Basant Kumar Birla Distinguished Research Scholar Awards for Social Science and Management

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Year 2022 Winners (Government Sector)

Satish Kumar
PROFESSOR, IIM, NAGPUR (EX MALAVIYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, JAIPUR)
Winner of First Prize

Ranjan Chaudhuri
PROFESSOR, EMLV BUSINESS SCHOOL, PARIS, FRANCE (EX IIM, RANCHI)
Winner of Second Prize

PROFESSOR, IIM, NAGPUR (EX MALAVIYA NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, JAIPUR)

Satish Kumar

Winner of First Prize

In the government sector, the first prize of Rs. 300,000 goes to Satish Kumar Professor, IIM, Nagpur (Ex Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur).

PROFESSOR, EMLV BUSINESS SCHOOL, PARIS, FRANCE (EX IIM, RANCHI)

Ranjan Chaudhuri

The second prize of Rs. 200,000 won by Ranjan Chaudhuri Professor, EMLV Business School, Paris, France (Ex IIM, Ranchi).

Year 2022 Winners (Private Sector)

Manjot Singh Bhatia
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, LM THAPAR SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, DERABASSI, PUNJAB
Joint Winner of First Prize

Pradeep Hota
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, IIM, UDAIPUR (EX LM THAPAR SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT)
Joint Winner of First Prize

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, LM THAPAR SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, DERABASSI, PUNJAB

Manjot Singh Bhatia

Joint Winner of First Prize

Assistant Professor, LM Thapar School of Management, Derabassi, Punjab.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, IIM, UDAIPUR (EX LM THAPAR SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT)

Pradeep Hota

Joint Winner of First Prize

Assistant Professor, IIM, Udaipur (Ex LM Thapar School of Management)

Ashish Dwivedi
PROFESSOR, JINDAL GLOBAL BUSINESS SCHOOL, SONIPAT, HARYANA
Joint Winner of Second Prize

Shalini Srivastava
PROFESSOR, JAIPURIA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, NOIDA
Joint Winner of Second Prize

PROFESSOR, JINDAL GLOBAL BUSINESS SCHOOL, SONIPAT, HARYANA

Ashish Dwivedi

Joint Winner of Second Prize

Professor, Jindal Global Business School, Sonipat, Haryana

PROFESSOR, JAIPURIA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT, NOIDA

Shalini Srivastava

Joint Winner of Second Prize

Professor, Jaipuria Institute of Management, NOIDA

Year 2021 Winners

Sachin Kumar Mangla
PROFESSOR OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING, JINDAL GLOBAL BUSINESS SCHOOL, O P JINDAL GLOBAL UNIVERSITY, SONIPAT, HARYANA
Winner of First Prize

Shalini Talwar
Associate Professor, S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai
Winner of Second Prize

Rajesh Kumar Singh
Professor, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
Winner of Third Prize

PROFESSOR OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING, JINDAL GLOBAL BUSINESS SCHOOL, O P JINDAL GLOBAL UNIVERSITY, SONIPAT, HARYANA

Sachin Kumar Mangla

Winner of First Prize

Sachin Kumar Mangla PROFESSOR OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT AND DECISION MAKING, JINDAL GLOBAL BUSINESS SCHOOL, O P JINDAL GLOBAL UNIVERSITY,
SONIPAT, HARYANA

Associate Professor, S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai

Shalini Talwar

Winner of Second Prize

Shalini Talwar Associate Professor, S. P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai

Professor, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon

Rajesh Kumar Singh

Winner of Third Prize

Rajesh Kumar Singh Professor, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon

Year 2020 Winners

Debjit Roy
Professor of Operations Management, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Winner of Second Prize

Ernesto Noronha
Professor of Organizational Behaviour, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad
Joint Winner of Third Prize

Tarun Jain
Associate Professor of Production and Operations Management, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore
Joint Winner of Third Prize

Professor of Operations Management, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Debjit Roy

Winner of Second Prize

Debjit Roy, Professor of Operations Management, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Professor of Organizational Behaviour, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Ernesto Noronha

Joint Winner of Third Prize

Ernesto Noronha, Professor of Organizational Behaviour, Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad

Associate Professor of Production and Operations Management, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Tarun Jain

Joint Winner of Third Prize

Tarun Jain, Associate Professor of Production and Operations Management, Indian Institute of Management Bangalore

Year 2019 Winners

Shaphali Gupta
Professor at MICA, Ahmedabad, India
Winner of FIRST Prize

Arpan Kar
Associate Professor, Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi, India
Winner of SECOND Prize

Ramendra Singh
Associate Professor of Marketing, IIM Calcutta
Winner of THIRD Prize

Professor at MICA, Ahmedabad, India

Shaphali Gupta

Winner of FIRST Prize

Shaphali Gupta is a Professor at MICA in the area of Strategic Marketing and also a Research Fellow at Georgia State University, Center for Excellence in Brand and Customer Management, J. Mack Robinson College of Business. She has obtained her Ph.D. from the Shailesh J Mehta School of Management, IIT Bombay, India; Master’s degree in Business Management with Marketing specialization; and Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics. Her research interests are in marketing strategy, emerging market strategies, innovation, customer experience management, customer engagement and advertising strategy.

She has published her research in top tier marketing journals (which includes AMA journals, FT 50, A* and A listed journals) such as the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Advertising, Journal of Industrial Marketing and Journal of International Marketing. She regularly presents her work in esteemed international conferences like AMA, Marketing Science, European Marketing Academy, Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy, etc. She is often invited by esteemed universities in India and abroad to share her research work. She is also a gold medallist certified trainer by the Indian Society for Training and Development, Ministry of HRD, New Delhi. She started her academic career more than a decade ago and taught at various management institutes as a full-time and invited faculty in India. Before joining MICA, she was associated with MDI, Gurgaon. She enjoys teaching various courses in Marketing, Marketing Strategy, International Marketing, and Customer Relationship and Engagement Management.

She conducts management development programs for senior executives of major Indian companies regularly. Before entering academia, she had also worked in the industry for a few years with Reliance communication and ICICI Bank, where her major responsibilities were handling critical customer service issues, customer retention issues and building and maintaining firms’ long-term relationships with high net worth clients.

Associate Professor, Department of Management Studies, IIT Delhi, India

Arpan Kar

Winner of SECOND Prize

Arpan Kar is Associate Professor in the Information Systems area at Department of Magament Studies, IIT Delhi, India. His research interests are in the domain of data science and AI/ML applications, digital transformation, internet ecosystems, social media, blockchain and ICT-based public policy. He has authored over 120 articles in Elsevier, IEEE, Springer, ACM, Taylor & Francis, and Emerald and edited/authored 6 research books. His research has been cited over 1500 times. He is on the Editorial Board / Associate / Coordinating / Editor of reputed journals like Int. J. of Information Management, Information Systems Frontiers, Global J. of Flexible Systems Management and Int. J. of Elec. Government Research. Previously, he has worked for IIM Rohtak, IBM Research, and Cognizant Consulting. He has also generated over 15 Crores rupees through research, advocacy and training projects from national and international MNCs and governments. Over the years, he has received numerous awards and recognitions for his contributions in research from several organizations including the Association of Indian Management Schools, International Federation for Information Processing, Elsevier, Tata Consultancy Services, Project Management Institute, IIT Delhi and IIM Rohtak.

Associate Professor of Marketing, IIM Calcutta

Ramendra Singh

Winner of THIRD Prize

Ramendra Singh is currently working as Associate Professor of Marketing at IIM Calcutta. He completed his PhD in marketing from IIM Ahmedabad, MBA from XLRI Jamshedpur, and B.Tech (Mechanical Engg) from IIT-BHU. His research interests include, CSR, Marketing to Bottom of Pyramid, and Sales Management. His research has been presented in leading academic conferences across the world, and have published in reputed top journals including, Journal of Business Ethics, Marketing Theory, Journal of Business Research, International Marketing Review, International Journal of Human Resource Management, and Journal of Information Technology. He has also authored several case studies, and books on marketing. He has previously worked in the industry in various sales and marketing roles for several years.