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PhD Events

Public defense on 13 March

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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

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

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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

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 Namadeve

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 PR

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 M A

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

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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

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

Sowmay

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

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

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

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 Srinivasa

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

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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

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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