Amit B Chakrabarti

Assistant Professor
Strategy
amit@iimv.ac.in



Prof. Amit comes with a varied industry experience of more than eight years. He started his professional career in a start-up architectural firm. Thereafter he completed the 2 year PGP course from the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore, in the year 2004, and joined a retail consultancy organization, KSA Technopak. Finally he joined the Maharatna Public sector enterprise, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd where he completed assignments in retail sales, corporate communication and consumer sales. He has now come back to academics after completing his fellow program in management from the Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. As part of his academic assignments, he has worked at the Indian School of Business Hyderabad and TAPMI before joining the Indian Institute of Management Visakhapatnam.

Education: FPM (IIM Calcutta) PGP (IIM Bangalore), B. Arch.

Pursuant to completion of FPM in Strategic Management from IIM Calcutta, Amit Chakrabarti has worked as:

  • 2017 – present: Assistant Professor, IIM Visakhapatnam, Visakhapatnam India
    • International Business; BPIM (Dubai); Industry & Competitor Analysis; Competition & Strategy
  • 2016 - 2017: Assistant Professor, TAPMI, Manipal India
    • Corporate Strategy; Strategy Simulation (CapSim)

Publications:

  • Mondal A. & Chakrabarti, A.B. (2021) Entrepreneurial orientation during adversity: Differences across ownership categories. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research. 27(4) 845-865. DOI: 10.1108/IJEBR-10-2019-0593.
  • Mondal A. & Chakrabarti, A.B. (2021) Information and Communication Technology Adoption Strategy of Emerging Multinationals from India. Journal of Global Information Management. 29(5) 161-175. DOI: 10.4018/JGIM.20210901.oa9
  • Chakrabarti, A. B. & Mondal, A. (2017) Effect of Business Group Affiliation on Firm Internationalization: The Case of India under Reforms. Journal of East-West Business. 23(1): 41-70. doi:10.1080/10669868.2016.1216023
  • Chakrabarti, A. B. & Mondal, A. (2017) Can commercialization through partial disinvestment improve the performance of state-owned enterprises? The case of Indian SOEs under reforms. Journal of General Management. 43(1): 5-14. doi: 10.1177/0306307017719700
  • Chakrabarti, A. B., & Ray, S. (2018) An Exploratory Study on the Impact of Pro-market Reforms on the Indian Corporate Sector. Journal of Economic Policy Reform. 21(1): 1-20. doi:10.1080/17487870.2016.1235498
  • Chakrabarti, A.B., & Mondal, A. (2018) Entrepreneurial orientation among family businesses: The impact of institutional reforms. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research. doi: 10.1108/IJEBR-05-2017-0179

Case Studies:

  • Baid, P. & Chakrabarti, A.B. (2020) Mahindra & Mahindra: Surviving the Oil Crises. The Case Centre, UK. Product ID: 320-0203-1
  • Revathi, K. & Chakrabarti, A.B. (2020) Vedanta: The CSR Challenge. The Case Centre, UK. Product ID: 720-0039-1

Selected Conference Papers:

  • Venkateswaran R., Chakrabarti A.B., Pallathitta R.G. 2018. The Role of BG Affiliation in Bridging Cultural Barriers in EMNE's International Acquisitions. AoM Annual Conference 2018. Chicago, USA.
  • Chakrabarti A.B., Mondal A. 2018. Entrepreneurial Orientation in Dire Times: The Role of Risk-Taking Ability of Owners. AoM Annual Conference 2018. Chicago, USA.
  • Chakrabarti, A.B., & Ray, S. 2015. Ownership and Firm Performance in India under Reforms: Revisiting the Public versus Private Debate. 4th biennial conference of the Indian Academy of Management (IAM) 2015, Noida India.
  • Chakrabarti, A.B., & Ray, S. 2015. The Impact of Publicness on Firm Performance: The Case of India under Pro-market Reforms. WMC Conference 2015, IIM Indore.
  • Chakrabarti, A.B., Ray, S., & Das, R. 2014. Revisiting the Firm Ownership and Performance Debate in an Emerging Economy during Economic Reforms. AOM Annual Conference 2014, Philadelphia USA.
  • Chakrabarti, A.B., Ray, S., & Das, R. 2014. Public versus Private Ownership and Firm Performance during Economic Reforms: Evidences from India. EURAM Annual Conference 2014, Valencia Spain.
  • Chakrabarti, A.B., Ray, S., Sankaranarayanan, V., & Ghosh, A. 2013. Fueling the Firm Ownership and Performance Debate in Emerging Economies: Puzzling Evidences from India. SMS Special Conference 2013, Mohali India.

  • As Program Director organized 3-day Leadership Development Program for Senior officers of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd comprising of 29 participants in February 2020.
  • Have taken sessions in various MDPs organized for SCOPE, NTPC, HSL, CBSE & TEQUIP by IIM Visakhapatnam.
  • Awarded research project titled “Performance of Corporates: Firm performance of different ownership categories in India” by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs for a value of INR 0.979 Mn in Sept 2018
  • Member of Cartel Working Group (CWG) formed as a part of Network of Indian Competition Experts (NICE) under the aegis of Competition Commission of India (CCI).

  • Member – Building & Works Committee, IIM Visakhapatnam (2018 - present)
  • Chair – Admission Committee, IIM Visakhapatnam (2018 - 2020)
  • Chair – EEP, IIM Visakhapatnam (2020 - 2021)
  • Member – PGP Committee, IIM Visakhapatnam (2018 - 2021)
  • Member – PGPEx Committee, IIM Visakhapatnam (2019 - 2021)
  • Member – PhD Committee, IIM Visakhapatnam (2021 - present)
  • Member – RCPC Committee, IIM Visakhapatnam (2021 – present)
  • Member – EEP Committee, IIM Visakhapatnam (2021 – present)
  • Area Chair (Strategy), IIM Visakhapatnam (2021 – present)
  • Chair (International Relations), IIM Visakhapatnam (2021 – present)
  • Coordinator (Academics & Research), IIM Visakhapatnam (2021 – present)