Faculty Profile @ SIIB

Dr. Asmita Chitnis is currently serving as the Director of Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB).

She is a Post Graduate in Statistics and holds a Ph.D. degree in the field of Operations Management. She has more than 32 years of academic and corporate training experience to her credit. She teaches Business Statistics, Operations Research and Risk Management etc. Dr. Chitnis has been associated with many National and International Institutes of repute as Educator and Marker. She has delivered sessions at reputed Universities in Europe. Her research interests include Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking. Her research papers have been published in various peer-reviewed journals in India and abroad. She is a member on the Branch Committee and board member of the Education committee of Indo American Chamber of Commerce, Pune.

Dipen Paul is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Management (MBA Energy & Environment) at SIIB. He is pursuing his Ph.D from VIT University in the field of Solar Photovoltaics and Nano Particle Coatings. He has around 13+ years of experience. He has published numerous research papers in Scopus, WoS, and ABDC-indexed journals. His teaching and research interests include in the field of Renewable Energy Technologies, Non-Renewable Energy, Energy Audits, Sustainability, Sustainability Standards etc.

He is certified in Sustainability Reporting (GRI Standards & Integrated Reporting), IRCA certified Lead Auditor in ISO 50001 and ISO 45001, Certified Rooftop PV system: Design and Installation and Solar Thermal Systems.

Dr. Dharmesh K. Mishra is an Associate Professor at the Symbiosis Institute of International Business.

He is an alumnus of the Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneshwar. He has more than 20 years of experience in varied sectors such as Manufacturing, Banking and Education in India, Australia and Mauritius. He is also a visiting faculty at the Berlin School of Economics and Law (BSEL), Germany. His research and training interest areas are from the fields of Human Resource Management and Organizational Behavior. He has published numerous research papers and is also a reviewer for Scopus, Web of Science and ABDC indexed journals. He has also conducted teaching and training programs for companies both in India and overseas such as Wipro, Mphasis, Citius Tech, Khimji Ramdas, Tata Autocomp etc.

Dr. Vandana Mehta is an Assistant Professor at Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB) Pune. She is a doctorate from IIT Roorkee and has qualified UGC NET (JRF) in Management. She carries around 7.5 years of teaching and 9 months of Industry experience. She has taught Marketing Management, Services Marketing, Digital Marketing, Integrated Marketing Communications, and Marketing Research during her tenure as faculty of Marketing.

She has published 20 research papers including Case studies, Journal papers, book chapters, and conference proceedings with renowned publishers. Her work has also received the best paper award at various conferences. She is an ad-hoc reviewer of numerous peer-reviewed Journals such as Retailing and Consumer Services, Social Responsibility Journal, Emerging Markets Case Studies, Information Discovery and Delivery, and Asian Journal of Management Cases.

Mr Rishi Kappal is Stanford LEAD alumni, an engineer with dual masters in management, being an academician for the last decade. He is the former CXO of Fortune 500s including Sony, Qualcomm, Castrol and Ericsson to name a few. With more than 3 decades of experience, he is a published author of 5 books on subjects ranging from entrepreneurship, marketing, organization development to crime thrillers. He is an avid researcher and is a regular faculty at SIU for marketing and human resources related subject matters. Mr Rishi Kappal is currently pursuing his PhD in Experiential Organizational Psychology and has published research papers in the international and national research papers of repute.

Dr. Rahul Priyadarshi is working as an Assistant Professor of Operations at Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB), Symbiosis International (Deemed University), Pune, since August 2023. He defended his PhD thesis at BITS Pilani, Pilani Campus in March 2021. He has five plus years of domain experience which includes industrial experience and teaching experience from GITAM School of Business, Bengaluru and NMIMS, Bengaluru. He has mentored a few clubs and committees while serving in NMIMS, Bengaluru such as Rang - the cultural committee and Nirantar - the operations club. He holds nine publications so far in his research bag that have been published in ABDC – A, ABDC – C and other Scopus-indexed journals.

Dr. Chetan Prabhu is a practicing management consultant having over 24 years of experience in industrial, power generation and automotive domains. He is also a certified Green Belt in Design for Six Sigma (DFSS). He has a teaching experience of over 4 years as Visiting Faculty at SIBM and is currently Adjunct Faculty (Operations and SCM) at SIIB.

He has won numerous awards during his industry career including winning the Chairman’s Award for Excellence in Sig Sigma in USA. He has mentored over 75 + leaders towards their successful project completion. .His research paper on leadership development in HEI won the 1st prize at the Lexicon Conference in Sep’2021.

His teaching interests includes courses on -

• Operations Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Materials Management
• Quality Management
• Design for Six Sigma

Dr Jeevan Nagarkar is an Assistant Professor and Head of the Finance Department of International Business program at Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB), He has 22 years of experience in the field of Automobile, Banking, and Real Estate sectors. He has published numerous research papers, notes and book chapters in peer reviewed international journals in the field of banking, CSR, ESG and andragogy.

His teaching interests include courses on -

• Economics for Managers
• Corporate Finance
• Commercial Banking
• Behavioral Finance
• Financial Markets and Institutions.

He is passionate about capital markets and its role in the development of the economy. He is equally passionate about the Macro Economic issues and solutions specifically in Indian context. He is an avid reader and likes cycling in his free time.

Dr. Krishna Murthy Inumula is an associate professor at Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB), Pune. He has 20 years of experience in the field of management education. His research interest includes Data-Driven Models, Predictive Modelling, Simulation and Benchmarking. Authored and contributed to management topics, around 50 plus papers and articles in various national and international journals and conferences.

His teaching interests includes courses on -

• Business Statistics
• Operations Management
• Project Management,
• Business Research Methods
• Market Research

As a Professional trainer in various fields like Market Research, Project Management, Econometrics, and Business Analytics, I have constantly been enriching experience through executive education development programs like Faculty Development (FDP), Management Development (MDP) and Executive Development to promote and contribute research and innovation among knowledge community.

Dr. Neha Patvardhan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Finance at Symbiosis Institute of International Business, SI(DU) Pune. She has been awarded a Ph.D. degree in the board of management. She is a certified Web Accessibility consultant. Her academic accomplishments include diverse teaching experience of 10+ years in national and international universities. She has published around 12 research papers, notes, and book chapters in peer-reviewed international journals and a few articles in magazines and the media. She is planning to undertake a few consultancies on Web Accessibility. Her teaching interests include courses on:

• Financial Management
• Corporate Finance
• Advanced Project Finance Structuring
• Financial Statement Analysis

Nisha Bharti is working as an Assistant Professor and HOD of Department of Agribusiness Management at Symbiosis Institute of International Business, Symbiosis International University, Pune, since 2013. She has more than 15 years of experience in Agribusiness and Rural management. She is a Fellow (Doctorate) of Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) and holds a Post Graduate degree in Agriculture. She published more than 30 papers in various top-ranked journals, including ABDC. Her teaching interests are: Microfinance, Agriculture Finance, Financial Inclusion, Rural Marketing etc. She is a reviewer and editorial board members in several top-ranked journals. She is a recipient of Best Professor in Rural Management (Regional round, Pune) by Dewang Mehta Foundation and Prof. Indira Parikh Women in Education Leaders from World Education congress in 2017.

Dr Prakash Rao is the Deputy Director, Professor and Head of the Energy and Environment Programme at Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB), a constituent of Symbiosis International Deemed University, Pune. He has 39 years of experience with interests in climate change, energy and natural resource management sectors. He has published around 85 research papers, notes and book chapters in peer reviewed international journals and books and undertaken several consultancies on environmental resource management. He contributes in an advisory capacity to the corporate sector on environmental sustainability issues. He is also the Deputy Editor of the International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology (Inder science Publishers). Dr Rao has published four books with a recent publication on ‘Environmental Impacts of Tourism in Developing Nations’ with IGI Global Publishers, USA.

Dr Ravi is an Assistant Professor- Energy & Environment with a 12+ years of experience in Higher Education. He holds a doctoral degree in Forest Ecology & Environment from Forest Research Institute University, Dehradun, and was a researcher at the Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM) during his research tenure.

Ravi's research and academic career have involved funded projects and published indexed research papers. He is an IRCA approved Lead Auditor for ISO 14001: 2015, ISO 45001: 2018, GRI Certified Sustainability Reporting Standards, and CSE certified 'EIA for Mining Sector’. His teaching interests include courses on - Environmental Management Systems, EIA, Environmental Life Cycle Assessment, Climate change & Sustainability. He has published books with a recent publication on ‘Corporate Biodiversity Management for Sustainable Growth’ with Springer Nature.

Dr. Sandip Solanki is an Associate Professor and Head - International Business at Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB), Symbiosis International (Deemed University) (SIU), Pune. He brings with him over 22 years of academic experience in the field of management. Dr. Solanki’s teaching centers on the Global Business Environment, Global Strategic Management and Economics.

Dr. Solanki's passion and research is focused in the area of the International Business, Economics and Consumer Behaviour and his several research papers are published in the ABDC and/or Scopus indexed Journals.

Dr. Solanki is also invited as a key note speaker and a chairperson in several International and National conferences.Dr. Solanki has offered training to various multinational corporations (MNCs), such as M&M, Wipro, Amdocs, Tata Motors, Welspun.India, etc.

Dr Suchita Jha is Assistant Professor and Head Marketing department at Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB). She has worked with corporates like Aptech, Intel tech and Khimji Ramdas around India and Oman. She has also worked with Higher College of Technology, Oman, Muscat, Manipal university Dubai campus and NMIMS, Mumbai, India. She has published research papers in peer reviewed international journals of Emerald, Elsevier and Sage, indexed in Scopus and ABDC.

Her teaching interests include courses on -

• Consumer Behavior & Insight
• Marketing Strategy
• Customer Management
• Sales & Distribution Management
• Marketing Management
• Neuro Marketing

She is also reviewer of many international journals. Her research area revolves around technology adoption and sustainable consumption behavior. She is also giving consultancy to new entrepreneurs.

Dr CA Madhura Ranade is an Assistant Professor at Symbiosis Institute of International Business (SIIB). She has 10 years of experience in the field of academics. She is a Chartered Accountant and had an experience of 8 years as a Practicing-Chartered Accountant. She has completed her PhD from PUMBA Pune University in interdisciplinary area under Computer Management. Her topic of Research was Auditing.

His teaching interests includes courses on -

• Financial Accounting
• Management Accounting
• Taxation
• Auditing
• Financial Management
• Financial Analysis

Her area interest for the research is in the field of Financial Management, Accounting and Auditing, Wildlife Management.

Prof. Sushant Malik has worked as an Assistant Professor at the Symbiosis Institute of International Business for the last 4.5 years and as a PhD scholar at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics. He has done his Bachelors in Economics from Ramjas College, Delhi University and M.Sc. Agribusiness Economics from Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics. He has received Prof. V.M. Dandekar Prize for securing the first rank in the masters programme. He has published many research papers in peer-reviewed international journals indexed in Scopus and the Web of Science database.

His teaching interests are –

• Agricultural Economics
• Agri Supply Chain Management
• Agri Commodity Markets
• Business Analytics
• Processing and Value Chain in Agriculture

His research interests are agricultural and developmental economics and supply chain in agriculture.

Dr. Viraja Bhat Viraja Bhat working as an Associate Professor and HOD of Information Technology department at Symbiosis Institute of International Business, Symbiosis International University, Pune, since 2005. She has more than 20 years of experience in teaching ERP and Project Management. She is Doctorate from Symbiosis International University with a Post Graduate degree in Management. She has published more than 10 papers and book chapters in Scopus indexed and WoS journals. Her teaching interests are: SAP S4/ HANA, Advanced Excel, Project Management, CSR.

She is a global certified SAP trainer in TERP 10 and conducts regular trainings for faculty from business and technical schools. She is a recipient of Academic Excellence Award for India from SAP UAP in 2016. She has received Nari Shakti Award for her social work in 2023 from Ishwaree Foundation, Pune.