PhD Events
Proposal defense on 14 March
K V V Raghavan, PhD student in the Strategy area, will present his thesis proposal titled, ‘Studies on Changes in AI and Firm Heterogeneity’, on 14 March 2025, at 2 p.m., in Classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. P D Jose (Chair), Prof. Vijay Venkataraman (Member), and Prof. Mukta Kulkarni (Member).
Thesis defense on 13 March 2025
Murari Srihari Srinivasa, PhD student in the Decision Sciences area, will present his thesis titled, ‘Building Last-mile Connectivity to Urban Public Transit Systems: A Decision Sciences Perspective’, on 13 March 2025 at 11.30 am in Classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Rajalaxmi V Murthy (Chairperson); Prof. Srinivas Prakhya (Member) and Prof. Reshma Chirayil (Member).
Thesis defense on 05 March
Kapil Gupta, PhD student in the Decision Science area, will present his thesis titled, ‘Analyzing House Price Dynamics Using Novel Spatio-Temporal Methods‘ on Wednesday, 05 March 2025 at 5.30 pm in classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Soudeep Deb (Chairperson); Prof. Venkatesh Panchapagesan (Member) , Prof. Kunal Dasgupta (Member); and Prof. Anand Deo (Member).
Thesis defense on 05 March
Lakshmi Parvathy, PhD student in the Public Policy area, will present her thesis titled, ‘Liquifying Workforce in India’ on Wednesday, 05 March 2025 at 6.30 pm in classroom K-21.
Her Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Rajalaxmi Kamath (Chairperson); Prof. Deepak Malghan (Member) , Prof. G Sabrinathan (Member); and Prof. David Picherit ( Ext Member).
Thesis defense on 03 March
Shubha K, PhD student in the IS area, will present her thesis titled, ‘NAVIGATING THE EVOLVING TELEMEDICINE LANDSCAPE: ADAPTATIONS AND OUTCOMES ‘ on Monday, 03 March 2025 at 4 pm in classroom Q-001.
Her Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Rajendra K Bandi (Chairperson); Prof. Rahul De’ (Member) , Prof. Shankar Venkatagiri (Member); and Prof. Allen P Ugargol (Member).
Thesis defense on 03 March
Mareeswaran M, PhD student in the F&A area, will present his thesis titled, ‘Essays on Impact of Passive Ownership on Managerial Decision-Making’ on Monday, 03 March 2025 at 6.00 pm in classroom K - 21.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Venkatesh Panchapagesan (Chairperson); Prof. Soudeep Deb (Member) , Prof. Srinivasan Rangan (Member), Prof. Varun Jindal (Member); and Prof. Simi Kedia (Ext. Member).
Thesis defense on 28 February
Ravikanth Vazrapu, PhD student in the Marketing area, will present his thesis titled, ‘Models to Understand Customer Behavior in Auctions and Household Purchases’, on 28 February 2025, at 5.30 pm, in Classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Sreelata Jonnalagedda (Chairperson), Prof. Srinivas Prakhya (Member), Prof. Arnab Mukherji (Member), and Prof. Vedha Ponnappan (External member).
Thesis defense on 01 March
Nitesh Bhat, PhD student in the OB & HRM area, will present his thesis titled, ‘The Making and Evolution of Individuals’ Work Meanings’, on 01 March 2025, at 6.30 pm, in Classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Mukta Kulkarni (Chairperson); Prof. Abhoy K. Ojha (Member) , Prof. Sourav Mukherji (Member); and Prof. Srivardhini K. Jha (Member).
Thesis defense on 01 March
Shubham Singh, PhD student in the Production & Operations Management area, will present his thesis titled, ‘From Silos to Synergy: Strategic Transformation of Supply Chains Through Technological Knowledge Management‘ on Saturday, 01 March 2025 at 7 pm in classroom K-21.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. D Krishna Sundar (Chairperson); Prof. Rejie George Pallathitta (Member) , Prof. Nishant Kumar Verma (Member); and Prof. Ravi Srinivasan (Ext Member).
Thesis Proposal on 27 February
Harshith P D, PhD student in the OB&HRM area will be presenting his thesis proposal titled, ‘Diversity Management In An Indian Conglomerate’ on Thursday, 27 February 2025 at 10 AM in classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Vasanthi Srinivasan (Chair); Prof. Mukta Kulkarni (Member) and Prof. Venkatesh Panchapagesan (Member).
Thesis defense on 14 February
Pragati, PhD student in the Economics area, will present her thesis titled, ‘Essays in Human Capital Investments’, on 14 February 2025, at 2 pm in classroom Q-001.
Her Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Tirthatanmoy Das (Chair); Prof. Manaswini Bhalla (member) and Prof. Arnab Mukherji (Member).
Thesis defense on 11 February 2025
Ashish Singh Bhandari, PhD student in the Production and Operations Management area, will present his thesis titled, ‘Impact of Battery Energy Storage Systems on Energy Generation by Renewable and Non-renewable Energy, on 11 February 2025, at 5 pm, in Classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Amar Sapra (Chairperson), Prof. Jishnu Hazra (Member), and Prof. Jitamitra Desai (Member).
Thesis Proposal on 05 November
Muneer Kalliyil, PhD student in the Economics area, will present his thesis titled, ‘Essays in Education Economics’, on 10 February 2025, at 5.30 pm, in Classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Soham Sahoo (Co-Chair), Prof. Ritwik Banerjee (Co-Chair), and Prof. Kunal Das Gupta (Member).
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Thesis presentation on January 27
Shivangi Rajora, PhD student in the Public Policy area, will present her thesis titled, ‘Structures of Rural Banking and Poverty Alleviation’ on 27 January 2025 at 3.30 pm in Classroom Q-001.
Her Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Arnab Mukerjee (Chair), Prof. M S Sriram (Member), and Prof. Tirthatanmoy Das (Member).
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Thesis proposal on 20 January
Swetcha Poladi, PhD student in the Public Policy area, will present her thesis proposal titled, ‘State Capacity: Street-Level Bureaucracy and Fellowships‘ on 20 January 2025 at 11 am in Classroom Q-001.
Her Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Rajalaxmi Kamath (Chair), Prof. Arnab Mukerji (Member), and Prof. Surendra Babu Talluri (Member).
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Thesis proposal on 20 January
Shiril Saju, PhD student in the Production and Operations Mangement area, will present his thesis proposal titled, ‘Government Interventions for Socially Beneficial Technology Adoption’ on 20 January 2025 at 12 noon in Classroom K-11.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Nishant Kumar Verma(Chair), Prof. Ananth Krishnamurthy (Member), and Prof. Rajeev R. Tripathi (Member).
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Thesis proposal on 23 December
Charu Rastogi, PhD student in the Entrepreneurship area, will present her thesis proposal titled, ‘Essays on Pioneering Entrepreneurs', on 23 December 2024 at 8.30 am in classroom Q-001.
Her Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Srivardhini K Jha (Chair); Prof. Rishikesha T Krishnan (Member); Prof. Ramya Murthy (Member); and Prof. Sanjay Jain (Ext. Member).
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Thesis proposal on 23 December
Karthik Ramaswamy, PhD student in the Production and Operations Management area, will present his thesis proposal titled, ‘Essays on Environmental and Social Sustainability in Reverse and Forward Supply Chains’, on 23 December 2024, at 11 am, in Classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Rajeev Tripathi (Chair), Prof. Harita Saranga (Member), and Prof. Nishant Varma (Member).
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Thesis proposal on 18 December
Sai Vivek Kandimalla, PhD student in the Economics area, will present his thesis proposal titled, ‘Essays on Spatial Economics’, on 18 December 2024 at 2.30 pm in Classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Kunal Dasgupta (Chair), Prof. Srinivasan Murali (Member), and Prof. Akhil Ilango (Member).
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Thesis proposal on 19 December
Boggadi Sudheer Kumar Reddy, PhD student in the Decision Sciences area, will present thesis proposal titled, ‘Second-Order Cone Programming (SOCP)-Based Constructs for Solving Mixed-Integer Programms with Applications to Batch Scheduling Problems’, on 19 December 2024 at 9:30 am in Classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Jitamitra Desai (Chair), Prof. Reshma Chirayil (Member), and Prof. Arjun K Ramachandra (Member).
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Proposal defense on Dec 12
Veethica Smriti, PhD student in the Strategy area, will present, ‘Essays on Firm Similarity’, on 12 December 2024, at 6 pm, in Classroom Q-001.
Her Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Sai Yayavaram (Chair), Prof. Rishikesha T Krishnan (Member), and Prof. Vijay Venkatraman (Member).
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Thesis proposal on Dec 11
Karthik Ramaswamy, PhD student in the Production and Operations Management area, will present his thesis proposal titled, ‘Essays on Environmental and Social Sustainability in Reverse and Forward Supply Chains’, on 11 December 2024, at 11.30 am, in Classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee (DAC) comprises Prof. Rajeev Ranjan Tripathi (Chair), Prof. Haritha Saranga (Member), and Prof. Nishant Kumar Varma (Member).
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Thesis proposal on Dec 09
Pon Rahul M, PhD student in the Information Systems area, will present his thesis proposal titled, ‘The Mind and Heart of Service Chatbots‘ on 09 December 2024 at 9.00 am in Classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Shankar Venkatagiri (Chair); Prof. Spurthy Dharanikota (member); Prof. Srinivas Prakhya (Member); and Prof. Ashwin Ittoo (Ext. Member).
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Thesis Proposal on 28 November
Satyajit Roy, PhD student in the Production and Operations Management area, will present his thesis proposal titled, ‘Essays on Socially and Environmentally Responsible Value Chains – A Policy Perspective’, on 28 November 2024, at 2.00 pm, in Classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Haritha Saranga (Chair), Prof. Sreelatha Jonnalagedda (Member), and Prof. Tarun Jain (Member).
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Thesis Proposal on 21 November
Chinmay Jayant Divekar, PhD student in the Decision Sciences area, will present his thesis proposal titled, ‘Novel Methods for Within-Game Analytics Problems in Sports ’ on 21 November 2024, at 2.00 pm, in Classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Soudeep Deb (Co-Chair), Prof. Rishideep Roy (Co-Chair), Prof. Shubhabrata Das (Member) and Prof. Anirudh Dhawan (Member).
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Thesis Proposal on 22 November
Sabhya Rai, PhD student in the Economics area, will present her thesis proposal titled, ‘Essays on Skills and Labor Market Outcomes’, on 22 November 2024, at 4.00 pm, in Classroom Q-001.
Her Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Tirthatanmoy Das (Chair), Prof. Akhil Ilango (Member), and Prof. Soudeep Deb (Member).
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Thesis proposal on 14 November
Kunal Rai, PhD student in the Decision Sciences area, will present his thesis proposal titled, ‘Nonparametric Time Series Analysis in Univariate and Multivariate Settings under Modified Kernel Functions’, on 14 November 2024, at 11.30 am, in Classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Soudeep Deb (Chair), Prof. Shubhabrata Das (Member), Prof. Anand Deo (Member), and Prof. Itai Dattner (Ext. Member)
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Proposal defense on 05 November
Sonal Nayak, PhD student in the Strategy area will be presenting her thesis proposal titled, ‘Essays On Strategies for Sustainable Entrepreneurship‘ on Tuesday, 05 November 2024 at 12.00 pm in classroom Q-001.
Her Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Ganesh N Prabhu (Chairperson), Prof. Vijay Venkataraman(Member) and Prof. Ludvig Levasseur(Member).
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Proposal defense on 30 October
Manisha Rathi, PhD student in the Information Systems area will be presenting her thesis proposal titled, ‘Essays on Digital Public Goods and Digital Public Infrastructures’ on Wednesday, 30 October 2024 at 11.00 am in classroom Q-001.
Her Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Shankhadeep Banerjee (Chairperson), Prof. Rahul De’(Member), Prof. Spurthy Dharanikota and Prof. Srinivasan R (Member).
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Thesis Proposal on 28 September
Roma Mondal, PhD student in the Strategy area, will present her thesis proposal titled, ‘Essays on Locational Strategies’, on 28 September 2024 at 9.30 am in Classroom Q-001.
Her Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Sai Yayavaram (Chairperson), Prof. Vijay Venkataraman (Member) and Prof. Srivardhini K Jha (Member).
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Thesis Proposal on 26 August at 6 pm
M Joel Christopher, PhD student in the Finance & Accounting area, will present his thesis proposal titled, ‘Essays In Banking’, on 26 August, 2024, at 11.00 am in Classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Sankarshan Basu (Chairperson), Prof. Abhinav Anand (Member), Prof. Nitin Vishen (Member), and Prof. Pulak Ghosh (Member).
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Public Defense on 26 August at 6 pm
Gaurav G B, PhD student in the Strategy area, will present his thesis titled, ‘Essays on firm capabilities: Industry, firm and individual influences’, on 26 August, 2024, at 6 pm in Classroom Q-001.
His Disseration Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Sai Yayavaram (Chairperson), Prof. Prateek Raj (Member), and Prof. Dahlia Mani (Member).
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Public defense on August 22
Ayesha Arora, PhD student in the Production & Operations Management area, will present her thesis titled, ‘Operational Issues in Digital Supply Chains’, on 22 August, 2024, at 3:30 pm in Classroom Q-001.
Her Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Prof. Tarun Jain (Chairperson), Prof. Jishnu Hazra (Member), and Prof. Rajeev Tripathi (Member).
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Thesis Proposal on August 16
Anshul Kapoor, PhD student in the OB&HM area, will present his thesis proposal titled, ‘Team Integration Under Stress’, on 16 August 2024 at 3.00 pm in Classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee (DAC) comprises Prof. Sourav Mukherji (Chair), and Prof. Mukta Kulkarni and Prof. Soham Sahoo (Members).
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Thesis Proposal on 27 June
Sanchit Jain, PhD student in the Finance & Accounting area, will present his thesis proposal titled, ‘Essays on Investment and Financing Decisions’ on 27 June.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee (DAC) is chaired by Prof. Sankarshan Basu and has Prof. Abhinav Anand and Prof. Varun Jindal as Members.
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Thesis Proposal on March 15
Anubha Shokhand, PhD student in the Strategy area, will present her thesis proposal titled, ‘Essays on University-Industry Engagement’ on 15 March 2024 at 12 noon in Classroom Q-001.
Her Dissertation Advisory Committee (DAC) is chaired by Prof. Nilam Kaushik and has Prof. Srivardhini Jha and Prof. Rishikesha T Krishnan as Members.
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Public defense on 13 March
Manjunath A N, PhD student in the Entrepreneurship area, will present his thesis titled,‘Entrepreneurial Agency and Regional Transformation: Old Mysore State (1881 – 1956)’ on 13 March 2024 at 6 pm in Classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee will be chaired by Prof. Suresh Bhagavatula and Prof. Ku Kumar, and will comprise Prof. Prateek Raj and Prof. Christina Lubinski as Members.
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Public Defense on 12 March 2024
Himanshu Shekhar, PhD student in the Strategy area, will present his thesis titled,‘Essays on the Impact of Corporate Governance on Environmental Disclosures: The Role of Institutional and Organizational Contexts‘, on 12 March 2024 at 10.15 am in Classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee (DAC) is chaired by Prof. PD Jose and comprises Prof. Rejie P George and Prof. Soham Sahoo as Members.
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Public Defense on 12 March 2024
Md Shahrukh Anjum, PhD student in the Decision Sciences area, will present his thesis titled, ‘Improving the Solvability of Combinatorial Optimization Problems‘, on 12 March 2024 at 2.30 pm in Classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee (DAC) is chaired by Prof. Jitamitra Desai and comprises Prof. Trilochan Sastry, Prof. Ishwar Murthy and Prof. Ashutosh Mahahjan as Members.
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Public Defense on 12 March 2024
Sneetha Saji, PhD student in the Entrepreneurship area, will present her thesis titled, ‘Her Story of Becoming – Unravelling the Identity Work of Women Entrepreneurs’, on 12 March 2024 at 4 pm in Classroom K-11.
Her Dissertation Advisory Committee (DAC) is chaired by Prof. Srivardhini Jha and comprises Prof. Suresh Bhagavtula and Prof. Mukta Kulkarni as Members
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Public Defense on 12 March 2024
Vikas Namadeva Prabhu, PhD student in the Strategy area, will present his thesis titled, ‘’On Orchestrating Ecosystems’, 12 March 2024 at 6.30 pm in Classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee (DAC) is chaired by Prof. Srinivasan R and comprises Prof. Srivardhini Jha, Prof. Rishikesha T Krishnan, and Prof. Kathrin Moslein as Members.
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Public defense on 4 March
Rajaram P R, PhD student in Finance & Accounting, will present his thesis proposal titled, ‘Essays on Corporate Downsizing, Investment & Financing Decisions’, on 04 March 2024, at 3 pm, in Classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee (DAC) is chaired by Prof. M Jayadev and comprises Prof. Ashok Thampy and Prof. Varun Jindal as Members.
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Public Defense on 23 February
Jose Manu, PhD student in the Marketing area, will present his thesis titled, ‘The Effect of Network Characteristics on Online Customer Engagement‘, on 23 February 2024, at 2.30 pm, in Classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee is chaired by Prof. G Shainesh and comprises Prof. Ganesh N Prabhu (Member) and Prof. Ashis Mishra (Member).
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Public Defense on 23 February
Chhavi Shekhawat, PhD student in the Finance & Accounting area, will present her thesis titled, ‘Essays on Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities’, on 23 February 2024, at 6 pm, in Classroom Q-001.
Her Dissertation Advisory Committee is chaired by Prof. Srinivasan Rangan and comprises Prof. Ashok Thampy (Member) and Prof. Anand Venkateswaran (Member).
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Public Defense on 14th February
Satarupa Mitra, PhD student in the Economics area, will present her thesis titled, ‘Understanding Behavior in the context of Development: Risk, Nudges, and Identity’, on 14th February 2024, at 5 pm, in Classroom Q-001.
Her Disseration Advisory Committee is chaired by Prof. Ritwik Banerjee and comprises Prof. Manaswini Bhalla and Prof. Soham Sahoo as Members.
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Public Defense on 13th February
Sowmya Kini, PhD student in the Information Systems area, will present her thesis titled, ‘Understanding Trust and User Behavior in Online Platforms’, on 13 February 2024, at 5:30 pm in Classroom Q-001.
Her Dissertation Advisory Committee is chaired by Prof. Rajendra K Bandi, and comprises Prof. Shankar Venkatagiri and Prof. Ritu Tripathi as Members.
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Public Defense on 15th January 2024
Anupama Kondayya, PhD student in the OB&HRM area, will present her thesis titled, ‘Bitter Pill to Swallow? The Emergence and Evolution of Ayurvedic Pharmaceuticals Category’, on 15 January 2024 at 2.30 pm in Classroom Q-001.
Her Dissertation Advisory Committee comprises Professor Abhoy Ojha (Chairperson), Professor Dahlia Mani (Member), Professor Israel Fortin (Member), and Professor V Srinidhi (External Member).
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Thesis Proposal on December 26
Rochak Khandelwal, PhD student in Marketing, will present his thesis proposal titled, ‘Impact of Non-focal Element on the Evaluation of Focal Element’, on 26 December 2023, at 11 am, in Classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee is chaired by Professor Srinivas Prakhya and comprises Professor Hyun Chul Maeng and Professor Arpita Pandey as Members.
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Thesis Proposal on 15th December
Divya Dwivedi, PhD student in the Information Systems area, will present her thesis proposal titled, ‘Essays on Artificial Intelligence and Creativity’, on 15 December 2023 at 11 am in Classroom Q-001.
Her Dissertation Advisory Committee (DAC) is chaired by Professor Rahul De and comprises Professors Shankhadeep Banerjee and Sushanta Kumar Mishra as Members.
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Thesis Proposal on 14th December
Murari Srihari Srinivasa, PhD student in the Decision Sciences area, will present his thesis proposal titled, ‘Building Last Mile Connectivity to Public Transit Systems in India: A Decision Sciences Perspective’, on 14 December 2023 at 5 pm in Classroom Q-001.
The Dissertation Advisory Committee (DAC) is chaired by Professor Rajluxmi V Murthy and comprises Professors Reshma Chirayil and Srinivas Prakhya.
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Public Defense on 11 December
Bibek Bhattacharya, PhD student in the Strategy area, will present his thesis titled, ‘Essays on Antecedents of Nonmarket Choices of Indian Firm’, on 11 December 2023 at 10.30 am in Classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee (DAC) is chaired by Professor Dalhia Mani and has Professor Rejie George Pallathitta and Professor Prateek Raj as Members.
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Thesis Proposa of Thesis on 04 December
Mareeswaran M, PhD student in Finance & Accounting area, will be presenting his thesis proposal titled, ‘Essays on Impact of Growth in Passive Ownership on Managerial Decision-Making’ on Monday, 04 December 2023 at 4 pm in Classroom Q-001.
His Dissertation Advisory Committee (DAC) is chaired by Professor Venkatesh Panchapagesan and has Professors Soudeep Deb, Varun Jindal and Srinivasan Rangan as members.
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