FLAME University

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The last couple of decades of technological progress has seen a massive disruption in our way of life. The fusion of digital, physical, and biological is blurring the boundaries between what was earlier separate domains. The exponential pace of growth of technological adoption requires that the entire edifice of traditional systems of production, management, and governance must be revamped to meet the demands of the new reality. This requires a breed of research scholars who bring fresh ideas and create efficient systems to manage the new state of affairs. The PhD program in Management shall be unique for the interdisciplinary and contemporary focus it brings to research in management disciplines. The program seeks to train productive research scholars who can make an impact in an increasingly competitive and challenging business world. The interdisciplinary approach is strengthened by it being situated in a pioneering liberal education university enabling collaboration cutting across disciplines outside of the conventional streams of management to provide different perspectives and a wider breadth of research opportunities. Research in management is supported by an accomplished set of faculties with wide-ranging industry and academic experience with an ecosystem Opportunities exist for research scholars to learn and employ cutting edge tools and techniques, including data science/analytics, in their research work.

Broad areas of research: Marketing including Digital, Finance, Operations/Business Analytics, Human Resource Management.

PhD guides and Research Interests

 
Prof. Amarpreet Singh Ghura

Prof. Amarpreet Singh Ghura
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow | IIM Calcutta

Research Interests: Corporate Entrepreneurship, Family managed business, Strategy


Prof. Gitesh Chavan

Prof. Gitesh Chavan
Ph.D. - Marketing | NITIE - Mumbai

Research Interests: B2B Marketing, Consumer Buying Behavior, Branding, Marketing Strategy, Industrial Buying Behavior


Prof. Jaslene Bawa

Prof. Jaslene Bawa
FPM - Finance & Accounting | IIM - Raipur

Research Interests: Banking, EMH, ESG, Equity Stock market, Mutual Funds, NBFCs, Fin Tech


Prof. Smita Chaudhry

Prof. Smita Chaudhry
FPM - Organizational Behavior | IIM – Calcutta

Research Interests: Employee Engagement/Experience, Personality, Generation Z, Positive Psychology, Diversity, Equity And Inclusion


Prof. Preetha Menon

Prof. Preetha Menon
Ph.D. – Management | IIT- Madras

Research Interests: Health behaviours, Consumer and Technology, Sonic Branding


Prof. Devendra Jain

Prof. Devendra Jain
PhD - Finance | The University of the South Pacific - Suva, Fiji

Research Interests: Financial Markets, Macro-financial risks, Climate Risk Financing, Ethical Strategies in Finance, Sustainable Finance


Prof. Neha Yadav

Prof. Neha Yadav
Fellow - Marketing | NITIE - Mumbai

Research Interests: Conversational AI Systems, Travel and Tourism, Sustainable Consumption, Technology Adoption


Prof. Khyati Jagani

Prof. Khyati Jagani
FPM – Marketing | MICA – Ahmedabad

Research Interests: Social Media Influencers, Virtual Influencers, Underdog Branding, Digital Marketing, Post-Pandemic Residual Emotions, Personality, Ad Avoidance, Dark Side of Virtual Influencers, Metaverse - Digital Twin, NFT


Prof. Aakash Kamble

Prof. Aakash Kamble
PhD - Marketing Management | Savitribai Phule Pune University

Research Interests: Consumer Interactions with Technology, Customer Experiences and Engagement, Consumer Research, Emerging Markets


Prof. Hoshiar Mal

Prof. Hoshiar Mal
PhD - Marketing Management | Savitribai Phule Pune University

Research Interests: Corporate Sustainability Performance, Performance Measurement, Sales Performance, Sustainable Development, Corporate Governance, Green Purchase, and Marketing Strategy


Prof. Neethu Mohammed

Prof. Neethu Mohammed
PhD - Organizational Behavior/Human Resource Management | IIT, Madras

Research Interests: Pro-social Behaviors at Work, Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Hiding at Workplace, New Ways of Working.


Prof. Sajith Narayanan

Prof. Sajith Narayanan
PhD - Management | SoA University - Odisha

Research Interests: Corporate Social Responsibility, Brand Purpose, Consumer Activism, Influencer Marketing, Digital Marketing