Rajagiri Centre for Business Studies - [RCBS]

He has an industry experience spanning over nine years which includes a three-year stint in Kenya His teaching experience runs into twenty-five years. He holds a PhD in Economics, an M.Phil. in Economics and has an M.S in Development Economics. His doctoral thesis was on the study of Foreign Direct Investment in India since 1991. Micro Economics and Development Economics are his forte. He has attended the International Programme on Development of Management Perspectives at the Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata and Faculty Development Programme in Management at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He was part of the team which conducted a training programme for Bank Muscat, Oman and was a visiting faculty at KATHO University College, Kortrijk, Belgium.

Aby did his PGDM and doctorate in management from XLRI Jamshedpur, and holds mechanical engineering degree from CET, Trivandrum. He teaches consumer behavior related topics along with Brand, Retail and Services management. Previously, he functioned as Director for Asian School of Business, Trivandrum and taught as an adjunct faculty at Business Administration Department of Dubai University College. Aby left industry to purse doctoral research at XLRI. He looks for ‘meaning of possessions’, leading to the process of meaning making. Thus, his area of interest covers semiotics to social anthropology in consumer behavior side of marketing. The cultural changes due to social class change, impact of technology, and media, do change consumer’s taste, and the resultant possessions and meanings derived; thus, making it imperative to understand the process and direction. Country of Origin effects and entry strategies to culturally diverse markets are also of interest. He entered academics with 23 years of professional experience, starting as an engineer on the shop floor to Area Manager to Regional Contracts Manager to Heading Country Operations, with various international firms; like Lloyd’s Register, ABS Group, Bureau Veritas, Velosi etc. This enabled him to have a broad view of real-life business scenarios that is useful in understanding ground realities. Although his industry career, he worked in B2B Services sector of Petro chemical Industry.

CA (Dr.) Ajay Lunawat is a faculty in the area of Finance. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with 47th All India Rank in May 2006. He is also a holder of Diploma in Information Systems Audit & Certification in IFRS from ICAI, SAP-FI Certified Associate, NISM-Series-V-A: Mutual Fund Distributors Certified and B.Com. (4th Rank, Amravati University). After serving the industry for 8 years in companies like Nestle and Axis Bank, he shifted to academics. He was awarded PhD in Commerce from Shri JJT University, Rajasthan. His research interests are in areas of Financial Reporting, Integrated Reporting and Corporate Governance. He has contributed e-lectures and study materials for the Board of Studies, ICAI. He has also been an international visiting scholar to Western Michigan University, USA and Nazareth College, USA. He was awarded an honorary fellowship by the International Association of Accounting Professionals, UK.

Dr. Angela Susan Mathew is a faculty in Information Systems and Business Analytics, currently serving as the Associate Dean (Academics) at Rajagiri Business School, where she has been a faculty member since 2014. Her teaching portfolio includes Technologies & Digital Transformation of Business, Business Analytics, E-Commerce, Sustainable Development, and Emerging Trends in Information Technology. She has also been a visiting faculty as well as a resource person for several MDPs and FDPs, delivering sessions on business analytics, pedagogy, digital transformation, and leadership across higher education institutions and corporate training programmes. Her research interests span technology adoption, ICT4D, e-government, e-participation, and digital platforms. An active contributor to academic administration, she has served as Area Chair (Information Systems & Business Analytics) and Coordinator of Rajagiri National Business Quiz. She is also involved in accreditation processes in the School, reflecting her commitment to overall academic excellence in higher education

Ann Mary Jose completed her Ph.D. on the topic “A Study on Spatial Inequalities and Policy Responses in India”, Department of Economic and Finance, Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), Chennai, which was then affiliated to University of Madras. She holds an Integrated Masters degree in Economics from Central University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, Telangana. She is UGC NET qualified. Also, she has been worked as a Research Assistant at Centre for Economic and Social Studies (CESS), Hyderabad, Telangana. Her research focuses on various types of inequalities persist in Indian society and the effectiveness of different policy initiatives to tackle it. Her research interest is in the area of development economics, public policy, impact evaluation studies and open macro-economics. Currently, she has been working on issues related to gender inequality and wage differentials among Indian wage earners. She has publications in Journal of Cleaner Production, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Journal of Public affairs, Economic & Political Weekly, Indian journal of economics etc, and has papers under review in various reputed journals.

Anu Ann Alexander holds a PhD in Management from IIT Bombay and a PG Diploma in Rural Management from the Institute of Rural Management, Anand. Her thesis is on Social Entrepreneurship for Social Change: Understanding the Entrepreneurial Processes and Change Outcomes. Her research interests are in social entrepreneurship, social change, institutional work, institutional logics approach, inclusive innovation, framing and sustainable development goals. Her research has been presented at various reputed international and national conferences such as AOM and INDAM. She has research articles published and under review in ABDC-listed journals. She is also a reviewer for the journal International Journal of Rural Management (Sage Publication). She has a cumulative experience of 3 years working in social sector organisations.

Dr. Anu Antony currently serves as an Assistant Professor in the area of Finance and Economics. She holds a PhD from Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam and has over a decade of teaching expertise. Recently, she successfully concluded her post-doctoral research at the Indian Institute of Management, Amritsar. Dr. Antony's extensive areas of focus encompass Behavioral Finance, Corporate Finance, Green Finance, Regulatory Interventions, Corporate Governance, and Capital Markets. Her research contributions have been presented at various conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals.

Arathi Krishna holds a PhD from the School of Management Studies, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kerala, India. Her thesis focused on the topic of academic bullying and its consequences. She has over five years of experience in academia as an Assistant Professor in Management. Her current research interests include Workplace Bullying, Employee Silence, and Neurodiversity. She has published articles in several international journals indexed in ABDC and Scopus. She has received Best Paper awards from prestigious conferences like INDAM. Her commitment to continuous learning is reflected in her participation in The Wharton Global Faculty Development Program organised by The Wharton School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.