Faculty Publications 2003-04

7) Prof. Nagabrahmam D

Papers Published in Journals/Magazines/Newspapers
Institutional Governance: An Experiential Account. Published in Book: Corporate Governance and Corporate Citizenship: Challenges for Business and Management Business Education. Edited by Dr. Latha Ravindran et.al. AIMS, 2003: 420 – 432.

After MBA What? Published in Business India B-School Directory 2004.Mumbai:Business India Publications,2004: 15-18.

Papers/ Presentations made in Workshops/Conferences/Seminar
Has presented a paper titled ”Institutional Governance: An Experiential Account” at the 15th Annual Convention of the Association of Indian Management Schools.

Has presented a paper on “Institutional Governance – a reflective account in the Annual Convention of AIMS being held during August 22 – 24 at Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar.

Paper entitled “Management Education-Imperative of an Institution” presented in the First International Conference of AIMS, Bangalore held during December 29-31,2003.


Workshops/ Conferences/ Seminars Attended 
Attended as a Panel Member in a half-day Workshop on Accreditation organised by XIME, Bangalore on March 1, 2003. 

Has inaugurated a Workshop on “Application of Statistical Tools to Business Research” at Sengunthar Institute of Management Studies, Tiruchengode on 18.11.2003.

Has participated in Legal Awareness Workshop conducted by Udupi District Legal Services Authority, Lions Charitable Foundation of Lions Club Manipal on 30th November 2003 at Hotel Valley View, Manipal - topic : Public interest litigations & changing perceptions.

Has participated in AMDISA-AACSB Workshop on Accreditation of South Asian Business Schools and Workshop on Ranking of B-Schools in India by COSMODE on 21st and 22nd January 2004 at Hyderabad.

Attended the Deans Conference organized by The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) during February 08-10, 2004 at Marriott Newport Beach Hotel, Newport Beach, California, USA.

Awards Received
Elected as Treasurer in the Executive Board of the Association of Indian Management Schools (AIMS), for the year 2003-2004. 

TAPMI obtained the membership of the European case-clearing house.

8) Prof. Natarajan R C

Papers Published in Journals/Magazines/Newspapers
Impact of Learning Effect on Managerial Research to Demand Turbulence: A Laboratory Study of Bullwhip Effect in the Distribution Channel .The ICFAI Journal of Marketing Management.2(2) May, 2003: 1-41.

Victor Brand –Case Analysis. Vikalpa 28(2), Apr-Jun,2003: 114-117.

Papers/ Presentations made in Workshops/Conferences/Seminar
Presented a paper entitled “Deception and Informed Consent in Management Research” in the First International Conference of AIMS, Bangalore, held during December 29-31,2003

Working Papers Published 
Titled :”Impact of Learning Effect on Managerial Reaction to Demand Turbulence: A Laboratory Study of Bullwhip Effect in Distribution Channel”. Working Paper No.2003/1 (TAPMI Sl. No. 32)

9) Prof. Madhuchhanda Das 

Papers/ Presentations made in Workshops/Conferences/Seminar
Paper titled "Information logistics issues in outsourced knowledge operations” is accepted or publication and presentation at the 9th International Symposium on Logistics, 11-14 July 2004, Bangalore, India being held by Nottingham University Business School, UK.

10) Dr. Manjunatha K (Librarian)

Papers Published in Journals/Magazines/Newspapers
Corporate Governance- I: Selected Bibliography. Vikalpa 28(2), Apr-Jun,2003;147-156.

Information Access in Libraries. Annals of Library and Information Studies 50(2) 2003; 85-90 (co author Dr. D Shivalingaiah)

Corporate Governance- II: Selected Bibliography. Vikalpa 28(3), Jul-Sep,2003;147-154.

Understanding Customer Expectations of Academic Libraries. Published in Book: 
Challenges in Delivering Quality Services in Management and Technical Libraries edited by . Manjunatha K et al. Chennai: Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd.2003, pp 52-64

Customer Satisfaction and Its relationship with Service Quality. Published in Book: Challenges in Delivering Quality Services in Management and Technical Libraries edited by Manjunatha K. et al. Chennai: Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd.2003, pp 87- 100. This paper has been co-authored by D. Shivalingaiah

A Study of Customer Expectations of Academic Libraries. Paper submitted to Late Sri Ashok Jambhekar festschrift volume brought out by MALIBNET, 2003. (Management Libraries Network)

Service Quality - I: Selected Bibliography. Vikalpa 29(1), Jan- March,2004:147-154.

Papers/ Presentations made in Workshops/ Conferences/ Seminar
Has presented a paper titled “Understanding Customer Expectations in Academic Libraries” in the National seminar on “Challenges in Delivering Quality services in Management and Technical Libraries” during April 25-26, 2003 at TAPMI, Manipal 

Workshops/ Conferences/ Seminars Attended 
Attended a three-day Workshop on Digital Libraries during Jan 19-21, 2004 organized by Indian Indian Institute of Management at Kozhikode.

Faculty Professional Activities
Has been selected for Peer review of articles submitted for publication in Annals of Library & Information Studies.

Was Invited by Cochin University, Cochin as the member of selection committee for career Promotion of selection grade Asst. Librarians on 16 th October, 2003. 

Invited as Resource Person for the two day UGC sponsored Workshop on Quality Services in Library Services organised by Dept. of Library and Information Science, Kerala University, Thiruvananthapuram on 19 th November 2003.

Was Co-Investigator (with Prof. A.S.Vasudev Rao as Principal Investigator) completed a research study on Technology Audit at MCF: A case Study“ at Mangalore Chemicals & Fertilisers Limited, Mangalore (MCF). The study was sponsored by DSIR, Govt. of India and the report has been submitted to DSIR during September 2003. 

EEPs, MDPs, QIPs Coordinated and Conducted
Has organized National Seminar on “Challenges in Delivering Quality Services in Management and Technical Libraries” during April 25-26, 2003 at TAPMI. 80 delegates participated. 

Book Published
Challenges in Delivering Quality Services in Management and Technical Libraries edited by Manjunatha K. et al. Chennai: Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd. December 2003. 300 pages.

11) Prof. Raghunath Rudran

Papers/Presentations made in Workshops/Conferences/Seminar
Has presented a paper at the AIMS International Conference on Management in Dec 28-30, 2003, held at I.I.M.Bangalore . The paper was titled "Ethical Issues in Application of Biotechnology in Agriculture".

Workshops/Conferences/Seminars Attended 
Has Participated in a Faculty Development Programme at IIM, Kozhikode. The title of the Programme was "Pedagogy in Management (with emphasis on Case Methodology)" held between Aug 29 and September 2,2003 

12) Prof. Rajagopalan R

Papers Published in Journals/Magazines/Newspapers
Six cases have been listed with aseacase.com
1.Resurgent India Bonds
2.Swapping One for the Other (A)– Co Author Mr. Nikhil Jaganathan PGP (1999-2001)
3.Swapping One for the Other (B)– Co Author Mr. Nikhil Jaganathan PGP (1999-2001)
4.Tasty Chocolates (A)
5.Tasty Chocolates (B)
6.Tasty Chocolates (C)

Contributing a regular column “Let us talk-Insurance” in The Pride, in house newsletter of ING Vysya Life Insurance Company.

Papers/ Presentations made in Workshops/Conferences/Seminar
Has compiled a paper titled ”Valuing the Term Insurance Products in the Indian Market” to EPW for consideration. 

Made a presentation on “Reverse Mortgage Products for the Indian Market: An Exploration of Issues” to a group of top management personnel of the ING Vysya Group on Oct. 18,2003 at their Corporate Office at Bangalore. 

Faculty Professional Activities
Was invited by Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad) to teach a half-credit (13 sessions) Elective course titled "Fundamentals of Insurance" for the second year PGP students during Dec 03- Jan 04. 

Was invited by the Indian Oil Institute of Petroleum Management (IIPM), Gurgaon to teach eight sessions on Business Statistics and Operations Management in their Management Development Programme titled "Cutting Edge", during Jan 8-10, 2004.

Was invited by the Indian Oil Institute of Petroleum Management (IIPM), Gurgaon to teach five  sessions on Operations Management in their Management Development Programme titled "Threshold", during Feb 5-6, 2004.

Working Papers Published 
Titled: “Issues in Old Age Social and Income Security in India”. Working Paper No. 2003/2 (TAPMI Sl. No. 33)

Titled:” Valuing in the Term Insurance Products in the Indian Market”. Working Paper No. 2003/4 (TAPMI Sl. No. 35)

13) Prof. Ramesh N

Papers/Presentations made in Workshops/Conferences/Seminar

Presented a Paper “Technology Management - An Integrated Strategic Framework” accepted for publication at the NICOM-2004 Conference in Ahmedabad, December 2003. ( co-author Prof. K Sankaran)

14) Prof. Sankaran K

Papers Published in Journals/ Magazines/ Newspapers
Body-Mind Connection. The Hindu, Kochi, May 01, 2003

Imperative of a Civil Corporation in the New Economy – Round Table Article. Management Review . 15(4), Dec 2003:82-88.

Library Networks- An Important need of a Civil Society. Published in Book: Challenges in 
Delivering Quality Services in Management and Technical Libraries edited by . Manjunatha K et al. Chennai: Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd. pp 170 -178.

Papers/ Presentations made in Workshops/Conferences/Seminar
Presented a paper “Technology Management - An Integrated Strategic Framework” accepted for publication at the NICOM-2004 Conference in Ahmedabad, December 2003. (co-author:Prof. N Ramesh)

Presented a Paper “Ecological Sustainability and Knowledge Management” in the First International Conference of AIMS, Bangalore held during December 29-31,2003

Workshop of sustainability Canada and Cases from India “Greening of Industry Network” has been accepted for Annual Conference at Sanfrancisco. Co-authors Dr. Sanjay Sharma & Dr. P. D. Jose.

Paper titled “Pedagogical Preparedness for Entering Higher Education in Knowledge Societies” Paper at Turning Point An International Conference on School Education, has been accepted for the International Conference on School Education to be held in April 2004 at Little Rock Indian School, Brahmavar

Faculty Professional Activities
Doctoral level courses were organised during 2003-04

1. Statistics for Researchers
2. Research Methodology
3. Pedagogy in Management 

Working Papers Published 
Titled: “Learning in the New Economy – Imperatives of a Civil Corporation”. Working Paper No. 2003/3(TAPMI Sl. No. 34)

Titled: “Pure and Applied Research in Business- Whence Shall the Twain Meet”. Working Paper No. 2003/5(TAPMI Sl. No. 36)

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