George Varghese currently serves as an Associate Professor in the area of Economics and Finance at the School of Management, Mahindra University. Prior to this assignment, George served as an Assistant Professor in Economics at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar School of Economics University, Bangalore; and as a lecturer on contract at IFMR Graduate School of Business, Krea University, Andhra Pradesh. He did his Ph.D. in the broader area of Applied Economics-Finance at the Institute for Financial Management and Research. He holds a master’s degree in Applied Economics from Pondicherry Central University. He also holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Investment Management and a Post Graduate Diploma in Foreign Trade.

His research so far has mostly been in the area of Empirical Macroeconomics, Applied Economics, and Finance with a special focus on energy markets. His areas of research interest broadly include Development Economics, Open Macroeconomics, Financial Econometrics, Energy Economics, and Energy Finance among others. George has to his credit several publications in internationally reputed journals such as, Applied Economics Letters, Journal of Economic Research, Journal of Public Affairs, Journal of Emerging Market Finance, and Research in Finance.

Prior to joining the School of Management, Mahindra University, George has taught courses such as Financial Time Series Analysis, Indian Financial System, Public Economics I, Public Economics II, Microeconomics I, and Microeconomics II to students both at Post-Graduate as well as Under-Graduate levels.

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• Ph.D. in Applied Economics-Finance
  Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR), Madras University, India
  Thesis Title: Empirical Essays on Nonlinear Dynamics in Primary Crude Oil Benchmarks
• Masters in Applied Economics
  Pondicherry Central University
• Post Graduate Diploma in Foreign Trade
• Post Graduate Diploma in Investment Management

• Varghese G, Madhavan V. Nonlinearity in Global Crude Oil Benchmarks: Disentangling the Effect of Time Aggregation. Journal of Emerging Market Finance. September 2021. doi:1177/09726527211043013(ABDC Category ‘B’)
• Varghese, G., & Madhavan, V. (2020). Long memory dynamics and relative efficiency of crude oil benchmarks: An adaptive market hypothesis perspective. Journal of Public Affairs. e2513. https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.2513(ABDC Category ‘B’)
• Varghese, G., & Sasidharan, A. (2020, November). Impact of Ownership Structure and Board Characteristics on Firm Value: Evidence From China and India. In Financial Issues in Emerging Economies: Special Issue Including Selected Papers from II International Conference on Economics and Finance, 2019, Bengaluru, India. Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/S0196-382120200000036012 (ABDC Category ‘C’)
• Varghese, G., & Raju, T.B., (2020). Volatility Contagion and Market Integration across major Coal Markets: A Diagonal BEKK GARCH approach.Journal of Economic Research, 25(1), 77-100. (ABDC Category ‘B’)
• Varghese, G., & Madhavan, V. (2019). Nonlinear dynamics in crude oil benchmarks: an AMH perspective. Applied Economics Letters, 26(21), 1798-1801. DOI: 1080/13504851.2019.1602700(ABDC Category ‘B’)
• Varghese, G., & Viswanathan, L. (2018). Financial Inclusion: Opportunities, Issues, and Challenges, Theoretical Economics Letters, 8(11), 1935. DOI: 4236/tel.2018.811126(ABDC Category ‘B’)
• Varghese, G. (2018). Within and Cross Volatility Contagion Effects among Stock, Crude and Forex Returns: Empirical Evidence from Five Emerging Economies. Theoretical Economics Letters, 8(08), 1475. DOI: 4236/tel.2018.88095 (ABDC Category ‘B’)
• Varghese, G., & Viswanathan, L. (2018). Normative perspectives on financial inclusion: Facts beyond statistics. Journal of Public Affairs, e1829.https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.1829 (ABDC Category ‘B’)
• Viswanathan, L., & Varghese, G. (2018). Greening of business: A step towards sustainability. Journal of Public Affairs, 18(2), e1705. https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.1705 (ABDC Category ‘B’)
• Varghese, G. (2017). Inflationary effects of oil price shocks in Indian economy. Journal of Public Affairs, 17(3), e1614.https://doi.org/10.1002/pa.1614 (ABDC Category ‘B’)
• Varghese, G., & Eapen, L. M. (2016). Power Sector in India-Recent Challenges and Measures Undertaken. Asian Journal of Research in Business Economics and Management, 6(1), 33-46.

• Assistant professor: School of Management, Mahindra University
  Period August 2022 – Present
• Academic Associate: School of Management, Mahindra University
  Period July 2021 – July 2022
• Assistant Professor: Bengaluru Dr. B. R. Ambedkar School of Economics (BASE University)
  Period July 2020 – July 2021
• Faculty on contract: IFMR Graduate School of Business (KREA University)
  Period January 2020 – April 2020

• Principal Investigator of the project titled “Time Varying Impact of Dynamic Volatilities in International Crude Oil Prices on Domestic Asset Classes: Evidence from Major Oil Exporting and Importing Economies”, funded by the Research & Development division, Mahindra University [Co-PI: Prof. Muneer Shaik].
• Co-Principal Investigator of the project titled “An Investigation on the Impact of Pandemics on Global Financial Markets”, funded by the Research & Development division, Mahindra University [PI: Prof. Muneer Shaik].
• Provided research assistance for an international project, ‘Effectiveness of Market-Led Development Approaches: A Systematic Review’,funded by South Asia Research Hub, Research and Evidence Division, Department for International Development (DFID), Government of UK.
• Provided research assistance to Dr. Leena Mary Eapen, assistant professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode as a part of summer internship on the topic “Indian Power Sector Reforms”

Dr. Pranjal Chandrakar is a faculty of data science at MUSOM. He completed his Ph.D. at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore. Before his Ph.D., he worked as a research associate in the Computational Life Sciences Laboratory at TCS Innovation Labs. Dr. Chandrakar has published in many peer-reviewed journals and holds a patent granted by the European Union. His research and teaching interests are in data science, statistics, machine learning and sports analytics.

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• Ph.D. in Decision Science from Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (May 2016 – April 2021)

• B.Tech. in Biological Sciences and Bio-engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (July 2010 – June 2014)

In Press

• Pranjal Chandrakar, and Nilanjan Banik. “Towards Inclusive Finance: Mapping Digital Disparities Across India.” Journal of Emerging Market Finance (Accepted). ABDC: B
• Nilanjan Banik, and Pranjal Chandrakar. “An Analysis of Trump’s Tariff Policy.” Economic and Political Weekly (Accepted). ABDC: B
• Chandrakar P., Das S., Measuring the Values of Cricket Players, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics (In Press)
• Chandrakar, Pranjal, Manaswini Bhalla, and Shubhabrata Das. “Sequential Auctions with Multiple Synergies.” International Game Theory Review (2022). ABDC: B
• Chandrakar P., Das S., Bhalla M., Lease Auctions with Retention Options, Journal of Quantitative Economics (In Press).
• Kuntal, B.K., Chandrakar, P., Sadhu, S. et al. ‘NetShift’: a methodology for understanding ‘driver microbes’ from healthy and disease microbiome datasets. ISME J 13, 442–454 (2019).

Patent

• Patent: SS Mande, P Chandrakar, BK Kuntal, Method and system for identification of key driver organisms from microbiome/metagenomics studies.
  • Status in European Union: Granted.
  • Status in United States: Granted.

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?hl=en&pli=1&user=iUO1qPYAAAAJ

• Assistant Professor, Mahindra University School of Management (July 2021 – Present)
• Research Associate (Systems Engineer), Computational Life Sciences Laboratory at TCS Innovation Labs (July 2014 – May 2016)

• Analytics
• Data Science
• Game Theory

Dr. Keerti Pendyal completed his Ph.D. from IIM Calcutta in the area of Public Policy and Management. His research is focused on Standard Essential Patents, a specific category of patent rights used in the high-tech sectors of semiconductors, electronics, information & communication. He studies the anti-trust issues that arise out of the patents’ owners having this kind of market power and how these issues are compounded by the rights of the companies by owning the intellectual property, particularly from an Indian context. He is also interested in the banking system and its evolution, particularly with the adoption of new technologies by the system and its adaptation to these technologies as well as the resulting challenges.

Dr. Pendyal was awarded the prestigious Shastri Research Student Fellowship for doctoral students. His papers were selected for presentation at multiple prestigious international conferences. He has taught courses on the Global Political Economy; The Banking System; and Management.

Before joining IIM Calcutta for his Ph.D., Dr. Pendyal worked with top organizations like Ernst & Young and ISB. He also had an entrepreneurial stint where his clients included top B-Schools of India like FMS New Delhi and SIBM Bangalore.

As a student, he has secured top positions in all-India competitive exams including CAT 2004 (with a score of 100 percentile in 2 out of the 3 sections), ICWAI Foundation (Rank 2), ICWAI Intermediate (Rank 8), and IIT-JEE (Rank 29). Besides his passion for teaching, Dr. Pendyal is an avid traveller having driven across the length and breadth of India visiting new places.

• Ph.D. in Public Policy & Management from IIM Calcutta, PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad, ICWAI Intermediate, B.Com. from Acharya Nagarjuna University

• Book Chapter: Pendyal,Keerti. IoT Ecosystem: Challenges due to SEP Litigation, in “Handbook of Research on Mitigating the Challenges of the Internet of Things”. Edited by – Odhiambo, Marcel Ohanga and Mwashita, Weston. Published by – IGI Global (https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/iot-ecosystem/304124)
• Working Paper: Sharma, Moksha and Pendyal, Keerti. Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021 – Protection from Malicious Content or Chilling Free Speech (November 1, 2021). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3967857

• Working as a Assistant professor in MU: (August 2022 – present)

• Assistant Dean (Outreach & Promotion) and Assistant Professor, Jindal School of Banking & Finance, O.P. Jindal Global University (August 2021 – June 2022)
• Programme Coordinator – B.A. (Hons.) Finance & Entrepreneurship, Jindal School of Banking & Finance, O.P. Jindal Global University (August 2021 – June 2022)

• Lecturer, Jindal School of Banking & Finance, O.P. Jindal Global University (September 2020 – July 2021)

• Consultant, Indian School of Business (July 2013 – January 2014)

• Co-Founder, Talent Management Solutions (April 2010 – July 2013)

• Associate, Transaction Advisory Services, Ernst & Young Pvt. Ltd. (May 2008 – April 2010)

Research Interests:

• Standard Essential Patents
• Standards
• IPR Policy
• Competition (Anti-trust) Policy
• Banking System
• Fintech

Prashant Kumar Gupta holds a Ph.D. in finance from IIT Delhi (2022) and has pursued his MBA from BIT Mesra. Professionally, he was associated with ISB, Hyderabad, in the capacity of an academic associate (2017). He also headed the academic team at PIBM Pune, ranked amongst the top-10 upcoming B-Schools in India by Forbes (2016).

He has published in journals indexed with ABDC and Scopus. The papers can be accessed at https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Prashant-Gupta-69. He also presented papers at two international conferences and won the best paper award at his first conference presentation. His research has also been selected amongst the ten articles for presentation in the finance track at IIM Vishakhapatnam’s first doctoral colloquium.

As a member of the CBSE Jharkhand state school basketball team, he won the national level tournament- MHRAT. As a trainer of Art of Living since 2011, he has organised and taught various Art of Living programs at educational institutions like IIT Delhi, IIT Patna, IIT Dhanbad, IIM Ranchi, NUSRL Ranchi and BIT Mesra. He has also introduced spirituality, meditation and yoga to prisoners of Tihar and Hotwar jails.

• Ph.D in Finance from IIT Delhi (Finance, Dept. of Management) [2017 – 2022]

• MBA (Finance and Marketing) from BIT Mesra [2011 – 2013]

• B.Com (Accounts Hons.) from St. Xaviers, Ranchi [2008 – 2011]
• Intermediate from DAV Hehal, Ranchi (CBSE) [2008]

• Matriculation from St. Anthonys School, Ranchi (ICSE) [2006]

• Gupta, P. K., & Sharma, S. (2024). Navigating the interplay of legal frameworks and corporate governance: the impact on asset quality in an emerging economy. Asian Journal of Business Ethics, 1-32.
• Gupta, P.K. and Sharma, S. (2023), “Role of corporate governance in asset quality of banks: comparison between government-owned and private banks”, Managerial Finance, Vol. 49 No. 4, pp. 724-740. https://doi.org/10.1108/MF-04-2022-0165

• Gupta, P.K. and Sharma, S. (2022), “Corporate governance determinants of asset quality in an emerging economy: evidence from Indian banks”, Journal of Advances in Management Research, Vol. 19 No. 4, pp. 560-577. https://doi.org/10.1108/JAMR-05-2021-0182.

• Gupta, P.K.and Sharma, S. (2021), “Literature review on effect of microfinance institutions on poverty in South Asian countries and their sustainability”, International Journal of Emerging Markets, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOEM-07-2020-0861 https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/IJOEM-07-2020-0861/full/html

Google Scholar- https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8q3LrwoAAAAJ&hl

Orchid- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6206-6158

• Assistant Professor, Mahindra University, Hyderabad [July 2022 – Current]

• Academic Associate, ISB Hyderabad [March 2017 – July 2017]
• Assistant Professor, PSIT Kanpur [November 2016 – February 2017]

• Assistant Professor & Batch Incharge, PIBM Pune [July 2013 – November 2016]
• Coordinator, SoM Rankings & Accreditations Committee, and SoM Point of Contact for the Internal Quality Assurance Committee (IQAC).
• Founding Caretaker Officer, NCC.
• Faculty In-charge, Boys Hostel.
• Member, Discipline Committee, Internal Research Committee, and PhD Selection Committee.

Fintech, CBDC, Personal Finance, Mindfulness, Banking

Anjali Rajan has a Ph.D. in Economics from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. Her research interests are Labor Economics, Economics of Inequality and Discrimination, and Applied Macroeconomics. Her thesis titled “Essays in Structural Change in Labour Force- A View from the Standpoint of Caste, Gender and Informality” is at the intersection of Labour Economics and Economics of Inequality and Discrimination. Her thesis work is focused on understanding the dynamics of labour market changes from the perspective of three axes of inequalities – gender, social groups (caste), and quality of employment (formal and informal employment). She has worked extensively with large datasets like NSSO Employment surveys, NFHS, National Income Accounts etc. Her papers were selected for presentation at national and international conferences such as The Indian Econometrics Society Conference, the 3rd Development Economics Conference, Seminar on Kerala and World Economy and RCEA Future of Growth Conference.

Anjali completed her Master’s in Applied Economics from Centre for Development Studies, JNU. She did her internship with the Chief Economic Advisor to the Government of Kerala & Director, State Planning Board during this period. She graduated with a 3rd rank in BA Economics from Mahatma Gandhi University.

Besides research, Anjali is passionate about exploring issues relating to Environment and Sustainability, Feminist philosophy, Malayalam literature and indigenous cuisines.

• Ph.D. in Economics from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta

• M.A. in Applied Economics from Centre for Development Studies (JNU), Trivandrum

• B.A. in Economics from Mahatma Gandhi University

• Assistant Professor, Mahindra University – School Of Management: (Aug 2022 – Present)

• Assistant Professor, O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU): (Aug 2021 – May 2022 )

• Lecturer, O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) (subjects taught: Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Environmental Management): (Jul 2021 – Aug 2021 )

• Doctoral Candidate, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta: (Jun 2014 – Aug 2021 )

• Visiting Faculty at School of Law, Bennett University (subjects taught: Microeconomics): (Oct 2020 – Mar 2021)

Labour Economics, Gender, Caste, Environmental Policy

Dr. Sindhu Vasireddy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Economics and Finance at Mahindra University School of Management.

Dr. Sindhu is an Applied Microeconomist focusing on Health, Demography and Labour. Specifically, she works on aging, fertility, and the intersection of international trade and labour market outcomes in developing countries. Previously, she worked as an Assistant Professor at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and graduated with a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa.

• 2014-2019 – Ph.D. Economics, 2019. University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, USA
  Dissertation Title: Three Essays in Labour Economics
  Committee: Prof. Timothy Halliday (Advisor), Prof. Theresa M. Greaney, Prof. Inessa Love, Dr. Teresa Molina, Prof. Lawrence H. Nitz, Dr. Jenjira Yahirun

• 2011-2013 – M.A. Economics, 2013. Acharya Nagarjuna University, India First Class with distinction, Gold medal

• 2008-2011 – B.A. Mathematics, Economics, Statistics, 2011, Acharya Nagarjuna University, India First class
• 2009-2010 – Diploma in Accountancy and Financial Management (Distance), Annamalai University, India
• 2014 – Certified in Quantitative Methods for Banking and Finance, Indian Institute of Banking and Finance (IIBF)
• 2013 – Certified Market Professional – National Stock Exchange of India (NSE)

Peer-Reviewed Publications:

• Kuang B, Berrington A, Vasireddy S, & Kulu H. 2025. “The changing inter-relationship between partnership dynamics and fertility trends in Europe and the United States: A review.” Demographic Research, 52. doi.org/10.4054/DemRes.2025.52.7
• ahirun J, Vasireddy S, & Hayward M. 2023. “Black–White Differences in Offspring Educational Attainment and Older Parents’ Dementia.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 0(0). doi.org/10.1177/00221465231168910
• Vasireddy S, Kuang B, Kulu H, & Berrington A. 2023. “Education and Fertility: A Review of Recent Research in Europe.” Comparative Population Studies, 48. doi.org/10.12765/CPoS-2023-21
• Berrington A, Ellison J, Kuang B, Vasireddy S, & Kulu H. 2021. “Scenario-Based Fertility Projections Incorporating Impacts of COVID-19.” Population, Space and Place, 28, e2546. doi.org/10.1002/psp.2546
• Yahirun J, Vasireddy S, & Hayward M. 2020. “The Education of Multiple Family Members and the Life Course Pathways to Cognitive Impairment.” The Journals of Gerontology, Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, March. doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa039
• Robertson R, Halliday TJ, & Vasireddy S. 2020. “Labor market adjustment to third?party competition: Evidence from Mexico.” World Economy, January. 00: 1– 30. doi.org/10.1111/twec.12918

Policy Briefs:

• Berrington A, Ellison J, Kuang B, Vasireddy S, & Kulu H. 2022. “What is the likely impact of COVID-19 on fertility in the UK?” Center for Population Change, Series Number: 66. Policy Brief.
• Kuang B, Vasireddy S, Berrington A, & Kulu H. 2020. “Twenty years of having babies across different countries of the UK: How has parents’ partnership status changed?” Center for Population Change, Series Number: 56. Policy Brief.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6533-9473

• Assistant Professor, Department of Economics & Finance, Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India (2023-Present )

• Assistant Professor, School of Vocational Education, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India (2022-2023)

• Guest Faculty, School of Management and Labour Studies, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, India (2022)

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, International Institute for Population Studies, India. Project: Study On Global Ageing and Adult Health (WHO-SAGE, INDIA). Website link. PI: Prof. T.V. Sekher (2021-2022 )

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, UK. Project: Understanding Recent Fertility Trends in the UK and Improving Methodologies for Fertility Forecasting. Website link. PI: Prof. Hill Kulu (2020-2021 )

• Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, SRM University-AP, Amaravati, India (2019-2020)

• Research Assistant, Center on the Family, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, USA. Project: The Economic Well-Being of Hawaii’s Older Adults and Their Families. PI: Dr. Hua Zan, Dr. Jenjira Yahirun (2017-2019)

• Research Assistant, Department of Political Science, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, USA. Project: Feasibility Study for a Limited, Mandatory, Long Term Services Social Insurance Program. PI: Prof. Lawrence Nitz (2016-2017)

• Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, USA (2017)

• Teaching Assistant, Graduate Econometrics II, Department of Economics, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, USA (2016)

• Teaching Assistant, Principles of Macroeconomics, Department of Economics, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, USA (2014-2016)

• Research Intern, Department of Economics, University of Hyderabad, India. Project: Nexus between Public Health Care Expenditure and Economic Development in South India. PI: Dr. Sridevi Gummadi (2010-2012)

• Aging, Fertility, Education, International Trade, Labour Markets

Prof.Soumya Singh broad research areas of interest are in the consumer behavior domain such as better marketing for a better world and services marketing. More specifically, her research focuses on consumer wellbeing, prosocial consumption, service inclusion, subsistence marketplaces, and vulnerable populations. She believes that research is an ongoing journey wherein new interests and challenges connect dots with the knowledge distilled and accumulated over each passing project. She plans to apply her research experience and continue to work on these domains with openness to new connecting dots.

• Ph.D. in Management Studies (Marketing), University of Hyderabad, Telangana, India
  Dissertation: Customer Experience and Loyalty: The role of Wellbeing and Satisfaction in retaining Wellness service customers
  Supervisor: Dr Sapna Singh
  Committee Members: Prof. V. Sita, Prof. B. Raja Shekhar, Dr D V Srinivas Kumar

• Singh, S., & Singh, S. (2024). Impulse buying and checkout donation: leveraging reparatory processes of purchase guilt. International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing, 19 (4), 1-24. (ABDC B)
• Nagaraj, S., Singh, S., & Yasa, V. R. (2021). Factors affecting consumers’ willingness to subscribe to over-the-top (OTT) video streaming services in India. Technology in Society, 65, 101-534. (ABDC C)
• Singh, S. (2021). Valuing Wellbeing: A Step Closer to Optimum Customer Engagement. In Insights, Innovation, and Analytics for Optimal Customer Engagement (pp. 168-183). IGI Global. (Book Chapter)
• Singh, S. & Satyavageeswaran, P. (2020). From Receiving to Giving: The role of Prosocial Signaling Interactions at Point-of-sales Donation. In EMAC Annual conference proceedings, Budapest.
• Singh, S. & Singh, S. (2020). Wellness Consumers in India: An Attitude-based Segmentation Study. International Journal of Leisure and Tourism Marketing, 7 (1), 26-43.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7432-6263

• May 2023-Present, Assistant Professor, MU

• Part-time Research Assistant, IIM Udaipur (2022)

• Entrepreneurship Development Trainer, AD Life Trust (2021)

• Assistant Professor, CPJ College, affiliated to Indraprastha University, New Delhi (2016)

Better marketing for a better world – Consumer Wellbeing, Prosocial Consumption,
Subsistence Marketplaces, Vulnerable Populations Services literature – Service Captivity, Service Inclusion, Social Signaling

Dr. Mukesh Narmetta is an Assistant Professor in the Management Information Systems area at Mahindra University, School of Management (SoM). His research interests include enterprise systems implementation (multi-level analysis) and business process change, digitally enabled sharing economy (BoP) models, and technology-enabled remote (hybrid work). His focus of research work is to understand the impact of technology on society in general and business organizations in particular through a socio-technical perspective.

Before joining School of Management, Mahindra University, Mukesh worked with Tata Consultancy Services as a developer, production support executive, scrum master and business analyst.

Besides academia, Dr. Mukesh takes an interest in painting and photography. He is a numismatist too.

• Ph.D. in Management (Information Systems), Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, India.
  Dissertation Title: Enterprise systems implementation, individual performance, and continuance usage
  intentions: A multi-level investigation
  Committee: Prof. Satish Krishnan (Advisor), Prof. Vidushi Pandey (member), Prof. Keyoor Purani (member)
• Bachelors of Technology (B.Tech.) in Electronics and Communication Engineering from Mahatma Gandhi Institute of
  Technology (JNTU affiliated)

Conferences

• Srija, B., Laharika, Ch., Narmetta, M., Jose, M. Service Failures in the Age of AI: Neutrality, Volatility, and Cross-Platform Discourse. Accepted to present at AMA Winter, Madrid, Spain, 2026.
• Srija, B., Laharika, Ch., Narmetta, M., Jose, M. Service Failures in the Age of AI: Neutrality, Volatility, and Cross-Platform Discourse. Accepted to present at the 23rd AIMS International Conference on Management, IIM Shillong (4-6 Dec 2026).
• Karthick, A., Narmetta, M., Banda, S., Jose, M. Self, Friend, Grandmother: Who Do We Trust AI for Product Recommendations. Presented at the XII Conference of the Italian Chapter of AIS (itAIS), 2025.
• Zameer, R., and Narmetta, M. Navigating the Regulatory Compliance Landscape Using Emerging Technologies. Accepted to present at the 14th ICMC 2025 Conference.
• Zameer, R., and Narmetta, M. Designing a Compliance Centre of Excellence: A Comprehensive GRC Framework. Presented at the European Conference of Information Systems (ECIS), 2025 Jordan.
• Meghana, V., Nandini, S., Tandon, A., and Narmetta, M. (2025). The Social Virtual Reality and Mental Health: A Qualitative Study of VR Chat Experiences. Presented at the 22nd AIMS International Conference on Management, IIM Kozhikode (2-4 Jan 2025)
• Narmetta, M., Krishnan, S. (2020). Competitiveness, Change Readiness, and ICT Development: An Empirical Investigation of TOE Framework for Poverty Alleviation. In: Sharma S.K., Dwivedi Y.K., Metri B., Rana N.P. (eds) Re-imagining Diffusion and Adoption of Information Technology and Systems: A Continuing Conversation. TDIT 2020. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol 618. Springer, Cham.
• Narmetta, M., & Pillai, R. R. (2019). Ethical issues in Emerging Information Communication Technologies – A Review of Literature, 7th PAN-IIM World Management Conference, IIM Rohtak (12-14 Dec)

Journal Publications:

• Puram, P., Gurumurthy, A., Narmetta, M. and Mor, R.S. (2021). Last-mile challenges in on-demand food delivery during COVID-19: understanding the riders’ perspective using a grounded theory approach. The International Journal of Logistics Management [ABDC: A; ABS: 1]
• Narmetta, M. and Krishnan, S. (2023), Enterprise systems implementation and their impact on employee job outcomes: a review of the literature, synthesis, and framework. Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems [ABDC: A; ABS: 2]

ORCID: 0000-0001-6462-9359

• Assistant Professor and Area Chairperson – MIS & Analytics, School of Management, Mahindra University.

Tata Consultancy Services

• Business Analyst for client PwC
• Scrum Master for an internal Application
• Business Analyst for an internal Application
• Developer (PL/SQL) & Production Support Engineer

• Enterprise Systems Implementation, Continuance Usage, and Assimilation
• Emerging Technologies (GenAI) and Consumer Decision Making
• Healthcare Information Technology and Information Systems
• Compliance and Regulatory Technologies (RegTech)

Currently, Prof. Vismaya holds the position of Assistant Professor in Finance and Accounting at the School of Management, Mahindra University. She is also in the process of completing my Ph.D. in Finance from IFMR Graduate School of Business, Krea University (thesis submitted). Prior to this, she obtained her master’s degree in commerce from Pondicherry University.
In terms of professional experience, she has accumulated two years of work expertise in various roles. She worked as a subject matter expert at SPi Technologies India Pvt Ltd., Pondicherry; served as an Academic Associate at the Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, and the Indian School of Business, Hyderabad.

• Ph.D. in Finance, IFMR Graduate School of Business, Krea University, Sricity, AP, India

• M.Com (Business Finance), Pondicherry University, Pondicherry, India

• B.com (Finance), Calicut University, Kerala, India

• Gangadharan, V., Padmakumari, L., & Balasubramaniam, V. C. (2025). Assessing the Efficacy of Corporate Disclosures in Fulfilling Stakeholders’ Information Needs: A Thematic Analysis. Journal of Emerging Market Finance, 24(2), 243-268.
• Gangadharan, V., & Padmakumari, L. (2024). Fogging the firm performance: An empirical examination of the annual report readability in India. International Journal of Disclosure and Governance, 21(2), 211-226.
• Gangadharan, V. and Padmakumari, L. (2023), Annual report readability and stock return synchronicity: Evidence from India. Cogent Economics & Finance, 11:1, https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2023.2186034. [ABDC-B] – Published

Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=9rX_qbQAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

• Assistant Professor in Finance and Accounting at the School of Management, Mahindra University: (July 2023 – present)

• Academic Associate, Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, Telangana, India (April 2018 – August 2018).

• Academic Associate, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, Kerala, India (February 2017 – April 2018).

• Subject Matter Expert, SPi Technologies India Pvt Ltd, Pondicherry, India (May 2016 – February 2017).

• Corporate finance
• Corporate governance
• Disclosure analysis
• Sustainable finance