26 November, 2020, Bengaluru: Gopi Sankar G, doctoral student of the Public Policy area at IIM Bangalore, has won the first prize in the Doctoral Proposal track at the Doctoral Colloquium on Management and Development (DOCMAD) organized by the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA). His paper is titled, ‘Institutional Innovations for Market Integration of Smallholder Farmers and their Impact’.
Another doctoral student, Soumya Pal, was adjudged second runner-up in the Advanced Paper track at the same event for his paper titled, ‘Smog at the Downstream: Abatement Cost of Delay in Paddy Cultivation at the Upstream’.
Congratulations the winners, Professor Haritha Saranga, Chair, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), and faculty from the Production & Operations Management area at IIMB, said: “You have made us proud. We look forward to seeing your work being published in top-tier journals in your respective areas.”
The five-year full-time doctoral programme at IIMB is committed to training individuals who will excel in their area of research by publishing quality work of international standard.