Ambika Prasad Nanda

FPM Marketing – CGPA 3.38 /4.0 (December 2016 Onwards) S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai

• Continuing doctoral thesis work post completion of 30 credit coursework and qualifying Exam (expected date of thesis submission – December 2020)
• Proposed doctoral research area – Financial well-being of subsistence consumer-entrepreneurs
• Master’s equivalent thesis – Study of Open-Air-Markets (OAM) in emerging countries: A system modelling approach (15,000 words)
• Specialised doctoral courses – Behavioral decision theory, Psychology and CB, Mathematics for Management, Basic Econometrics, Applied Econometrics, Experimental Methods and Analysis, Qualitative Research, Introduction to Research, Structural Equation Modeling

MBA Marketing – CGPA 3.17/4.0 (2013) S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research (SPJIMR), Mumbai

• One year full-time programme with advanced specialisation in marketing from Marshalls School of Business, LA, USA focusing on New Product Development, Marketing Analytics and Quantitative Market Research

MS Electrical Engineering – CGPA 3.8/4.0 (2004-06) University of Kansas (KU), Lawrence, Kansas, USA

• Master’s thesis (research) on sensor signal processing (currently known as IoT)
• Two-year, full-time programme with Graduate Research Assistantship and full tuition fee waiver for three semesters [Sponsored by US Air Force – developed algorithms and software model, published a conference paper]

BE Electronics and Instrumentation – 76.4% (1996-2000) Regional Engineering College (REC), Rourkela

• Recipient of Academic Third Prize in 2000 with overall class rank 4/35 [Academic Honors]

Workshops on teaching skill development

• 2-day Experiential Learning Workshop in Marketing Management at TAPMI, Manipal, June 15-16, 2018
• 5-day Faculty Development Programme (FDP) at SPJIMR, Mumbai, April 23-27, 2018

Supervision

• Co-supervised a Master’s student of R.V. College of Engineering, Bangalore in 2009 on the topic “Data Compression schemes for MIL-1553B data bus (Aerospace standards)” as part of the academia-industry collaboration programme.

Certification

• PMP Certified Project Management Professional (Lic#1741975) with strong focus on programme management, cost estimation, change management and team building.

Administrative Experience

• Digital marketing for an academic programme – SEM, SEO, website team management, newsletter, website content

• Most significant Career Achievement – Technical Leader Professional (TLP) – 2009 – Selected as TLP (highest recognition in Larsen and Toubro – past employer) for building future organisational leadership pipeline.
• Total industry experience – 12 years (prior roles – Associate Business Consultant, Manager – Business development, Manager – New Product Development, Senior Software Engineer) in multiple organisations.

• Binge-watching needs: An exploration of the role of technology, Proc. of the ANZMAC Conference 2019, December 2-4, 2019, Wellington, NZ
• Co-Author – “Space-Time Transmit Signal Construction for Multi-Mode Radar”, Proc. of the 2006 IEEE Radar Conference, April 24-27, 2006, Verona, NY [12 Citations as per Google Scholar]

• Journal of Marketing-Indian School of Business (JM-ISB) research development workshop January 11-12, 2020
• 13^th NASMEI Marketing Conference at Great Lakes Institute of Management (December 2019) – presented a paper on role of parental attachment on problematic gaming behavior, 3rd Doctoral Workshop (December 2018) on emerging markets and 2nd Doctoral Workshop (December 2017) on behavioral research at NASMEI – Great Lakes
• Australian and New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference, December 2019, Wellington, NZ
• 13th Annual ISDSI Conference 2019, IIM Sambalpur, December 2019
• Foundations of Mixed Methods Research – IIM Indore Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) (April 2019)
• Doctoral consortium presentation on “An Open-Air Market (OAM) in Emerging Country – A system modelling approach”, organised by SPJIMR, Mumbai, December 2018
• Workshop on 1-day Theory Construction in IIM, Calcutta, November 2018 (facilitated by Dr. Ajay Kohli)
• Understanding binge watching behavior and associated gratifications – poster presentation in International Conference on Media and Communication, organised by SIMC Pune, held on September 21-22, 2018

• Transformative Consumer Research (TCR), Technology Marketing, Emerging Markets and Rural Marketing

• Submitted proposal won competitive research grant of $2050 Transformative Consumer Research Grant Award in ACR – 2019 [Topic – Responsible online gaming: Role of family and peer]
• Submitted proposal won Raj Sethuraman Research Grant of INR 75,000  from NASMEI (North American Society for Marketing Education in India) – 2018 https://bit.ly/2QY3Rwa
• Submitted proposal won AIM-Sheth Research Grant of INR100,000  from AIM – Sheth Foundation Research Proposal- 2020