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RESEARCH @ IIMV

was invited resource person for a session on ‘Assertiveness’
Mr. Nandan Kumar Singh, PhD 2019 batch (Production
& Operations Management area) co-authored a book chapter titled
‘Battery Swapping Business Model: The case of Lithion Power’
with Prof. Vinay Ramani. here is link to chapter.

Conference presentations by PhD participants

Ms. Praveena Musunuru, PhD 2019 batch (Finance & Accounting area)
presented a paper on ‘Retired Bureaucrats on the Board of Directors: Do they Improve
Firm Performance’ at the World Finance Conference, Turin, Italy, on 2nd August 2022.

Ms. Vasanthi Mamidala, PhD 2020 batch (Finance & Accounting area)
presented a paper on ‘Determinants of Investor Reaction to Statutory Corporate Tax
Change: Evidence from India’at the World Finance Conference, Turin, Italy, 1-3 August
2022 (virtual).

Grants and recognitions

Mr. Guneshwar Anand, PhD 2019 batch (Production & Operations
Management area) was selected for the Hausdorff Summer School on “Computational
Combinatorial Optimization” which will be held during 12-16 September 2022. He was
awarded a Grant of 1000 Euros by the School.

Mr. Nandan Kumar Singh, PhD 2019 batch (Production & Operations
Management area) was selected as the production editor of INFORMS ORMS Tomorrow
Magazine. He was awarded a micro-master credential in Supply Chain Management
(consist of five courses in supply chain management) from the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, Centre for Transportation and Logistics (MIT CTL) and received

prestigious MIT alum status and appreciation letter.

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