Current Doctoral Students

Mr Mohammed Asif Zamir
Doctoral student of Prof. Rajendra M. Sonar, has been awarded and honored with:
- Poster Presentation: Secured Third Position for poster presentation in the 1st Roundtable Discussion on Prevention and Reduction of Food Losses and Waste along the Agri-Horti Supply Chains in India, organized by the UN World Food Programme and IIT Bombay.
- Eureka: Awarded as the Runner-up in Asia's Largest Business Model Competition Eureka! 2021 conducted by E-Cell, IIT Bombay.
- Hackathon: Won the First Position (National Winner)in a national-level smart innovations hackathon for addressing crop nutrient disasters in the agriculture sector organized by VNR VJIET in collaboration with Computer Society of India (CSI) and AICTE.

Mr Pavan Kulkarni
4th Year Doctoral Student of Prof. Snehal Awate has been selected to participate in the second cohort of AIB-CIBER Doctoral Academy. He has been awarded full sponsorship of $3,000 through the AIB-CIBER Doctoral Academy Sheth Foundation Fellowship.

Mr Ashutosh Kumar Thakur
Doctoral student of Prof. Indrajit Mukherjee has been awarded the 'Outstanding Paper Award' at the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (IEEM) 2024. The paper's title is 'Supplier Selection and Order Allocation for Assembly Products using Multi-stage Stochastic Bi-objective Approach' and is co-authored by Prof. Mukherjee.
After undergoing the blind review process, his paper stood out among many high-quality nominated submissions. It was selected based on its innovative approach, rigorous research, and significant impact on the field of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management. As an Outstanding Paper Award winner, he will receive a certificate and a cash prize of SGD 100.

Mr. Syed Azhar Husain Jafri
4th year Doctoral Student of Prof. Snehal Awate won best paper award for his research paper, "Weak Patent Signals and their impact on firm performance", co-authored with Prof. Snehal Awate at the prestigious conference: 26th Strategic Management Forum. The paper was amongst the top 3 papers selected out of 150+ papers presented across 12 business research tracks. The conference took place at IIM Mumbai from 5th to 7th November, 2024.

Mr. Shivakumar S Malagihal
Doctoral Student of Prof. Kirankumar S. Momaya has been awarded the Dr. D.C. Pavate Memorial Visiting Fellowship Award 2023-24. Shivakumar will visit the Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, to research digital platforms as part of this fellowship.

Mr. Soumya Dutta
Doctoral Student of Prof. Ashish Pandey, has been honored with:
- IHMA Fellowship (2024-25) by the International Humanistic Management Association, USA, recognizing his commitment to humanistic research.
- MSR Promising Dissertation Proposal Award (2024): Awarded distinction, one thousand US dollars ($1,000) in cash, and a two hundred fifty US dollars ($250) AOM registration waiver for his dissertation, "Raja Yoga Enlightenment: Illuminating the Path to Socially Responsible Decision-making," at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
- Asian Universities Alliance Grant (2022): Eight hundred US dollars ($800) in cash and a one hundred US dollars ($100) registration waiver for presenting at the 10th Asian Management Research and Case Conference (AMRC) held at United Arab Emirates University, in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
- Fetzer Scholarship (2022) by the MSR Division of the Academy of Management, USA, for his Ph.D. research proposal.
Doctoral Students Alumni
Dr. Shiji Lyndon
Doctoral Student of Prof. Ashish Pandey got acknowledged with the Best Paper Award, at The Doctoral Colloquium on Management and Research (DOCMAD) 2020, organized by the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA).
She is awarded the prize money of Thirty Thousands INR. Her research paper focused on her thesis work on 'Emergence and Effectiveness of Shared Leadership: Unravelling the role of Transitive Memory and Team Mindfulness using Mixed-method approach'.
Dr. Sadhana Sargam
Doctoral Student of Prof. Ashish Pandey was awarded Fetzer Scholarship (2020) for the PhD research proposal by MSR division of Academy of Management
Dr. Aditya Agrawal
Doctoral Student of Prof. Ashish Pandey was awarded Fetzer Scholarship (2020) for the PhD research proposal by MSR division of Academy of Management
Dr. Ajinkya Navare
Doctoral Student of Prof. Ashish Pandey was awarded Best Paper Award during INDAM (Indian Academy of Management, part of AOM) biennial conference in IIM Trichy, Jan. 2020
Best Paper Award in COSMAR- 2018 (Consortium of Students of Management Research) Indian Institute of Sciences Bangalore
Dr. Sanjay Choudhari
Doctoral Student of Prof. Gajendra K Adil (Guide) and Prof. Usha Ananthakumar (Co-Guide) was awarded the Excellence in Thesis Award by IIT Bombay in 2013.
Dr. Sanjay Bharadwaj
Doctoral Student of Prof. Karuna Jain thesis has been chosen, by the editorial team of International Journal of Operations & Production Management (IJOPM), as a Highly Commended Award Winner of the 2015 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards in the Operations and Production Management category.
Dr. Sasadhar Bera
Doctoral Student of Prof. Indrajit Mukherjee was awarded the Excellence in Thesis Award by IIT Bombay in 2014
Dr. Sheila Roy
Doctoral Student of Prof. Indrajit Mukherjee was awarded one of the Best Paper Award in 3rd International Conference on Robust Quality Engineering held in Mumbai, Jan. 2017
Dr. (Ms.) Sumita Datta
Doctoral Student of Prof. Shivganesh Bhargava was awarded Best Paper Award in Academy of Management Conference , Boston, Massachusetts (2012)
Dr. (Ms.) Upasana Aggarwal
Doctoral Student of Prof. Shivganesh Bhargava was awarded Best Paper Award in 11th International HRM Conference at the Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham UK (2010)