensation & Benefits Management' course.
  • Invited to deliver a lecture on the topic "Strategic Human Resource Management - An Analysis amongst pandemic", during a National level webinar, at St.Joseph’s College,Hassan, on August 19, 2020.
Dr. M.R. Suresh
PGDRM & Ph.D
Professor - Marketing
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  • Reviewed a paper in March 2021, for Management and Labour studies journal published by Sage. The paper focused on innovation issues.
  • Adjudicator for M Phil dissertation in the Marketing Area submitted at Christ University, Bangalore.He was also External Examiner for the candidate's thesis defence
  • Invited to deliver a lecture on Marketing and Consumer behaviour on Oct 9, 2020 for Dept of Management Studies, SDM College of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad. The session was highly appreciated and Letter of Appreciation received from SDMCET.
  • Reviewed a paper of Consumer Psychological Contract Breach for Global Business Research Journal.
  • Conducted 2-Day "Workshop on Cases Methods" to the case authors during August 12 and 13, 2020 at ATI, Mysuru. The workshop was organized jointly by the Administrative Training Institute (ATI) PPP Cell, Mysuru and SDMIMD Mysuru.
  • Reviewed the case submissions of faculty colleagues as part of the editorial process for the proposed Case Volume on PPP jointly brought out by ATI, Mysuru and SDMIMD
  • Conducted 2-Day "Workshop on Cases Methods" to the case authors during August 12 and 13, 2020 at ATI, Mysuru. The workshop was organized jointly by the Administrative Training Institute (ATI) PPP Cell, Mysuru and SDMIMD Mysuru. 
Dr. Prasad S.N.
ME, PGDM, Ph D
Professor - Strategy & General Management
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  • Inviting as a final stage assessor for entrepreneurial ideas for funding in the Automotive and E Vehicle sector by EvXprts India. 
  • Invited as Subject Matter Expert to assess entrepreneurial ideas in the final stage for funding by Lemon Ideas, Ahmedabad. 
  • Conducted a Training Session on "PPP projects in the Integrated Agricultural Development (IAD) and Renewable Energy in India" on August 27, 2020, for the Govt. Horticulture Officers of Davangere Division, Karnataka. The training program was organized & hosted by the Administrative Training Institute (ATI) - PPP Cell, Mysuru.   
  • Attended the workshop on case writing on PPP projects at ATI, Mysore on August 12-13, 2020.
  • As part of the CII- Industry-Institute-Panel, he was a resource person in the webinar on the Online Education and the Challenges Faced by the Teaching Faculty on August 2, 2020.
  • Participated and conducted the webinar on the BSIS Webinar platform on the Impact on the Regional Eco-system by SDMIMD, Mysore.
  • Was invited to join the Board of Studies of the SDMCET-Department of MBA in May 2020.
  • Was invited to join the Core Executive Group of the EvXperts Foundation, a non-profit body to promote training and education in technology and specifically Electric Vehicle & Renewable energy area. 
Prof. Malathi Sriram
MCA, P.G. Diploma in System Analysis, M.Phil.
Associate Professor - Systems
  • Invited as a resource person at the webinar on "Online Education in COVID times: Opportunities and Challenges", Organized by CII Mysore Women Network Forum on August 4, 2020. She deliberated on the opportunities and challenges of online education and shared tips on how one can make effective use of online education.
Dr. Neetu Ganapathy
M.Sc., MDBA & Ph.D
Associate Professor - Systems
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  • Invited to deliver a motivational talk (virtual mode) to the undergraduate and post-graduate students of SDMMMK, held on January 15, 2021. The talk was part of a series of talks arranged during the "Yuva Sapthaha" organised to commemorate the birth celebrations of Swami Vivekananda by the NSS wing of the college.
  • Conducted a MDP on "Communicating Effectively in the Virtual World" on December 18, 2020.
  • Attended a webinar on 'The Challenges and Opportunities of Teaching and Learning Online' organised by Harvard Business Publishing on December 17, 2020.
  • Attended a virtual conference on "Empowering Women: Building the Bridge" organised by the CII Women Networking Forum, Mysore chapter on November 27, 2020.
  • Attended a webinar on 'Teaching Business Communication Today!' organised by Oxford University Press on September 18, 2020.
  • Attended a webinar on 'Amplifying Engagement: Energising Students in Large Online Classrooms' organised by Harvard Business School on September 17, 2020.
  • Participated in a SDMIMD Toastmasters virtual meeting held on September 5, 2020 with the theme "Ikigai". This meeting was held to commemorate the completion of 6 years of the club which was founded in 2014.
  • Liaised with the Bharti Foundation to write a case study on PPPs in school education in India
  • Invited as a resource person at the webinar on "Online Education in COVID times: Opportunities and Challenges", Organized by CII Mysore Women Network Forum on August 4, 2020. She deliberated on the opportunities and challenges of online education and shared tips on how one can make effective use of online education.
Prof. Mohamed Minhaj
MCA, M.Phil
Associate Professor - Systems
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  • Was an invited discussant for an international technology conclave on the theme - Cyber Infrastructure and Big Data Analytics. The conclave was  organised by Informatics in association with CSIR, RGUHS and NIAS on January 29, 2021.
  • Delivered a talk "How to make machines learn like humans" in a webinar organised by IMS learning and attended by 200 participants on February 5, 2021.
  • Elected as Chairman of Computer Society of India, Mysore Chapter for 2020 - 21.
  • Attended the 17'th Annual Lecture on Informatics, organised by Informatics, Bengaluru held on December 11, 2020.
  • Attended a Webinar on Campus Digitisation, organised by AICTE in association with edX, held on December 9, 2020.
  • Attended a Virtual Session on Cyber Security, organised by CII, Mysuru, held on October 29, 2020.
  • Attended the workshop on How to publish your manuscript successfully with Wiley, held on October 14, 2020.
  • Was the Chief Guest for the 8th Anniversary Celebration of the Institute’s chapter of Computer Society of India at ATME College of Engineering, Mysuru, held on August 10, 2020.
  • Was the resource person for the Webinar on Business Analytics organised by Vidyanvarthaka College of Engineering, Mysuru, held on August 8, 2020.
  • Was a resource person for the Webinar on Online Education and the challenges faced by the Teaching Faculty, organised by CII, Mysuru, held on August 2, 2020.
Dr. Srilakshminarayana.G
M.Sc., Ph.D.
Associate Professor - Quantitative Methods
  • Acted as a question paper setter, Operations Research, for the Kirloskar Institute for Advanced Management Studies.
  • Reviewed a paper titled "Challenges and Strategies for Effective Stress Management in the New Normal-An Empirical Study" for the IRTM conference, held from 26-28 February, 2021.
  • Reviewed a paper titled "Impact of Customer Trust in Online Shopping Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Study on Dhaka, Bangladesh", for the IRTM conference, held from 26-28 February, 2021.
  • Included as a reviewer for the journal Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal (ASTESJ), Scopus indexed, 2021.
  • Reviewed a paper titled "Entrepreneurial Intention Among Millennials", for the journal Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal (ASTESJ), Scopus indexed, 2021.
  • Reviewed a paper titled “The Mediating Role of Entrepreneurial Orientation on the Knowledge Creation-Firm Performance Nexus: Evidence from Indonesian IT Companies”, for the journal Advances in Science, Technology and Engineering Systems Journal (ASTESJ), Scopus indexed, 2021.
  • Presented a paper titled "On the Tail Behaviour of the Nifty-50 Stocks during Crises" during the two day1st Rajagiri Management Conference organized by Rajagiri Business School held on October 15 & 16, 2020.
  • Attended a two-day online FDP on "Research Methods and Data Analysis" on October 13 & 14, 2020, organized by Rajagiri Business School.
  • Attended a two week online FDP on "Hands on writing and publishing research paper for reputed journals" from September 7 to September 19, 2020, organized by Silicon City College of Management and Commerce.
  • Attended a webinar on "Banking, Finance and Investments", held on  September 5, 2020, organized by Institute of Actuaries of India. 
Dr. M. Sriram
MBA, FCMA, M.Com, MPhil, Ph D
Associate Professor - Finance
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  • Invited by International Journal of Emerging Markets as reviewer for the manuscripts submitted to the journal. The journal is published by Emerald Publishing and indexed in ABDC-B, SCOPUS-Q2, ABS-3 and other leading databases.
  • Invited to moderate a session on 'Economic Outlook- State of the Economy' in the conference organized by Finance and Taxation Panel, CII Mysuru on March 19, 2021 (online). The session was delivered by Sri. Nagaraj Garla, Executive Director, IDBI Bank Ltd.
  • Invited by CFTRI as a resource person to conduct training on 'Essentials of Financial Statements','DPR (Detailed Project Report) and its essentials' as part of the Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) for Training of Trainers (TOT) of District Level Trainees (DLTs) of Karnataka State under PM-FME Scheme. The sessions were delivered(online) over two days March 2-3, 2021.
  • Was invited as a panel member in the evaluation and selection of faculty for the Department of Business Administration, Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering (Autonomous), Mysuru on January 28, 2021.
  • Attended a 4 day MDP (online) on 'Frontiers of Infrastructure and Project Finance' organized by Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur between January 7 and 10, 2021.
  • Invited as an external examiner to conduct the Ph D viva voce examination on the topic 'Demerger as a method of Corporate Restructuring in Indian Context'. The viva voce was organized by GLS School of Doctoral Research, GLS University, Ahmedabad on January 13, 2021.
  • Was invited to set a question paper on 'Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management by Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies, Harihar.
  • Attended an online workshop on Capital Budgeting organized by Department of Business and Accounting, Muscat College,Oman on November 24,2020.
  • Invited to deliver a talk (Virtual) on 'Essential Skills for MBA Students' during the induction program for I year MBA participants organized by School of Management, Central University of Kerala on November 26,2020.
  • Was invited as an external examiner to conduct the Research Advisory Committee (RAC) meeting (virtual mode) at School of Management, Presidency University, Bengaluru on November 12, 2020.
  • Delivered a talk on 'Financial Markets' as part of a skill development course to the students of Class 10, Kautilya Vidyalaya on October 17, 2020.
  • Served as an external examiner and conducted the Doctoral Committee meeting (online) at School of Management, SASTRA (Deemed to be University),Thanjavur on August 22, 2020.
  • Attended a one week online Faculty Development Programme (FDP) on Panel Data Analysis in Finance Research during Augsut 17-22, 2020. The program was organized by the Department of Humanities, Delhi Technological University, New Delhi.
  • Appointed as an external member in the BoS (Board of Studies) of Department of Business Administration, Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering (Autonomous), Mysuru.
  • Reviewed a manuscript titled 'Renewal Choices and Financial Performance of Commercial Enterprises Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange, Kenya' for Global Business Research Journals, UAE. 
  • Reviewed a manuscript titled 'REINSURANCE AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF NON-LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES IN GHANA' for Management and Labour Studies Journal, XLRI Jamshedpur and published by SAGE.
  • Was invited by School of Research and Innovation, GLS University, Ahmedabad to evaluate a Ph D thesis titled 'Demergers as a method of corporate restructuring in Indian Context' on April 24, 2020.
Dr. Jayakrishnan S 
Bsc, PGDM, PGCAM & PR, FPM (NITIE)
Associate Professor - Marketing
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  • Reviewed a research article titled "Customer value creation – A case study of Indian health insurance industry from value net perspective" for  Management and Labour Studies (XLRI-Jamshedpur), Sage publications.
  • Reviewed a research article titled "Exploring customer awareness and experience in Banks". A case Study of UK Commercial vs Islamic Bank for Asia-Pacific Journal of Management Research and Innovation, Sage publishers
  • Reviewed a research article titled "Bibliometric Overview of the Artificial Intelligence Research in Management: Analysis from 2010 to 2020" for Management and Labour Studies (XLRI-Jamshedpur), Sage.
  • Reviewed a research article titled "Identifying, Prioritizing and Ranking of Factors Influencing the PhD Milestones’ Completion Delays"  for  Quality & Quantity (Scopus and ABDC journal) published by Springer. 
  • Reviewed a case titled "Covid-19, Forcing a tougher decision for the office of decision support at the University of South Florida" for  The Muma Case Review published by  The University of South Florida. 
  • Review of the manuscript titled "Framework on the adoption of Food app- A study in using extended TAM Model" for the Journal of Public Affairs (ABDC- B journal and Scopus) published by Wiley publications.
  • Attended a webinar on  "Writing Cases Remotely: Practical Tips For Case Writers and Researchers" by the North American Case Research Association (NACRA) and Ivey Business school on  April 16, 2020.
  • Review of the manuscript titled "The effect of food-related personality traits on festival visitors’ loyalty: the mediating and moderating roles of food neophobia" for Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics, Emerald ( ABDC- A  journal (2019) and Scopus).
Dr. Venkatraja B
MA, Ph.D
Associate Professor - Economics
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  • Was invited to deliver a talk on "The Union Budget: 2021-22 : A Review" at Maharani's Commerce and Management College, Mysore on February 17, 2021.
  • Reviewed on invitation a research article submitted to International Journal of Low-Carbon Technologies, SCOPUS indexed.
  • Reviewed on invitation a research paper submitted to Heliyon - a scopus indexed journal published by Elsevier. 
Prof. L Gandhi
M.A., M.B.A., M.Phil., UGC-NET
Assistant Professor - OB/HRM
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  • Delivered an online lecture on "Managerial lessons from Swami Vivekananda's life" to the students of AMITY University as a part of their National Youth Day celebrations on January 12, 2021.
  • Conducted a webinar on 'National Education Policy 2020'. In the webinar, he has highlighted the Salient features of NEP 2020 with regard to School and Higher Education. This webinar was organized by CSI College of Engineering, Ketti, The Nilgiris on October 10, 2020. 
  • Was interviewed by Pagalguy- a leading education network in India on September 8, 2020. They solicited responses on the scenario of management education post COVID, role of technology in management education, USPs of SDMIMD, Accomplishments of SDMIMD, Diversity at SDMIMD, Curriculum followed at SDMIMD, what are the parameters to select B-Schools etc., The interview was conducted by Mr. Allwin Angel, Founder & CEO of Pagalguy.
  • Addressed the MBA students through Collegedunia on the topic- "Future of MBA post COVID" on August 20, 2020.
  • Conducted a webinar on 'Demystifying Human Resources' to MBA/PGDM Aspirants/students on July 24, 2020. He addressed in the webinar on Fundamentals of HR, Emotional Intelligence for HR Managers  & HR Challenges in VUCA world and Post COVID.This webinar was organized by MBA Rendezvous and coordinated by Mr. Anshul Kapoor, COO of MBA Rendezvous.
Prof. Anand Sasikumar
BTech(Mech),MBA,MS(IE,Canada)
Assistant Professor - Operations
  • Invited as a Resource person for the Faculty Development Program on the topic "How to use Case Study based teaching methods  effectively" for the faculty members of Department of Management Studies, SDMCET, Dharwad on Saturday February 20,2021.
  • Invited a resource person to engage in an online Session on “Forecasting tools and techniques” organized by SDM college of Engineering and Technology, Dharwad on September 18, 2020.
  • Attended a Short term course on "Additive and Smart Manufacturing" organised by NIT Trichy held during September 7-11, 2020 through Video conferencing (Online mode).
Dr. Sunil M.V
MLISc, Ph.D
Assistant Professor 
  • Participated in the 17th Annual Lecture on Informatics held on December 11, 2020.
  • Invited as a resource person at the Webinar on "Contract Management in PPP" organized by Administrative Training Institute (ATI), Mysuru, from November 25 to November 27, 2020.
  • Invited as a resource person at the Webinar on "Sensitization on PPP" organized by Administrative Training Institute (ATI), Mysuru, held on November 21, 2020.
  • Invited as a resource person at the Webinar on "Scientific Writing" organized by Institutional Research Committee, SDM Institute of Ayurveda & Hospital, Bengaluru from November 17-21, 2020.
  • Was invited to conduct a National Level Webinar on the topic "How to Utilize e-Resources for Research and Publications" on September 7, 2020. The Webinar was organized by AGMR College of Engineering & Technology, Varur, Hubballi.   
  • Participated in the 2-Day Workshop on Cases Methods held during August 12 and 13, 2020 at ATI, Mysuru. The workshop was organized jointly by the Administrative Training Institute (ATI) PPP Cell, Mysuru and SDMIMD Mysuru. 
  • Delivered session on "e-Resources for Literature Review" on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, scheduled as part of the week-long FDP on Research Methodology for Social Sciences: Tools, Techniques and Practices held during August 24 to 30, 2020 organized by MBA Department of Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering, Mysore.
  • Delivered session on "Organizing for Systematic Literature Review" on Monday, August 24, 2020, scheduled as part of the week-long FDP on Research in Social Science and Management Studies held during August 21 to 27, 2020 organized by the Department of Business Administration, SAHYADRI College of Engineering & Management, Mangaluru.
  • Delivered invited talk on "Open Educational Resources and Effective Search Techniques” to faculty and researcher in the online session organized by the Department of Library, St Aloysius College (Autonomous), Mangaluru on August 6, 2020.
  • Delivered online session on "Use of PubMed for Medical Research" for faculty, researchers and PG Students of JSS Academy of Higher Education & Research, JSS Medical University, Mysore, on July 24, 2020. 

Faculty Outreach Activities 2019-20

FOA 2019-20 FOA 2018-19  FOA 2017-18  FOA 2016-17 FOA 2015-16
Dr. N.R. Parasuraman
LLB, FCS, FICWA, DBF, Ph.D.
Director & Professor-Finance
  • Was invited to make Welcome remarks and chair a Session on the topic “Economic Scenario: Is Manufacturing Industry taking right steps to counter VUCA?” at the Annual Manufacturing & Technology Conference organized by Confederation of Indian industry (CII) on February 18, 2020.
  • Invited to be Guest of Honour on the occasion of 77th CSIR Foundation Day Celebration at CSIR-CFTRI, Mysore held on September 26, 2019.
  • Invited for the inaugural ceremony of MarkerSpace organized by Infosys Mysore development center held on September 7, 2019. MarkerSpace @ MyDC is all about creating feasible solutions for problem statement using hardware kits. The theme was “Sustainability” with 6 different themes. MarkerSpace is a 24 hours hackthon event commenced from September 7, 2019.
  • Invited to deliver the keynote address at the National Conference on Contemporary Trends in Management Research organized by M.P. Birla Institute of Management held on August 30, 2019.
  • Was invited to be the Member of Board of Studies (BoS) for faculty of Management and Commerce, Mahatma Gandhi Mission Institute of Management & Research, Aurangabad.
  • The Case Teaching & Writing Workshop organized by AIMA (ICRC) in Collaboration with AICTE held on June 27 & 28, 2019. Dr. N.R Parasuraman invited to panel discussion on “Developing Cases based on Indian Ethos” & delivered the session on “Introduction to case writing (Why write a case study? What makes a good case study?)”
Dr. H. Gayathri
MBA, Ph.D
Deputy – Director & Professor - Marketing
  • Invited by Ashakirana Charitable Trust, Mysore, to be the Member for the 'Ashakirana Institutional Ethical Committee' for the period 2019-2022 (3 Years). 
Dr. R. Jagadeesh 
BE, ME, Ph. D
Professor - Operations
  • Reviewed the paper titled "Empirical evaluation of CSFs for Six Sigma implementation in Indian SMEs using AHP", submitted to The TQM Journal, an Emerald publication.
Dr. Nilanjan Sengupta
M.A. & Ph.D.
Professor - OB/HRM
  • Reviewed the paper titled “Creating Shared Value Through Collaborative Decision-Making : How working together shines light on transformational possibilities for the Journal Organization Studies” submitted for publication in the Journal Common Ground Publishers, USA.
  • Reviewed the paper titled “Discrimination and social justice: on questions of diversity, plurality, representativeness, measurability and doublespeak” submitted for publication in the Journal Common Ground Publishers, USA.
  • Reviewed the paper titled “Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports Research Network: The Learner” submitted for publication in the Journal Common Ground Publishers, USA.
  • Reviewed the submission for the “The Interdisciplinary Social Sciences Journal Collection” published by the Journal Common Ground Research Networks, USA.
    Reviewed the submission for the “The Learner Journal Collection” published by the Journal Common Ground Research Networks, USA.
  • Panel member for HR BEST PRACTICES COMPETITION “Best HR Team Award 2019” held at SDMIMD on October 24, 2019.
  • Attended the 10th Indian Management Conclave 2019 held on August 2-3, 2019 in New Delhi as a delegate. 
Dr. Mousumi Sengupta
M.A. in HRM, GradIPD & Ph.D.
Professor - OB/HRM
  • Have been invited by ATI Mysore to conduct training for Officers of the Department of Public Instruction, on the topic 'Team Management'.
  • Invited as a member in the panel discussion on the  theme of "Issues and Challenges in Research" , on 19th October 2019, as a part of the One Day Workshop on "New Vistas in Social Science Research: Issues and Challenges" organized by PG Department of Commerce in association with Vidyavardhaka Research Foundation and IQAC.
  • Invited as an external PhD thesis examiner for VTU, Belgaum.
Dr. M.R. Suresh
PGDRM & Ph.D
Professor - Marketing
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  • Presented on a paper on Innovation in Teaching Marketing: Case of Product Strategy and Brand Management in the 13th International Conference on Marketing, Markcon 2020 at Indus Business Academy in Bangalore from January 9-11, 2020 & received Certificate of Appreciation for  valuable contribution as Session co-chair.
  • Participated in the Pre-conference workshop on Research in Marketing held at Indus Business Academy in Bangalore from January 9-11, 2020.
  • Evaluated a Ph D thesis in the area of Marketing and was subsequently part of the thesis defence assessment as well for a leading university. He was also part of the evaluation of the synopsis of another Ph D candidate.
Lt Col (Dr) Prasad S.N.
ME, PGDM, Ph D
Professor - Strategy & General Management
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  • Participated in the E3 events Admissions fair at Lucknow on January 25, 2020.
  • Participated in the E3 events Admissions Fair at Kanpur on January 23, 2020. 
  • Participated in the personal institutional discussion with Mr Gabriel Maschiao da Costa of QS International, UK on January 21, 2020 at the QS India offices, Bangalore. 
  • Participated in the Workshop on Quacarelli Symonds (QS) of UK, institutional world rankings at IISc Bangalore on January 20, 2020. 
Prof. Malathi Sriram
MCA, P.G. Diploma in System Analysis, M.Phil.
Associate Professor - Systems
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  • Delivered a lecture at the State Government - Administrative Training Institute, Mysore on the topic "Role Social Media in E-Governance" on March 7, 2020.
Dr. Neetu Ganapathy
M.Sc., MDBA & Ph.D
Associate Professor - Systems
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  • Case authored by Dr. Neetu Ganapathy in 2015 titled "Inside Amazon: a great environment fostering innovation or a brutal workplace" has been added as reading material for a course at the Singapore Management University's Lee Kong Chian School of Business.
  • Conducted a workshop on Monday, June 10, 2019 for undergraduate students from across Kodagu on how to prepare for an interview. The workshop comprised of a session on the essentials of facing an interview which was followed by practice interviews. The workshop, which was attended by 31 students, most of whom were impacted by the floods in Kodagu last year, was part of "Spoorthi 2019", a motivational camp for underprivileged students organised by the Kodava Deenabandhu Charitable Trust, Mysore. The Trust takes up the cause of underprivileged college students from across Kodagu by providing them with training and scholarships. 
Prof. Mohamed Minhaj
MCA, M.Phil
Associate Professor - Systems
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  • Was a guest speaker in the webinar organized by IMS India on January 22, 2020.  The talk was on the topic - Essentials of Business Analytics and was attended by many MBA aspirants.
  • Attended the CII’s Annual IT/ITES Conference on December 18, 2019 at Mysuru.
  • Delivered a talk on Analytics in Digital Marketing to the MBA students of GSSS Institute of Engineering & Technology for Women, Mysuru on November 18, 2019. 
  • Attended a Workshop on Business Analytics at AIMA, New Delhi on October 3, 2019.
  • Participated in the One Day National Seminar on “Applications of Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition in Bioinformatics”, which was organized by Department of Studies in Computer Science, University of Mysore on September 30, 2019.
  • Was the chief guest for the inauguration of the IT Club of SDM MMK Mysuru on August 28, 2019. After the formal inauguration of the club, Prof. Minhaj delivered a talk on Building and Managing a Web Presence.
  • Was a resource person for a state level workshop conducted on August 7, 2019 by SBRR Mahajana College, Mysuru related to Trends in Research. The Workshop was inaugurated by Prof. G. Hemanth Kumar, Vice – Chancellor, University of Mysore.  Prof. Minhaj’s session was related to technological tools for questionnaire design, administration and analysis.
  • Delivered an online session regarding Business Analytics in a webinar organised by Accuracy Info Labs, Hyderabad on June 26, 2019.
  • Participated in the Stakeholders interaction on E-Waste Management in Mysuru , organized by CII, Mysore on  June 21, 2019 at SDMIMD
  • Was elected as the Vice Chairman  of the Mysore Chapter of Computer Society of India during the AGM held on May 12, 2019.
  • Participated in the Stakeholders Consultation meeting for revision in Government of Karnataka’s i4 Policy (IT, ITES, Innovation Incentive Policy) which was organized by CII Mysore on April 30, 2019.
Prof. Rajendra Todalbagi
BE(Mech), EGMP
Associate Professor - Operations
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  • Attended "CII National Quality Summit 2019"  Rethinking Quality for New India on November 23-24, 2019 held at Bangalore.
  • Moderated a Fireside chat with Mr. Vaitheeswaran, Co-founder, Again Drinks at TiECon Mysore 2019 on November 23, 2019.
  • Participated in "International conference on SHG movement by SKDRDP" held in Bangalore from October 30 & November 1, 2019.
  • Part of the six-member assessment panel as an Assessor for CII-Exim Bank Business Excellence Award 2019 which is modeled on EFQM Quality Award, and assessed Godrej Appliances Division,  Godrej & Boyce Mfg. Co. Ltd., Pirojshanagar, Vikhroli (W), Mumbai with two manufacturing plants one R&D Center and  thirty two branch  offices pan India which is the largest business unit under G&B. Assessment activity was spread over 75 days starting last week of July 19  and completed  with on-site assessment from September 28, 2019 to October 4, 2019.
  • As member  of Manufacturing and Technology Panel of CII-Mysore Chapter attended the meeting on June 17, 2019 at JK Tyres, Mysore.
Dr. Srilakshminarayana.G
M.Sc., Ph.D.
Associate Professor - Quantitative Methods
  • Resource person for the “National Workshop on Scholarly Writing: Strategies and Techniques”, 7-9 February 2020 organized by Department of Studies and Research in Library and Information Science, Tumkur University. Sessions were conducted on the topics “How to Choose a Statistical Test” and “Testing of Hypothesis” on February 9, 2020.
  • Reviewed a paper titled “A Note on the Product of Independent Random Variables with Regularly Varying Tails”, for American Mathematical Society, November 7, 2019.
  • Reviewed a paper titled “Complete Convergence for Arrays of Ratios of Order Statistics”, for American Mathematical Society, November 7, 2019.
  • Resource person for the One Day State Level Workshop on “New Vistas in Social Science Research: Issues and Challenges” organized by Vidyavardhaka First Grade College, PG Department of Commerce in association with Vidyavardhaka Research Foundation and IQAC Mysuru, on October 19, 2019.
  • Reviewed a paper for American Mathematical Society titled, “Families of complementary distributions”. Statist. Probab. Lett. 141.
  • Resource Person for the session on R during the FDP on “Harnessing Statistical Analysis for the development of Artificial Intelligence framework using R and Python programming” on July 24-25, 2019.
  • Chief-guest for the One-week FDP on “Harnessing Statistical Analysis for the development of Artificial Intelligence framework using R and Python programming” organized by Department of Information Science and Engineering, JSS Mahavidyapeetha, from July 24 to July 28, 2019.
  • Resource person for the “Research Methodology and Latex” workshop at RBYM Engineering college, Bellary on July 12, 2019.
  • As a Board of Studies member, attended the meeting on revising the syllabus the B.Sc. statistics programme at Yuvaraja’s College, Mysore, on June 12, 2019.
  • Attended a Faculty Development Program on Machine Learning with Business Applications from May 20–25, 2019, organized by Indian Institute of Management Bangalore and Analytics Society of India.
Dr. M. Sriram
MBA, FCMA, M.Com, MPhil, Ph D
Assistant Professor - Finance
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  • Was invited to review a paper titled Understanding microfinance’s capital structure: does it alter its business model? by FIIB Business Review, Sage Publications on March 23, 2020.
  • Was invited by the Department of Management Studies, Central University of Kerala to set a question paper on Corporate Finance for their MBA program during March 2020.
  • Was invited to moderate a session on 'Economic Outlook' and Current status of the Indian Economy in the conference conducted by  Finance and Taxation Panel, CII Mysuru on February 12, 2020.
  • Served as External Examiner and conducted the Research Advisory Committee (RAC) at School of Management, Presidency University, Bengaluru on December 30, 2019. 
  • Was invited to deliver a lecture on 'Investment Instruments' as part of a workshop on 'Investment Analysis and Portfolio Management' for U.G Management teachers held at MMK&SDM MMV College Mysuru on December 18, 2019.
  • Was invited for curriculum review  of finance courses and central valuation at Department of Management Studies, Central University of Kerala,Kasaragod on  December 13-14, 2019.
  • Was invited by the Department of Studies in Economics and Cooperation Management, University of Mysore to deliver keynote address during the inaugural of a three day workshop on 'Basic Econometrics' on November 13, 2019.
  • Was invited by the Department of Management Studies, Central University of Kerala to set a question paper on Financial Analysis and Reporting for their MBA program.
  • Reviewed a manuscript titled 'Taxpayer's Perspective towards Implementation of Goods and Service Tax(GST): Analytical Study in Amritsar City' for Management and Labour Studies, XLRI, Jamshedpur and published by SAGE.
  • Reviewed a manuscript titled 'Analysis of the Application of Budgetary Control in Non-Profit Organizations- A Case Study of ADRA Namibia' for International Journal of Emerging Issues in Economics, Finance and Banking (JEIEFB).
  • Was invited to deliver a talk on 'Finances in India-Opportunities and Challenges' in the International Conference on Emerging Trends in Management,Information Technology and Education held at College of Commerce and Management, Srinivas University,Mangalore on August 17,2019.
  • Was invited as a speaker to deliver a talk on 'Trends in Capital Market' in  the 'Regional Investor Seminar'jointly organized by SEBI (Securities Exchange Board of India) and NSE Limited at Tumkur on July 27, 2019.
  • Attended a one week FDP on 'Empirical Research Methods in Corporate Finance Research' at IIM Kozhikode between July 16-20, 2019.
  • Attended a one day programme on 'Foreign Exchange Risk Management' at CII Naoroji Godrej Centre of Manufacturing Excellence, CII,Mumbai. The event as held on June 19, 2019.
  • Served as External Examiner and conducted the Research Advisory Committee (RAC) at School of Management, Presidency University, Bengaluru on May 17, 2019.
Dr. Jayakrishnan S 
Bsc, PGDM, PGCAM & PR, FPM (NITIE)
Assistant Professor - Marketing
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  • Inducted into the Review board of Muma Case review published by the University of South Florida's Muma College of Business(USA) as an Associate reviewer.
  • Reviewed the paper titled "Study the significance of marketing research theories and its input to ongoing business education", submitted to the Rajagiri Management Journal published by Emerald.
  • Attended the Faculty development program on Market Research and Analytics at Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode from May 6 to May 8, 2019.
  • Reviewed manuscript titled "Enhancing Modularity in Healthcare Services through Integration" for Asia-Pacific Journal of Management Research and Innovation, SAGE publishers. 
Dr. Venkatraja B
MA, Ph.D
Assistant Professor - Economics
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  • Delivered a guest lecture on Building Economics at Wadiyar Centre for Architecture, Mysore on October 1, 2019.  
  • Delivered an invited guest lecture on the topic "Is Indian Economy Slipping to Recession? A Review" to the PG students of Vidhyavardhaka First Grade College, Mysore on September 27, 2019. 
  • Reviewed a researcher paper submitted to Management Labour and Studies, published by SAGE.  
Prof. L Gandhi
M.A., M.B.A., M.Phil., UGC-NET
Assistant Professor - OB/HRM
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  • Conducted a training session on "The power of Lateral Thinking" for Executive Engineers in the training program organized by ATI, Mysuru on November 7, 2019.   
  • Accompanied students of Workplace Learning and Development to a 2-day  OBT at LEAD OBT, Palakkad, Kerala on September 21-22, 2019.
  • As a resource person, handled a workshop on Emotional Intelligence at Sri Krishna College of Technology, Coimbatore on September 14, 2019.
  • As a Panel Member, attended the CII Mysuru Chapter's HR/IR panel meeting on June 19, 2019.
  • Attended a five-day Faculty Development Program on "Case Method Teaching" at IIM Trichy from May 13-17, 2019.

Faculty Outreach Activities 2018-19

FOA 2018-19  FOA 2017-18  FOA 2016-17 FOA 2015-16
Dr. N.R. Parasuraman
LLB, FCS, FICWA, DBF, Ph.D.
Director & Professor-Finance
  • SASTRA, Deemed to be University, who got re-accredited (III cycle) by the National Assessment & Accreditation Council (NAAC), invited Dr. N. R. Parasuraman to be the Member of the Review Committee. The Review Committee has been formed to conduct a Review by External Experts to further improve the academic pursuits and in submission of the report to the UGC.
  • Invited as a Key Speaker at the India Higher Education Summit – 2019 organized by CII held on March 15-16, 2019.
  • Delivered a Hutchappa Memorial lecture on the topic Financial Markets – trends and impact organized by University of Mysore, Mysore held on March 7, 2019
  • Delivered the keynote address on 'Changing vistas in financial management with a strategic thrust' at the International Conference on Management: Past, Present, and Future organized by Uka Tarsadia Univeristy, Gujarat, during February 23 - 24, 2019. 
  • Invited by MMK & SDM College for Women to inaugurate the Formal inauguration of PG Department of Commerce held on October 10, 2018.
  • Was invited to deliver talk on 'Accreditation for Quality: Challenges & Opportunities' during the Technical Session at the Eastern Region AIMS Convention 2018 organized jointly by Bhavan's Center for Communication & Management (BCCM), Odisha; and, Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS); held during August 27 and 28, 2018 at BCCM, Odisha.
  • Participated in the Round Table Discussion held at National School of Business on Friday, May 11, 2018, on the subject: "The Importance of Practicing Values among Young MBA Students".
  • Invited for Technical Session speaker at the Seminar on Importance of Academic Leadership in the Governance of Higher Education Institutions, organized by the University of Mysore, Mysuru and Forum of Former Vice Chancellors of Karnataka State Universities (FVCK), Bengaluru, held on April 27, 2018.
Dr. H. Gayathri
MBA, Ph.D
Deputy – Director & Professor - Marketing
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  • Invited by BEML Ltd., to address their women employees on 8th March 2019 on the occasion of International Women's Day celebration. The theme for the talk was "Think Equal, Build Smart, Innovate for Change".
  • Delivered a talk on experience sharing of EFMD / EPAS process at 11th International Accreditation Conference 2018, New Delhi on November 26, 2018.
  • Delivered a talk on Enabling Successful Placement for MBA Students of Maharani’s College, Mysore, held on October 29, 2018.
Dr. R. Jagadeesh 
BE, ME, Ph. D
Professor - Operations
  • "Logistics Service Quality and Customer Satisfaction in B2B relationships: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis approach" submitted to The TQM Journal, Emerald, Scopus indexed.
  • "Who is talented and who is not? The relevance of using talented/non-talented classifications among academics in Egyptian academia."  submitted to the Journal of Management Development, Emerald, Scopus indexed.
  • Reviewed the paper "Organizational inclusion among young academics in Egyptian Public Universities: An Exploratory Empirical Experience" submitted for publication in the Journal of Management Development, Emerald, Scopus indexed.
  • M/s Rane Madras invited to act as the judge for their annual quality control and improvement projects' evaluation. The event was held on 15th and 16th December 2018.
  • Included in the Editorial Board of JResLit Journal of Business Administration and Management.
  • Included in the Editorial Advisory Board of the International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management,  Emerald - Scopus indexed journal.
  • Reviewed the article 'Defect Reduction Using Six Sigma: A Quality Management Case Study in Semiconductor Manufacturing' submitted to the International Journal of Productivity and Quality Management published by Inderscience Publication.
  • Reviewed the article 'Critical Factors Affecting Students’ Performance in Engineering Colleges' submitted to Quality Assurance in Education published by Emerald Publication.
  • Reviewed the paper entitled "The Effect of Six Sigma on the Organizational Performance: The Mediating Role of the Innovation Culture. A Proposed Research Framework" submitted to  Innovation & Management Review, an Emerald publication.
  • Acted as a Resource person for two sessions on "Research Design" during the three-day workshop on “Research Methodology” organized for PG Students & Research Scholars by Karnataka Science and Technology Academy (KSTA), Bangalore, from 10 to 12 July 2018.
  • Reviewed the paper titled "TQM implementation in 3PL organizations vs. organizations with in-house logistics department. A literature review." submitted to The TQM Journal, Emerald Publication, SCOPUS indexed.
  • Reviewed the paper titled "Optimism and Career Engagement in employees: An Empirical Test", submitted to the International Journal of Business Excellence (IJBEX), Inderscience Publication, SCOPUS indexed.
  • Resource person for all the four sessions during the One Day Customized Management Development Program on “Creativity and Problem Solving”, organized for the mid-level officers from M/s N. Ranga Rao and Sons Group, Mysore, numbering around 25, and held at SDM IMD premises on June 7, 2018.
  • Resource person for a session on “Creativity and Problem Solving” for the Two Days Pre-course workshop on Blended Learning Program organized for the faculty members from sister institutes of SDM Group and held at SDM IMD premises on June 7, 2018
  • Panel member of the committee for the selection of faculty for the MBA Department of GSSS Institute of Engineering & Technology for Women, Mysuru, June 2018.
  • Resource person for the Faculty Development Program (FDP) on Total Quality Management, on May 29, 2018, covering a session on “Benchmarking for Quality Improvement”, held at Malnad College of Engineering, Hassan, Karnataka.
  • Main resource person for the One Day Workshop on “How to succeed through the Ph.D. journey?”, on 18 May 2018, organized for the research scholars of different universities, numbering around 30 and held at SDMIMD premises.
Dr. M.R. Suresh
PGDRM & Ph.D
Professor - Marketing
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  • Was invited by the Strategic Management Forum, a professional body to deliver a talk at their Seminar on New ideas in Strategic Thinking and Management that was held in collaboration with leading European universities at IBA Bangalore on August 27, 2018.
Dr. Nilanjan Sengupta
M.A. & Ph.D.
Professor - OB/HRM
  • Reviewed the paper titled  “Machiavellianism Effects on Accounting Ethics Education” submitted for publication in the Journal Common Ground Publishers, USA.
  • Attended the Higher education CII Summit on 15-16 March 2019 held at Hotel Raddisson Blu, Mysore.
  • Reviewed the paper “Using Classical Test Theory and Item Response Theory to evaluate a Selection Test for Civil Servants in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia” submitted for publication in the Journal Common Ground Publishers, USA.
  • Successfully completed a peer-review report for an article in consideration for publication by Common Ground Research Networks.
  • Reviewed a paper sent by Common Ground Publishers USA ( A rated journal) entitled "The effects that corporate social responsibility has on the closure of micro and small enterprises".
  • Reviewed the article 'Urban Dwellers suffering and vulnerability for the plenty of road traffic congestion in Dhaka city' submitted to the International Journal of Sociology and Anthropology published by Academic Journals.
  • Reviewed the article 'Role of Career Adaptability and its Resources in Predicting Vocational Attitudes of IT Professionals from India for Management and Labour Studies' submitted to Management and Labour Studies published by XLRI Jamshedpur and SAGE Publication. 
  • Reviewed the article 'Centrality of a primary task in organisation development' submitted to Management and Labour Studies published by XLRI Jamshedpur and SAGE Publication. 
  • Reviewed a paper entitled  'Analysis of Coaching Models as a Tool to evaluate Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intention of Coachee' for FIIB Business Review, Sage  Publishing - eISSN: 24552658 | ISSN: 23197145.
Dr. Mousumi Sengupta
M.A. in HRM, GradIPD & Ph.D.
Professor - OB/HRM
  • Invited as an external question paper setter in the area of HRM by Vignana Jyothi Institute of Management, Hyderabad. 
  • Invited to examine Ph.D. thesis from VTU & Bharathiar University.
  • Invited to review research articles for South Asian Journal of Management, published by Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA). 
Lt Col (Dr) Prasad S.N.
ME, PGDM, Ph D
Professor - Strategy & General Management
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  • As part of the Admission Promotion activities 2019, Dr. SN Prasad took part in the Shiksha Samaagam- Lucknow held on 25 Jan 2019.  In the panel discussion titled 'Future Scope and Reality of Management Education in India' along with deans/directors and faculty from 8 other B Schools from across India. There were about 130 student aspirants from UP,Bihar and Jharkhand in the event. 
  • Participated in 2-panel discussions at Shiksha Samaagam- Ranchi on 5 January 2019 on topics ' Choosing a Career after MBA' and ' B School selection interviews' respectively.
  • Participated at MBA Junction- Kolkata, held by the Career Launcher on 13 January 2019
  • Delivered invited talk to 200 students, faculty and the board of governors of Sri Guru Sudhindra BCA College at Bhatkal, Uttara Kannada Dist. Karnataka on 28 Dec and at the SDM First Grade college for students and faculty on 27 December 2018.  The topic was about SDMIMD admissions.
  • Participated in the MBA fair held by IMS- Guwahati on 3 December 2018 representing the Institute.
  • Invited to review a Kenyan research paper to be published in the XLRI - Management and Labour Studies Journal published by SAGE Publications as a peer reviewer. The topic of the paper is related to HRM Practices- Linking Resourcing Practices and Firm's Performance. 
Prof. Mohamed Minhaj
MCA, M.Phil
Associate Professor - Systems
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  • Invited to deliver a talk on Business Analytics on January 16, 2019, at the Institution of Engineers, Mysore. The Institution of Engineers had organized this talk in association with Computer Society of India, Mysore. Besides, giving a conceptual overview of Analytics, Prof. Minhaj presented several business use cases like Remarketing, Recommender Systems, Market Basket Analysis, Sentiment Analysis etc.
  • Attended a Faculty Development Program on Machine Learning from 8-12 October 2018, organised by DCAL, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
  • Besides being a member of IT Panel of CII, Mysuru and elected member of the management committee of Computer Society of India (CSI), Mysuru Chapter,  Prof. Minhaj has become a member of Analytics Society of India (ASI).
  • Attended One Day Seminar on "Cyber Security and Privacy Law - Technical and Legal Compliance" on 27 September 2018 at Infosys, Mysuru. The seminar was organised by the IT Panel of CII Mysuru.
  • Attended the 8th edition of India IoT Symposium held at Bengaluru on 29th and 30th August 2018.
  • Was invited as a resource person for the Business Analytics Summer School held at Bayonne, France from 2nd to 11th July 2018. The 10-day accredited program with 4 ECTS credits was organized by Business Analytics Institute, France and IAE Pau-Bayonne. The other resource persons for the program were Dr. Davy Cielen, Managing Partner of the Maiton Consulting Group (London), Prof. Jean-Pierre NEVEU, Professor, Pau-Pays de l’AdourUniversity, in Bayonne, France and Dr. Lee SCHLENKER, Principal, Business Analytics Institute, France.
Dr. Neetu Ganapathy
M.Sc., MDBA & Ph.D
Associate Professor - Systems
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  • Invited to address the students of the Maharani’s Women’s Commerce and Management College, Mysuru on November 16, 2018. She spoke on “Preparation for Placement”. The talk was attended by 57 students of the M. Com. program.
  • Reviewed a paper titled “A Descriptive Framework for Information Retrieval Using Crawler Based Clustering and Effective Search Algorithm” submitted to the International Journal of Information Technology & Decision Making, a World Scientific journal.
  • Conducted Practice interviews on June 4th from 2:00 PM to 6:30 PM for undergraduate students as part of Spoorthi 2018: a motivational camp for undergraduate students organized by Kodava Deenabandhu Charitable Trust, Mysore.
  • Conducted a workshop on June 2, 2018, for 35 undergraduate students from across Kodagu on the topic ‘Getting ready for a career’. This was organized by the Kodava Deenabandhu Charitable Trust, Mysore which takes up the cause of underprivileged college students from across Kodagu by providing them with training and scholarships.
  • Resource person for a session on “Public Speaking: Communicating in the classroom” for the Two Day Pre-course workshop on Blended Learning Program organized for the faculty members from sister Institutes of SDM Group held at SDM IMD on May 18, 2018.
Prof. Rajendra Todalbagi
BE(Mech), EGMP
Associate Professor - Operations
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  • Attended a workshop on "LEAN INDUSTRY 4.0" on 21 December 2018 organized by CII at Chennai.
  • Attended CII's 26th National Quality Summit 2018 @ Bangalore on 23-24 November 2018 which was themed on  Global Benchmarks, Imperative for Improving Competitiveness.
  • Part of the three-member assessment panel as an Assessor for CII-Exim Bank Business Excellence Award 2018 which is modeled on EFQM Quality Award, and assessed BSI Group India Pvt. Ltd (Wholly owned subsidiary of BSI Group, UK)  headquartered in New Delhi with nine offices across India. On-site assessment activity took place from 3 October 2018 to 5 October 2018.
  • Was invited by NIE, Mysore as one of the speakers for their Supply Chain Management Seminar conducted for their final year BE and M Tech students. He took a session on " Green Supply Chain Management", the seminar was held on April 6, 2018
Dr. Srilakshminarayana.G
M.Sc., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Quantitative Methods
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  • Reviewed a paper titled “Factors associated with quality of work-life among the faculty of technical institutes in Punjab”, for Management and Labour Studies, XLRI.
  • Session on “Teaching Quantitative Techniques” during the Two-day Faculty Development Programme, at SDMIMD, Mysore on 6 December 2018 and 7 December 2018.
  • Two-day workshop on “Using Statistical Methods” for M.Com students of SDM-MMK College, Mysore, on 30 November 2018 and 1 December 2018.
  • Session on “Statistical Methods using SPSS”, for the M.Com students of Government First Grade College for women, Hassan, on 16 November 2018
  • Conducted a two-day training on “Data analysis using R” for the client of a company named “Business Toys Ltd”, Bengaluru on July 5-6, 2018.
Dr. Jayakrishnan S 
Bsc, PGDM, PGCAM & PR, FPM (NITIE)
Assistant Professor - Marketing
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  • Reviewed the research paper titled "Breaking the Stigma of Health Insurance” submitted for publication in the Management and Labour Studies Journal.
  • Invited to deliver a talk about”Digital Platforms for Marketing” at Jawaharlal Nehru National College of Engineering (JNNCE) -Shimoga, Department of Management Studies on 4th January 2019 and he was also a part of the panel discussion - " How Digital Marketing in India will change in 2020 and beyond." The talk was part of the Two day International Conference on “ Marketing in Digital World- Trends, Opportunities & Challenges" organised by JNCCE -Shimoga.  
  • Attended the two-day workshop on Consumer insights – Research and Practice- State of the Art & Future Trends organised by AIM (Academy of Indian Marketing) and  Consumer Insight Centre, NITIE- Mumbai during 1-2 November 2018.
  • Reviewed the paper titled "Salesforce control system and Salesforce characteristics: A framework for sales organizations" for Management and Labour studies, XLRI. 
Dr. M. Sriram
MBA, FCMA, M.Com, MPhil, Ph D
Assistant Professor - Finance
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  • Invited to speak on 'Interim Budget-2019' jointly organized by 'Deccan Herald' and Mysore Chamber of Commerce on 15 February 2019. The event was held at JSS College for Women, Mysuru.
  • Reviewed a paper titled 'Drivers of Corporate Risk Disclosure in Indian Non-Financial Companies- A Longitudinal Approach' for the journal 'Management and Labour Studies(MLS)', XLRI, Jamshedpur and published by SAGE Publishers.
  • Invited as an external examiner by School of Business, Alliance University, Bengaluru to adjudicate a Ph D thesis on 4 February 2019.
  • Evaluated a Ph D thesis titled "A Macroeconomic Stress Testing Framework for Credit Risk in Banking: A Case of India" at Alliance School of Business, Alliance University, Bengaluru.
  • Invited to be an honorary reviewer for the journal 'Review of Economics and Finance', a quarterly journal based out of Canada. The journal is included in ABDC list as 'B' category and indexed in leading databases.
  • Reviewed a paper titled 'Does EVA beat RoA and RoE in Explaining the stock returns in Indian Scenario- An Evidence using Mixed Effects Panel Data Regression Model' for the journal 'Management and Labour Studies(MLS)', XLRI, Jamshedpur and published by SAGE Publishers.  
  • Served as an External Examiner and conducted the Research Advisory Committee (RAC) at School of Management, Presidency University, Bengaluru on October 1, 2018.
  • Reviewed a paper titled 'Risk Disclosure and Firm Performance-Indian Evidence' for the journal 'Management and Labour Studies(MLS)',XLRI,Jamshedpur and published by SAGE Publishers.
  • Was invited to set the question paper on 'Theoretical Frameworks in Financial Markets Research' and 'Financial Econometrics' by JSS Centre for Management Studies, JSS Science and Technology University, Mysuru. The question paper setting was part of the Ph.D. coursework of research scholars registered in the University.
  • Reviewed a paper titled 'Board of Directors and Underpricing- A Study in context of Indian IPO Firms' for the journal Management and Labour Studies, XLRI Jamshedpur and published by SAGE Publishers.
  • Was invited to deliver a talk on 'Macroeconomic Perspectives on Indian Economy' by CII,Mysuru on the seminar 'Investment Opportunities in Capital Markets' held on July 25, 2018 at Hotel Southern Star, Mysuru.
  • Attended 'Teaching Summer School' on Corporate Finance between April 24-28, 2018 at IIM Calcutta.
  • Invited and accepted to join the Editorial Board of 'Finance Forum', Pisco Med Publishing Pte Ltd, Singapore.
  • Adjudicated an MBA thesis at Department of Management and Commerce, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning (Deemed University), Anantapur Campus on April 15, 2018.
Dr. Venkatraja B
MA, Ph.D
Assistant Professor - Economics
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  • Conducted a workshop course on Indian Economic and Policy Environment to the students of Masters in Commerce from SDM MMK College, Mysore. The course duration was sixteen hours and was conducted in February-March, 2019. 
  • Invited by Vidhyavardhaka First Grade College, Mysore as a panel speaker on "Globalisation and Sustainable Development in India". This was a part of one day conference on "India's Path of Development in the Era of Globalisation" held on January 19, 2019.
  • Delivered a guest lecture on Building Economics at Wadiyar Centre for Architecture, Mysore on 24 October 2018.
  • On invitation of McGraw Hill Education, reviewed a book titled “Economics” by Paul A. Samuelson and William D. Nordhaus and submitted feedback to the title publisher to facilitate content revision in the forthcoming 20th edition of the product.
  • Was a resource person for two sessions of Faculty Development Program (FDP) on August 2, 2018, held at St. Aloysius College, Mangalore.  It was a week-long event organised by the Department of Pre-University Education, Government of Karnataka for the benefit of Lecturers in Economics.  
  • Appointed as a member to the editorial board of  'Emerging Markets Journal' (EMAJ). This is a peer-reviewed bi-annually published international Business Management Journal. The journal is published by University of  Pittsburgh, United States.
  • Participated in a Faculty Development Program (FDP) on Econometrics for Management Research held at Indian Institute for Management, Kozhikode from April 9 to April 13, 2018. 
Prof. L Gandhi
M.A., M.B.A., M.Phil., UGC-NET
Assistant Professor - OB/HRM
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  • Reviewed a paper with the title 'EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING PROGRAMS IN ADDRESSING THE STRATEGIC GOAL OF THE FIRM: AN ORGANIZATIONAL PERSPECTIVE' for the journal Management and Labour Studies (MLS), XLRI, Jamshedpur,  jointly published by SAGE Publications.
  • Attended a two-day India Higher Education Summit organized by CII, Mysore on  March 15-16, 2019.
  • Invited as a Chief Guest and conducted a session on "Human Development as a Key to Nation Building" for the Commerce students of PSG College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore on 25 February 2019. 
  • Invited as a resource person for the training program on "Leadership and Team Building" and conducted a session on Motivation as a leading tool to the participants of State Institute of Urban Development, Mysore on 23 February 2019. 
  • Invited as a resource person for the training program on "Leadership and Team Building" and conducted a session on Motivation as a leading tool to the participants of State Institute of Urban Development, Mysore on 20 February 2019.
  • Paper titled "Emotional Intelligence and Intercultural Competence: Exploring the Connection" has been accepted for presentation at 2019 AHRD Conference in the Americas, one of the popular HR conferences conducted by Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD), headquartered at Minnesota, USA. 
  • As HR/IR panel member, CII Mysore, attended a conference on corporate wellness: wellness and well-being for a happy workplace on 29 November 2018.
  • Attended one-day FDP on Simulated Management Games as a pedagogical tool for management education conducted by All India Management Association (AIMA), at FIRM, Coimbatore on 26 November 2018.
  • Reviewed a paper with the title 'Job satisfaction of Indian academicians' for the journal Management and Labour Studies (MLS), XLRI, Jamshedpur,  jointly published by SAGE Publications.
  • Reviewed a paper with the title 'Impact of Training and Development on Job Satisfaction of Faculty Members' for the journal Management and Labour Studies (MLS), XLRI, Jamshedpur,  jointly published by SAGE Publications.
  • Reviewed a paper with the title 'Linking Resourcing Practices and Firm's Performance: Role of formal HR department within financial cooperative sector in Kenya' for the journal Management and Labour Studies, XLRI, Jamshedpur,  jointly published by SAGE Publications.
  • Chief Guest and Trainer for one-day motivational training program- Stepping stone for success for the commerce students of Sri Ganesh College of Arts and Science, Salem, Tamil Nadu held on September 14, 2018
  • Attended a two-day Faculty Development Workshop on Case Method of Teaching at XIME, Bangalore from July 13-14, 2018, the workshop sessions were conducted by Prof. NMK Bhatta (Ex. Professor, IIM Indore). 
  • As a Panel Member, attended the CII Mysuru Chapter's HR/IR Panel meeting on June 14, 2018.
  • Attended a two-day (May 18 &19, 2018) Southern Regional Conference on DigiHR 2018- Positioning HR in the Digital World organized by NIPM Coimbatore Chapter.
Prof. Kannadas S 
MBA, M.Phil, FDP (IIM K), FDP (IISc)
Assistant Professor - Finance
  • Partipated in the Teaching Summer School on Accounting and Finance organized by The Financial Research and Trading Laboratory and Indian Finance Association (IFA) held during April 23-28, 2018 at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

Faculty Outreach Activities 2017-18

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Dr. N.R. Parasuraman
LLB, FCS, FICWA, DBF, Ph.D.
Director & Professor - Finance

  • Was invited to deliver the 3rd Malathi Bolar Memorial Lecture at Siddaganga Institute of Technology (SIT), Post Graduate Department of Management Studies & Research Centre, Tumkur, on November 12, 2017. It may be recalled that Prof. Malathi Bolar was a Director of SDMIMD in the late 1990s.
  • Addressed the delegates of the 10th International Accreditation Conference organized by the Standards for Educational dvancement & Accreditation (SEAA) Trust, New Delhi on November 6, 2017. Dr. Parasuraman explained the process of EFMD - EPAS accreditation and how SDMIMD geared itself to succeed in the process. ​​
  • Invited as a Chief Guest for the One-Day Workshop Program on New Regimes of Indian Business Environment organized by University of Mysore, Department of Studies in Commerce & the Institute of Company Secretaries of India Mysore Chapter, Mysuru on September 15, 2017.
  • Was the Chief Guest for the ​20th Representative Council Meeting of The GIC Employees' Union-Karnataka held on September 2, 2017 in Mysore. Dr. Parasuraman delivered the Keynote Address during the event. 
  • Invited by Indian Institute of Management, Kohzikode (IIMK) for a course on Financial Derivatives. This course will be completed over 3 visits.
  • Invited as a Distinguished Speaker for the 8th Indian Management Conclave 2017 organized by MBA Universe and Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (IIML) during August 4-5, 2017.
  • Delivered a speech on Pedagogical Improvements at the Indian Management Conclave (IMC 2017), hosted by MBA Universe, a student portal and the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIML), NOIDA Campus on 05 Aug 2017.  Prof Prasad SN was invited as a delegate.  The event, held on 04-05 Aug 2017, was attended by the directors of more than 10 IIMs in India, the Chairmen of the AICTE, NBA.  International representatives of the EFMD, AACSB along with several other private organizations involved in the management programme accreditation processes also attended the program.  Dr Raman Roy, Chairman of NASSCOM and Dr Janat Shah, Director IIM, Udaypur, the current Chair for the AICTE committee on ranking of B Schools,  were key speakers during the course of the program
Dr. R. Jagadeesh
BE, ME, Ph. D
Dean - Academics & Professor - Operations
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  • Reviewed the paper titled "TQM implementation in 3PL organizations vs. organizations with in-house logistics department. A literature review", submitted to The TQM Journal, Emerald Publications.
  • Included as a Member of the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC) of the National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysore.
  • Resource person for the One-day state level workshop on "Emerging Trends in Research - Publish or Perish" on15 February 2018 at Mahajana First Grade College.
  • Selection Committee member for selecting the Faculty / Director of MBA department in GSSS College of Engineering, Mysore, on 12 February 2018.
  • Member of the Assessment Committee to assess Grade III Technical Staff for the next grade at CFTRI, Mysore, on 9 February 2018.
  • Presented a research paper titled “A Model Curriculum in Operations Management Using a Blended Pedagogy’ on 15 January 2018, in the Annual Conference on Future of Learning, held at IIM Bangalore. It was well attended by academics, corporate, and research scholars from all over the country.
  • Invited to the ‘Capacity Building Workshop for Teachers-Towards Enhancing Quality of Teaching, Learning and Evaluation in Colleges’ as a Resource Person to give a talk on the topic ‘Recent trends in teaching and learning’ on December 19, 2017, organized by St. Philomena’s College (Autonomous), Mysore. More than 100 faculty members participated in the workshop.
  • Invited to judge the Quality Control Circles annual competition on 18 December 2017, organized by M/s Rane (Madras) Limited, Mysore, in their production plant, wherein five teams participated.
  • Reviewed the paper titled "The Adoption of Lean Principles and Practices: Transforming Human Resources Delivery System Model" submitted to the International Journal of Business Excellence (IJBEX), published by Inderscience Publishers.
  • Invited by Rane (Madras), Mysore division, to judge Quality Improvement Teams’ (QIT) annual projects that are shortlisted for final round presentation for the President’s Award QIT competition. Eight teams participated and the top three teams were recommended.
  • Reviewed the paper titled "Workplace Spirituality: Insights From The Bhagavad Gita" submitted to the International Journal of Business Excellence (IJBEX), Inderscience Publication, SCOPUS indexed.
  • Reviewed the paper titled "Case-Method Teaching: Advantages and Disadvantages in Organizational Training" submitted to the Journal of Management Development, Emerald Publication, SCOPUS indexed.
  • Acted as the resource person for a module on Literature Review as a part of Two Days Workshop on Research Methodology organized for the research scholars of JSS University, numbering around 110, and held at SJCE premises on 18 & 19 November 2017.
  • Acted as the resource person for four sessions during the One Day Workshop on Research and Publications, organized for the research scholars of different universities, numbering around 30, and held at SDM IMD premises on 19 November 2017. 
  • Reviewed the manuscript ID TQM-10-2017-0115 entitled "TQM implementation in 3PL organizations vs. organizations with in-house logistics department. A literature review" submitted to The TQM Journal, which is an Emerald publication and Scopus indexed. 
  • Reviewed the manuscript entitled "Analyzing the feedback structure of production defect management" submitted to The TQM Journal - which is from Emerald publishing and Scopus indexed. 
  • Invited to deliver a talk on “Teaching and Learning in Higher Education” at St. Philomena’s College, Mysuru on June 1, 2017.
  • Acted as member of Assessment Council for the assessment of candidates working in the Technology Development and Transfer Board, CFTRI, Mysore, on 27 April 2017.
  • Acted as Examiner for the final viva - voce of Ph.D. under VTU by a faculty member of NMAIT, Nitte, DK District, on 21 April 2017. The Ph.D. thesis pertains to research conducted on quality initiatives and quality awards.
  • Conducted two sessions at Sahyadri College of Engineering and Management, Mangalore, on 20 April 2017,  for the MBA students on the topic “MBA and Beyond” and for the faculty members on the topic “Research and Innovation”.
  • Delivered a guest lecture on “Business plan and project appraisal” to the participants of Entrepreneurship Development Program on Food Processing Industry, organized by CFTRI, Mysore, on 17 April 2017.
Dr. M.R. Suresh
PGDRM & Ph.D
Professor - Marketing
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  • In the Editorial Board of IUP Journal for Brand Management (peer reviewed journal indexed in Cabell’s Directory).
  • Invited panellist for a Discussion on Infrastructure and Sustainable Development as part of the National Conference, January 2018, at Basudev Somani College, Mysore.
  • Delivered an invited talk on the theme, Skilling Students and Improving Teaching Effectiveness, Through New Innovative Approaches, December 2017 jointly organized by Higher Education Forum and IBA, Bangalore.
  • Was an external reviewer for Ph D thesis on Consumer Behaviour focusing on conspicuous consumption for a leading university in South India.
  • Offered an extended session as an invited talk on Getting Started in an Enterprise as part of Student Development Program at National Institute of Engineering, Mysore on November 4, 2017.
  • Presented a paper on Strengthening Character Competence and Role of Leadership (this was from a strategic perspective) at the International Conference on Advances in Leadership and Management held at IBA Bangalore on Sept 5- 6, 2017. (This was based on our Chairman Dr Heggadejis Leadership over the years The external reviewer from a leading European had sent very positive comments on the same and the organisers kindly forwarded the same to me)
  • Participated in the One-Day Round Table on Monday 28th August, 2017 on ‘National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF): An interactive session.’ At Welingkar’s Institute of Management at Bangalore.
  • Attended the one-day program Blended MOOC program at IIMB on July 22, 2017. Due to intervention from the course coordinator I was included in the group on the theme on Designing strategy courses using blended MOOC. 
  • External Adjudicator for M Phil thesis defence on a topic relating to Brand Management for a leading university in South India, April 2017.
Dr. Nilanjan Sengupta
M.A. & Ph.D.
Professor - OB/HRM
  • Invited to join the Editorial Board of International journal of Sociology and Anthropology (IJSA). IJSA is a peer-reviewed Open Access journal published by Academic Journals www.academicjournals.org. It commenced publication in May 2009 as a monthly publication.
    Please visit http://www.academicjournals.org/IJSA for more information on IJSA.
  • Member of the Review Board of  IIGI global.com ( e editorial discovery) &  reviewed an article for the journal titled- “Formal and No Formal Skills of a Psychologist”. 
  • Invited to review an article for the International journal IJSA.
  • Reviewed the manuscript entitled "Role of US in Afghanistan’s Narcotic Dilemma" submitted to the International Journal of Sociology and Anthropology.
  • Attended the International Conference on Management & Behavioural Sciences (IC17Italy Conference), at Rome, Italy, 1-3 July 2017. Dr. Nilanjan Sengupta has delivered the special felicitation address on “Choosing the Right People on the Job” and also presented a joint paper on"Managing stress at workplace: A study on nurses in private hospitals in Mysore and Bangalore”.
  • Was invited as Key note speaker and Guest of Honor at. International Conference on Management & Behavioural Sciences (IC17Italy Conference), SDMIMD and Global Business Research, Italy, July 1-3, 2017 organized by Global Business Research Journal
  • Invited to review papers by International Journal of Sociology and Anthropology (IJSA).International Journal of Sociology and Anthropology (IJSA) is a peer reviewed open access journal. The journal is published monthly and covers all areas of the subject.IJSA has an h5-index of 8 on Google Scholar Metrics.
  • Attended evening talk on Management education held at ISTD chapter Mysore in the month of June 2017. 
Dr. Mousumi Sengupta
M.A. in HRM, GradIPD & Ph.D.
Professor - OB/HRM
  • Paper setter in the MBA program, offered by Siddaganga Institute of Technology, affiliated to VTU. 
  • Invited as the resource person for a Technical Session, during the National Seminar on "New Horizon and Innovation in Business and Management", in Maharani's Women Commerce and Management College", on February 19, 2018. She delivered a topic on "HRM and Organizational Sustainability".
  • Established the Indian Society for Training and Development (ISTD), Mysuru Chapter, as the Founding Chairperson. 
  • Evaluated the PhD Thesis (on the broad area of Emotional Competency and Transformational Leadership) and attended the PhD Viva, as the External Examiner for the Jain University, Bangalore . 
  • Worked as a part of the Editorial Committee of the annual magazine, published by the Innovative Forum of HR Associates (IFHA), the first ever online HR group of Mysore & Bangalore industries.
  • Attended the International Conference on Management & Behavioural Sciences (IC17Italy Conference), at Rome, Italy, 1-3 July 2017. Dr. Mousumi was the expert in the Panel discussion on "Innovative Instructional Strategies! Emerging trends!” and also presented a joint paper on "Managing stress at workplace: A study on nurses in private hospitals in Mysore and Bangalore”.
Prof. Prasad S.N.
BE, ME, PGDM, MDBA
Professor - Strategy & General Management
  • Delivered the Special Address at the CII Southern Zone Workshop on- “Redesigning and Restructuring the Higher Education Management Programs in India" held at SDMIMD, Mysore on 24-25 January 2018
  • Participated in the Objective Setting session conducted by Mr Ravinder Bhan, a reputed corporate achiever on 20 January 2018 at Spring Board, Bengaluru.
  • Participated in the MBA Junction education fairs held by Career Launcher at Bhubaneswar and Kolkata on 13 & 14 January 2018 respectively, which saw over 200 student visits to the SDMIMD admissions stall
  • Prof Prasad SN, Chairperson-Admissions held an admission promotion session on MBA/PGDM entrance exams, application process for the SDMIMD PGDM 2018-20 admissions for the degree Final Year students of the SDM Degree College, Ujire and SDM College of Business Management, Mangalore on 15 Dec 2017.  Over 200 students at Ujire and approximately 70 students at Mangalore attended the event and interacted with Prof Prasad.  Prof Prasad was assisted by Mr Rajshekar. Library Staff SDMIMD.
  • 'India's group behaviour and team working' was the session delivered by Prof. S.N. Prasad, Professor - Strategy and General Management, at British University in Dubai (BUiD) to the MBA students.
  • Conducted 2 numbers of one hour Knowledge Sessions for the MBA/PGDM aspirants at NOIDA and Delhi along with Prof L Gandhi on 3 September 2017.  A total of 84 students attended the sessions.  
  • Prof Prasad SN was invited as a delegate at the Indian Management Conclave (IMC 2017), hosted by MBA Universe, a student portal and the Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIML), NOIDA, held on 04-05 August 2017, was attended by the directors of more than 10 IIMs in India, the Chairmen of the AICTE, NBA.  International representatives of the EFMD, AACSB along with several other private organizations involved in the management programme accreditation processes also attended the program.  Dr Raman Roy, Chairman of NASSCOM and Dr Janat Shah, Director IIM, Udaypur, the current Chair for the AICTE committee on ranking of B Schools,  were key speakers during the course of the program.
Dr. Neetu Ganapathy
M.Sc., MDBA & Ph.D
Associate Professor - Systems
  • Was felicitated by the Jayalakshmi Kodava Association, Mysore on November 19, 2017 for having been chosen for the Outstanding Teaching award by Shanghai University.
  • Helped undergraduates from less privileged backgrounds to understand how to prepare and face an interview. Conducted mock interviews for 30 students on June 11, 2017  Mysore. These students are beneficiaries of the Deenabandhu Charitable Trust, Mysore
  • Was invited as a guest speaker at Spoorthi, a motivational camp for undergraduates conducted by the Deenabandhu Charitable Trust, Mysore; Addressed undergraduate students on the topic of public speaking and interview skills on June 9, 2017
Prof. Mohamed Minhaj
MCA, M.Phil
Associate Professor - Systems
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  • Interview was published on BAI, Europe’s website -
    http://www.baieurope.com/minhaj_bridging_skills_gap_data_analytics. 
    In the interview, he has expressed his views about bridging the skills gap in data analytics domain.
  • Attended CII IT Conference held on 9 February 2018 at Radisson Blu, Mysuru. The theme of the conference was “Mysuru: The Next Tech Startup Capital of Karnataka.
  • Resource person for a capacity-building workshop conducted on 19 December 2017 at St. Philomena's College, Mysuru. The workshop was organised as part of St. Philomena's academic quality enhancement initiative and the topics covered during the sessions included Technology Trends changing the landscape of Education, Information Harvesting for academic content development and technology tools/techniques for effective teaching.
  • Delivered a talk on 'Effective Use of Google' with focus on filters and operators available in simple and advanced search along with Google Scholar to effectively communicate with Google. The talk was held at KVS – ZIET campus and was organized as part of the National Library Week Celebration (November 14-20, 2017)
  • Attended a Master-class on Business Analytics organized by Data Center and Analytics Lab (DCAL), IIM, Bangalore on 14 October 2017.
  • Was the Chief Guest for the Librarians Day Celebration at JSS University, Mysuru held on 8th September 2017. He delivered a talk on Techniques for harvesting information from the Web.
Prof. Rajendra Todalbagi
BE(Mech), EGMP
Associate Professor - Operations
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  • As certified assessor of  CII-Exim Bank Business Excellence award participated in assessment under  large corporation category for 2017 awards and asessed RPG Raychem as a panel member of the assessment team from 1st to 7th Oct 2017.
 
Dr. M. Sriram
MBA, FCMA, M.Com, MPhil, Ph D
Assistant Professor - Finance
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  • Served as an external examiner for the Research Advisory Committee(RAC) meeting  to monitor the progress of Research Scholars at School of Management, Presidency University,Bengaluru on 10 February 2018.
  • Was invited as Chief Guest for a  panel discussion on Union Budget 2018-19 at JSS College of Arts, Science and Commerce on 9 February 2018.
  • Delivered a guest lecture on 'Capital Budgeting-Concepts,Issues and Techniques' at School of Management and Commerce, M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences (RUAS), Peenya Campus on 16 December 2017.
  • Presented a paper on ​​'Do Firm Specific Characteristics and Industry Classification Corroborate Voluntary Disclosure of Financial Ratios:An Empirical Investigation of S&P CNX 500​​ ​​Companies ​'​at ​ICOM 2017 organised by College of Business Administration, Abu Dhabi University,Abu Dhabi jointly with Asian Academy of Management, Hong Kong on 19 and 20 November 2017.​
  • Served as a Chairperson for a t​rack​ session at ​ICOM 2017​ ​organised by College of Business Administration, Abu Dhabi University,Abu Dhabi jointly with Asian Academy of Management, Hong Kong on 19 and 20 November 2017​
  • Served as an external examiner and conducted the Research Advisory Committee (RAC) meeting to finalize the course work for Ph D scholars at School of Management, Presidency University, Bengaluru on 24 October 2017.
  • Conducted a knowledge session on 'Basics of Stock Market' for MBA aspirants at Career Launcher, Vishakapatnam on 23 September 2017.
  • Conducted a knowledge session on 'Key Economic terms' for MBA aspirants at Career Launcher, Raipur on 22 September 2017.
  • Delivered a guest lecture on 'Foreign Exchange Risk Management and Special Financing Vehicles'' at Department of Commerce, PG Centre, Vidyavardhaka College, Mysuru on 26 April 2017.
Dr. Srilakshminarayana.G
M.Sc., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Quantitative Methods
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  • Attended a three day workshop-cum seminar commemorating 75 years of teaching M.Sc. statistics course- February 8, 2018 to February 10, 2018, organized by Department of Studies in Statistics, University of Mysore.
  • Delivered at talk at ICSSR sponsored “Regional level research methodology workshop for SC/ST Research scholars” held at University of Mysore, Mysore on February 2, 2018.
  • Invited to conduct a session on “Testing the reliability of the questionnaire”, on February 2, 2018, during the Research methodology workshop for research scholars in social sciences, organized by University of Mysore.
  • Review a paper titled “On inequalities for values of first jumps of distribution functions and Holder's inequality. Statist. Probab. Lett. 126 (2017)”, for American Mathematical Society, January 2018.
  • Conducted a session for the Mechanical students of Vidyavardhaka College of engineering on “Queueing theory and its applications” on 17 November 2017
  • Reviewed a paper titled “Modelling and Forecasting Inflation Rate in Kenya Using SARIMA and Holt-Winters Triple Exponential Smoothing” for American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics.
  • Reviewed two Chapters of the book titled “COMPLETE BUSINESS STATISTICS” for McGraw Hill Education India (Private) Limited.
  • Reviewed a paper titled “Extremal properties of one-dimensional Cauchy-type measures” for American Mathematical Society.
  • Invited to be as an examiner for Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, School of Post-Graduate, Studies Coimbatore and evaluated the thesis titled “A Study on Value Chain Analysis of Moringa in Tiruppur District”.
  • Conducted knowledge sessions for the students of Career Launcher at Hyderabad on “Skills corporate look for in a B-school Student”.
  • Resource person for a one day workshop conducted by Department of Studies in Commerce and Vidyavardhaka Research Foundation on “Exploring Research Avenues”. Conducted a session on “Statistical methods and their role in research”.
Prof. Jayakrishnan S 
Bsc, PGDM, PGCAM & PR, FPM (NITIE)
Assistant Professor - Marketing
  • Reviewed the manuscript entitled “The Cement Number Game: A Teaching Case”  submitted to the CASE Journal  (Emerald).
  • Was invited by British University in Dubai (BUiD) to deliver the sessions on Consumer Learning, Persuasion and Marketing strategy, Planning and Business Models to BUiD MBA Students. Prof. Jayakrishnan's visit during October 15-16, 2017, is the part of Student-Faculty exchange program between SDMIMD and BUiD.
  • Reviewed the research paper entitled Extrinsic Cues, Perceived Quality, and Purchase Intention on Private Labels submitted to the Asia Pacific Journal of Marketing and Logistics (APJML) which is Scopus indexed and ABDC (B journal). 
  • Reviewed the manuscript entitled “The Employee Walkout at MARKET BASKET: Was the Negotiation Effective?”  submitted to The CASE Journal.
Dr. Venkatraja B
MA, Ph.D
Assistant Professor - Economics
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  • Chaired a technical session on Social Entrepreneurship and Rural Economy at the National Conference on "Rural Opportunity: An Unexplored Terrain"  on 24 February 2018 organised by SDM Post Graduate Centre for Management Studies and Research, Mangalore. 
  • Invited as resource person to a panel discussion on Banking Consolidation : A Tool for Stabilisation & Digitisation at Vidhyavardhaka First Grade College, Mysore on 14 October 2017. This event was part of the Conference on  “Consolidation of Banking Sector in India: Charting the Future”. 
  • Reviewed a research paper titled "Rural Credit Delivery in India: Structural Constraints and Corrective Measures" for Global Business Research Journals.  
  • Presented a research paper on the topic "What Drives Growth in India– Consumption Spending or Investment? An Exploratory Study" in the Thirteenth Asia-Pacific Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Banking organised by Global Business Research at Singapore on August 4-5, 2017 and invited as a panelist to the panel discussion on the topic "Creative thinking and problem-solving skills - How to teach these skills to our students?"
Prof. L Gandhi
M.A., M.B.A., M.Phil., UGC-NET
Assistant Professor - OB/HRM
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  • Invited as a judge to select the Best HR Manager of SAPIENTIA-18, A National level management fest organized by Sapient First Grade College, Mysore on March 17, 2018.
  • Chaired a session in the National conference, on 'Trends and Prospects in Banking and Financial Markets', organized by JSS Center for Management Studies during 15-16, December, 2017.   
  • Panel member in the panel discussion on "Choosing specializations in MBA" organized by IMS, Patna on 6 December 2017.
  • Presented a paper on "Student Retention practices - A key yardstick to measure B-School’s teaching and Training efficiency- An Indian Scenario presentation" in ACBSP Region (10) conference organized at SDMIMD, Mysuru during 15-16, November, 2017.
  • Attended two-day CII National Higher Education Conclave 2017 at Coimbatore during 1-2 December 2017.
  • Attended a Faculty Development Program on "Innovative Approaches in Management Teaching" at IIM Kozhikode between September 11-16, 2017.
  • Conducted a knowledge session on MBA Specializations and their scope & Skill sets while hiring MBA students at Career Launcher, Jaipur center on 5 September 2017
  • Conducted a knowledge session on Case study Concepts and Discussions at Career Launcher, Agra center on 4 September 2017
  • Conducted knowledge sessions on Good Profile for a B-School- A B-School's Perspective at Career Launcher, NOIDA and Delhi centers on 3 September 2017 along with Prof. Prasad.
  • Was invited as a Panel member to discuss on "The Role of Technology in Education- Teachers' Perspectives" in the panel discussion held on August 1, 2017 at Coimbatore. The event was organized by Extramarks-an education technology solution provider and Dr. Nandagopal, Director, PSGIM, Coimbatore was the Guest of Honour. Over 120 educational institutions' Management members, Heads and Senior Teachers have participated in the program.
  • Conducted a training session for Range Forest Officers on Qualities of effective employees on May 25, 2017 at Administrative Training Institute (ATI), Mysore.
  • Conducted a training session for Range Forest Officers on Motivation on May 29, 2017 at Administrative Training Institute (ATI), Mysore.
  • Conducted team building activities for over 200 police officials including IGP, SPs and Inspectors of Mysuru range on July 5, 2017 at IGP's office, Mysore.
Prof. Kannadas S 
MBA, M.Phil, FDP (IIM K), FDP (IISc)
Assistant Professor - Finance
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  • Conducted knowledge sessions on Critical Interview Handling at Career Launcher, Varanasi center on September 17, 2017
  • Conducted a knowledge session on Critical Interview handling and What not to expect from a commendable B-School at Career Launcher, Lucknow centers on September 16, 2017
  • Conducted a knowledge session on GST and Monetary policy of India at Career Launcher, Kanpur center on September 15, 2017
  • Conducted team building activities for over 200 police officials including IGP, SPs and Inspectors of Mysuru range on July 5, 2017 at IGP's office, Mysore.

Faculty Outreach Activities 2013-14

Dr. R. Jagadeesh
BE, ME, Ph. D
Professor - Operations
  1. Invited to be on the Editorial Review Board of the journal – Journal of Management Development, published by Emerald Publishing, UK.
  2. Attended the 5th Biennial Conference held at Shanghai University of International Business and Economics, at Songjiang Shanghai, China on October 27, 2013. The conference was host to premier b-schools from BRICS countries. SDMIMD, PSG, XIME, Hindustan were the premier B-schools participated from India.
  3. Presented a paper titled “Benchmarking India’s innovation capabilities using the Global Innovation Index” at the International Conference on Technology and Business Management (ICTBM 2014) held at the American University in the Emirates, Dubai, from 24 to 26 March 2014. 
Dr. Nilanjan Sengupta
M.A. & Ph.D.
Professor - OB/HRM
  1. Has invited as speakers in the HR Meet 2014 in Kathmandu, Nepal. As a Key Note Speaker,  Dr. Nilanjan addressed the gathering on the topic “Strategic Dimensions of HRM’. He was also took part in the Panel discussion on ‘Workforce Diversity’ during the event. The Meet was held on 21 March, 2014.
Dr. Mousumi Sengupta
M.A. in HRM, GradIPD & Ph.D.
Professor - OB/HRM
  1. Has invited as speakers in the HR Meet 2014 in Kathmandu, Nepal. As a Key Note Speaker, Dr. Mousumi delivered a lecture on ‘Emerging Trends in HRM’. She was also took part in the Panel discussion on ‘Workforce Diversity’ during the event. The Meet was held on 21 March, 2014.
Malathi Sriram
MCA, P.G. Diploma in System Analysis, M.Phil.
Associate Professor - Systems
  1. Delivered a guest talk on “Internet & Web” at Zonal Institute for Educational Training, Kendriya Vidyalaya Teacher Training on 20 November 2013.
  2. Presented a Case Study titled “Sakala Implementation in Mysore District – A Case Study” held at the International Centre, Goa, on 24-26 September 2013.
  3. Resource Person for the Moodle Workshop at the JSS Institute on 25 July 2014
  4. Attended the Tenth AIMS International Conference on Management & Presented a paper titled “User Perception in Technology Adoption: A QR Code implementation study in a B-School” held at the IIM-B campus, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, on 7 & 8 January 2013.
Dr. Neetu Ganapathy
M.Sc., MDBA & Ph.D
Associate Professor - Systems
  1. Completed an online course on Leadership titled "Inspiring Leadership through Emotional Intelligence” with distinction in January 2014. This course was taught by Dr. Richard Boyatzis from the Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio and was offered online by  Coursera.org. 
  2. Paper titled "Enterprise Resource Planning System Selection by Small and Medium Enterprises: An Empirical Study" was published in "Managing Services in a Competitive Environment", published by AIMS International in January 2014.
  3. Was awarded a Doctorate in Business Administration by the Kuvempu University in Shivmogga, Karnataka for my thesis titled “ERP Implementation at SMEs: Issues, Challenges and Prospects” at the annual convocation held on March 18, 2013
  4. Attended a workshop on Leadership by Mr. Shiv Khera on February 3, 2013 at Infosys, Mysore
  5. A paper titled ‘Enterprise Resource Planning System Selection by Small and Medium Enterprises: An empirical study’ was presented at an International Doctoral Student Paper Competition, conducted by AIMS International, held from January 6-9, 2013 at IIM, Bangalore. This paper won the third prize.
Dr. Srilakshminarayana.G
M.Sc., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Quantitative Methods
  1. Attended the four day Workshop on “Lectures in Probability and Stochastic Processes” was organised from 6 December 2013 to 10 December 2013 at Indian statistical Institute, Bangalore. The workshop covered two short courses from two eminent researchers in their respect areas. The first one was Prof. Vivek Borkar, who had delivered a course titled “Ergodicity of diffusions and controlled diffusions”. The Second one was Prof. Parthanil Roy, who had delivered a course titled “Nonsingular Group Actions, Finitely Generated Abelian Groups and Stable Random Fields”. Apart from the above, there were short presentations from scholars from different areas of probability and stochastic process.
  2. Participated the Two day Seminar on Probability and Statistics was organised by University of Mysore, held on 5 & 6 November 2013. The seminar had attracted researchers from different fields of research in statistics and provided a very good platform for the researchers to share their view points.
  3. Participated the Conference on “New Directions in Probability” was organised by Indian statistical Institute Bangalore, from 30 May 2013 to 4 June 2013. Experts from different parts of the globe had presented their work and the conference had given an opportunity for the researchers to know the direction in which the area is expanding.
  4. Attended the Workshop on “Heavy-tailed Distributions and Extreme Value theory” held at Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata from 14 January 2013 to 17 January 2013. The workshop was mainly aimed at providing a platform for the researchers in India and abroad to interact and discuss on developments in the area of extreme value theory and heavy tailed distributions. During the lectures, two short courses were handled by two eminent speakers. The first one was Prof. Henrik Hult, who had delivered the course titled “Asymptotics and simulation for heavy-tailed processes”.The second one was Prof. John Segers, who had delivered the course titled “Extremes of stationary sequences: clusters and spectral processes”. Apart from these, other experts from the area had delivered short talks on different aspects related to the theme of the workshop. 

Faculty Outreach Activities 2014-15

Dr. N.R. Parasuraman
LLB, FCS, FICWA, DBF, Ph.D.
Director & Professor - Finance
  1. Inaugurated the Two-day National Seminar on “IFRS Convergence in India- Issues and Challenges”, organized by JSS College for Women, Saraswathipuram, Mysuru, India, held on February 2, 2015.
  2. Delivered a talk on ‘Strategic Issues in Leadership' at the Third International Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Social Sciences, jointly organized by SDMIMD, Mysore and J.A. Alpha Business Research & Publishers Pvt. Ltd, held at Mumbai during December 19-21, 2014.
  3. Delivered the special felicitation talk at the First Middle East Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Banking, jointly organized by SDMIMD, Mysore and J.A. Alpha Business Research & Publishers Pvt. Ltd, held at Dubai during October 10-12, 2014.
  4. The article on ‘Are smaller private sector commercial banks in India a likely target for takeover in India? An Investigation’ by  Dr. N.R. Parasuraman, Director, SDMIMD & Dr. Ullas Rao, has won the “Best Research Paper” at the International Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Social Sciences, jointly organized by SDMIMD, Mysore and J.A. Alpha Business Research & Publishers Pvt. Ltd, held at Chennai during July 11-13, 2014.
Dr. H. Gayathri
MBA, Ph.D
Deputy – Director & Professor - Marketing
  1. Delivered a special talk on the topic ‘Business Negotiations in the Global Scenario’ at Asia-Pacific Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Social Sciences which was held from August 1–3, 2014, at Village Hotel Albert Court, Singapore.
Dr. R. Jagadeesh
BE, ME, Ph. D
Dean - Academics & Professor - Operations
  1. Delivered an invited lecture on the topic of “Operations strategies for global competitiveness” at the International Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Social Sciences organized jointly by J.A. Alpha and SDMIMD was held at Hotel Novotel in the heart of the city of Bangkok, Thailand, during February 20-22, 2014. In one of the technical session Dr. Jagadeesh presented a paper titled “Performance Assessment and Optimization of Global Supply Chains”.
Dr. M.R. Suresh
PGDRM & Ph.D
Professor - Marketing
  1.  
Prasad S.N.
BE, ME, PGDM, MDBA
Associate Professor - OB/HRM
 
Malathi Sriram
MCA, P.G. Diploma in System Analysis, M.Phil.
Associate Professor - Systems
 
Dr. Neetu Ganapathy
M.Sc., MDBA & Ph.D
Associate Professor - Systems
  1. Attended a program conducted by Quality Circle Forum of India, Mysore Chapter, on International Women's Day, March 8, 2016 at L & T, Mysore.
  2. Attended a Workshop on Communication organized by Toastmasters International in Mysore in March 2015.
  3. Published a book review of Sameera Kesiraju’s book “Life in a Jiffy”  which appeared in 'Star of Mysore' on January 12, 2015.
  4. Attended the Toastmasters International Conference on Communication and Leadership held on November 22 and 23 at the Radisson Blu in Mysore.
  5. Participated in the area level Toastmasters’ contests held at SPI, Mysore in October
  6. Stood first in the Speech Evaluation contest and stood second in the Humorous Speech Contest  conducted by the Toastmasters’ Club in October
  7. Attended a Judges training program conducted by Toastmasters International at Mysore in September 2014
  8. Worked with Rangsons Electronics, Mysore for a duration of 3 months (from April to June) to capture their ERP journey from 2008 to 2014. This is to be converted into two case studies.
R Sugant
BE, MBA,( Ph.D - pursuing)
Associate Professor - Marketing
  1. Presented a paper on "A Framework for Measuring Service Quality of E-Learning Services", at the Third International Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Social Sciences, jointly organized by SDMIMD, Mysore and J.A. Alpha Business Research & Publishers Pvt. Ltd, held at Mumbai during December 19-21, 2014.
Mohamed Minhaj
MCA, M.Phil
Assistant Professor - Systems
  1. A Management Development Program on Data Analysis and Business Modeling with MS-Excel was recently conducted at Mysore Polymers and Rubber Products Ltd.(MyPol) for its executives by Prof. Mohamed Minhaj. The program provided a comprehensive introduction to MS-Excel and helped the participants understand the effective ways to use Excel for Data Analysis, Modelling, and Decision Making.
Dr. Srilakshminarayana.G
M.Sc., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Quantitative Methods
  1. Delivered guest lectures on Inventory models and queuing theory on 7 April 2014 & 14 April 2014 to the first year M.Sc. Statistics students. The lectures covered two chapters in the syllabus on operations research. He had visited every week to deliver the lectures.
  2. Delivered a guest lecture on Distribution theory to the first year students of M.Sc. Statistics of SDM PG centre, Department of Statistics, Ujre.
  3. The Ninth Lectures in Probability and Stochastic Processes as held at Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata from 12.12.2014 to 16.12.2014. Two short courses were delivered during the workshop. The first one to deliver the course titled “Skorohod Problem and Insurance Models”, by Prof. Ramasubramanian and the second who had delivered the course titled “Long Range Dependence” was Prof. Gennady Samorodnitsky. 
Dr. Venkatraja B
MA, Ph.D
Assistant Professor - Economics
  1. Attended an Executive Development Program (EDP) on “Mindfulness for Outstanding Performance” organisined by Justice K.S. Hegde Institute for Management, Nitte on 17. 09. 2014.
  2. Delivered an invited speech on the topic “Central Budget 2014-15” on 16.07.2014. The program was organized by the Institute of Chartered Accounts of India (ICAI), Mysore Chapter.  The presentation reviewed the budget proposals of the Government and its fiscal position. The program was attended by the members of ICAI Mysore Chapter.  

Faculty Outreach Activities 2016-17

FOA 2015-16 | FOA 2014-15 | FOA 2013-14
Dr. N.R. Parasuraman
LLB, FCS, FICWA, DBF, Ph.D.
Director & Professor - Finance
  1. Delivered the class for Masters Students in University of Shanghai, China, on May 15, 2016. The session on specific aspects of interest rates, loans and how these could be calculated using MS-Excel.
  2. Delivered an invited talk during the inaugural session at 5th International Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Social Sciences organised by J.A. Alpha Business Research & Publishers Pvt. Ltd (UAE) and SDMIMD held at Chennai during April 1-2, 2016. He was also a panellist for a panel discussion. 
Dr. R. Jagadeesh
BE, ME, Ph. D
Dean - Academics & Professor - Operations
  1. Review a Paper entitled “Using data envelopment analysis to evaluate the performances of food Production companies based on EFQM's criteria and to present an improvement plan", submitted for the International Journal of Business Excellence (IJBEX).
  2. Was invited to be the reviewer for "Journal of Management Development" published by Emerald Publishing. 
  3. Was a jury for the annual quality competition organized by M/s Rane Madras, Mysore, to decide the best projects done by (1) Quality Improvement Teams, and (2) Quality Control Circles. Six teams participated in each category and demonstrated quality improvement using 7 Step Quality Improvement Process.
  4. Acted as an examiner to evaluate the Ph.D. thesis related to the work done on quality initiatives and awards, and submitted to Visveswaraya Technological University, (VTU), Karnataka.
  5. Benchmarking is a time tested and well proven methodology for improving the quality of any quality characteristic, as exemplified by many industries worldwide, said Dr. Jagadeesh on 1st July 2016,  while delivering the invited lecture at the One Week Faculty Development Program on Total Quality Management Practices in Power Sector, organized by the Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, P.E.S. College of Engineering, Mandya, Karnataka, under the Technical Education Quality Improvement Program. 
Dr. Nilanjan Sengupta
M.A. & Ph.D.
Professor - OB/HRM
  1. Appointed as the Honorary International Directors into the Board of Scientific Research and Publishing Company (SRPC), Abuja, Nigeria.
  2. Included as a panel member of PhD.D thesis external examiners for VTU , Karnataka for one of the PhD candidate's thesis evaluation.
  3. Invited by International Journal of Sociology and Anthropology( IJSA) to become a reviewer for their journal. IJSA is part of the academic journals group based in Mauritius and Nigeria and publish 111 journals. 
Dr. Mousumi Sengupta
M.A. in HRM, GradIPD & Ph.D.
Professor - OB/HRM
  1. Delivered a talk on "The Importance of Wellness and Challenges in Corporate Life", in Maharani's Women's Commerce and Management College, Mysore, 21 February 2017.
  2. Participated as the speaker in the seminar 'VUCA TIMES AND CHALLENGES FOR HR', 3 February 2017 at SDMIMD, Mysore. Organized by WE, Mysore - NIPM Mysore Chapter.
  3. Appointed as the Honorary International Directors into the Board of Scientific Research and Publishing Company (SRPC), Abuja, Nigeria.
  4. Participated in ‘Annual Environment & Sustainability Conference on Sustainable Urbanization’ organized by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) Karnataka Chapter on April 19, 2016 at Hotel The Chancery Pavilion, Bengaluru.
Dr. M.R. Suresh
PGDRM & Ph.D
Professor - Marketing
  1. Included in the Editorial Advisory Board of IUP Journal of Brand Management published by ICFAI University Press, Hyderabad. IUP Journal of Brand Management is currently in its 13th year of publication. It is included in Cabell's Directory, EBSCO and Proquest Database.
  2. Participated in ‘Annual Environment & Sustainability Conference on Sustainable Urbanization’ organized by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) Karnataka Chapter on April 19, 2016 at Hotel The Chancery Pavilion, Bengaluru.
  3. Chief Guest for the inaugural session of the Workshop on ‘Trends in Research and Publication’ organized by BLDEA College of Engineering, Vijayapura (Bijapur) during April 12 & 13, 2016.
  4. Resource Person for the Workshop on ‘Trends in Research and Publication’ organized by BLDEA College of Engineering, Vijayapura (Bijapur) during April 12 & 13, 2016 and delivered the following sessions: a.Report Writing b.Literature Review – an Overview
Dr. Neetu Ganapathy
M.Sc., MDBA & Ph.D
Associate Professor - Systems
  1. Was invited by the Shanghai University in Shanghai, China to teach a course on Cross-Border Managerial Communication between September 3, 2016 and September 11, 2016. The course was part of the curriculum of the Global Local MBA program and was attended by 31 participants from across China and Spain.
Prof. R Sugant
BE, MBA
Associate Professor - Marketing
  1. Member in the Editorial Board of Bi-annual Sahyadri Journal of Management.
  2. Resource Person, 10th National Conference 2017 on  "Global Brand Building" conducted by SDM PG Centre for Management Studies & Research on March 3, 2017
  3. Judge, "Connector" Marketing Event at SAPIENTIA '17, the National Level Commerce and Management Fest conducted by Kautilya First Grade College on February 22, 2017
Rajendra Todalbagi
BE(Mech), EGMP
Associate Professor - Operations
  1. Participated in  IoTNext - 2016, Global IoT  summit on Realities and Road ahead  on 9 and 10 November 2016 at Bangalore organized by IESA and TiE Bangalore.
Mohamed Minhaj
MCA, M.Phil
Associate Professor - Systems
  1. Invited to be a resource person for a Faculty Development Programme was conducted on 10 January 2017. The FDP was organized under "Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching" and sponsored by MHRD. Faculty members from several universities across India attended the FDP. He handled session on Deployment and Administration of Moodle for e-Learning.
  2. Was a delegate in the 4th International Conference on Business Analytics and Intelligence, organised by IISc, Bangalore in association with IIMB and Analytics Society of India,  scheduled during 19 - 21 December 2016.
  3. Participation in the CII IT Conference held at L&T Mysuru on 28 September 2016.
  4. Participated in a Workshop on "Data Visualization", organised by IMT, Hyderabad   on 8 and 9 July 2016.
  5. Delivered a guest lecture on "Business Analytics" at Vidyavardhaka Engineering College, Mysuru on 9 June 2016.
     
Dr. M. Sriram
MBA, FCMA, M.Com, MPhil, Ph D
Assistant Professor - Finance
  1. Presented a paper on 'Do Flow of FDI and Stock Index Movements Corroborate Long Term Relationship? An Empirical Analysis of India' at the UGC Sponsored 7th International Conference on 'Leveraging Investment, Infrastructure and Intellectual Capital for Economic Development' organised by Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore jointly with 'The Institute of Finance Management,  Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and  Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
  2. Served as a Chairperson for a technical session at the UGC Sponsored 7th International Conference on 'Leveraging Investment, Infrastructure and Intellectual Capital for Economic Development' organised by Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore jointly with 'The Institute of Finance Management,  Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and  Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
  3. Attended a one week Faculty Development Programme on 'Applied Financial Econometrics' at Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode between 26-30 September 2016.
  4. Was the external examiner to conduct Ph.D viva voce examination in Management at Christ University on 26 April 2016.
Dr. Srilakshminarayana.G
M.Sc., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor - Quantitative Methods
  1. Was invited as Resource person to deliver the invited talk on Research data analysis on June 7, 2016 at Vivekananda Institute for Leadership Development, Mysuru (V-LEAD).
Dr. Venkatraja B
MA, Ph.D
Assistant Professor - Economics
  1. Delivered an invited technical talk on the topic "Digital Economy and Fiscal Discipline in India" at Vidyavardhaka Post Graduate College, Mysore on the occasion of  UGC Sponsored National Conference on - Digital Economy in India: The Challenges Ahead on February 18, 2017.
  2. Presented a paper on 'Do Flow of FDI and Stock Index Movements Corroborate Long Term Relationship? An Empirical Analysis of India' at the UGC Sponsored 7th International Conference on 'Leveraging Investment, Infrastructure and Intellectual Capital for Economic Development' organised by Avinashilingam University, Coimbatore jointly with 'The Institute of Finance Management,  Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and  Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
  3. Was invited as Technical Session Speaker and delivered a talk on "Monetary Policy for Stable Economic Growth: Relevance & Emerging Trends" on 11th December, 2016 at the Faculty Development Program (FDP) organised by the Department of Pre-University Education, Government of Karnataka at St.Joseph's College, Madikeri. The four-day event between December 8 and 11 was attended by more than one hundred Lecturers in Economics from Mangalore and Kodagu districts. 
  4. The paper ‘Impact of central explicit subsidies on fiscal deficit in India: an empirical study’ by Dr. B. Venkatraja, Professor – Economics, SDMIMD, has won the Best Paper Award at 5th International conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Social Sciences on the them ‘Global Business, Economics & Sustainability’ held during April 1 to 3, 2016 at Chennai. 
  5. Presented paper ‘Impact of central explicit subsidies on fiscal deficit in India: an empirical study’ in 5th International Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Social Sciences organised by J.A. Alpha Business Research & Publishers Pvt. Ltd (UAE) and SDMIMD held at Chennai during April 1-2, 2016.
  6. Chaired technical session at 5th International Conference on Global Business, Economics, Finance and Social Sciences organised by J.A. Alpha Business Research & Publishers Pvt. Ltd (UAE) and SDMIMD held at Chennai during April 1-2, 2016.
Prof. L Gandhi
M.A., M.B.A., M.Phil., UGC-NET
Assistant Professor - OB/HRM
  1. Attended a Case Method Workshop at IIM Calcutta between 2nd and 3rd of March 2017 and the lead resource persons for the workshop are invited from Singapore Management University (SMU).
  2. Invited as a judge to select the Best HR Manager of SAPIENTIA-17, A National level management fest organized by Kautilya First Grade College, Mysore on February 23, 2017.
  3. Invited as a Resource Person & handled a session on Motivation to District Officers & Principals of Morarji Desai Pre-University Colleges, Government of Karnataka at ATI, Mysuru, held on February 16, 2017.
  4. Conducted a session on Motivation and personality determinants to a batch of Horticultural Officers at Administrative Training Institute (ATI), Mysuru on 29 December, 2016.
  5. Conducted sessions on Motivation and personality determinants to 2 batches of Horticultural Officers at Administrative Training Institute (ATI), Mysuru on 1st & 8th of December 2016.
  6. Attended a 3 day FDP on Case Writing, Teaching and Research at XIME Bangalore conducted by Dr. Mathew J Manimala, Ex IIM B Professor and Prof. PD Jose, Professor, IIM B, on November 23 to 25, 2016.
  7. Attended a National case conferene at Christ University, Bengaluru and presented a case on “UK Exit of TATA Steel Port Talbot -a triggering point for increased unemployment and HR Challenges”, held on September 30, 2016.
  8. Invited as a resource person to handle a training session on Motivation to Nodal Officers as a part of Train the Trainers programme at Administrative Training Institute (ATI), Mysuru on August 4, 2016.
  9. Resource person for the session on “Personality” & “Managers in Making” to 1 year MBA & B.Sc (Textiles) students of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International School of Textiles & Management on July 22, 2016. 
Prof. Kannadas S 
MBA, M.Phil, FDP (IIM K), FDP (IISc)
Assistant Professor - Finance
  1. Attended an FDP on “Econometrics for Management Research” held at IIM Kozhikode, Kozhikode on 5-9 December 2016
  2. Attended a Workshop on “Applied Econometrics for Business and Finance” held at XIME, Bangalore on 21-22 October 2016
  3. Presented a paper on “Could Crowdfunding reinstate other conventional sources of financing” organized by Adarsh Group of Institutions, Bangalore, held on 27 September 2016
  4. Participated in a national level Experiential Workshop on “Parametric and Non Parametric Tools for Data Analysis” organized by St. Joseph’s College of Commerce, Bangalore, held on 26 September 2016
  5. Presented a paper on “Entwine of Gender and Experience on Investment Behavior” International conference on Financial Markets and Corporate Finance at IIT Madras, Chennai, held on 12-13 August 2016.
Dr. Sunil M.V.
M.L.ISc, Ph.D
Librarian
  1. Delivered a session on Use of Technology and Information resources for topic identification and literature review for PES College for Engineering, Mandya, on October 25, 2016.
  2. Resource Person for the Workshop on Research Methodology for the sessions on ‘Effective Search Strategy’ and 'Reporting Styles and Standards' organized by Mangalore Institute of Technology and Engineering, Moodabedri and Visveshwariaha Technological University (VTU) on July 21, 2016.
  3. Resource Person for the Online Certificate Course in School Librarianship for the sessions on ‘Library Automation using eGranthalaya’ and 'Developing Digital Library using Greenstone' organized by Regional Institute of Education, NCERT, MHRD, Mysore during July 19 & 20, 2016. 
  4. Member, Committee formed by Directorate of State Educational Research and Training (DSERT), Government of Karnataka. Attended meeting called to design ‘Manual for Teacher-Librarian’ on May 30 & 31, 2016 at Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Mysuru. 
  5. Chaired session on ‘Best practices in school libraries’ at 2-days National Conference on “School Libraries in Digital Age” (COSCOLIDIA), May 12 & 13, 2016. Belagavi: Bharatesh Education Trust’s Global Business school; Jain Heritage School; & Journal of Library Development. Jain Heritage School (JGI).  
  6. Resource Person for the Workshop on Plagiarism organized by National Institute of Engineering (NIE), Mysuru during April 14 & 15, 2016 and delivered the following sessions: Avoiding Plagiarism, Searching the Authentic Content & Reference Management System.​
  7. Resource Person for the Workshop on ‘Trends in Research and Publication’ organized by BLDEA College of Engineering, Vijayapura (Bijapur) during April 12 & 13, 2016 and delivered the following sessions: Plagiarism in Research and Publication, Plagiarism detection tools: demonstration of Turnitin, Viper and Plagiarism Checker & E-Resources for research in Engineering and Management.
  8. Member of the Doctoral Committee for the candidate Mr. Nagaraja S. (Ref. No. 47403), at Bishop Heber College, Tiruchinappali, the research center recognized by Bharathidasan University.
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