Faculty Outreach Activities 2022-23

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Dr. N.R. Parasuraman
LLB, FCS, FICWA, DBF, Ph.D.
Director & Professor - Finance
  • Participated as a Member of the EFMD Accreditation Peer Team for the School of Business, Woxsen University accreditation. 

Dr. Neetu Ganapathy
M.Sc., MDBA & Ph.D
Associate Professor - Systems
  • Invited as the Chief Guest by MMK and SDM Mahila Mahavidyalaya, Mysore to inaugurate their IT club and deliver a special lecture on "Blockchain and its Applications" to the students of the BCA course on Thursday June 16, 2022.

Dr. Srilakshminarayana.G
M.Sc., Ph.D.
Associate Professor - Quantitative Methods
  • Participated in the MasterClass on Data Science, organized by Moat School on March 5, 2023.
  • Resource person for a two-day workshop on hypothesis formulation and techniques of data analysis, organized by the Department of Studies in Library and Information Science, University of Mysore on January 27-28, 2023.
  • Handled sessions on regression analysis for the M.Sc Statistics students, Department of Statistics, PG College SDM Ujire, February 19-21, 2023.
  • The City Managers Association- Karnataka (CMAK), Bengaluru is a registered independent society established in December 2002, under the Director of Municipal Administration, Bengaluru, CMAK is a premier membership-based professional body of City Managers and Urban Planners, which strengthen, and enhances the capacities of ULBs and associated members in Urban Planning, Development, and Management. On 11.10.2022, CMAK organized a workshop on “Green Initiatives and Innovative approaches in ULBs” at Vikas Soudha. Among various topic selected for discussion, Urban transport-electrified public transport and non-Motorized transport (NMT) was the key topic. Among the NMT, the public bicycle-sharing system has gained prominence and CMAK has planned to expose the participants to this system. SDM Institute for Management Development and Administrative Training Institute (ATI) have jointly worked on a case study on the public bicycle sharing system (PBSS), successfully implemented in Mysore. The system was named “Trin-Trin”. Knowing this, CMAK approached SDMIMD and ATI for making a presentation at Vikas Soudha on the 11th. The team that has worked on the case study includes Dr. Sunil M.V. Assistant Professor and Academic Head-Administration, Dr. Srilakshminarayana G, Associate Professor-Quantitative Methods, and Mr. Chetan of ATI. The team was invited for making the presentation and Dr. Srilakshminarayana G presented the case on behalf of the team. He introduced to the participants the concept of NMT and the Trin-Trin case. The discussion included aspects related to the planning, implementation, and sustenance of the PBSS in the respective cities of the participants. The discussion concluded with a thought-provoking activity that made the participants plan the system in their cities. Participants have appreciated the idea and also the way it is being implemented in Mysore. Participants include administrators, engineers, inspectors, and other officers. A total of 180 attended the workshop.  
  • Conducted training sessions on Machine Learning for the Client college of Glisten Project Solution Pvt Ltd.
  • Attended a session on Data Analytics at HUL, organized by CII, Mysore.
  • Reviewed a paper titled “Modeling COVID-19 Confirmed Cases Using a Hybrid Model” for Advances in Decision Sciences. Scopus Q4 Journal.
  • Acted as a Question Paper setter for the course titled “Operations Research” for the MBA course for Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies.
  • Acted as a Evaluator for the course titled “Operations Research” for the MBA course for Kirloskar Institute of Advanced Management Studies. 

Dr. Jayakrishnan S 
BscPGDMPGCAM & PR, FPM (NITIE)
Associate Professor - Marketing
  • Review for the research article titled "Comparative analysis of CSR activities of Forbes global firms during COVID-19 and pre COVID-19 using social media analytics" for Asia-Pacific Journal of Management Research and Innovation published by Sage. 
  • Review the manuscript titled " Entrepreneurial Dilemma: SSA Techno Constructions Pvt Ltd – Standing at Crossroads' for Asian Journal of Management Cases (ABDC and ABS journal) published by Sage. 

Dr. M. Sriram
MBA, FCMA, M.Com, MPhil, Ph D
Associate Professor - Finance
  • Invited as an external examiner to chair the Research Advisory Committee(RAC) held online at School of Commerce and Management, CMR University,Bengaluru on March 10, 2023.
  • Appointed as Board of Studies (BoS) member at Jansons School of Business (Autonomous),Coimbatore for a period of two years.
  • Reviewed a paper titled 'The Effect of Covid-19 Pandemic on Bank Profitability- Evidence from Vietnamese Banking System' for International Journal of Managerial and Financial Accounting (IJMFA, Inderscience Publishers) on January 5, 2023. The journal is indexed in ABDC-B and Scopus
  • Participated in a two day training programme on 'Valuation and Fundraising for startups' organized by VCCircle and Hindustan Times on 1st and 2nd December 2022 (virtual mode).
  • Invited as external Doctoral Committee (DC) member to conduct RAC meeting at School of Management, SASTRA University, Thanjavur on October 18, 2022.
  • Invited to attend Board of Studies (BoS) meeting at the Department of Management Studies, VVCE,Mysuru on October 10, 2022.
  • Invited as an external examiner to conduct pre synopsis submission viva voce examination on September 21, 2022, at school of management, Presidency University (online),Bengaluru.
  • Invited by School of Management, SASTRA University(17th July,2022) to review papers selected for presentation in their International Conference scheduled in August 2022.
  • Received Certificate of Appreciation from Asian Journal of Management Cases for timely review and feedback on the cases during 2021. The case journal is published by SAGE and the journal is indexed in ABDC, SCOPUS and ABS.

Dr. Venkatraja B
MA, Ph.D
Associate Professor - Economics
  • Contributed a research paper titled "Capital Budgeting Strategy and the Pecking Order Theory: A Fresh Look from the Field" in the International e-Conference on Business Excellence and Quality Management in the Digital Age – City University- UAE: 27-28 February 2023. Paper #ICBEQM2023-60
  • Reviewed, on invitation, a research paper titled  "Self Help Groups, Microfinance, Financial Inclusion and Social Exclusion: Insight from Assam" to Heliyon, an Elsevier journal (Scopus Q1). 
  • Delivered an invited guest lecture to the commerce and management students of Cresta College, Mysore on the topic "Union Budget 2023-24: An Analysis" on February 6, 2023.
  • Reviewed a research paper for Heliyon, an Elsevier journal (Scopus indexed-Q1). 
  • Delivered an invited guest lecture to the commerce and management students of Cresta College, Mysore on the topic "Understanding the Macroeconomy for Decision Making' on January 6, 2023.
  • Has been nominated as a member of the Board of Studies (BOS), Vivekananda College (Autonomous), Puttur. The first BOS meeting was held on December 12, 2022, and it was attended (offline). 
  • Has been appointed as an expert member of the Research Advisory Committee (RAC), School of Management & School of Economics and Commerce, CMR University- Bangalore. Attended (online)  the RAC meeting on November 17, 2022.
  • Reviewed a research paper "The asymmetric effects of exchange rate on trade balance of Vietnam" for a journal - Heliyon (Scopus indexed-Q1). 
  • Was an External Examiner for the final PhD defence of a research scholar in Management area of Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning (Deemed to be University), AP on September 23, 2022.
  • Attended One Day Research Seminar on the theme "Nurturing Research Culture and Faculty Capability'' organised by AACSB at Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore on April 18, 2022.
  • Evaluated a PhD thesis on the area of behavioural economics for Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning (Deemed to be University). 

Dr. L Gandhi
M.A., M.B.A., M.Phil., UGC-NET & Ph.D
Assistant Professor - OB/HRM
  • Invited as a resource person to conduct a session on STRESS MANAGEMENT on February 10, 2023, to the  Liaison officers of the State Bank of India. 
  • Invited as a resource person to conduct a session on Time Management on November 17, 2022, to the  probationary officers at ATI, Mysore.
  • Invited as a resource person to conduct a session on Tuesday, July 5, 2022, at ATI, Mysore on Time Management, for the Karnataka government officers( Land Revenue, Social Welfare, Labour, Treasury, Agricultural Marketing, Audit and Accounting Department, Food, Civil Supplies, and Consumer Affairs Department, Minority Department, Public Library Department, and Public Works Department).
  • Invited as a panelist for the annual fest "Entrevaganza 22" on 1st July 2022 at NIE, Mysore. As part of the panel discussion, I have shared my insights on the topic Necessity of entrepreneurship.
  • Invited as a resource person to conduct a session on Performance Management on 27th June 2022, to the tahsildars and Executive Officers at ATI, Mysore. 

Prof. Kannadas S 
MBA, M.Phil, FDP (IIM K), FDP (IISc)
Assistant Professor - Finance
  • Invited to participate as a resource person in a national level workshop titled, "Implementation of National Education Policy 2020" conducted by Savithribai Phule Pune University on February 8 and 9, 2023.

Dr. S Saibaba
MBA, MFM, MA, MPhil, PhD.
Assistant Professor - Marketing
  • Reviwed a paper titled "Online social enterprise customer behaviour: Influences of ecommerce, social media and altruism on online impulsive buying" published by Cogent Business & Management - Taylor & Francis on December 2022.
  • Reviwed a paper titled "A Bibliometric Study and Visual Representation of Consumer’s Online Shopping Behavior - Arab Gulf" published by Journal of Scientific Research - Emerald on November 2022.
  • Reviwed a paper titled "Mapping the concept of online purchase experience: A review and bibliometric analysis" published by International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction - Taylor and Francis on May 2022.

Dr. K Riyazahmed
B.Com (CSCA), MBA, Ph.D. (UGC-NET)
Assistant Professor - Finance
  • Reviewed a research manuscript examining the merger and acquisition in the Indian banking industry for the journal Sage Open, published by  Sage publications, UK. 
  • Invited as a Resource person in a National level seminar on " Nourishing Indian Economy through Banking sector" to discuss "Artificial Intelligence in Banking - A Rural Perspective." Dr. Zakir Husain College, Ilayangudi, Tamil Nadu, organized the seminar on the 1st and 2nd of March, 2023, and was sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR). 
  • Reviewed a research paper examing the risk management in interest rate movements for the Journal Springer and Nature Business and Economics (SNBE) published by Springer, Switzerland (ISSN: 2662-9399). 
  • Reviewed a research paper on prospect theory and bank credit risk for Springer Nature's SN Business and Economics (SNBE), Switzerland. 
  • Reviewed three papers in Finance and Research Methods for the 2023 Academy of Management Annual Meeting, conducted by the Academy of Management, United States for presentation and publication in AOM Annals, 2023(A*).
  • Invited to conduct a workshop on "Journal Publications and Case Development" for the faculty members of Sona School of Management, Tamil Nadu. 
  • Reviewed a research manuscript "Investigating the factors impacting financial innovations in Africa using system GMM model", for SN Business and Economics (SNBE), published by Springer Nature, Switzerland.
  • Reviewed a research work "Analyzing the issue of over-diversification in portfolios using the Funds of Funds (FOF) in the European stock markets" for SN Business and Economics (SNBE) published by Springer Nature, Switzerland.
  • Reviewed a research paper examining the impact of financial behavior on financial well being in Malaysia for the, "Journal of Financial Services and Marketing" (ISSN: 1363-0539), published by Palgrave Macmillan (Springer Nature), listed in ABDC (B), Scopus (Q2).  
  • Reviewed a paper "Examining the capital misallocation of firms in the emerging economies" for the Sage open journal, published by Sage publications.  
  • Invited and presented a paper examining the "Impact of GST on the financials of Indian companies across various sectors" in the "conference on Impact of GST on Indian Economy" organized by National Institute of public finance and policy (NIPFP), New Delhi (a research institute under the Ministry of Finance) on November 28 and 29, 2022. 
  • Reviewed a manuscript investigating the impact of Listing years and on corporate innovation for Sage open journal, published by Sage publications, UK. 
  • Reviewed a manuscript examining the application of prospect theory in credit lending for SN Business and Economics (SNBE) published by Springer Nature, Switzerland. 
  • Chaired a session and presented a paper titled "Impact of Covid-19 on Sectoral Indices - A DCC GARCH analysis" at the "International Partners Virtual Research Conference 2022" organized by the "School of Business, University of Dundee, United Kingdom". 
  • Reviewed a research manuscript analyzing the impact of financial inclusion using Fuzzy Logic for SN Business & Economics, Published by Springer Nature, Switzerland.
  • Reviewed a research manuscript examining the influence of investor behavior on market movements using DCC GARCH for SN Business & Economics, Published by Springer Nature, Switzerland.
  • Reviewed a manuscript "Investigating the impact of cash back credit cards on banking performance" for SN Business & Economics (SNBE), ISSN 2662 9399, published by Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
  • Reviewed a research manuscript titled, "Impact of volatility due to Covid pandemic using Exponential GARCH (EGARCH) model" for SN Business & Economics (ISSN 2662-9399) a multi- and interdisciplinary journal serving all areas of Business & Management, Economics, and Finance, published by Springer Nature Switzerland AG.   
  • Reviewed a case manuscript, " Sad Story of Sintex Investors" for the journal "The Case Journal" - ISSN: 1544-9106, USA, published by Emerald publishing and Scopus Indexed.
  • Reviewed a research paper titled "Factors Affecting the Inconsistency of Dividend Policy using Dynamic Panel Data Model" for SN Business and Economics (ISSN: 2662-9399) published by Springer Nature, Switzerland. 
  • Invited and joined the International Editorial Board of the SN Business & Economics (SNBE), ISSN 2662-9399 published by Springer Nature, Switzerland.
  • Reviewed a research paper titled "Analysis of Insolvency laws of India, Australia, Canada, USA, and the UK" for the journal 'SN Business and Economics (SNBE), ISSN 2662-9399' published Springer Nature, Switzerland. 
  • Reviewed a manuscript titled "DISPOSITION EFFECT IN EMERGING MARKET: EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION FROM INDONESIA STOCK EXCHANGE" for the journal named SAGE Open, a Scopus indexed journal from Sage publications. 

Dr. Sunil M.V
MLISc, Ph.D
Assistant Professor - Learning Resources
  • Conducted training program on 'Personality Type at the Workplace' [in Kannada] as part of the Administrative Staff Training Programme [ASTP] - Level 1 organized by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell [IQAC], JSS Medical College, Mysuru, on June 18, 2022. 

Dr. Mamta Hegde
PGDBM, MBA, Ph.D
Assistant Professor - OB & HRM 
  • Reviewed a research paper "E-commerce Giant Amazon.Inc’s Position in a Globalised World: Neoliberal Labour Rights Perspectives" for the journal  Management and Labour Studies Published by Sage journals.
  • Has been invited for the Distinguished experts talk series by Bingham university, Nigeria & delivered a talk on “The Business Idea Generation” held on March 10, 2023.
  • Conducted two day's Workshop on "Self branding" for MBA students of SDMCT, Dharawad.