FACULTY
FLAME faculty are an acclaimed group of researchers whose teaching is augmented by the contemporariness of their academic knowledge and real world experience. Not only are they eminently capable teachers, but also compassionate mentors to students.
The faculty also includes members with outstanding international education backgrounds, scholarship, experience and orientation.
The faculty at FLAME University are thought leaders who push the boundaries of their disciplines and bringing those insights to their students. They're not just researchers, but practitioners who can bring real-world experience into the classroom.
Prof. Aakash Kamble
PhD - Marketing Management | Savitribai Phule Pune University
Prof. Aamod Sane
PhD - Computer Science | University of Illinois – USA
Prof. Abdul Khalid Sheikh
Masters of Engineering - Production | Mumbai University
Prof. Abhay Doshi
PhD - English Language and Literature | University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, USA
Prof. Abhineety Goel
PhD – Geography | Texas A&M University - USA
Prof. Abhishek Sahai
PhD - Cognitive Science | IIT - Gandhinagar
Prof. Aditi Joshi
Ph.D. – Industrial Engineering | Northeastern University, USA
Prof. Aditya Agrawal
PhD – Organizational Behaviour | IIT – Bombay
Prof. Aileen Blaney
PhD - Film Studies | Trinity College - Dublin
Prof. Ajith Abraham
Ph.D. – Artificial Intelligence | Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Prof. Alexios Tsigkas
PhD - The New School for Social Research | New York - USA
Prof. Amarpreet Singh Ghura
PhD - Commerce and Management | JJT University - Rajasthan
Prof. Amit Anurag
PhD - Philosophy | IIT - Delhi
Prof. Amit Kundal
PhD - Human-Centred Design | IIT - Kanpur
Prof. Andrea Phillott
PhD - Biology | Central Queensland University - Australia
Prof. Anubrata Deka
PhD – Agricultural Economics | University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Prof. Anuja Sethiya
PhD - Finance | IIT - Madras
Prof. Anup Tripathi
PhD | Tata Institute of Social Sciences - Mumbai
Prof. Anuradha Batabyal
PhD – Ecology | IISc, Bangalore
Prof. Anwesha Basu
Pursuing PhD | Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR), Mumbai
Prof. Aparna Shankar
PhD - Health Psychology | University of Leeds – UK
Prof. Arnab Chakrabarti
PhD - Statistics | Indian Statistical Institute - Kolkata
Prof. Arpan Ganguly
PhD – Economics | Colorado State University, USA
Prof. Ashutosh Potdar
PhD - English Literature | Shivaji University - Kolhapur
Prof. Balaji Kalluri
PhD - Building Sciences | National University of Singapore - Singapore
Prof. Barun Kumar Thakur
FPM – Environmental Economics | NITIE - Mumbai
Prof. Bharat Damani
PhD – Nurturing Social Enterprises and Entrepreneurship | IIT - Bombay
Prof. Bilwa Deshpande
PhD – Marketing | XLRI - Jamshedpur
Prof. Chaitanya Giri
PhD – Astrochemistry | University of Nice Sophia Antipolis, France
Prof. Chaitanya Ravi
PhD - Environmental Science and Public Policy | George Mason University – USA
Prof. Chiranjoy Chattopadhyay
PhD - Computer Science | IIT Madras
Prof. Debasis Rooj
PhD – Economics | Northern Illinois University - USA
Prof. Devendra Kumar Jain
PhD - Finance | The University of the South Pacific - Suva, Fiji
Prof. Devi Singh
PhD - International Finance | IIM - Ahmedabad
Prof. Dinesh Shenoy
PhD – Industrial Engineering | IIT - Kharagpur
Prof. Dishan Kamdar
PhD | National University of Singapore – Singapore
Prof. Divya Balan
PhD – International Studies | Jawaharlal Nehru University – New Delhi
Prof. Frederick Jacobus Herbst
PhD - Marketing Management | University of Pretoria - South Africa
Prof. Garima Rajan
PhD - Psychology | IIT - Delhi
Prof. Gitesh Chavan
PhD - Marketing | NITIE - Mumbai
Prof. Heather Sottong
PhD - Italian Literature | University of California - Los Angeles
Prof. Hoshiar Mal
PhD - Marketing Management | Savitribai Phule Pune University
Prof. Hrishikesh Chandanpurkar
PhD - Earth System Science | University of California - Irvine, USA
Prof. Indrani Rao
PhD – Mathematics | University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - USA
Prof. Jaslene Bawa
FPM – Finance & Accounting | IIM - Raipur
Prof. Jayant Pande
PhD - Physics | Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nuremberg - Erlangen, Germany
Prof. Jayaraman V.K.
PhD – Chemistry | Savitribai Phule Pune University
Prof. Joyita Roy Chowdhury
PhD - Economics | University of Utah - USA
Prof. Juhi Huda
PhD – Environmental Studies | University of Colorado - USA
Prof. Juhi Sidharth
PhD - Education | University of Cambridge - UK
Prof. K S Mochish
PhD – Media and Cultural Studies | Tata Institute of Social Sciences – Mumbai
Prof. Kasturi Chatterjee
PhD – International Politics | Jawaharlal Nehru University - New Delhi
Prof. Kaushik Gopalan
PhD - Electrical Engineering (Satellite Remote Sensing) | University of Central Florida - USA
Prof. Kaushik Ramu
PhD - Comparative Literature | University of Pennsylvania - USA
Prof. Kedar Kulkarni
PhD – Literature | University of California - USA
Prof. Ketoki Mazumdar
PhD – Social Sciences (Psychology) | Tata Institute of Social Sciences - Mumbai
Prof. Khyati Jagani
FPM – Marketing | MICA – Ahmedabad
Prof. Gayatri Kotbagi
PhD – Clinical Psychology | Université Paris Nanterre - France
Prof. Kunal Ray
PhD - Literature | Savitribai Phule Pune University
Prof. Lily Kelting
PhD – Theatre & Drama | University of California - USA
Prof. Love Sarin
PhD - Chemical Engineering | Brown University - USA
Prof. Mahdi Soleimani Farrokh
PhD – Physical Education and Sports Science | Savitribai Phule Pune University
Prof. Maya Dodd
PhD - Modern Thought & Literature | Stanford University - USA
Prof. Mayurakshi Chaudhuri
PhD - Global and Sociocultural Studies | Florida International University - USA
Prof. Michael Burns
PhD - Documentary Film History | University of Birmingham – UK
Prof. Michael Hatcher
PhD - Philosophy | University of Southern - California, USA
Prof. Moitrayee Das
PhD – Management and Labour Studies | Tata Institute of Social Sciences - Mumbai
Prof. Moulika Mandal
PhD – Psychology | IIT - Bombay
Prof. Mritunjay Kumar
PhD - Design | IIT - Kanpur
Prof. Neha Yadav
Fellow - Marketing | NITIE - Mumbai
Prof. Nidhi Kalra
Pursuing PhD - Humanities and Social Sciences (English) | IIT - Bombay
Prof. Niraj Mankad
PhD - Strategy | IIT - Bombay
Prof. Pankaj Jain
PhD - Religious Studies | The University of Iowa - USA
Prof. Pawan Kumar
Pursuing Ph.D. – Finance | National Institute of Industrial Engineering, Mumbai
Prof. Poonam Gandhi
PhD - Sociology | M.S. University - Vadodara
Prof. Poonam Pandey
PhD – Science Policy | Centre for Studies in Science Policy - JNU
Prof. Prajish Prasad
PhD - Educational Technology | IIT - Bombay
Prof. Prasad Pathak
PhD – Geography | University of North Carolina - USA
Prof. Preetha Menon
PhD – Management | IIT - Madras
Prof. Purnima Bajre
Ph.D. – Psychology | Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Prof. R S Desikan
PhD - Management | IIM - Bangalore
Prof. Rachna Mishra
PhD - Psychology | Delhi University - Delhi
Prof. Ragini Mohite
PhD – English Literature | University of Leeds - UK
Prof. Rahul Chopra
PhD Department of the Geophysical Sciences | The University of Chicago - USA
Prof. Rajitha Venugopal
PhD – English Literature | Jamia Millia Islamia - New Delhi
Prof. Ramna Walia
PhD - Media Studies | University of Texas at Austin
Prof. Ramnath Narayanaswamy
PhD - Economics & Sociology | Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales - France
Prof. Ravikant Kisana
FPM – Cultural Studies | MICA - Ahmedabad
Prof. Ravikiran Naik
PhD - Economics | JNU, New Delhi
Prof. Renu Dhadwal
PhD - Industrial Mathematics | Technical University of Kaiserslautern - Germany
Prof. Reshmi Sengupta
PhD - Economics | Northern Illinois University - USA
Prof. Rituparna Kaushik
PhD - Economics | IIT - Delhi
Prof. Riyaz Latif
PhD - Art History | University of Minnesota – USA
Prof. Roger Liu
PhD - Political Science | University of South Carolina - USA
Prof. Rupa Korde
PhD - Business Economics | University of Mumbai
Prof. Ruzbeh Bodhanwala
PhD - Accountancy | Maharshi Dayanand Saraswati University - Ajmer
Prof. Sairaj Patki
PhD - Psychology | Savitribai Phule Pune University
Prof. Sajith Narayanan
PhD - Management | SoA University - Odisha
Prof. Saloni Kapur
PhD - International Relations | Lancaster University – UK
Prof. Samriddha Sanyal
PhD - Computer Science | Indian Statistical Institute - Kolkata
Prof. Sanjay Chandrasekharan
PhD - Cognitive Science | Carleton University - Canada
Prof. Sanjay Shanbhag
Pursuing PhD - Finance | Indian Institute of Management, Ranchi
Prof. Santosh Kumar Kudtarkar
PhD - Theoretical Physics | Institute of Mathematical Sciences - Chennai
Prof. Sasikiran R M
PhD - Communication | University of Hyderabad - Hyderabad
Prof. Shalaka Shah
PhD – Pedagogy & Psychology | Ludwig Maximilians University - Germany
Prof. Shamsher Singh
PhD – Sociology | Indian Statistical Institute - University of Calcutta – Kolkata
Prof. Sheeva Dubey
PhD – Communication | University of Miami – USA
Prof. Shernaz Bodhanwala
PhD - Finance | Banasthali University, Rajasthan
Prof. Shilpa Shinde
PhD | Savitribai Phule Pune University - Pune
Prof. Shivakumar Jolad
PhD – Physics | Pennsylvania State University - USA
Prof. Shreekant Deodhar
PhD – Ecology | Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science - Bengaluru
Prof. Shruti Goyal
PhD - Cognitive Science | IIT - Gandhinagar
Prof. Shweta Rana
PhD - Microbiology | Punjab Agricultural University - Ludhiana
Prof. Sinjini Mukherjee
PhD – Sociocultural Anthropology | South Asia Institute, Heidelberg University, Germany
Prof. Sitaram Soni
PhD - Mechanical Engineering | IIIT - Jabalpur
Prof. Smita Chaudhry
FPM – Organizational Behavior | IIM Calcutta
Prof. Sreeparna Chattopadhyay
PhD – Cultural and Medical Anthropology | Brown University - USA
Prof. Sunil Rajpal
PhD - Economics | Central University - Gujarat
Prof. Suniti Vadalkar
PhD - Design | CEPT University - Ahmedabad
Prof. Swapnajit Chakraborti
FPM - Information Systems | IIM Indore
Prof. Tannistha Samanta
PhD - Sociology | University of Maryland - USA
Prof. Tarinee Awasthi
PhD - Asian Literature, Religion & Culture | Cornell University - USA
Prof. Umamahesvaram Srinivasan Mandi
PGDM (SPA) - Rural Marketing | IIM Ahmedabad
Prof. Vahideh Razmi
PhD - Physical Education | Savitribai Phule Pune University - Pune
Prof. Vijay Patankar
PhD - Mathematics | University of Toronto - Canada
Prof. Vinod Vidwans
PhD - Cognitive Philosophy | IIT - Bombay
Prof. Viraj Shah
PhD - Archeology | Deccan College Post-Graduate and Research Institute (Deemed University) - Pune
Prof. Vishal Choudhury
PhD Candidate - Economics | University of Missouri - Kansas City
Prof. Yamini Krishna
PhD - Film Studies | The English and Foreign Language University (EFLU), Hyderabad
Prof. Yashobanta Parida
PhD – Economics | Centre for International Trade & Development, JNU, - New Delhi
Prof. Yugank Goyal
PhD – Law and Economics | Erasmus University Rotterdam - Netherlands
Prof. Aniruddha Pant
PhD - Control Systems | University of California at Berkeley, USA
Prof. Ashwini Giri
Diploma – Acting | National School of Drama - Delhi
Prof. Darshan Doshi
MBA | Babson College - USA
Prof. Deepa Bapat
D.Psych - Clinical Neuropsychology | Macquarie University - Australia
Prof. Ganeshdatta Poddar
PhD - Political Science | Savitribai Phule Pune University - Pune
Prof. Hasheem Mannan
PhD - Disability Policy and Family Studies | University of Kansas - USA
Prof. Joanna Mankad
MBA | University of Leeds - UK
Prof. Kunal Sarpal
LLB – Intellectual Property Law | ILS Law College - Pune
Prof. Monika Sawhney
PhD - Health Care | The Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
Prof. Neelima Shukla-Bhatt
PhD - Comparative Religion | Harvard University, USA.
Prof. Prateek Shah
PhD - Innovation & Management in Education | IIM- Ahmedabad
Prof. Meghana Srivatsav
PhD I University of Gothenburg and the University of Portsmouth
Prof. Saurabh Madaan
M.S. - University of Pennsylvania, USA
Prof. Ravi Bhavnani
PhD - Political Science | University of Michigan – USA
Prof. Sanghavi Nitin
PhD | University of Manchester
Prof. Sanjay Bakshi
M.Sc. - Economics | London School of Economics and Political Science – UK
Prof. Vishal Khandelwal
MMS - Finance, Mumbai University
Prof. Avani Sabade
Pursuing PhD – Philosophy | Savitribai Phule Pune University
Prof. Chetna Monga
Fellow Programme in Management- Communications | MICA – Ahmedabad
Prof. Chitra Dandawate
PhD in Education | MIT ADT University - Pune
Prof. Gangaraju Saladi
Post graduate Programme in Communications Management | MICA - Ahmedabad
Prof. Gauri Gandhi
M.A. - Fine Arts | M.S. University - Vadodara
Prof. Jasmine Hsu
MBA | Suffolk University - USA
Prof. Lalitha Suhasini
PG Diploma - Journalism | Xavier’s Institute of Communication (XIC), Mumbai - Mumbai
Prof. Ling-Ling Wu
B.A. - German | Wenzao University - Taiwan
Prof. Malini Dasari
PG Diploma – Film & Television | FTII - Pune
Prof. Neeta Sharma
PhD in Education | MIT-ADT University - Pune
Prof. Noorie Baig
PhD – Communication | University of New Mexico - USA
Prof. Priya Joshi
M.A. - Dance | Savitribai Phule Pune University - Pune
Prof. Rohit Tiwari
PGDM - Communications | FLAME - India
Prof. Sameer Dublay
PhD - Music | IGNOU - Delhi
Prof. Sandip Roy
MBA – Marketing | IISWBM - Kolkata