Faculty

IIPM Centre Jorhat

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.

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.

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.

Bhaskar K

Assistant Professor

Assistant Professor (SLC). Ph.D (pursuing in Commodities Market), M.Com, MBA. His areas of interest include Financial Accounting, Cost Accounting, Taxation and Financial Markets.

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.

Ganeshkumar C

Assistant Professor

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.

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.

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.

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

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

Vivek Kambhampati.

Assistant Professor

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

Vision

To be a globally renowned center of excellence in plantation and associated agribusiness, imparting research-based management education, training, and consultancy, contributing to business and society.

Mission

To develop globally competent and socially responsible leaders and techno-managers for plantation and associated agribusiness sector
To impart quality teaching and learning with rigor and relevance and develop competent global professionals, researchers, and entrepreneurs
To undertake research, consultancy, and training for the sustainability of plantation and associated agribusiness sector
To continuously develop and improve a state-of-the-art academic, physical, and research infrastructure

Quality Policy

Achieving excellence in education, training and research benchmarked against global best management practices in plantation & agri-business.

Ramaskanda. N

Adjunct Professor

Sarbani Mukherjee

Practicing Professor

Narendran. K

Adjunct Faculty

Prakash K C

Assistant Professor

What Our Students Say About Us

Throughout my two years of MBA at IIPM, I had countless opportunities to develop analytical skills, leadership and proactive thinking through various programs and events.

Karthi

Programmer, Kenlid Enterprise

Excellent Faculty members and a great placement team. Got placed in iCMG India through the department.

Kavi

Principal, Bluth Finance

There are lots of MBA colleges in Bangalore, but MBA at IIPM stands out with its distinguished uniqueness. It is a perfect platform to polish one's skills and calibre and also nurture their talents.

Satindar

Manager, Jadeson Global

Academic Programmes

Degree Programmes

Certificate Programmes

Executive Programmes

Academic Programmes

Degree Programmes

Certificate Programmes

Executive Programmes

Faculty

IIPM Centre Jorhat

Dr. Rakesh Mohan Joshi

Arun Bhattacharyya

Archana Thulaseedharan

Bhaskar K

Chenna Kesava Reddy Sangati

Ganeshkumar C

Gurmeet Singh

John Mano Raj. S

Nabirasool D

Nanda K G

Narendran. K

Prakash K C

Sarbani Mukherjee

Shilpa S Kokatnur

Sudha Srinivasan

Venkateswaran. K

Venugopal. B

Vijayakumar. A. N

Vivek Kambhampati.

Ankur Gogoi

Ankur Gogoi

Ramaskanda. N

Vijayakumar. A. N

Vivek Kambhampati.

FPM SCHOLARS

Kiran Kumar

Shilpa L

Vikas Singh

FPM SCHOLARS

Visiting Faculty & Resource Persons

Vision

Mission

Quality Policy

Ramaskanda. N

Sarbani Mukherjee

Narendran. K

Prakash K C

What Our Students Say About Us

Academic Partner

Placements & Internships

Important Links

Infrastructure

Get In Touch

Follow Us

About IIPMB

Media

Important Links

Get In Touch

Follow Us

Feedback Form

Send Us Your Queries