About Us

a) Served as Assistant Professor Grade I in Indian Institute of Plantation Management Bangalore (IIPMB), An Autonomous Organization of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India.

b) Served as Assistant Professor Grade I in VIT Business School, VIT University, Vellore.

c) Served as Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Airbus Endowed Chair for Supply Chain Management in Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB).

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=SXly7KQAAAAJ&hl=en&authuser=1

Completed Consultancy/Research Projects: 

[1] Research Fellow- Supply chain mapping of Agri-commodities: A study of red gram in Karnataka, Funded by University of Pennsylvania, Institute for Advanced Study of India, USA

[2] Research Fellow- Potato Value chain, Funded by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), USA and Asian Development Bank (ADB).

[3] Consultancy Project Titled “Cost of Production (COP) of Tea” for Tea Board of India, Under Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India

[4] Evaluation of Pilot Revenue Insurance Scheme for Plantation Crops (RISPC) for Department of Commerce (Plantation Division), Govt of India

[5] Evaluation of Export Oriented Research Scheme, Funding Agency: Spices Board of India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, GoI.

[6] Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Indian Agriculture for Food Security: Value Chain Analysis, Funding Agency: ICSSR-IMPRESS, GoI

[7] Sustainable Livelihood and Biodiversity Conservation through Multiuse Management of Anchunad and Adjoining Landscape, GoI-GEF-UNDP Project.

[8] Digital Transformation, Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) Technologies Adoption and Financial Performance of Farmer Producer Companies (FPC)’ Value Chain for Doubling Farmers’ Income and Sustainable Growth: Comparative Study of Karnataka and Assam. Funded by Minister of Corporate Affairs, Govt of India.

Analytics Society of India (ASI), IIMB, India

Supply Chain Practitioners Council (SCPC), India

Production and Operations Management (POMS), USA

FDP/MDP/Conference Organized: 

[1] 3rd Serial Workshop on Research Methods & Multivariate Statistical Tools for Management Research during February 25 - 27, 2016 at VIT Business School, VIT University, Vellore

[2] Three Days Management Development Program (MDP) on Business Intelligence and Analytics (BIA) using Tableau, R and Excel Software during 22-24, June 2017 at Indian Institute of Plantation Management Bangalore (IIPMB)

[3] Two Days Management Development Program (MDP) on Business Intelligence and Analytics (BIA) using Tableau, R and Excel Software during 29-30, September 2017 at Indian Institute of Plantation Management Centre, Jorhat, Assam

[4] Three Days National Workshop on Research Methodology and Data Analysis during 24-26, November 2017 at Indian Institute of Plantation Management, Bangalore.

[5] Three Days Management Development Programme (MDP) on Machine-Learning and Big-Data Analytics (M-B-A) Using Hadoop, Spark, Gephi, Watson Analytics, R and Python Software on 22-24, June 2018 at Indian Institute of Plantation Management, Bangalore

[6] Five Days Management Development Programme (MDP) on Marketing Research and Data Analytics (MRDA) for Food and Agribusiness Sector on 26-30, March 2019 at Indian Institute of Plantation Management, Bangalore

[7] One day international Virtual- conference cum research work on strategic research to turnaround business in emerging scenario for faculty, practitioners and research Scholars in the domain of business and management on Saturday, 4th July 2020 9.30AM – 5.00 PM

[8] Five days ATAL-AICTE Sponsored FDP on Artificial Intelligence (AI) for the Agricultural Sector from 5th - 9th October 2020 through online mode

[9] Five days ATAL-AICTE Sponsored FDP on Business Analytics in Food and Agricultural Sector (Python and Case Study Approach) from 26th - 30th July 2021 through online mode

[10] Five days ATAL-AICTE Sponsored FDP on Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain in Food and Agricultural Sector from 24th - 28th January 2022 through online mode

[11] Two Weeks ATAL-AICTE Sponsored FDP on Continuous Professional Development Programme (CPDP) on Digital Food and Agribusiness from 23rd January to 3rd February 2023 through blended mode online/offline

Invited Talks/Guest Lecture in Training Program: 

[1] Resource person for ICSSR sponsored program on Research methodology in social science research organized by SRM University, Chennai

[2] Resource person for Data analysis and Research methodology program for research scholars organized by VIT University, Vellore Campus, Tamil Nadu

[3] Resource person for Text analytics and Literature review using Nvivo software for faculty and research scholars organized by VIT University, Vellore Campus, Tamil Nadu

[4] Resource person for “A Four-Day National Workshop on Business Analytics - Tools, Techniques & Applications using R Software, 30 July to 2 August 2015 at Department of Management Studies, Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science (MITS), Madanapalle, A.P.

[5] Resource person for "Workshop on Data Analytics & Business Intelligence, 2nd, September 2015, Organized by the school of computing science & Engineering (SCSE) & Business school (VITBS), VIT University, Vellore

[7] Resource person for "Workshop on Data Analysis for Research Applications, 23rd, June 2015, Organized by Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University

[8] Resource person for "Workshop on Data Analysis for Business Applications, 13th, September 2015, Organized by Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University

[9] Resource person for "Workshop on Nvivo and Endnote for Literature review, 29th, November 2015, Organized by Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University

[10] Resource person for " ICSSR sponsored "A ten workshops on Research Methodology and Data Analytics for Social Sciences, 30th, May 2016, Organized by VIT Business school (VITBS), VIT University, Vellore

[11] Resource person for " Three days national workshop on data analysis and advanced statistical techniques using IBM SPSS AMOS, 28^th and 29^th, January 2017, Organized by Department of Technology Management, VIT University, Vellore

[12] Resource person for " A Ten-Day national workshop on Statistical analysis for Business Research during 17^th and 18^th, March 2017, Organized by Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University, Puducherry.

[13] Resource person for “Three days national workshop on Business Analytics during 15^th and 17^th, September 2017, Organized by Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University, Puducherry.

[14] Resource person for “Seven days national Level Experiential workshop on Research Methodology during 6^th to 12^th, December 2017, Organized by St. Joseph’s College of Commerce, Bangalore, Karnataka.

[15] Resource Person for the AICTE Sponsored Two Week Faculty Development Programme on Financial Econometrics - Theory & Applications, Organized by Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Sciences, AP

[16] Resource Person for the Eight-day National Level Workshop on Statistical Analysis for Business Research, Organized by Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University on 6.1.2018

[17] Resource Person for the Eight-day National Level Workshop on Statistical Analysis for Business Research, Organized by Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University on 10.6.2018

[18] Resource Person for One Day FDP on "Data Visualization and Storytelling" Organized by Academic Staff College (ASC), VIT University, Vellore, on 25th Aug 2018.

[19] Resource Person for the AICTE Sponsored National Workshop on R and Data mining (ANW-RDM) Organized by Department of Information Technology, Pondicherry Engineering Collage, Puducherry on 4-5, October 2017.

[20] Resource Person for the Two day - National Level Workshop on “Statistical Data Analysis through R / R-Studio Programming Organized by Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University, Puducherry on 26-27, October 2018.

[21] Resource person for the seven-day National level workshop on Research Methodology Organized by St. Joseph’s College of Commerce (Autonomous, Bangalore on 8, December 2018.

[22] Resource person for the Five-day National level workshop on Econometrics for Business Research Organized by Department of Management Studies, Pondicherry University, Puducherry on 2-6, Dec 2018.

[23] Resource person for the Five-day Faculty Development Workshop on Business Analytics Organized by APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University on 19-23, January 2019.

[24] Resource person for the One-day Faculty Development Workshop on "Enlightening Session on Indexed Journal Publications Organized by School of Commerce and Management, Dayananda Sagar University, Bangalore on 9, March 2019.

[25] Resource person for the Two-day Workshop on "Econometrics using Eviews Organized by Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Sciences, AP on 18-19, May 2019.

[26] Resource person for the Three-day Workshop on Survey based Research - Complexities, Tools and Techniques, Organized by School of Management Studies University of Hyderabad, 25th to 27th May 2020.

[27] Resource person for the Guest lecture session for MBA students on Artificial (AI) Intelligence for Business, Organized by Department of Management Studies, Periyar University, Salem, 17^th July 2020.

[28] Resource person for the Guest lecture session for faculty of CMS B-School, Jain University, Bangalore on Funded Project, 19th September 2020.

[29] Resource Person for Three Day FDP on " Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning using R: A case study" Organized by Academic Staff College (ASC), VIT University, Vellore, on 26-28th November 2020.

[30] Resource Person for One Day FDP on " NVIVO & Endnote for Literature Review" Organized by Academic Staff College (ASC), VIT University, Vellore, on 25th December 2020.

[31] Resource Person for an International Workshop at Lebanese French University (LFU), Kurdistan Region – Iraq about ‘’Exploratory and Conclusive Research Design Methods’’ held on 27th of February, 2021.

[32] Resource Person for an International Workshop at Lebanese French University (LFU), Kurdistan Region – Iraq about ‘Quantitative & Qualitative Data Analysis using IBM-SPSS and Nvivo Software” held on 16^th of May, 2021.

[33] Resource Person for Three Batches of Young India Fellowship (YIF) students of Ashoka University on “Business Analytics” held on 3^rd, 4^th and 7^th of October, 2021.

[34] Resource Person for online seminar of Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Banking Industry in Shrimathi Devkunvar Nanalal Bhatt Vaishnav College for Women on 23.10.2021 from 2-3 PM.

[35] Resource Person for online seminar of Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture in St.Joseph's College of Commerce (Autonomous), Bangalore on 24.10.2021 from 4.30-6 PM.

[36] Resource Person for online AICTE-ATAL-FPD of Data Science using Python on Text Analytics: in University of Hyderabad on 17th Nov'2021 3-4.30 PM.

[37] Resource Person for online AICTE-ATAL-FPD of Sensor Data Analytics on Agriculture in Indian Institute of Information Technology Kottayam on 1^st December'2021 at 12-1.30 PM.

[38] Keynote Speaker for the International Conference on Digital Business Innovation in Global Outlook 2022 on 19th Feb 2022

[39] Resource Person in AICTE Training And Learning (ATAL) Academy Online Elementary FDP on "Data Analysis Using Econometric Models" from 07/02/2022 to 11/02/2022 at Central University of Tamil Nadu .

[40] Resource Person for Workshop on ‘Research Methodology and Applicability of Conceptual Techniques’, scheduled on 26^th August 2022 at Maharani Lakshmi Ammanni College for Women (Autonomous) Bangalore

[41] Resource Person for Workshop on ‘Structural Equation Modelling (SEM) using IBM AMOS Software’, scheduled on 28^th August 2022 at Seshadripuram First Grade College, Bangalore.

[42] Resource Person for an International Workshop at Lebanese French University (LFU), Kurdistan Region – Iraq about ‘Qualitative Research Methods” held on 30^th of October, 2022.

Institutional Building Activities and Administrative Service: 

[1] Board of Studies (BOS) member for MBA in Business Analytics curriculum development in VIT University

[2] Timetable and Exam co-coordinator of VIT business school

[3] Member for BBA and MBA syllabus conversion to CAL (curriculum for applied learning) methods in Operations and Business Analytics courses

[4] Purchase committee member of VIT business school/IIPMB

[5] MBA admission committee member of VIT business school

[6] Guided BBA-10 and MBA-12 projects and internship

[7] Coordinator of Festivity (VIT Employee fun event) on 25th July 2015

[8] Panel member for the paper presentation of the 11th International Conference on Science, Engineering and Technology (ICSET), a conference on 3rd and 4th November 2015.

[9] Boy Hostel Warden of Indian Institute of Plantation Management Bangalore from 14.8.2017 to 7^th July 2020

[10] Industrial and Field visit coordinator of IIPM Bangalore

[11] Act as Micro Observer for the election duty in general elections to Karnataka legislative assembly 2018-Pulakeshinagar-159-Bangalore, Polling Booth (PS)-217 on 12.5.2018.

[12] Faculty Coordinator for Tempora 2018-Management fest of Indian Institute of Plantation Management Bangalore on December 6 and 7, 2018 with 105 UG agriculture student participants with the sponsorship of 55k

[13] Act as Presiding officer for the election duty in Lok Sabha elections to Bengaluru north, Karnataka 2019-Byatarayanpura-152-Bangalore, Polling Booth (PS)-252 on 18.4.2019.

[14] Question Paper setting and Examiner of MBA and MTech Program’ Operations Management course of National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Haryana

[15] IIPM Bangalore, 17^thSeventh Convocation 2019, Gown committee

[16] Prepared the list of journal database for IIPMB faculty review and promotion

[17] IIPMB journal International Journal of Agribusiness and Plantations Management {IJAPM}

[18] Coordinator for International Workshop & Seminar on “Collegial Research Engagement and Methodology for Agribusiness & Plantations Sector” 30th and 31st July 2019 at IIPM, Bangalore

[19] Coordinator for IIPMB IQAC-Internal Quality Assurance Cell, Member of Faculty Research Committee (FRC) and FWC-Faculty Working Committee from 2019-21.

[20] Faculty Coordinator/Chairperson for PGDM-ABPM program from 2020

[21] Coordinator and Implementation of Virtual Class, MOOC, Online Proctored examination in IIPMB during Covid-19 situation

[22] Board of Studies (BoS) members of the MBA Department of the Sri Manakula Vinyakar Engineering College Puducherry as distinguished alumni

[23] Board of Studies (BoS) members of the MBA Department of the Adhiyamaan College of Engineering, Hosur, Tamil Nadu as external expert.

[24] Research Advisory Committee (RAC) member of Mr.Yuvaraj.M, Mechanical Engineering, Presidency University, Bengaluru.

[25] Evaluated PhD Thesis titled “A Study on the Cost Benefit Analysis: Financial Comparative Analysis of Dairy Farmers in Public and Private Sectors of Tamil Nadu” of Mr. Joy Thomas (D16BA502) from Bharath University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu

[26] Members of question paper scrutiny board meeting for I year PGDM I Trimester End-term examination of Thiagarajar School of Management (TSM) Madurai on 3.10.2021

[27] IIPMB website revision committee member

[28] Task Force: IIPMB INI Status / Rankings / Accreditation committee member

[29] Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS): Business Service Sectional Committee member

[30] Dashboard for work management

[31] Centre of Excellence (CoE): Drone Technology

[32] Task Force: IIPMB Visibility and Branding

[33] Task Force on Implementation of Information & Communications Technology (ICT) in the Institute

[34] Coordinated the student industrial cum field visit for 8 days from 5.1.2023 to 12.1.203 for 6 routes of 30 student in each routs and arrange around 36 industries/institutes

[35] Academic Programme Facilitator (APF): PGDM-ABPM –Agribusiness and Plantation Management from 9.12.2022 to 17.10.2023

[36] IIPMB Committee Members of the Grievance Committee/Anti-Ragging Squad Committee/Anti-Ragging Committee

[37] Video Surveillance Team (VST) Nodal and IIPMB Nodal officer for 154 Assembly Constituency for Karnataka State Assembly Election from April 20 to May 15 2023.