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Dr. Vinith Kumar Nair

Associate Director, Center for Accreditations, Rankings & Eminence (Amrita CARE)

Qualification: MCom, PGDM, Ph.D
vinithkumarnair@am.amrita.edu

Bio

Dr. Vinith Kumar Nair currently serves as Associate Director at the Amrita Centre for Accreditations, Rankings & Eminence. He has done his PGDM from Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore & Master’s Degree in Commerce from Vikram University (M.P.). He has a PhD in Services Marketing and is a Fellow of International Association of Accounting Professionals (IAAP-IBA), U.K.

Prior to joining Amrita University, he was Full-Professor in Marketing and Associate Dean-External Affairs at TKM Institute of Management, Kerala, India & visiting expert faculty to National Institute of Fashion Technology, Kannur. He has been a consultant to many organisations like Mathrubhumi, Kerala State Cashew Development Corporation, Directorate of Coir, Kerala, AAMC- Australia & Kalliyath Group.

In his career spanning more than 20 years as a Management Professional, Business Consultant, Blogger, VBlogger & Corporate Trainer he has maintained a strong liaison between industry and academics and has been instrumental in starting new ventures and turning around organisations. He has curated three Post Graduate Diploma Programs (equivalent to MBA), Certificate Courses & International Immersion Programs to foreign universities for B-Schools in India. He curated one of the leading news portals in Marketing, Passionate in Marketing and as Chief Editor of the news portal maintained a strong liaison with various Companies & PR Agencies in India & abroad. He also Co-founded the Academia Industry connect platform MaxEd & the Research & Content Development firm i-miRa Knowledge Solutions. He was Honoured by National Institute of Personnel Management, Trivandrum Chapter in 2019 for his outstanding contribution in management education.

He has successfully guided 4 Ph.D scholars in the area of Management from Bharathiar University for the award of PhD Degree. He has presented many papers in International and National Conferences/Seminars and published several research papers in the area of Marketing in nation & international journals of repute.

He has successfully organised many MDP’s in the area of Enhancing Selling Skills, Customer Relationship Management & Leveraging social media for Business for leading corporates in India & abroad. Dr. Vinith has conducted many FDP programs in the areas of Case Teaching & Research, Use of social media in Classrooms, E- Learning etc. An expert in Case Teaching he is the author of two Case Books titled ‘Cases in Services Marketing’ & ‘Management Case Book’ published by Excel Books, New Delhi.

Publications

Journal Article

Year : 2023

Cyberbullying research — Alignment to sustainable development and impact of COVID-19: Bibliometrics and science mapping analysis

Cite this Research Publication : Krishnashree Achuthan, Vinith Kumar Nair, Robin Kowalski, Sasangan Ramanathan, Raghu Raman, Cyberbullying research — Alignment to sustainable development and impact of COVID-19: Bibliometrics and science mapping analysis, Computers in Human Behavior (ABDC-A, Scopus-Q1, IF-8.9), Volume 140, March 2023, 107566, DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2022.107566

Publisher : Elsevier

Year : 2022

Women Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development: Bibliometric Analysis and Emerging Research Trends

Cite this Research Publication : Raman, R.; Subramaniam, N.; Nair, V.K.; Shivdas, A.; Achuthan, K.; Nedungadi, P. Women Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development: Bibliometric Analysis and Emerging Research Trends, Sustainability 2022, 14, 9160 (Scopus Q1, IF-4.08)

Publisher : Sustainability

Year : 2022

Green-Hydrogen Research: What Have We Achieved, and Where Are We Going? Bibliometrics Analysis

Cite this Research Publication : Raghu Raman, Vinith Kumar Nair, Veda Prakash, Anand Patwardhan, Prema Nedungadi, Green-hydrogen research: What have we achieved, and where are we going? Bibliometrics analysis, Energy Reports, Volume 8, 2022,Pages 9242-9260, ISSN 2352-4847, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2022.07.058. (Scopus Q1, IF-4.9)

Publisher : Energy Reports

Year : 2022

Virtual Laboratories- A historical review and bibliometric analysis of the past three decades

Cite this Research Publication : Raman, R., Achuthan, K., Nair, V.K. et al. Virtual Laboratories- A historical review and bibliometric analysis of the past three decades. Education and Information Technologies (2022). (Scopus Q1, IF-3.6)

Publisher : Education and Information Technologies (Scopus Q1)

Year : 2020

Customer’s Operational Risk towards Electronic banking products and its Mitigation: a Covariance Based Structural Equation Modeling Approach

Cite this Research Publication : M. Aravind and Dr. Vinith Kumar Nair, “Customer’s Operational Risk towards Electronic banking products and its Mitigation: a Covariance Based Structural Equation Modeling Approach”, International Journal of Electronic Banking (ABDC-C), vol. 2, pp. 38 - 54, 2020.

Year : 2017

Formation of Memorable Tourism Experience and its influence on Destination Image- Evidences from Literature

Cite this Research Publication : Dr. Vinith Kumar Nair and M. Raju, “Formation of Memorable Tourism Experience and its influence on Destination Image- Evidences from Literature”, International Journal of Qualitative Research in Services (IJQRS), vol. 2, pp. 325 - 334, 2017.

Publisher : International Journal of Qualitative Research in Services (IJQRS

Year : 2016

Smartphone Buying Behaviour Among Youth In The Emerging Economies: A Study Conducted In India

Publisher : Journal of Economics, Marketing, and Management

Year : 2014

Why men earn more than women? A study on differences in perception of Male and Female IT employees of Kerala

Cite this Research Publication : Archana Thulaseedharan, Dr. Vinith Kumar Nair, and Kumar Nair, “Why men earn more than women? A study on differences in perception of Male and Female IT employees of Kerala”, International Journal of Business Management & Research (IJBMR), vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 41-48, 2014.

Year : 2014

Social Marketing: Case Study on Karunya Lottery Scheme of Kerala

Publisher : Management Innovator

Year : 2013

A Study on Relevance of Ergonomics in Indian Financial Service Organisations

Cite this Research Publication : Sanil S. K. and Dr. Vinith Kumar Nair, “A Study on Relevance of Ergonomics in Indian Financial Service Organisations”, Journal of Contemporary Research in Management, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 49-60, 2013.

Publisher : Journal of Contemporary Research in Management

Year : 2013

A Study on Gender Diversity of IT Industry in Kerala with special emphasis on Selection Process, Promotion & Selection of Team Leaders

Cite this Research Publication : Dr. Vinith Kumar Nair, “A Study on Gender Diversity of IT Industry in Kerala with special emphasis on Selection Process, Promotion & Selection of Team Leaders”, International Journal of Social Science & Interdisciplinary Research, vol. 2, no. 10, 2013.

Publisher : International Journal of Social Science & Interdisciplinary Research

Year : 2013

Cognitive Ergonomics and Employee Well-being in Financial Companies

Cite this Research Publication : Sanil S. K., Dr. Vinith Kumar Nair, and Hareesh N. Ramanathan, “Cognitive Ergonomics and Employee Well-being in Financial Companies”, Journal of Strategic Human Resource Management, vol. 2, no. 3, 2013.

Publisher : Strategic Human Resource Management

Conference Paper

Year : 2020

Consumer Buying Behavior in Fashion Retailing: An Empirical Study on Consumer Buying Behavior in Men’s Fashion Apparels Retailing

Cite this Research Publication : Dr. Vinith Kumar Nair and Anil Kumar R., “Consumer Buying Behavior in Fashion Retailing: An Empirical Study on Consumer Buying Behavior in Men’s Fashion Apparels Retailing”, in 17th AIMS International Conference on Management, IIM Kozhikode, 2020.

Year : 2013

Role of Resort Hotel in Tourism Destination Promotion- A Case Study of Marari Beach Resort

Cite this Research Publication : Dr. Vinith Kumar Nair, “Role of Resort Hotel in Tourism Destination Promotion- A Case Study of Marari Beach Resort”, in National Conference on Innovation in Tourism & Hospitality Sector in India , National Institute of Tourism & Hospitality Management, Hyderabad, 2013.

Publisher : National Institute of Tourism & Hospitality Management

Year : 2013

Impact of Cognitive and Environmental Ergonomic Interventions on Employee Well-Being in financial PSUs – A Kerala perspective

Cite this Research Publication : Dr. Vinith Kumar Nair, “Impact of Cognitive and Environmental Ergonomic Interventions on Employee Well-Being in financial PSUs – A Kerala perspective”, in 5th International Conference on Excellence in Research and Education (CERE 2013) , IIM, Indore in collaboration with Tun Abdul Razak University of Malaysia, 2013.

Publisher : Indore in collaboration with Tun Abdul Razak University of Malaysia

Year : 2012

Human Resource Outsourcing Challenges and Scope in India- A Case Based Approach

Cite this Research Publication : Dr. Vinith Kumar Nair, “Human Resource Outsourcing Challenges and Scope in India- A Case Based Approach”, in 2nd International HR Conference "Exploring Non Linear Growth Through HR Driven Strategies" , IMS, Noida, 2012.

Publisher : IMS, Noida

Year : 2010

Systems Thinking in Management- A Case Study on Attingal Multispeciality Hospital

Cite this Research Publication : Dr. Vinith Kumar Nair, “Systems Thinking in Management- A Case Study on Attingal Multispeciality Hospital ”, in 2nd International Conference on Management Practices for Sustainable Growth organized by Annamalai University , Annamalai University, 2010.

Publisher : Annamalai University

Year : 2010

Role of Corporate Communication Strategy in the Overall Strategy of a Company: – A Case of UST Global, Trivandrum

Cite this Research Publication : Dr. Vinith Kumar Nair, “Role of Corporate Communication Strategy in the Overall Strategy of a Company: - A Case of UST Global, Trivandrum”, in International Conference on Strategy &Organization , Institute of Management Technology (IMT)- Ghaziabad, 2010.

Publisher : Institute of Management Technology

Conference Proceedings

Year : 2019

A Study on Awareness of Block Chain Technology among Human Resources Executives in India

Cite this Research Publication : Maria Sabastin S. and Dr. Vinith Kumar Nair, “A Study on Awareness of Block Chain Technology among Human Resources Executives in India”, Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Bangkok, Thailand, March 5-7, (Scopus Indexed). 2019.

Publisher : Proceedings of the International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management Bangkok

Books Published
Sl. No. Book Details Name of Editor/Publisher
1. Cases in Services Marketing Excel Books (ISBN No. 978-81-7446-840-6)
2. Management Case Book Excel Books (ISBN No. 978-81-7446-953-3)
3. Sustainability & Management Strategy (Edited) Bonfring Publications (ISBN No. 978-93-84743-56-7)
4. Innovation & Intellectual Property Management (Edited) Bonfring Publications (ISBN No. 978-93-85477-03-4)
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