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Institute for Financial Management and Research (IFMR) is one of India’s most prestigious business schools & academic institutions. Established in 1970, it is recognized as an Institution of Importance across India by the Government of India (Ministry of Finance – under IT Act section 10(23)(c)(iv)) & as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO) by the Department of Scientific and

Industrial Research, Ministry of Science and Technology, Government of India. IFMR has recently inaugurated a sprawling 40 acre campus in Sri City near Chennai. Located in a manufacturing hub comprising some of the world’s leading companies, the campus provides students and faculty with world class infrastructure and outstanding opportunities for collaboration with industry.

We are counting down to InMarc 2025, and here are the keynote speakers who will be part of the sessions. This first-of-i...
29/09/2025

We are counting down to InMarc 2025, and here are the keynote speakers who will be part of the sessions.

This first-of-its-kind initiative by IFMR GSB is a celebration of knowledge, inquiry, and collaboration. With a proud academic tradition and an eye toward the future, the conference aims to foster insightful discussions, share cutting-edge research, and bridge the gap between marketing theory and practice. We invite you to be part of this landmark event as we create a new space for marketing ideas to flourish, where academia meets industry, and insight meets impact. The conference will be held in hybrid mode, with limited slots available for online participation.

Know more: https://krea.edu.in/ifmrgsb/inmarc-2025/

25/09/2025

This week in our Faculty in Focus.,

IFMR GSB presents InMarc 2025, an International Marketing Conference envisioned as a premier platform for scholars, rese...
18/09/2025

IFMR GSB presents InMarc 2025, an International Marketing Conference envisioned as a premier platform for scholars, researchers, and industry professionals to converge and explore the evolving landscape of marketing.

Anchored around the theme of 'Imagining the Future of Marketing :Innovation & Sustainability' this first-of-its-kind initiative by IFMR GSB is a celebration of knowledge, inquiry, and collaboration. With a proud academic tradition and an eye toward the future, the conference aims to foster insightful discussions, share cutting-edge research, and bridge the gap between marketing theory and practice.

We invite you to be part of this landmark event as we create a new space for marketing ideas to flourish, where academia meets industry, and insight meets impact. The conference will be held in hybrid mode, with limited slots available for online participation.

Last Date for Abstract Submission: 15 October 2025

​Know more:https://krea.edu.in/ifmrgsb/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/InMarc_2025.pdf

10/09/2025

This week in our 'Faculty in Focus' :

🔊 Krea faculty members, Dr Lakshmi Narayanan, Dr Sathya Saminadan R S, Professor Lakshmi Kumar, Dr Aishwarya Krishnaswamy and Professor Vijayalakshmi (Viji) C C participated and spoke at the event conducted by IN-SPACe.

⭐ Dr ​​Lakshmi Narayanan, Assistant Professor has been awarded the Krea Research Fellowship 2025-26 for a project entitled ‘Multi-wavelength Airglow Imaging with Low-cost cameras (MAIL)’.

✒️ Dr Sharin Shajahan Naomi (PhD)) has published an article titled Artificial Intelligence and Anti-Feminist Backlash in Oxford Intersections: AI in Society. Know more: https://academic.oup.com/edited-volume/59762

🗞️ Prajwal Parajuly pens another one for The Hindu titled Author Prajwal Parajuly dusts off his badminton skills and discovers the joy of losing gracefully. Know more: https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/author-prajwal-parajuly-dusts-off-his-badminton-skills-and-discovers-the-joy-of-losing-gracefully/article70003988.ece

28/08/2025

This week in our 'Faculty in Focus' :

Dr Jyoti Kumari Rao publishes in Deccan Herald. Know more-https://krea.edu.in/2025/08/26/dr-jyoti-kumari-writes-an-opinion-piece-in-deccan-herald/

A research paper by Jyothis Maria Franklin and Dr Jayasankar Ramanathan has been published in the Indian Journal of Marketing. Know more: https://krea.edu.in/2025/08/26/a-research-paper-by-jyothis-franklin-and-dr-jayasankar-ramanathan-published-in-the-indian-journal-of-marketing/

Prajwal Parajuly pens another one for The Hindu. Know more: https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/author-prajwal-parajuly-writes-a-love-letter-to-chennai-on-its-386th-birthday/article69950975.ece

Dr Sayandeb Chowdhury delivered a talk in Kolkata at the invitation of DAG (formerly Delhi Art Gallery). Know more: https://krea.edu.in/2025/08/26/dr-sayandeb-chowdhury-delivers-talk-at-dag/

20/08/2025

This week's highlights from our faculty in focus:

✒️ IFMR GSB faculty members, Professor Chandrasekaran Nagarajan, Professor, Operations and Strategy​ and Dr Jayasankar Ramanathan, Associate Professor, Marketing​ have jointly authored a case​study registered with the Case Centre​ titled Bhagavatha Kaingarya Sabha: Tours for Service or Profit?

Know more​- https://www.thecasecentre.org/products/view?id=208497

🔊 '​The Celestial Congress​- A Madras Masala' scripted and directed by Dr Swarnamalya Ganesh, Assistant Professor​, Literature & the Arts (Global Arts)​ SIAS will be in performance on 30 August 2025 in Chennai.

🗞️ Prajwal Parajuly pens another one for The Hindu. Read more - https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/author-prajwal-parajuly-chases-the-perfect-dumpling-and-finds-it-in-chennai/article69923089.ece

🗞️ ​Dr Praveen Bhagawan, Associate Professor, Finance, Accounting and Quantitative Finance​. is now a part of the editorial board of Artha: Journal of Business and Finance, which is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Financial Research and Trading Laboratory (FRTL) at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta​.

We are thrilled to share Dr Debankur Saha, Assistant Professor, Marketing, Area Chair - Marketing, IFMR GSB has recently...
18/08/2025

We are thrilled to share Dr Debankur Saha, Assistant Professor, Marketing, Area Chair - Marketing, IFMR GSB has recently published a paper titled, The Call of the Wild: What Draws Birdwatching Tourists to Eco-Avitourism? (co-authored with Professor Anirban Chakraborty, IIM Lucknow), in Current Issues in Tourism (ABDC–A / Scopus–Q1, Impact factor - 4.6, Cite Score - 15.5).

The study explores the motivations and behaviours of birdwatching tourists within the ecotourism framework, offering insights that can guide policymakers and planners in designing conservation-focused, responsible tourism experiences.

Read more: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13683500.2025.2544796

30/07/2025

This week our Faculty in Focus highlights include :

📰 Dr Govindapuram Suresh presented a paper on Women's Financial Inclusion and Economic Development: Evidence from India at the 23rd Annual Conference and 30th Anniversary of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies, on 22-25 July 2025 at Luxembourg.

📰 On her recent official visit to Colombo Dr Proma Raychaudhury, Assistant Professor, Politics, SIAS represented Krea University at the 2025 Scales of Governance Conference (jointly organised by the Bandaranaike Academy for Leadership and Public Policy (BALPP), Colombo, and Sciences Po, Paris, a partner university of Krea. At the conference. Dr Raychaudhury presented a paper titled, 'Sub-nationalism and (Gendered) Social Welfare Regimes: A Study of West Bengal under the All-India Trinamool Congress Government'.
🔊 Dr Sabah Siddiqui presented a paper at the IACS 2025 Conference in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand on July 24, 2025. The paper was titled 'Faith Healing and Distributed Subjectivity'. Dr Siddiqui also wrote a commentary piece on the Anti-Superstition Law titled 'Superstition, Science, and the limits of Law' that was featured by 'Mad in South Asia' Expert Opinions blog. (Read more: https://madinsouthasia.org/superstition-science-and-the-limits-of-law/)

🗞️ Prajwal Parajuly, Assistant Professor of Practice, Creative Writing, SIAS pens another one for The Hindu titled Author Prajwal Parajuly finds Sri City fitness hacks: stairs, tofu and trash bag workouts. (Read more: https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/author-prajwal-parajuly-finds-sri-city-fitness-hacks-stairs-tofu-and-trash-bag-workouts/article69838053.ece)

16/07/2025

This week in our Faculty in Focus :

📰 Dr Praveen Bhagawan Professor, Finance, Accounting and Quantitative Finance, IFMR GSB presented one of his research papers (co-authored with Dr Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Associate Professor, Economics, IFMR GSB and Navya Muricken, faculty member at ICFAI Business School, Bangalore) ‘Does Female Presence on Corporate Boards matter for Firm`s Cost of Equity? Evidence from Indian Firms’ at the 2025 Vietnam Symposium in Entrepreneurship, Finance, and Innovation (VSEFI2025), held in Hanoi, Vietnam.

📰 Dr Bhagawan also presented another research paper (co-authored with Dr Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay, Associate Professor, Economics, IFMR GSB and PhD scholar Soumyabrata Basu ) titled ‘Creditor Rights and Tax Avoidance: Evidence from Quasi-natural Experiment in India’ at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC). After the presentation, he also interacted with PhD students of IIMC and provided feedback on their papers.

​ ✒️ Sara Abraham, Visiting Faculty, SIAS has authored an article titled Tamil Nadu’s migrant worker survey: Missing the crucial questions, and answers for Frontline – The Hindu. Know more: https://frontline.thehindu.com/society/tamil-nadu-migrant-worker-survey-illegal-recruitment-employer-violations-dravidian-model/article69767483.ece

​ 🗞️ Prajwal Parajuly, Assistant Professor of Practice, Creative Writing, SIAS pens another one for The Hindu titled Author Prajwal Parajuly returns to campus life in Sri City. Know more: https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/author-prajwal-parajuly-returns-to-campus-life-in-sri-city/article69782999.ece

09/07/2025

This week our Faculty in Focus showcases the following highlights:

📰 Dr Jyoti Prasad Mukhopadhyay and PhD scholar Soumyabrata Basu presented their research paper (co-authored with Dr Praveen Bhagawan) related to the impact of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code on Indian non-financial firms at the 7th International Conference on Financial Markets & Corporate Finance (ICFMCF 2025) held at IIT Kharagpur and the 34th European Financial Management Association 2025 Annual Meeting held at the American College of Greece, respectively.

🔊 ​Professor Chandrasekaran Nagarajan was a speaker at Annual Regional Director's Conclave 2025 organised by Institute of Directors. He spoke on the discussion topic, Imp​act Assessment: The Backbone of CSR Accountability.

⭐ From 16 to 21 June 16 2025, Dr Sarabjeet Dhody Natesan participated in the Levy Economics Institute’s Summer Seminar at Bard College, New York.

Know more: https://krea.edu.in/2025/07/08/dr-sarabjeet-dhody-natesan-participates-in-levy-economics-institutes-summer-seminar-at-bard-college-new-york/

🗞️ In his newest for Southern Living in The Hindu, Prajwal Parajuly queues up for tender coconut pudding and ghee rice in New York’s Chatti, the first foreign foray of Chef Regi of the Kappa Chakka Kandhari fame.

Know more: https://www.thehindu.com/life-and-style/author-prajwal-parajuly-tries-chatti-in-new-york-and-eats-his-words/article69755188.ece/amp/

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