Durgadevi Saraf Institute of Management Studies - [DSIMS]

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Prof. (Dr.) C.Babu is the Director of Durgadevi Saraf Institute of Management Studies (DSIMS), Mumbai. He is an MBA from Madurai Kamaraj University and has completed his PhD in Management from Faculty of Management Studies, Gurukul Kangri University, Uttaranchal. Prior to joining DSIMS, Prof. (Dr.) C.Babu was the Director-in-charge at Chetana Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai.

In the past, Prof. (Dr.) C.Babu has been associated with Management Institutes – YMT College of Management, Navi Mumbai, as Director and ITM Business School, Navi Mumbai, as Assistant Director. He has also held positions of Academic Head, at the Lalita Devi Institute of Management and Sciences, New Delhi Affiliated to Guru Govind University and as the Dean of School of Management and Media Studies (SAMS), Dehradun, Uttaranchal. Prof. (Dr.) C.Babu has conceptualized, designed and conducted unique training programs for senior executives as a part of his Directorial initiative.

His area of teaching and research include Marketing Management, Consumer Behavior and Business Strategy. He has written 40 academic cases and published several articles in the areas of Marketing, Corporate Governance and Leadership Development. He has also reviewed 9 well-known management books. Prof. (Dr.) C.Babu is also a book tuber. He has reviewed more than 180 books on different genre such as Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Self-Development and Biographies. He regularly takes up social developmental initiatives under the aegis Chithambaram Foundation, a not-for-profit-trust, which was started in the memory of his father in the year 2013. Besides, Prof. (Dr.) C.Babu works with various NGOs for the development of child education and women empowerment.

Dr. Chandrashekhar Kaushik is a doctorate in Marketing Management from Savitribai Phule Pune University (formerly University of Pune). He holds a degree in Pharmacy and is a post graduate in Master of Business Administration specializing in Marketing. Before joining DSIMS, he was as an Assistant Professor with IES Management College and Research Centre.

Dr. Chandrashekhar Kaushik has more than 14 years of experience in Industry and academics. He has more than 8 years of experience in Pharmaceutical Industry with Production, Sales and Marketing areas. He has more than 6 years of experience in academics with areas of interest in Services Marketing, Retail Management, Rural Marketing and Business Communication. He has interest in Research and has published papers in National and International Journals like Sage and Springer and also written chapters in books.

Sumana Chaudhuri, Post-Doctoral Fellow of IIT Kharagpur (2018), received her doctorate from National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE), Mumbai. Her area of specialization is in the field of Applied Welfare Economics and Infrastructure Economics. A National Merit Scholar, she is a first class M.Sc. in Economics from University of Calcutta.

She has successfully completed a sponsored research project with Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA). She has received the best paper award at the International Conference on Infrastructure Finance at IIT Kharagpur in 2010. She has also published articles in peer reviewed International journals and edited books. Earlier she taught at Institute of Marketing and Management, New Delhi.