Research Scholar Profile

Madhukar Patil
Madhukar is in his first year as a part time PhD scholar program at ASB. He has over 12+ years of experience in Program Management, Product Design, and Development & Testing related to Electro-Mechanical products at LG Electronics, GE Healthcare & Intel Corporation. He is currently working as Program Manager at Intel Corporation.

Sooriya Sudhakar
Sooriya is an IT professional over 15 years of Industrial Experience, which includes IT, Retail Banking, Insurance and Corporate Training. Her strengths include strategizing and architecting SAP Business Intelligence Solutions for Large Enterprises across various domains. Expertise in SAP BO/BI Solutions – Information Design Tool, Web Intelligence, Design Studio, Lumira, Predictive Analytics. 

Suresh Panampilly
Suresh is in his first year as a part time PhD scholar at ASB. He holds a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electronics and Communication from National Institute of Technology, Warangal and a Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management from XLRI, Jamshedpur. He has taken up diverse roles during his career of over 30 years in the IT industry.

Y. R. Lakshmi
Lakshmi is in her first year as a full time PhD scholar at ASB. A Master’s in Commerce from University of Madras and a University Rank Holder, Lakshmi possesses 10 years of experience in teaching courses like Financial and Cost Accounting, Financial Statement Analysis and Financial Services and markets. She is currently under the Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham Fellowship.

Dileep G. Menon
Dileep is a part time PhD scholar at ASB Coimbatore. He currently serves as Faculty Associate at Dept of Management, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Amritapuri Campus.He has more than 10 years of experience in Banking and Financial Services with expertise in Retail Banking.

Gopakumar Vishwanathan
Gopakumar is a part-time Ph.D. student at Amrita School of Business (ASB). He is a management professional with varied experience of 12+ years in Consulting, Retail Management, Sales & Distribution and Entrepreneurship.

Jayaraman C.
Jayaraman C is in his third year as a part time PhD scholar at ASB. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and a Master’s degree in Business Administration and has 30 years of Industrial Experience

Maria Sabastin S.
Qualification : MBA

Senthil Kumar T.
Senthilkumar Thangavelu (Senthil) is currently a PhD Research Scholar at Amrita School of Business (ASB) and is also working as Research Associate at ASB Bangalore. His research focus area is IT Innovation Management, Property Rights and Governance.

Remya Mohan
Remya Vivek Menon is a Faculty Associate in the area of Marketing at Amrita School of Business, Kochi campus. She started her career with the banking industry and worked for around 3 years with HDFC Bank and HSBC Bank. Subsequently, she was associated with the Corporate and Industrial Relations (CIR) unit at the Amritapuri campus of Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and worked as a Soft-Skills Trainer.

Sofi K. G.
K.G.Sofi Dinesh is a part-time PhD scholar with Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham. She has completed her comprehensive qualifying examination and preparing to defend her proposal in a few months' time. She holds a bachelor's degree in Botany from Sambalpur University, Odisha. She is a gold medalist in MBA (marketing) from Sambalpur University, Odisha.

Sameek Ghosh
Sameek Ghosh is currently pursuing Ph. D. at Amrita School of Business, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.

Smrithi Rekha V.
Smrithi Rekha is a PhD scholar at ASB working in the area of Group Decision Making in Software Architecture. Her research is in collaboration with Prof. Henry Muccini, University of L'Aquila, Italy. She has a Master of Science in Management Information System and IT Enabled Services from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and University at Buffalo, USA.

Vinitha V. U.
Vinitha is in her fifth year as a part time PhD scholar at ASB. She holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from ASB (erstwhile Amrita Institute of Management).

Rema Viswanathan
Ms. Rema Viswanathan is currently pursuing her doctoral program in Marketing with Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Ettimadai (Coimbatore) and is also a visiting faculty at Amrita School of Business.

Shweta Premanandan
Shweta is a faculty of Information Systems and a part time PhD scholar at ASB. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Computer science engineering and a Master’s degree in Business Administration.

Bhawana Jain
Bhawana is an Assistant Professor and is pursuing her PhD from Amrita School of Business. She conferred her B. Com (Hons) from Delhi University, CA from The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and CPA from American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, USA.

Nandikkara Dinesh Warrier
Nandikkara Dinesh Warrier has 24 years of industry work experience. He is working as a Program Manager at Hewlett Packard and currently pursuing his Ph. D. at Amrita School of Business, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.

Ravi U. R. S. D.
Ravi Urs is a part time PhD scholar at ASB. He has a bachelor's degree in Engineering from University of Mysore and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Symbiosis, Pune. He is currently working as Associate Professor in the Department of Management at PES Institute of Technology, Bangalore.

Sandhya G.
Sandhya is a part time PhD. Scholar at Amrita School of Business. She holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Amrita Institute of Management, Coimbatore.

Amlan Ray
Amlan is a Phd Scholar at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham since 2013. He is an engineering graduate and MBA from University of Calcutta. He has an additional Masters in Economics. Amlan has 22 years post MBA experience with A.V. Birla Group, TATA group, Planman Consulting and Adamas University. Currently he is heading the education business of Jain TV Group.

Kalyanasundaram K.
Kalyan is a PhD Research Scholar at ASB. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with a post-graduation in Operations Management. He is a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt (CSSMBB) from Indian Statistical Institute, Re-engineering Customer Care Engineer from Renault Institute of Quality Management and Cegos, UK, Chartered Quality Professional (CQP) and a Member of the Chartered Quality Institute (MCQI), UK.

Sajiv M.
Sajiv drives the Business Excellence initiatives and Business Responsibility reporting at Tata Elxsi. He has an overall industry experience of over 25 years. He is a mechanical engineer and did his EGMP from IIM, Bangalore. Prior to Tata Elxsi, he has worked with KPMG, as the regional head of their QR practice. At KPMG, as a team leader he has assessed several organizations (IT / manufacturing / services) towards ISO 9001 /QS 9000 standards.

Vijay Rajmohan
Vijay is in his third year as a PhD scholar at ASB. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law from Madras University, India and a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Hull University Business School (HUBS), United Kingdom. He is a civil servant and is currently posted as Director (Trade, Extension and Drought Management) in Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare, 

Smitha Nair
Smitha is currently pursuing her part time PhD from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and working as a faculty in the Finance area at the university’s MBA programme at Kochi campus. She is a graduate in Actuarial Science and a post graduate in Management. She is also a Certified Associate of Indian Institute of Bankers. She has 10 years of BFSI experience and 3 years of teaching experience.

Vandana M.
Vandana M. serves as Faculty Associate in the HR area. She was awarded her PGDM from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and her BA Mahatma Gandhi University. Vandana is currently pursuing Ph.D. with Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.

Gopikumar V.
Gopikumar a faculty in the Finance area with Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham MBA Program - Kochi campus. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, a Master's degree in Business Administration, a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA-ICFAI) certification and also has a UGC - NET qualification.

Suresh A.
Suresh is a part time PhD scholar at ASB. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Agricultural Engineering and PGDM in Management.His research interests is in the area of natural resource management and sustainability specifically water use efficiency, conservation and reuse under the light of climate change.

Sriram N.
Research Scholar,
Qualification : MBA

Maheshwar Pratap M. S.
Maheshwar Pratap Maheshwar Pratap is an Operations Management enthusiast and is a Faculty Associate at the Amritapuri campus. Prior to his teaching assignment at the ASB, Maheshwar has worked with pharma major Biocon in development, industrialization and commercialization of biomedical devices into emerging and regulated markets.

Anitha Kaveri V. A.
Anitha is a communications and marketing professional and currently spearheads the Public Relations and Communications efforts in India for the Institution of Engineering and Technology - which is one of the world's largest professional societies for engineers. She joined the PhD programme in 2013 in a part-time mode and her research interests span the areas of technology aided learning, new learning

Anju Kamal
Anju is a Second year part time Research Scholar at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham’s PhD program. She is currently working as a full time faculty teaching Organizational Behaviour at Amrita School of Business, Amritapuri. She has also worked as a Human Resources Professional and has experience in HR activities from Joining formalities, Induction, Performance Management, Corporate Communication, Reference check,

Balakrishna kumar verma
Faculty Associate,
Qualification : MBA

P. R. Sandeep
Faculty Associate,
Qualification : MBA

Pradeep Jayaprakash
Pradeep is in his second year as a part time PhD scholar at ASB. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Masters degree in Business Management. He has over 8 years of varied corporate experience. He started his career as Junior Engineer R&D, moved to TAFE (Tractors and Farm Equipment Limited) and was involved in supply chain finance, then dealer management,

Priyanka Vincent
Priyanka is in her second year as a part-time PhD scholar at ASB. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Physics and a Master’s degree in Business Administration. She has 4 years of corporate experience as an HR Professional.

Rojalin Patri
Rojalin is in her second year as a full time PhD scholar at ASB. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in IT Engineering and a Master’s degree in Business Administration. She has prior work experience with TCS and CRISIL research limited before joining PhD. She is under the Visvesvaraya Fellowship.

S. Saravanan
Saravanan is in his second year as a part time PhD scholar at ASB. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Science, Master’s degree in Business Administration and a MPhil. At present he is teaching at Justice KS Hegde Institute of Management, (ACBSP Accredited) Mangalore, Karnataka.

Sandeep R.
Sandeep is in his second year as a part time PhD scholar at ASB. He holds a Bachelors degree in Electronics and Communication and Masters degree in Business Administration. Sandeep has over 13 years of work experience as a Process Consultant in organisations such as HSBC, Citi Bank, TCS, Chola MS and Cisco. He has worked extensively in Process Reengineering, Process Modeling, Designing

Sreerag Rajan
Sreerag is in his second year as a part-time PhD scholar at The Amrita School of Business. Also, a Certified Professional Coder with The American Academy of Professional Coders, though so , he holds a Bachelor's degree in Nursing Sciences and a Master's degree in Business Administration.

Varsha Suresh Kumar
Varsha is currently in her fourth year of her PhD with Amrita School of Business (2015 batch). She has a Bachelor’s in Business Management, and a Master’s in Business Administration (majoring in Finance). Her area of research is financial economics, with a specific focus on asset pricing and financial market microstructure.

Viswanathan V.
Viswanathan (Vishy) is currently pursuing his full time PhD at Amrita School of Business (ASB), batch of 2015. Prior to his joining academics, Vishy had about 12 years of strategy consulting experience and was associated with global firms such as Deloitte, KPMG and Capgemini. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering and is an MBA.

Class of 2009

Satheesh Kumar K. G.
KG Satheesh Kumar is Professor and Dean (PGP) with Asian School of Business, Thiruvananthapuram. He also teaches at Indian Institute of Management - Kozhikode and Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management - Kerala. His professional experience spans 25 years in industry / consulting and 6 years in teaching.

Sougata Ray
Sougata is in his final year as a PhD scholar at ASB. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Calcutta University, a Master’s degree in Economics from Annamalai University and a Post Graduate Diploma in Management from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (Amrita Institute of Management).

Class of 2010

Prasannavadanan Thampi P.
An IT and Banking professional with over three decades of experience in the diverse areas of Project Management, Banking Software Products Life Cycle Management, Key Account Management, IT Systems Management and Technology Resource Administration with experience of establishing vendor networks and forging strategic alliances & partnerships in the African, South Asian and Middle East markets.

Hemamala K.
Engineering Graduate from PSG College of Technology (1989), obtained masters degree in Business Administration from Bharathiar University (1991) specializing in operations and finance and another masters degree in Foreign trade from Pondicherry Central University (2000).

Avinash Shivdas P.
Avinash has worked in area of sales & marketing with leading banks in India for 6 years. He has diverse experience in liability product sales, key account management and working capital finance. He holds an engineering degree in electronics from Marathwada University and an MBA from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.