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A Deep Look At Our Esteemed PGDM Faculty

21 Jun 2022
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The role of the faculty in an MBA has undergone a radical change. Faculty members act as consultants, researchers, mentors, and teachers. The roles that the MBA faculty plays are harmonious to the main endeavour of professional and quality MBA education. As such, the roles are intertwined and form part of a robust and vibrant environment that provides an excellent educational experience for each student. The faculty of an MBA institute extends beyond that of mere information delivery or soft-skill training. In the long run, a robust faculty defines the quality of education imparted by the B-school, defines and refines its standing and output.

It is now an accepted fact that MBA is a professional qualification that requires different pedagogies. The Case Study Method is the most important pedagogy and has taken the place of the ‘lecture-cum-discussion method’. This requires the faculty to be involved in the problem-solving processes in business organizations and bring live case studies to the table for their students. The confluence of knowledge based management practices, research and real world projects brought as cases in classrooms improve the decision-making ability of future managers.

Effective faculty members of a b school need to be connected with the realities of business and look to create an impact by teaching that is effective and research that is based on real life issues that businesses face.

The faculty at a good business school is are mentors who transform students into professionals, proficient in managing and leading organizations. They have a huge impact on a students business school experience, and one should do a deep dive into a school’s professors when choosing where to apply.

The faculty at SOIL Institute of Management are distinguished scholars in their fields, with careers that extend beyond mere academics. Despite their busy schedule, they find time to mentor students and help them to achieve their goals beyond the classroom as well.

As Dr. Henry Mintzberg, the global management guru once said – “MBA faculty must be grounded. They must connect with the realities of business and society. They should create impact by effective teaching and research-based on real issues that businesses are facing, and not live in their ivory towers.” The SOIL faculty follows the path all the way in the journey of imparting quality management learning for their students.

DR. DEBABRATA DAS
- Designation – Program Chair and Professor of Analytics, PGDM
- Academic Area – Analytics & Data Science
The growing field of Business Analytics has opened up new vistas for students pursuing MBA. A career stream that moves away from the traditional functional roles has very few people in the teaching domain with the knowledge, skills and experience that Dr. Das possesses. He has more than 25 years of experience in teaching, training, research, consultancy and academic administration. He has been involved with leading Management Institutes in a variety of roles from faculty to administrative ones. Dr. Das has also been a consultant, trainer and advisor to various government agencies and reputed management consulting firms like Nomura Research Institute India Pvt. Ltd. Etc.

A passionate educationist who believes in innovative pedagogical techniques, some of the subjects taught by him include Quantitative Techniques, Research Method and Business Analytics in Management Domain, Optimization Technique, Data Mining, Predictive Analytics, Marketing Analytics, Logistics and Supply Chain Analytics, Digital Analytics including Natural Language Processing

Dr. Das has been actively involved in research and his articles have been published in listed national and international journals of countries including India, USA, UK, Canada, Russia, China and the Middle East.

With such an impressive background in academics and project, students desirous of pursuing Analytics as a career domain would surely benefit from his knowledge.

You can always visit his LinkedIn profile if you are interested in knowing more about DR. DEBABRATA DAS.

DR. VIDYA M IYER
- Designation – Director and Professor, PGDM Program
- Academic Area – Organizational Behavior for managing self and groups
Dr. Iyer is one of the most admired faculties of SOIL. With her vast experience of more than 15 years, she has been a management consultant for organizations of repute across sectors, a trainer and faculty member. An excellent orator, she can speak on any topic and make learning meaningful for her students. Respected by her students as a motivational guru, she always exhorts and guides her students to realize their potential. Dr.Iyer has been a faculty for executive programs at IIFT, NMIMS, MDU, IBS-Hyderabad and Osmania University and is an AMT (Accredited Management Teacher) from AIMA. Her education profile is unparalleled with Bachelors, Masters, MBA and Doctorate degrees.

Dr. Iyer possesses in-depth knowledge in the field of HR, Design Thinking and entrepreneurship and teaches areas including Organization Dynamics, and strategic and Global Human Resource Management.

In addition, Dr iyer is a keen management consultant and trainer for organizations of repute across sectors. Besides, she has been an active member of quite a few start-up organizations. Gender mentoring is a passion with her and she is associated with the ISB – Goldman Sachs Women Ambassadors Programme. She has trained and mentored over 100 professionals across Junior to Senior managerial levels in several Indian Public and Private sector organizations. Keen on understanding business and management issues, working towards finding business solutions across a wide range of organizations has been her forte.

Her research and literature are focussed on her pet areas of ‘Employee Development’ as well as ‘Student Development’ and she continues her endeavours.

Dr. Iyer’s research papers have been published in leading journals on a host of subjects. She participates in conferences on a regular basis and is the author of several case studies across domains.

The vast knowledge, experience and skills she brings to teaching at SOIL are something that students look forward to and would surely benefit from in the long run.

You can always visit her Linkedin profile if you are interested in knowing more about DR. VIDYA M IYER.

DR. RANJITA GUPTA
- Designation – Assistant Professor & Faculty Chair – Placements, PGDM Program
- Academic Area – Marketing
Dr. Ranjita has a vast and varied experience spanning 27 years in the fields of manufacturing, services and education. A passionate teaching professional, she has been teaching MBA students for more than 15 years at premier institutions like Lucknow University, IBS Hyderabad and Gurgaon and now at SOIL.

She believes in imparting high quality management education to her students, a fact that has gained her all round recognition. She has been awarded as best faculty for overall Academic Excellence three times in her career. Her skills have also been recognised and lauded by her students with a consistently excellent Faculty Feedback Rating of 8 to 8.5 on a scale of 10 for the past 14 years.

Dr. Ranjita’s educational resume is impressive and she holds a PhD in Marketing in addition to an MBA, and a graduate Degree in Economics. Her rich experience has helped her to develop excellent communications skills, a service orientation, and an ability to work in and lead teams. Dr. Ranjita’s expertise and experience in marketing is passed on to her students and she teaches courses like Brand Management, Consumer Behaviour, Product Management, Marketing Management, Services Marketing, Sales & Distribution Management, Social Marketing, Strategic Marketing Management. At SOIL she teaches Services Marketing besides leveraging her experience and connections in the industry as the “Faculty Chair Placements’.

Dr. Ranjita has an impressive list of research papers in marketing and services that have been published in leading management journals. She continues to upgrade her knowledge and skills through participation in conferences on a regular basis.

Dr. Ranjita’s excellence in pedagogy is much sought after at SOIL and the students continue to benefit from her vast knowledge and mentoring.

You can always visit her Linkedin profile if you are interested in knowing more about DR. RANJITA GUPTA.

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