Dr. Gunjan Sharma is an accomplished academician, media professional, and researcher with extensive experience in teaching, media production, and research. Currently serving as an Assistant Professor at School of digital media and communication, Mahindra University. Dr. Sharma specializes in documentary filmmaking, video editing, data journalism, and PCR operations. Dr Sharma has made significant contributions to television and digital media, having worked as a Senior Producer at Riverbank Studios, where he led the production of the acclaimed wildlife series Earth Matters. Additionally, he has collaborated with organizations like UNDP, BBC, and Prasar Bharati on documentary and corporate film projects.

His research focuses on Eco Cinema and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), leading to multiple publications in esteemed journals and conferences. He has presented her work at prestigious global forums such as IAMCR, ICA, and IIM, advocating for environmental conservation through media. Dr Sharma holds a Ph.D from GD Goenka University and a Master’s degree in Journalism and Mass Communication. Passionate about community engagement through media, Dr Sharma continues to explore the intersection of cinema, advocacy, and environmental sustainability while mentoring the next generation of media professionals.

  • Ph.D.,
  • Master of Journalism and Mass communication,
  • Bachelor of Science

Publications
  • Fostering community engagement through Eco Cinema: An environment advocacy intervention for wetland conservation in India. (Global Media Journal, UGC Care Group-1, December 2023, ISSN 2249-5835)
  • Generative AI Images and Indian Media Industry: An Overview of opportunities and Challenges (Journal of Communication and management, December 2023, ISSN 2583-617X)
  • Names and Surnames used in the lead roles in Bollywood Industry: A thematic analysis (Education and Society, UGC Care Group-1, April 2023, ISSN 2278-6864)
  • New normal: case studies of adaptations in production by Bollywood during lockdowns imposed due to covid-19(Shodhsmhita, UGC Care Group-1, December 2022, ISSN 2277-7067)
  • Coping with the post truth: Bollywood Dances to the tune (PRAGYAN: Journal of Mass Communication, UGC Care Group-1, June 2020, ISSN 0974-5521)
  • HDSLRs: Future of low budget film making (PRAGYAN: Journal of Mass Communication, UGC Care Group-1, June 2013, ISSN 0974-5521)
BOOK CHAPTERS
  • Eco cinema as an advocacy intervention for community engagement for wetland conservation in India. (Development Journalism: Issues, challenges and Directions, Press Club Kolkata, December 2022, ISBN 789392-092039)

  • Currently working as an Assistant professor in Mahindra University
  • Assistant professor in Times School of Media at Bennett University (June 2018-Auguest 2024)
  • Assistant Professor in school of Communication at GD Goenka University (November 2014-May 2018)
  • Senior Producer at Riverbank Studios Pvt. Ltd, New Delhi (March 2007- Aug 2012)

TITLECONFERENCEYEAR
Analysing the Current Indian Eco Cinema Trend through a Critical Evaluation of Selected Films MEDCOM 24, Colombo, Sri Lanka2024
Fostering community engagement through eco cinema: an environment advocacy intervention for wetland conservation in IndiaIAMCR2023, Lyon, France2023
Friends of Dhanauri: Eco Cinema as an Advocacy Intervention for Rights of Wetlands in India73rd Annual International Communication Association Conference (ICA), Toronto, Canada2023
Eco Cinema as an advocacy intervention for community engagement for wetland management in India.Public Policy Dialogues, Indian School of Business (ISB), Hyderabad2023
Wetland management through community engagement and tourism marketing: A case study of Dhanauri Wetlands in Greater Noida through the lens of Environmental citizenship modelInternational Conference of Marketing, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Bodhgaya2023
Subaltern identities created on OTT: A case study of Panchayat, Paatallok and RasbhariCongreso Internacional de Cine e Identidades (CiCi), Spain2022
Coping with the post truth: Bollywood dances to the tune27th AMIC annual conference, Bangkok, Thailand2019

Dr. Minhaj Abdullah is an Assistant Professor at the School of Digital Media and Communication at Mahindra University. With over two decades of experience in animation, design, and media education, he specializes in cutting-edge technologies including the Metaverse, AR/VR/MR, Data Storytelling, and Generative AI for Media. Prior to joining Mahindra University, he served as a Program Leader for undergraduate programs and headed the Media and AI Lab at UPES University. He is known for his innovative approach to bridging industry and academia through hands-on learning experiences for students

  • He has a Ph.D. in Computer Science from LNCT University Bhopal (2023),
  • M.Sc. in Computer Science, Barkatullah University (2014)
  • B.Sc. in Computer Science, Barkatullah University (2005)
  • Certified in Introduction to Generative AI for Software Development by DeepLearning.AI
  • Certified in AR/VR in Unity and Blender from IIT Roorkee (2024)
  • Adobe Certified in Multimedia Content Creation and Social Media Strategy
  • DOEACC “O” Level Certification (Government of India)
  • Advanced Filmmaking, 3D Architectural Design, and Digital Marketing (IIT Mumbai)

  • Abdullah, M. (2025). AI-driven Environmental Impact Assessment Models for Urban Development: A Review and Future Directions. Indian Journal of Environmental Protection, 45(7), 652–660.
  • Abdullah, M. (2025). Future Trends and Innovations in AI and AR for Academia. In Revolutionizing Academic Research With AI and Augmented Reality (Scopus Indexed).
  • Exploring the New Possibilities in Enhancing the Education Sector with 3D Animation Technology. Shodh Sarita Journal, 2021.
  • E-learning Using Virtual Reality for Creating Three Dimensions. Journal of Advances and Scholarly Research in Allied Education, 2022.
Research paper
  • The Impact of 3D Visuals as a Part of ITC in Improving Student Learning Outcomes in Indian Education. National Seminar Paper.
  • AI-driven Environmental Impact Assessment Models for Urban Development: A Review and Future Directions https://www.e-ijep.co.in/
Book chapters

ORCID: 0009-0000-2335-8038

  • Assistant Professor at Mahindra University’s School of Digital Media and Communication (April 2025-present)
  • Assistant Professor at UPES University (2022-2025)
  • Program Leader at Jagran Lakecity University (2019-2022)
  • leadership positions at various institutions including Virtual Voyage College, Nurture Education, and Frameboxx Animation & VFX.
  • He has extensive experience in e-learning content creation, having developed numerous online courses on platforms like Udemy, Proalley, Aartoon, and Skillsiya.
  • His course portfolio includes “Learn Adobe Illustrator,” “Visual Effects with Adobe After Effects,” “3D Modeling and Sculpting in Autodesk Mudbox,” “Lighting Essentials in Autodesk Maya,” “Motion Graphics Basics,” “Digital Painting in Photoshop,” “3D Modeling and Animation in Blender 3D,” and “Graphic Design in Corel Draw.”

  • His research focuses on the intersection of AI, education, and media technologies. He has presented papers at national and international conferences on topics including 3D visuals in education, e-learning using virtual reality, and enhancing education with 3D animation technology.
  • His current research explores AI-driven environmental impact assessment models for urban development. I’ve also received recognition for directed films exploring AI-human psychological dynamics, winning multiple awards at international film festivals.

Dr. Jyotirmay Das teaches Media and Cultural Studies at the School of Digital Media and Communication, Mahindra University Hyderabad. Before joining the academia, he worked as a development communication professional for almost seven years in various parts of India. He also manages a YouTube channel with over 11K subscribers (http://www.youtube.com/c/jajaboreeproductions).

He obtained his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi in Humanities and Social Sciences. His Ph.D. dissertation dealt with the politics of organising, performing, and communicating traditional performances in the Goalpara Region of Assam, India.

Jyotirmay has attended many certificate and diploma courses. Important among them are the Screenwriting and Filmmaking Course: Imaging Cinema at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 2012 and the Theatre Appreciation Course at the National School of Drama, Delhi in 2019. He has attended Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) courses at IIT Delhi from 2017 to 2018. These courses include the Critical Philosophy of Race; Religion, Democracy, and Violence; Truth, Knowledge, and Capitalism in the Anthropocene; and The Psychology of Groups. He attended two Winter Schools organised by the University of Groningen (The Netherlands), Frobenius Institute, Goethe University of Frankfurt (Germany), and IIT Delhi (India)– Changing Grounds: Dynamics of Culture and Livelihood; and Performing Religion: Theory and Practice in 2019 and 2020, respectively. He also served as a Teaching Assistant for a SWAYAM-NPTEL Course on Text, Textuality, and Digital Media conducted by IIT Delhi in 2019 and 2021, respectively.

Jyotirmay’s research interests include the society and culture of Western Assam, traditional theatre and performance, and community media.

  • Ph.D. in Humanities and Social Sciences from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Delhi (2023)
  • UGC NET JRF in Mass Communication and Journalism
  • Masters in Media and Cultural Studies from Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS)-Mumbai
  • Bachelors in English Honours from Hindu College, Delhi University

  • Book chapter (forthcoming): Community Communication in India, a Routledge edited volume by Prof. Vinod Pavarala and Dr. Aniruddha Jena
  • Papers submitted for publication to the Asian Theatre Journal, Indian Theatre Journal, and Man and Society: Journal of Northeast Studies are under review.

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JYcRg8wAAAAJ&hl=en

Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0469-7231

  • Assistant Professor, Mahindra University, Hyderabad (Present).
  • Assistant Professor, Manipal University Jaipur (2023).
  • Research Assistant, Industrial Research and Development Unit, IIT Delhi (2022).
  • Development Communication Professional associated with the Centre for Alternative Dalit Media and National Confederation of Dalit and Adivasi Organizations, Delhi (2010–2017).
  • Development Communication Professional associated with the Society for Labour and Development, Delhi (2010–2017).
  • Development Communication Professional associated with Seven Sisters Development Assistance, Bongaigaon, Assam (2010–2017).
  • Development Communication Professional associated with the National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, North East Regional Centre, Guwahati (2010–2017).
  • Development Communication Professional associated with the South Asia Consortium for Interdisciplinary Water Resources Studies, Hyderabad (2010–2017).
  • Founder and Manager, Jajaboree Productions YouTube Channel (since 2012).

Dr. Jyotirmay Das completed his Ph.D. research at IIT Delhi (2017–2022) on the traditional performances of the Goalpara region in Assam. Following his doctoral work, he contributed to a research project at the Industrial Research and Development Unit, IIT Delhi, focused on Optical Character and Handwritten Text Recognition for Indian languages, particularly Assamese. His interdisciplinary research interests span community media, development communication, water safety and security, cultural documentation, and regional performance traditions. His work includes communication strategy research on safe drinking water access in rural Assam, a documentary film on the Musi River in Hyderabad shortlisted at the ‘We Art Water’ Film Festival in Madrid, Spain, studies on the System of Rice Intensification (SRI) in Lower Assam, and visual documentation of the Poi Sangken festival in Assam. He has also contributed to CSR-related field research projects for Indian Oil Corporation Limited and continues to work in the area of community media and communication.

Dr. Deepthi Krishna Thota holds a Ph.D. from University of Hyderabad and has experience working at GITAM (deemed to be) University and Royal Thimphu College, Bhutan. She was a guest lecturer at the Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad. She holds several publications to her name.

Dr Deepthi Krishna Thota holds a Ph.D. from University of Hyderabad. She has MA degree in Communication and Media Studies from Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad.

Publications
  • Pushpa: The Fire: Circulation of Hypermasculinity, Economic and Political Weekly, September 2022.
  • Bollywood’s Hyderabad and the Muslim Women, Women’s Link, January 2022
  • Gazing at the male bodies: Objectification and male sexuality in advertisements, Inclusive Journal, January 2022.
  • Is the future feminist? A Reading of MadMax: Fury Road (2015) and Logan (2017), Gender and action films 2000 and beyond (ed), November 2022, Emerald Publishers.
  • Uncanny and dystopian city: An Analysis of Siva, Urbanities, May 2018

Dr. Deepthi Krishna Thota is currently working at Mahindra University as an Assistant Professor and has experience working at GITAM (deemed to be) University and Royal Thimphu College, Bhutan. She was a guest lecturer at the Department of Communication, University of Hyderabad.

Her research interests are Film studies, Gender in Cinema, and Media Studies.

Dr Rahul Dass has about three decades of rich experience, with nearly 25 years as a full-time journalist with leading media houses including the Hindustan Times, The Statesman, Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) and The Tribune. His research interest lies at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Mass Communication. He has authored three books, including one on Mobile Journalism. He is editor of a book on AI and media, law and marketing. He has co-filed six inter-disciplinary patents that push the frontiers of storytelling.

  • Ph.D. on “Challenges of Terrorism to Peace Process in Indian Perspective” from Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut: (2009)
  • MA in Political Science from Delhi University: (1997)
  • BA (Honours) in Journalism from Delhi University: (1994)

Publications

2023

  • A consumer perception study on CSR reputation shaping brand image in India. Published in International Journal of Management and Enterprise Development
  • The emerging role of metaverse in the buying behavior of the Indian consumer. Published in Asian and Pacific Economic Review
  • Role of start-ups in poverty alleviation and entrepreneurial environment in India. Accepted for publication in International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Small Business.

2022

  • Book on Mobile Journalism. Published by Prabhat Prakashan

  • Dr. Rahul Dass is currently working at Mahindra University as a Professor.
  • Dr. Rahul Dass is worked at Mahindra University as an Associate Professor.
  • Dr Rahul Dass has about three decades of rich experience, with nearly 25 years as a full-time journalist with leading media houses including the Hindustan Times, The Statesman, Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) and The Tribune.

Interdisciplinary research at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Mass Communication.

Patents co-filed:

  1. AI-based tool for predicting virality of videos
  2. Machine based tool for predicting subterranean topics in journalism through simulation
  3. Artificial Intelligence enabled news push notifications on mobile devices
  4. Machine learning based tool to index news based on its social media readability for the purpose of newspaper page making
  5. Real-time splicing of audio speech to extract news-worthy component by using accelerated deep learning mode
  6. Deep-learning model to detect text-based fake news

As an influential educator, editor and commentator, Prof Nanjundaiah considers his calling card to be his ability to integrate scholarly and industry values and bring them judiciously into systems, policies and classrooms. Prof Nanjundaiah has been the director and dean at reputed private media schools in India, where he is best recognized for his progressive reconstruction of academic and pedagogic approaches in a discover-learn-practice framework. His students now occupy positions of repute and influence across the world—from communication heads at multinational corporations to successful communication entrepreneurs, editors to educators.

In the early 2000s, Prof Nanjundaiah’s role as a mass communication educator was pioneering in some ways. As the Director at Symbiosis Institute of Mass Communication (now Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication, a college under Symbiosis International University), Prof Nanjundaiah brought in practice-based learning methods for journalism students. Under this initiative, students created a national UGC award-winning documentary on Chambal valley after the bandit Phoolan Devi. A unique social sensitization internship was started, providing students with a balanced understanding of privilege with an understanding of diversity, inclusion and human rights. SIMC was also the first institute in the country to start online admissions processes.

As Founding Director of the Indira School of Communication, Pune, which he started and successfully ran under the privately held Indira Group of Institutes, Prof Nanjundaiah was able to instil many firsts in those times, such as systematic faculty and peer mentoring, and robust student feedback mechanisms. He wove a much-needed research component into mass communication pedagogy.

Later, as the first Dean of the India Today Media Institute, Noida, he transformed into a full-fledged institute under the publicly held TV Today Network under the India Today Group, he carried on some of the foundational changes his team and he had made, while also nimbly adapting to new technological changes.

In his professional practice, Prof Nanjundaiah has held editorial and policymaking positions. He has been the Group Executive Editor of four business and policy magazines in Mumbai, including the award-winning Infrastructure Today and was later involved in systematizing digitized content for the portal under Construction World. He was the New York-based Managing Editor of The Indian Express North American Edition, where he oversaw three editions in the USA and Canada. More recently, he wrote a culture policy and brought internal storytelling systems at Enzen Global, an international utility provider and consultancy.

  • Ph.D. in Mass Communication and Media Arts from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA
  • MS in Corporate and Professional Communication from Radford University, USA
  • MA in English from University of Mysore
  • BSc in Physics from the University of Mysore, India.

Peer-reviewed Academic Monograph:

Nanjundaiah, S. (2024). News aesthetics and myth: The making of media illiteracy in India. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/978100347445

Journal reviews of book:
Indexed, peer-reviewed articles and book chapters
  • Nanjundaiah, S. (2025). Beauty and truth: The aesthetic practice of news and the media prosumer. methaodos.revista de ciencias sociales, 13(1), m251301a04. https://doi.org/10.17502/mrcs.v13i1.842
  • Nanjundaiah, S. (2024). What you see is what you get: Invisibility, spectacle, and media literacy in the age of digital media. In S. Dahiya & K. Trehan (Eds.), Handbook of digital journalism: Perspectives from South Asia (pp. 503–515). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/9789819966752.
  • Nanjundaiah, S. (2023). Reinventing learning in response to AI. Gateway Journalism Review, 54(368), 11.
  • Nanjundaiah, S. (2023). The aesthetics of news: Narrative construction and media illiteracy in contemporary India [Doctoral dissertation, Southern Illinois University Carbondale]. OpenSIUC repository. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/2156/.
  • Nanjundaiah, S. (2022). Media literacy, absence, invisibility, and criticality. The Journal of Media Literacy, 53, IMLRS proceedings issue [online]. https://ic4ml.org/journal-article/media-literacy-absence-invisibility-and-criticality/
  • Nanjundaiah, S. (2016). Reengineering media education: Domain-specific approach to academics for better relevance of higher education to employability. In Media education in India: Key challenges and opportunities. Centre for Media Studies.
  • Nanjundaiah, S. (2005). Dr. Spin in Shining India: Articulation and silence, image and reality in the 2004 political campaign. International Journal of Media and Cultural Politics, 1(2), 314–319.
  • Nanjundaiah, S. (2004). Dr. Spin in Shining India: Theoretical analysis of a political campaign. Tapasya, 5(2), 12–17.
  • Nanjundaiah, S. (1998). Political order and social control as agendas: The case of India’s Doordarshan. In M. H. Prosser & K. S. Sitaram (Eds.), Civic Discourse: Intercultural, International, and Global Media, Vol. 2 (pp. 273–284). Ablex.
  • Nanjundaiah, S. (1995). Deregulation of television broadcast in India: cultural and informational impacts. Asian Journal of Communication, 5(1), 71–87. https://doi.org/10.1080/01292989509364714.
  • Nanjundaiah, S. (1995). Deregulation of television broadcast in India. Proceedings of the Pacific Telecommunications Council (PTC) annual conference, Honolulu, HI. Best Student Paper prize.
Book review
  • Nanjundaiah, S. (2017). Book review of Stealth Communications: The spectacular rise of public relations by Sue Curry Jansen. Journalism, 18(10), 1432–1434.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9954-1379

Prof. Shashidhar Nanjundaiah brings over 10 years of experience as a teacher and pioneering leader in mass communication education in India, along with 10 years of international experience as an editor of prestigious newspapers and magazines, and as a producer and research lead in news television. He also has more than five years of experience in digital transformation and communicative policymaking.

  • Prof Nanjundaiah’s interests lie mainly in the Indian and US contexts of communication policy, including social media policy, media literacy, and media aesthetics. His multiple award-winning research on the political economy of post-liberalization Indian media was one of the early works in that chapter of history.
  • His recent research is a theoretical introduction to “media illiteracy”, attempting to provoke and destabilize factors of modernity. The research pegs its arguments on the problematics of current media literacy practices. It questions whether such practices are adequately addressing communitarian issues that arise from mediated information and disinformation. It then proposes that news media may intervene in and disrupt the continuity of societies, but also selectively invisibilize various realities. They use aesthetic values to transform incidents into media events and media spectacles, finally rendering them into myths. In this process, they operate on unstable pivots such as public trust and prescriptive narration. As mediated narration became a normative way in which we understand our world, the media construct that world in alignment with the modernization project, glossing over the chasm between realities and mediated narrations. His work is under consideration for publication.
Others:
  • Prof Nanjundaiah has been invited to speak on prestigious platforms including Government of India’s I&B Ministry and the Poynter Institute’s United Facts of America. He has spoken at several colleges and conducted workshops at schools on media literacy, especially investigating media literacy in the times of the Covid-19 pandemic. As an invited Board Member of the International Council for Media Literacy, the first US media literacy initiative going back to the 1950s, he continues to probe media literacy’s scholarly dimensions through mass-disseminated video initiatives.
  • He has been on several panels, significantly as a member on the Fulbright Fellowships Selection Committee, on the Governing Council of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), and on multiple UNESCO and US government initiatives pertaining to mediated communication.
  • Prof Nanjundaiah grew up in Sindri in Jharkhand and Mysore in Karnataka, and also worked and lived in Noida, Pune, Mumbai and Bangalore in India and Virginia, New York Tri-State and Illinois in the USA.

Dr. Geethika Raj holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management from the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode. Before transitioning to academia, she accumulated nearly one and a half years of industry experience, which shaped her interest in workplace challenges. Her research broadly focuses on talent identification, technology-enabled HR practices, and fluid work arrangements.

  • Fellow Program in Management (FPM) from IIM-Kozhikode
  • B.Tech. from NSSCE, University of Calicut, Kerala

Publications
  • Geethika Raj & T.N. Krishnan| The Story Beyond the Stats: Decoding the Psychological Impact of Human Resource Analytics on Employees| Human Resource Management Review [ABDC: A].
  • Geethika Raj & T.N. Krishnan| Impacts Of Pride, Envy and Guilt on Leadership Potential: The Indirect Role of PsyCap | Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2025, No.1) https://journals.aom.org/doi/10.5465/AMPROC.2025.21239abstract
  • Geethika Raj & T.N. Krishnan| Research on Leadership Potential: Where are We and Where Should We be Heading? | International Journal of Organizational Analysis [ABDC: B].
  • Geethika Raj & Anannya Gogoi| What we do not see, does exist: exploring the realities of work engagement in virtual teams | IJOA [ABDC: B].
  • Geethika Raj & T.N. Krishnan (2022). Employee Churn? Maybe It’s Time to Turn the Wheel!. Kaustubham, TISS

  • Assistant Professor at Mahindra University (2025 – Present)
  • Assistant Professor at Jindal Global Business School (September, 2024 – November, 2025)
  • Assistant Systems Engineer at TCS (February, 2019 – May,2019)
  • Junior Software Engineer at CareStack (June, 2017 – July 2018)

Leadership Talent, Talent Identification, Fluid Work, HR Analytics, Technology in HR, Trait-State-Behavior (TSB) Paradigm, Job Demands-Resources (JD-R) Model

Dr. Abhisek belongs to the General Management group within SOM. He comes with 11 years of experience in Technology Sales and Technology Consulting in India and the United States. Before his MBA, he worked as a Technology consultant in the USA to help firms like Qualcomm, Apple and Sony Pictures in their digital transformation journeys. He received numerous awards for his academic and professional accomplishments which include the National Merit Scholarships for State Level Ranks in 10th and 12th boards and Best employee awards in TCS America and Qualcomm USA.

  • Ph.D.-Strategic Management (IIM Calcutta), 2025
  • PGDM (IIM Bangalore)
  • BE (Jadavpur University)

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2024 – 2025 Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai Assistant Professor of Practice – Strategy

  • Designed and taught Strategic Management Core Course for one-year full time, two-year full time and executive programs.
  • Headed the Consulting Club and helped in the creation of the first ever Consulting Casebook and Consulting Database, apart from mentoring the students in organizing intra-school and inter-school Consulting Case Competitions and Consulting quizzes
  • Created a selection methodology and composite criterion for Consulting specialization that was introduced for MBAs

2015 – 2018 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Regional Vertical Manager

  • Strengthen CXO level relationships and overall engagement
  • Grew revenue and profitability for many strategic Enterprise customers for an industry-leading product portfolio comprising enterprise server, storage, networking hardware, software, technology support and consulting
  • Provide leadership to the HPE business units and Partners during the end-to-end sales cycle

2014 – 2015 Sonata Software National Business Dev Manager

  • New Business Development in India and managing Strategic Accounts

2006- 2012 Tata Consultancy Services IT Consultant/Project Leader

  • Coordinated Cross-functional teams in USA, Canada & Australia
  • Consulted large customers across six sectors

2005 – 2006 Infosys Software Engineer

Dr. Abhisek’s research interests include digital technology-enabled competitive and entrepreneurial strategies, business groups, corporate governance, digital platforms and ecosystems, and corporate entrepreneurship. He had presented his research at the Academy of Management and the Academy of International Business annual conferences.

Shreya Mishra is an Assistant Professor at the School of Management, Mahindra University, and a doctoral scholar in Business Environment (Economics) at the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur.

Her research interest lies in development economics, focusing on issues in education, health, gender and agriculture. She has participated in numerous renowned national and international conferences. One of her research projects was awarded the Best Doctoral Research Paper Award at IIM Ahmedabad. She has also been awarded the “Research for Impact Fellowship 2022–23” by CLEAR/J-PAL South Asia at IFMR.

  • Ph.D. in Business Environment (Economics) from the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow (2020 – Present; Thesis Submitted)
  • B.Tech in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Madan Mohan Malaviya University of Technology Gorakhpur (2015 – 2019)

Publications
  • Mishra, S., Do Children of politically connected households have better learning levels? Evidence from India. Economic and Political Weekly
  • Bhattacharya, S., Mishra, S. & Wadhwa, S., Systematic Literature Review on Bitcoin’s Conditional Volatility Modelling using GARCH Models. Empirical Economics Letters, 23 (Special Issue 2): (December 2024)

  • Assistant Professor at School of Management, Mahindra University (2025 – Present)

  • Development Economics
  • Education Economics
  • Health Economics
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Environmental Economics
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