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Beliefs, Failures, and Success
This page may sound as a self promotion exercise. Nevertheless, I would like to state that I am not intelligent, suave, hardworking, materially rich, etc, etc. And I have no hassles in submitting this. I am a touch player!!!!! I wear and enjoy my failures as much as my successes. While the write up below may sound largely positive but I’ve had many failures. Perhaps, the list is too long!
Education
v B. Tech., Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India.
v Intermediate, Government Junior College, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India.
v SSC, APPM Model High School, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Organizations Worked/Associated With (Past and/ or Present)
v Associate Professor@ XLRI School of Management, Jamshedpur, India
v Associate Professor @ S P Jain Center of Management, Singapore Campus, Singapore
v Assistant Professor @ XLRI School of Management, Jamshedpur, India
v Research Scholar @ Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen, Denmark
v Research/Project Assistant @ Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta, India
v Analyst @ Private Equity Research Firm, India
v Marketing Research Team Member @ Blue Dart Express Limited, India
v Junior Manager @ Steel Authority of India Limited, Bokaro Steel Plant, Bokaro, India
v Management Trainee @ Engineers India Limited, India
Areas of Interest
Corporate Strategy, Financial Analysis, Strategies of Development, and Study of Business Groups (or Business Families)
Awards, Academic Honors
¨ Ranked in the Top 1% Authors on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) from May 2007 onwards. Relevant URL http://ssrn.com/author=585980
v Paper entitled, “Financial Performance and Diversification Strategy of Indian Business Groups” listed on SSRN’s Top Ten list for “DSP: Other Diversification Strategy & Policy” in 2009.
v Paper entitled, “Insights into Land Acquisition Experiences of Private Businesses in India” listed on SSRN’s Top Ten list for “UERS: Urban Infrastructure” and “UERS: Urban Markets” in 2009.
v Paper entitled, “A Framework for Evaluation of Land Acquisitions in India: Sustainable Development Perspective” listed on SSRN’s Top Ten list for “DEV: Development Strategies” in 2009.
v Paper entitled, “Econometric Analysis of the Capital Structure Determinants” listed on SSRN’s Top Ten list for “AEM: Econometric Modeling in Financial Economics” and “Econometrics: Applied Econometrics & Modeling” in 2008.
v Paper entitled, “Milestones in Financial Management” listed on SSRN’s Top Ten list for “History of Accounting” in 2008.
v Paper entitled, “Financial Performance and Diversification Strategy of Indian Business Groups” listed on SSRN’s Top Ten list for “Operations Strategy” in 2008.
v Paper entitled, “Managerial Remuneration: Of Changing Guidelines, Pay Packets, and Incentives to Performance” listed on SSRN’s Top Ten list for “Emerging Markets: Finance”, “International Finance: Corporate” and “Labor: Personnel Economics” in 2007.
¨ The “Best Young Teacher Award” for the year 2004-05 at the 17th Annual Management Convention 2005, of the Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS), held at Hyderabad in Aug. 2005.
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¨ “Best Research Paper Award” in the 6th International Business & Economics Research (IBER) Conference held at Las Vegas, U.S.A. in Oct. 2002.
¨ Research Grant from the National Stock Exchange of India Limited, Mumbai in 2001.
¨ ‘Aage og Elva Nimbs’ Scholarship at the Copenhagen Business School, Denmark in Spring 2000.
¨ Selected at the IIM Calcutta to be a visiting research scholar to the Copenhagen Business School, Denmark in 2000.
¨ Research Grant from the Aditya Birla Center for Management Research of London Business School in 1999.
¨ “Best Research Proposal” Award in the ‘Strategy’ Category at the A V Birla workshop on Management Research, organized by Aditya Birla Center of London Business School and IIMs of Ahmedabad, Bangalore, and Calcutta in 1999.
¨ “Best Doctoral Students Paper Award” at the Management Development Institute (MDI) Gurgaon in 1997.
Review and Editorial Work for Refereed Journals (Past and/ or Present)
v Reviewer for the ‘Quantitative Finance’ Journal: 2008 onwards
v Member, Manuscript Review board, Decision Journal: 2008 onwards
v Reviewer for the ‘Vikalpa’ Journal: 2008 onwards
v Member, Editorial board, Problems and Perspectives in Management Journal: 2007 onwards
v Reviewer for the ‘Physica’ Journal: 2007
v Member, Editorial board, Management and Labour Studies Journal: 2005 onwards
v Reviewer for the ‘Management and Labour Studies’ Journal: 2002-04
v Reviewer for the ‘Decision’ Journal: 2000-02
Consultancy/ Research Reports
I have been part of the following project teams (both, past and present):
v “Review of MBA Program Course Outlines” for a South India-based Business School
v “Review of Undergraduate Course Outlines in Finance” for a Middle East Asian University
v “Business Plan-cum-Feasibility Study” for a Singapore Firm
v “Valuation of a Real Estate Project” Prepared for a Mumbai-based Entrepreneur
v “Business & Financial Analysis Report” for a large Business Group manufacturing affiliate
v “Micro-Insurance – Review & Feasibility Study” for a International Aid Agency
v “Evaluating Finance Raising Options” for a Mid Sized Social Entrepreneurship Project
v “Evaluation of Food-for-Work Scheme”, for the Planning Commission, Government of India
v “Organizational Assessment & Recreating Excellence” for a large Business Group affiliate
v “Diagnostic-cum-Rehabilitation Study of a Sick Firm” for the Small Industries Service Institute, Government of India
v “Equity Research Report” for a large Middle East Asia based Foreign Institutional Investor (FII)
v “External Evaluation of Post Literacy Programme” for the Government of Rajasthan
v “Equity Research Report” for a Indian Investment Banker
v “Activity Based Costing” for a National Laboratory
v “External Evaluation of Post Literacy Programme” for the Government of Tripura
v “Management Audit of a Regional Rural Bank” for the NABARD, Government of India
v “Developing Marketing Strategy” for a large Public Sector Unit
Select Community Service (Past and/ or Present)
The following list includes select community service initiatives (i.e., past and present) and related organization memberships:
v White Paper for an Intermediary for Adoption and Related Social Issues
v President, XLRI Staff Cooperative Credit Society
v Chairman, Jharkhand Chapter, North South Foundation
v Founder Member, TRACES, A Trust by Andhra University Chemical Engineering Alumni (Andhra University, Visakhapatnam)
v Guest speaker, 'India: A Social Perspective’, Under-graduates, CBS, Denmark
v Member, IIM Calcutta Students Committee
v President, Students Association, Department of Chemical Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam
v Member, National Scouts & Guides of India
Last Updated: April 2009