(An Autonomous Organization of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry – Govt of India.)

(An Autonomous Organization of the Ministry of Commerce & Industry – Govt of India.)

Faculty

Dr. Rakesh Mohan Joshi

Director
Ph.D., (Management), Executive Masters in International Trade (Gold Medalist) IIFT, MBA First Division University of Rajasthan Jaipur, M.Tech (Dairy Technology), B.Tech (Dairy Technology). His areas of interest include Globalization, International Business, International Marketing, Export Promotion, Internationalization of Higher Education, India’s cultural globalization, Bhagavad Geeta & Indian scriptures: Mangement Implications.

Anuj Sharma

Professor
Assistant Professor (Food Nutrition & Technology). Ph.D. & M.Sc. (Food Technology). His areas of interest include Food Research & Development, Food Safety Management and Quality Assurance & Auditing. Former Food Safety Auditor.

Archana Thulaseedharan

Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor (HR/OB). Ph.D., MBA (HR), FDP at IIM-A. Her areas of interest include Gender Intelligence, Strategic & Performance Management and Talent Acquisition.

Chenna Kesava Reddy Sangati

Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor (Food Nutrition & Technology). Ph.D. & M.Sc. (Food Technology). His areas of interest include Food Research & Development, Food Safety Management and Quality Assurance & Auditing. Former Food Safety Auditor.

Dinesh Jain

Associate Professor

Professor (Marketing), Ph.D., MBA (Marketing). His areas of interest include Buyer Behaviour and Rural Marketing.

Gurmeet Singh

Adjunct Faculty
Adjunct Faculty. M.S. and Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University, USA. His Areas of interest include Disruptive Innovation, New Process Technologies and R&D. Currently, Global Director R&D, Unilever Foods.

John Mano Raj. S

Professor

Professor (Marketing), Ph.D., MBA (Marketing). His areas of interest include Buyer Behaviour and Rural Marketing.

Nabirasool D

Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor (Marketing), UGC-Post Doctoral Fellow (Entrepreneurship), Ph.D (Consumer Lifestyles) & MBA (Marketing). His areas of interest Marketing, Entrepreneurship Development and Business Economics.

Nanda K G

Practicing Professor
Practicing Professor in Plantation Management & Trade (AF).His Areas of interest include Tea Tasting, Quality Control and Blending of tea for international markets. Experience in trading of Tea, Coffee and spices in global markets. Fr.Vice President Tata Tea Ltd.,

Narendran. K

Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor (Extension and Plantation Technology). Ph.D., M.Sc., (Agriculture). Doctoral research in the area of Agripreneurship. His areas of interest include Entrepreneurship, Agri-Business and Micro Level Institution Building Process.

Prakash K C

Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor (Agri-Business), Ph.D. (Agri-Business & Development Management) and MBA (Marketing), TNAU, Coimbatore. His areas of interest include Agri-Business, Supply Chain Management and Marketing.

Sahiba Sharma

Assistant Professor

Associate Professor (Economics and Natural Resources Management). Ph.D., (ISEC Bangalore), Fulbright Fellow of IFPRI, Washington, DC. Her areas of interest include Quantitative Techniques, Environmental and Resource Economics. Fr. Faculty Associate, IIM, Bangalore.

Sarbani Mukherjee

Associate Professor

Associate Professor (Economics and Natural Resources Management). Ph.D., (ISEC Bangalore), Fulbright Fellow of IFPRI, Washington, DC. Her areas of interest include Quantitative Techniques, Environmental and Resource Economics. Fr. Faculty Associate, IIM, Bangalore.

Shilpa S Kokatnur

Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor. Ph.D., Kuvempu University Shimoga and MBA (Marketing from Karnataka University Dharwad. Fr. Assistant Professor, National Institute of Fashion Technology (An Organisation of Ministry of Textiles), GOI. Her areas of interest include Consumer Behaviour, Services Marketing and Retail Management.

Sudha Srinivasan

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor (Finance & Accounting). Ph.D., University of Madras and MBA (Finance). Her areas of interest include Management Accounting, Financial Analysis, Financial Management and Entrepreneurial Finance.

Venkateswaran. K

Associate Professor
Associate Professor (International Business & Computer Applications). Ph.D., Anna University, Chennai, MBA (Marketing) and M.Phil (Entrepreneurship). His areas of interest include International Business, Marketing and Systems.

Venugopal. B

Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor (Finance & Accounting). MBA (Finance), Ph.D., and UGC-PDF. Member – International Association of Risk & Compliance Professionals. His areas of interest include Financial Accounting, Depository Services & Capital Markets, Investment & Portfolio and Equity Research.

Vijayakumar. A. N

Professor
Professor (Finance and Control), Ph.D., Master Diploma in Business Administration. His areas of interest include Accounting, Finance, SME Development, Internal Control and Price Risk management. Fr. Faculty member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India(ICAI), New Delhi.

Vivek Kambhampati.

Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., NIT-Rourkela, M.Tech (Food Engineering & Technology). His areas of interest include Non-thermal food processing, Encapsulation, Functional foods, Process modelling & optimization, Drying & dehydration, and Post-harvest engineering & Management.

Ganeshkumar C

Assistant Professor
Professor (General Management, Strategy & Entrepreneurship). Fellow (IIM Bangalore), PGDBM (IIM Calcutta). His areas of interest include strategic decision making, consumer psychology and entrepreneurial Marketing. Reviewer in Elsevier and Emerald journals.

Arun Bhattacharyya

Professor

Professor (General Management, Strategy & Entrepreneurship). Fellow (IIM Bangalore), PGDBM (IIM Calcutta). His areas of interest include strategic decision making, consumer psychology and entrepreneurial Marketing. Reviewer in Elsevier and Emerald journals.

Ankur Gogoi

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor (LC), IIPM-Centre. Regd. for Ph.D,  M.B.A. (Infrastructure Management). His areas of interest include Project Management, Project Appraisal and Production & Operations Management.

Ramaskanda.-N

Ramaskanda. N

Adjunct Professor
Adjunct Professor (Cost Management and ERP) M.Com., AICWA. His Areas of interest include Determination of Product Profile and Profitability, Cost Management Techniques, Cost Control and Reduction both in Manufacturing and Service Sectors, including designing of Costing Module in ERP.

Vijayakumar. A. N

Shilpa S Kokatnur
Professor (Finance and Control), Ph.D., Master Diploma in Business Administration. His areas of interest include Accounting, Finance, SME Development, Internal Control and Price Risk management. Fr. Faculty member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India(ICAI), New Delhi.

Vivek Kambhampati.

Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor, Ph.D., NIT-Rourkela, M.Tech (Food Engineering & Technology). His areas of interest include Non-thermal food processing, Encapsulation, Functional foods, Process modelling & optimization, Drying & dehydration, and Post-harvest engineering & Management.

FPM SCHOLARS

Kiran Kumar

Fellow Programme in Management (Ph.D)
Masters Diploma in Business Administration in Financial Management (MDBA-FM). His area of interest includes Financial & Commodity Markets, Economics and Strategic Management. He has 18 years of industry experience, worked with various Asset Management and Stock Broking Companies. Currently working as Zonal Head, Destimoney Securities (P) Ltd, promoted by Dhanalaxmi Bank and US based PE firm, New Silk Route.

Shilpa L

Fellow Programme in Management (Ph.D)
MBA (Food & Dairy Business). Her area of interest includes Production and Operations Management, Global Quality Management System, Organizational Behaviour. She has one year industry work experience with Sri Chamundeswari Sugars Ltd.

Vikas Singh

Fellow Programme in Management (Ph.D)
Post Graduate Diploma in Agri-Business & Plantation Management (PGDM-ABPM). His area of interest includes Rural Marketing & Agribusiness, Business Law & Policy, Corporate Social Responsibility and International commodity trading. He has 6 years of industry work experience with Monsanto India Ltd.

FPM SCHOLARS

Dr. Prakash. V
Fr. Director,
Central Food Technological Research Institute (CFTRI), Mysore.
Dr. Nagaraj. V
Professor of Law,
National Law School of India University (NLSIU),
Bangalore
Prof. Chowdhury. K .K
Professor (Statistics),
Indian Statistical Institute,
Bangalore
Dr. Nagalingappa. G
Dean,
PES Institute of Technology (PESIT),
Bangalore
Dr. Gowda. D. M
Professor (Statistics),
University of Agriculture Science,
Bangalore
Dr. Nagalingappa. G
Dean,
PES Institute of Technology (PESIT),
Bangalore
Dr. Lalith Achoth
Professor,
University of Agriculture Science,
Bangalore
Dr. Ramani. N
Professor (HRD) & President,
Womens’s Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (WIMEN),
Bangalore
Dr. Jyoti Bhat
Research Scientist,
Hindustan Unilever Ltd.,
Bengaluru
Mrs. Seema Benakatti,
Bengaluru
Programme Support: Seema Bai, Programme Associate
Shilpa. S, Placement Associate
Library Madhu. K. N, Assistant Librarian
Computer Centre  Kalavathi. A. S, Computer Associate

Visiting Faculty & Resource Persons

Mr. N. Ramaskanda
Adjunct Professor
Partner, Rao, Murthy & Associates
Cost Accountants, Bangalore
Prof. O.V. Nandimath Associate Professor of Law
National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore
Dr. Nagaraj Professor of Law, National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore
Prof. K. K. Chowdhury Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore
Prof. Somnath Ray Professor, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore
Dr. Ramani President, Womens Institute of Management and Entrepreneurship (WIMEN), Bangalore
Dr. Lalith Achoth Professor, University of Agriculture Science, Bangalore
Dr. D.M. Gowda Professor, University of Agriculture Science, Bangalore
Dr. M. S. Ranga Raju Associate Professor, PES College, Bangalore

Resource Persons & Special Talk Series

Special Talks and the Inspirational Talks by distinguished faculty members from the leading institutions and practitioners from well known organizations are invited for the benefit of the students. Many leading academicians have visited the Institute and interacted with faculty and students. These include:

Dr. A.K.Rao Director, SDM Institute for Management Development, Mysore
Mr. Aman Syed Managing Director – India, Regional Director – South Asia, Alltech India Bengaluru
Dr. Amar Kalro Director, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode
Prof. A.Van Ittersum Leinsterin, Senior Lecturer, International Horticulture & Plant Production, University of Professional Education, Deventor, The Netherlands
Mr. A.V.Ramana Acharyulu Associate Professor, Amrita Institute of Management
Dr. B.D.Tripathi Principal Co-ordinator, MANAGE, Hyderabad
Dr. Brajraj Mohanty Professor, Department of Business Administration, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar
Dr. C.V.Baxi Professor, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
Prof. David Bozward Head of School Business & Entrepreneurship, Royal Agricultural University, UK
Dr. David Kimber School of Management, RMIT Business, Australia
Ms. Debra Miller Global Dharma Centre, USA
Dr. Gajendragad Professor – Economics & Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Management Bengaluru
Dr. Gopal Naik Principal Scientist, Indian Veterinary Research Institute
Dr. G.Perumal Former Director of Extension, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University
Dr. Harish Jain McMaster University, Michael G.De Groote School of Business, Canada
Prof. Ian Coxhead Professor
Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Wisconsin- Madison, WI-USA
Dr. J.B.P.Sinha Professor, ASSERT Institute of Management, Patna
Dr. Joy Mukhopadhyay Professor, Indian Business Academy, Bangalore
Dr. J.Philip Director, Xavier Institute for Management Entrepreneurship, Bangalore
Dr. K.B.Akhilesh Professor, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore
Prof. K.K. Chowdhury SQC Division, Indian Statistical Institute, Bangalore
Dr. Krishna Kumar Professor, Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow
Dr. K.R.S.Murthy Former Director, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
Prof. K.S.Gupta Senior Faculty, HAL Management Academy, Bangalore
Dr. L.K.Vaswani Professor, Institute for Rural Management, Anand
Dr. Matthijs Gerlagh Senior Research, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands
Mr.Mrugank M. Paranjape Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Multi Commodity Exchange of India Limited, Mumbai
Dr. M.B.Athreya, Management Advisor, Athreya Management Systems, New Delhi
Dr. M.R.Rao Former Director, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
Mr. M.S.Venkataraman Assistant Controller of Patent, Patent Branch Office
Dr. Nagaraj Hegde Managing Director, HTAL, Bangalore
Dr. N.C.B.Nath Chairman, Gandhi Peace Foundation, New Delhi
Dr. N.J.Rao Chairman, Department of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
Prof. Paul Wilson Professor, Rural Business Research, University of Nottingham, UK
Dr. P.G.Apte Director, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
Mr. Raj B. Agrawal Chief Executive, Tureeya Associates
Dr. Rajen Gupta Professor, Management Development Institute, Gurgaon
Dr. Raman Ramachandran CEO, BASF India Ltd., Mumbai
Dr. R.Naidu Former Director of Research, Coffee Board
Dr. R.S.Deshpande Professor and Head, Agricultural Development and Rural Transformation Unit, Institute of Social and Economic Change, Bangalore
Prof.Solomon N Darwin Executive Director, Garwood Centre of Corporate Innovation, HAAS UC-Berkeley
Dr. S.K.Chakraborty Convenor, Management Centre for Human Values, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta, Kolkata
Dr. S.P.Agarwal Director, A.F.Ferguson & Co., Mumbai
Mr. S.Suryanarayanan Former General Manager (Tea Division), HLL
Mr. S.Prasanna Export Promotion Manager, Vishveswaraya Industrial Trade Centre
Prof. Sudhir Bhaskar Professor of Management & Strategy, Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthinilayam
Mr. Sudhir Kumar Pathak Business Development Officer (Tea), Biotechnology Division, SPIC Ltd.
Mr. T.Mugunthan General Manager, Kwality Biscuits
Prof. Ursula Schneider Director, Institute of International Management, Austria
Prof. Vasant Gandhi Professor, IIM Ahmedabad
Amb. Venkatesan Ashok IFS, Ambassador
Prof. William Miller Global Dharma Centre, USA
Prof. Ganesh N. Prabhu Associate Professor, Corporate Strategy & Policy
Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore
Prof. S.K.Prasad Chairman, NAME, Bangalore
Mr. Goeffrey Sr.Manager-HR, Cafe Coffee Day, Bangalore
Dr. A.K.Krishna Kumar Chief Operating Officer, Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Servicing (IL & FS), New Delhi

Resource Persons for Study Abroad Program

Special Talks by distinguished faculty members from the leading institutions and practitioners from well known organizations were organised for the benifit of the students during their Study Abroad program

Ms. Rachaneeporn Chaistitwanich Asst. Vice President (Corporate Affairs), Charoen Pokphand Group – (CPG) Food Processing Plant, Thailand
Ms. Milk
Manager (CR), Charoen Pokphand Group – (CPG) Food Processing Plant, Thailand
Ms. Rasanee Suravanit Head, (PR)
Rubber Research Institute of Thailand (RRIT), Thailand
Prof. S. Kumar Professor & Dean, School of Environment, Resources & Development (SERD)-Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand

Prof. V. M. Salokhe

Professor, Agri-Business Management, School of Environment, Resources & Development (SERD)-Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), Thailand
Mr. Nitid Manoonporn Senior Vice President (Corporate Operations), The Agricultural Futures Exchange of Thailand (AFET) Office of the Agricultural Future Trading Commission, Thailand
Mr. Jittiwat Chulajat Vice President, The Agricultural Futures Exchange of Thailand (AFET) Office of the Agricultural Future Trading Commission, Thailand
Mr. Pote Supromajakar Officer (R&D), The Agricultural Futures Exchange of Thailand (AFET) Office of the Agricultural Future Trading Commission, Thailand
Dr. Pong Vananuvat Managing Director, Korn Thai Co. Ltd., Thailand
Ms. Vatanasri Chaimongkol Director, Korn Thai Co. Ltd., Thailand
lMr. Wattawut Ueaphumirant Plant Manager, URC (Thailand) Co. Ltd., Thailand
Mr. T. M. Chari Production Manager-Bisquit, URC (Thailand) Co. Ltd., Thailand
Mr. Jakree Chomtaisong HR Manager, URC (Thailand) Co. Ltd., Thailand
Mr. Banharn Wismitanant General Manager,C.P. DIAMONDSTAR Co. Ltd , Thailand
Mr. Chaiwat Intrachatorn Trade Manager, Thai Food Processors’ Association (TFPA), Thailand

Ms. Vipaporn Sakulkru

Technical Officer, Thai Food Processors’ Association (TFPA), Thailand
Dr. Judy A Singuaw Dean, Cornell-Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technology University, Singapore
Mr. Chin Yew Neng Assistant Director (Food Supply & Agritech Infrastructure Division) , Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA), Singapore
Mr. Liow Chin Chog,

Senior Import & Export Officer (Food & Veterinary Administration), Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA), Singapore

Mr. Yeh Choy Yan Director, Business Development , ERC Holdings, Singapore

Dr. Christopher Goh

Academic Head (Finance), Asian Centre for Professional Excellence, Singapore

Dr. Perumal Magayson

Dean, School of Logistics and Managing Director, World Trade Centre, Singapore
Mr. Nirman Sodhi Manager (Corporate Services/Trade Match), Singapore Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SICCI), Singapore
Mr. Prakash S Savadi General Manager (Trading), Kuok Oils & Grains Pte Ltd., Singapore
Mr. Ankur Chawla Trading Executive, Kuok Oils & Grains Pte Ltd., Singapore
Mr. Joshua Mathews Senior Manager & Head (Plantation Division), IOI Corporation Berhad, Dynamic Management Sdn Bhd, Malaysia
Mr. Lim Fang Woei Manager, Technical Service & Agricultural Products, BASF – The Chemical Company, Malaysia
Mr. Mohamed Azhaza B Abdul Aziz, Estate Manager, Labu Estate, Kumpulan Guthrie Berhad, Malaysia
Mr. Ishak Bin Sejet Mill Manager, Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), Malaysia
Mr. Sheikh Khairul Anuar Assistant Mill Manager, Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), Malaysia
Mr. Phillip T Pondikou Secretary General, Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC), Malaysia
Mr. Arumugam Deputy Secretary General, Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC), Malaysia
Mr. Toms Joseph Economist, Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries (ANRPC), Malaysia
Mr. Moriazi Mohammed Chief Executive, Bursa Malaysia, Malaysia
Mr. Kamal Fitri Manager (Marketing Communications – Group Business Development), Bursa Malaysia, Malaysia
Mr. Gerald Blondel Head (Exchanges Development-Group Business Development), Bursa Malaysia, Malaysia
Ms. Sum Kum Mooi Manager (Marketing & Market Development), Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC), Malaysia
Mr. Satyakam Chakravorty Senior Manager (International Sales), Field Fresh Foods Pvt. Ltd., Malaysia

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