IMT Nagpur
FELLOW PROGRAM IN MANAGEMENT (FPM)Approved by AICTE
AICTE approved full time doctoral program Experiential research training of international standards On campus accommodation
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Program Highlights
The Fellow Program in Management (FPM) at IMT Ghaziabad is a full-time doctoral program designed for students, working executives and academicians with strong academic orientation, to undertake rigorous and original research. The program aims to develop outstanding research scholars for careers in academia, research, and consulting for the industry, government and social sector. FPM at IMT Ghaziabad is a four-year program during which scholars will undergo rigorous coursework comprising management courses, area specific courses and advanced courses. FPM program at IMT Ghaziabad is designed to give scholars a meaningful exposure to contemporary issues.
AACSB and NBA accredited institute
AICTE approved full time doctoral program
Experiential research training of international standards
Opportunity for interdisciplinary learnings and research
Duration of 4- 5 years
Monthly stipend of INR 60,000
On campus accommodation
Duration of 4- 5 years
Monthly stipend of INR 60,000
On campus accommodation
Areas of specialisations
Business Analytics
Business Communication
Economic Environment and Policy
Finance Management
Information Technology Management
Marketing Management
Operations Management
Organizational Behaviour & HRM
Strategy, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship
Areas of specialisations
Faculty at IMT G
IMT Ghaziabad holds the rich diversity in the backgrounds of academia as well as corporate experience of faculty which further install in the students a continuous desire to achieve excellence. IMT Ghaziabad has 65 faculty members on its full time role of which 44 have experience of working in the industry including 08 Adjunct Professors with vast experience of top positions in reputed companies. 56 faculty members have PhDs from top institutes/universities of the country including 19 from IITs/IIMs. Faculty at IMT G brings in a blend of expertise grounded in the field, managerial practice, training and academic research. During the previous five years, our faculty members have published 313 papers in national/ international refereed journals, 170 case studies, 50 articles in magazines/ newspapers etc. and 24 book chapters in edited volumes brought out by reputed publishers.
IMT Ghaziabad provides an excellent ecosystem for research. Generation and dissemination of knowledge is the primary focus of faculty at IMT Ghaziabad. Moreover, their active and regular participation in international conferences and symposia contributes to develop and execute a broad range of projects. FPM program at IMT Ghaziabad is designed to give scholars a meaningful exposure to contemporary issues
IMT Ghaziabad faculty members have presented 231 papers at various conferences and other academic events. IMT Ghaziabad publishes its interdisciplinary bi- annual research journal, ‘Paradigm’ which is considered as a reputed journal in India and abroad.
A. Uday Bhaskar
Associate Professor
Human Resource Management
Abhigyan Sarkar
Associate Professor
Abhishek
Associate Professor
Amita Sharma
Assistant Professor
Amrita Bhattacharyya
Assistant Professor
Arit Chaudhury
Assistant Professor
Finance
Ashish Varma
Associate Professor
Barnali Chaklader
Professor
Finance
Bikramjit Rishi
Associate Professor
Marketing
Bhavna Bhalla
Assistant Professor
Bindu Gupta
Professor
HR & OB
Elkana Ezekiel
Professor
Garima Saxena
Assistant Professor
Marketing Management
Gaurav Dilip Tikas
Assistant Professor
Strategy, Innovation
& Entrepreneurship
Gunjan Malhotra
Assistant Professor
Harvinder Singh
Professor
Jishnu Changkakoti
Professor
Juhi Gahlot Sarkar
Assistant Professor
Kasturi Das
Professor
Kaustov Chakraborty
Assistant Professor
Manas Paul
Professor
Namrata Sharma
Assistant Professor
Neha Arora
Assistant Professor
Nidhi Yadav
Assistant Professor
Nihar Amoncar
Assistant Professor
Nikunj Kumar Jain
Assistant Professor
Nivisha Singh
Assistant Professor
N. R. Bhusnurmath
Professor
P. K. Biswas
Dean - Research
Poonam Garg
Professor
Puja Aggarwal Gulati
Associate Professor
Puneet Gupta
Professor
Rakesh Gupta
Professor
Rakesh K Singh
Professor
Ram Mohan Dhara
Assistant Professor
Ranjana Agarwal
Associate Professor
Rashmi K Aggarwal
Professor
Ratna Vadra
Assistant Professor
Reema Khurana
Professor
Richa Saxena
Assistant Professor
Ritesh Pandey
Assistant Professor
Sachin Choudhry
Associate Professor
Sandip Mukhopadhyay
Associate Professor
Sanjaya Das
Professor
Santosh Shrivastav
Assistant Professor
Sapna Popli
Professor
Sebastian V J
Associate Professor
Shailja Agarwal
Associate Professor
Shalini Rahul Tiwari
Associate Professor
Shekhar Kumar Sinha
Professor
Somroop Mukherjee
Assistant Professor
Sita Mishra
Assistant Professor
Subhajit Bhattacharyya
Professor and Director
Surinder Batra
Professor
Susmi Routray
Professor
Tapas Ranjan Moharana
Assistant Professor
Tripti Ghosh Sharma
Associate Professor
Vinayak Ram Tripathi
Assistant Professor
Vijay Lakshmi Singh
Assistant Professor
Research and Publication
- Business Analytics
- Business Communication
- Economic Environment and Policy
- Finance
- Human Resource Management
- Information Technology Management
- Marketing Management
- Operations Management
- Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship
| Faculty | Classification of Journal | Reference |
| Santosh Kumar Shrivastava | A | Jadiyappa, N., Sisodia, G., Joseph, A., Shrivastava, S. K., & Jyothi, P. (2020 (ahead-of-print)). Creditors’ governance, information asymmetry and debt diversification: evidence from India. International Journal of Managerial Finance, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print ahead-of-print. http://doi.org/10.1108/IJMF-01-2020-0013 |
| Santosh Kumar Shrivastava | A | Jadiyappa, N., Joseph, A., Sisodia, G., Krishnankutty, R., & Shrivastava, S. K. (2021). Corporate social responsibility and cash holdings in India: Evidence from a natural experiment. Finance Research Letters, 39(March). http://doi.org/10.1016/j.frl.2020.101581 |
| Santosh Kumar Shrivastava | B | Kumar, A., Shrivastava, S. K., Adlakha, A., & Vishwakarma, N. K. (2020 (ahead-of-print)). Appropriation of sustainability priorities to gain strategic advantage in a supply chain. International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print ahead-of-print. http://doi.org/10.1108/IJPPM-06-2020-0298 |
| Santosh Kumar Shrivastava | B | Shrivastava, S. K., & Ramudu, P. J. (2020). Bankruptcy Prediction and Stress Quantification Using Support Vector Machine: Evidence from Indian Banks. Risks, 8(2). |
| Faculty | Classification of Journal | Reference |
| Bhavna Bhalla | A | Sharma, K. K., Israel, D., & Bhalla, B. (2021). Does Previous work experience matter in students’ learning in higher project management education?. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 28(1), 424-450. |
| Faculty | Classification of Journal | Reference |
| Amrita Kamalini Bhattacharyya | A | Mukherjee, V., & Bhattacharyya, A. K. (2021 (Published Online)). Market competition, relocation and lobbying. Economics & Politics, Published Online(Published Online), Published Online. |
| Kasturi Das | A* | Mehling, M. A., Asselt, H. V., Das, K., Droege, S., & Verkuijl, C. (2019). Designing Border Carbon Adjustments for Enhanced Climate Action. American Journal of International Law, 113(3), 433-481. |
| V. J. Sebastian | A | Gupta, R., Pandey, R., & Sebastian, V. J. (2021). International Entrepreneurial Orientation (IEO): A bibliometric overview of scholarly research. Journal of Business Research, 125(March), 74-88. |
| Faculty | Classification of Journal | Reference |
| Ritesh Pandey | A | Gupta, R., Pandey, R., & Sebastian, V. J. (2021). International Entrepreneurial Orientation (IEO): A bibliometric overview of scholarly research. Journal of Business Research, 125(March), 74-88. |
| Ritesh Pandey | A* | Bamel, U. K., Pandey, R., & Gupta, A. (2020). Safety climate: Systematic literature network analysis of 38 years (1980-2018) of research. Accident Analysis & Prevention, 135(February), 1-16. |
| Puja Aggarwal | B | Aggarwal, P., & Garg, S. (2019). Restructuring through spin-off: impact on shareholder wealth. Managerial Finance, 45(10/11), 1458-1468. |
| Puneet Gupta | B | Sharma, M., Gupta, P., & Gopal, R. (2019). Supply and Demand Power of Gold Influencing Gold Pricing. The Journal of Wealth Management, 22(3 (Winter)), 129-133. |
| Faculty | Classification of Journal | Reference |
| A. Uday Bhaskar | A | Bhaskar, A. U., & Mishra, B. (2019). Putting workplace spirituality in context: Examining its role in enhancing career satisfaction and reducing turnover intentions with perceived organizational support as an antecedent. Personnel Review, 48(7), 1848-1865. |
| A. Uday Bhaskar | A | Baruch, Y., Bhaskar, A. U., & Mishra, B. (2020). Career dynamics in India: A two-wave study of career orientations and employability of graduates. Personnel Review, 49(3), 825-845. |
| Bindu Gupta | A | Gupta, B., Wang, K. Y., & Cai, W. (2021). Interactional justice and willingness to share tacit knowledge: perceived cost as a mediator, and respectful engagement as moderator. Personnel Review, 50(2), 478-497. |
| Richa Saxena | A | Andresen, M., …Saxena, R.,… Zikic, J. (2020). Careers in context: An international study of career goals as mesostructure between societies’ career‐related human potential and proactive career behaviour. Human Resource Management Journal, 30(3), 365-391. |
| Faculty | Classification of Journal | Reference |
| Poonam Garg | A | Garg, P., Gupta, B., Chauhan, A. K., Sivarajah, U., Gupta, S., & Modgil, S. (2021). Measuring the Perceived Benefits of Implementing Blockchain Technology in the Banking Sector. Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 163 (February). |
| Poonam Garg | A* | Garg, P., Gupta, B., Dzever, S., Sivarajah, U., & Kumar, V. (2020). Examining the Relationship between Social Media Analytics Practices and Business Performance in the Indian Retail and IT Industries: The Mediation Role of Customer Engagement. International Journal of Information Management, 52(June), 1-11. |
| Faculty | Classification of Journal | Reference |
| Abhigyan Sarkar | A* | Sarkar, A., Sarkar, J. G., & S., S. (2021). Managing customers’ undesirable responses towards hospitality service brands during service failure: The moderating role of other customer perception. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 94(April). |
| Bikramjit Rishi | A | Shankar, A., & Rishi, B. (2020). Convenience matter in mobile banking adoption intention?. Australasian Marketing Journal, 28(4), 273–285. |
| Garima Saxena | A | Mishra, S., Malhotra, G., & Saxena, G. (2021). In-store marketing of private labels: applying cue utilisation theory. International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, 49(1), 145-163. |
| Juhi Gahlot Sarkar | A* | Sarkar, A., Sarkar, J. G., & S., S. (2021). Managing customers’ undesirable responses towards hospitality service brands during service failure: The moderating role of other customer perception. International Journal of Hospitality Management, 94(April). |
| Rakesh Kumar Singh | A* | Kalra, A., Agnihotri, R., Singh, R. K., Puri, S., & Kumar, N. (2020 (ahead-of-print)). Assessing the drivers and outcomes of behavioral self-leadership. European Journal of Marketing, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. http://doi.org/10.1108/EJM-11-2018-0769 |
| Sita Mishra | A* | Mishra, S., & Malhotra, G. (2020 (In Press)). The gamification of in-game advertising: Examining the role of psychological ownership and advertisement intrusiveness. International Journal of Information Management, Vol. In Press No. In Press. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102245 |
| Tapas Ranjan Moharana | A | Moharana, T. R., & Pradhan, D. (2020). Shopping value and patronage: when satisfaction and crowding count. Marketing Intelligence & Planning, 38(2), 137-150. |
| Faculty | Classification of Journal | Reference |
| Gunjan Malhotra | A* | Mishra, S., & Malhotra, G. (2020 (In Press)). The gamification of in-game advertising: Examining the role of psychological ownership and advertisement intrusiveness. International Journal of Information Management, Vol. In Press No. In Press. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102245 |
| Nikunj Kumar Jain | A | Jain, N. K., Gajjar, H., & Shah, B. J. (2021). Electronic logistics service quality and repurchase intention in e-tailing: Catalytic role of shopping satisfaction, payment options, gender and returning experience. Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services, 59(March). |
| Gunjan Malhotra | A | Mishra, S., Malhotra, G., Chatterjee, R., & Shukla, Y. S. (2021 (Published Online)). Impact of self-expressiveness and environmental commitment on sustainable consumption behavior: the moderating role of fashion consciousness. Journal of Strategic Marketing, Published Online(Published Online), Published Online. |
| Gunjan Malhotra | A | Mishra, S., Malhotra, G., & Saxena, G. (2021). In-store marketing of private labels: applying cue utilisation theory. International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, 49(1), 145-163. |
| Nikunj Kumar Jain | A | Jain, S., Singhal, S., Jain, N. K., & Bhaskar, K. (2020). Construction and demolition waste recycling: Investigating the role of theory of planned behavior, institutional pressures and environmental consciousness. Journal of Cleaner Production, 263(1 (August)). |
| Faculty | Classification of Journal | Reference |
| Rakesh Gupta | A | Gupta, R., Pandey, R., & Sebastian, V. J. (2021). International Entrepreneurial Orientation (IEO): A bibliometric overview of scholarly research. Journal of Business Research, 125(March), 74-88. |
| Vinayak Ram Tripathi | A | Tripathi, V. R., Popli, M., Ghulyani, S., Desai, S., & Gaur, A. (2020 (ahead-of-print)). Knowledge creation practices at organizational boundaries: the role of ICT in sickle-cell care for tribal communities. Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print ahead-of-print. http://doi.org/10.1108/JKM-09-2019-0521 |
| Nihar Amoncar | B | Amoncar, N. (2020). Entrepreneurial marketing and digital political communication – a citizen-led perspective on the role of social media in political discourse. Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship, 22(2), 145-159. |
| Rakesh Gupta | B | Gupta, R. (2019). Entrepreneurship Orientation (EO), Resources, and Small Firm Growth: Evidence from India. International Journal of Business and Economics, 18(1), 41-58. |
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MONTHLY STIPEND
The FPM program at IMT Ghaziabad provides students with numerous opportunities to build a career in academics as faculty members and research professionals/analysts. IMT Ghaziabad, a premier management institute provides one of the best financial stipends to FPM scholars. The FPM program at IMT G is a fully financial aided program which enables the participants to take care of their needs during their research journey and encourages them to pursue their prospective career/s. The stipend paid by IMT G is for a period of four years from the date of joining the program, or until the candidate joins employment, whichever is earlier. IMT Ghaziabad offers full time residential mode of study for the FPM scholars.
The scholars enrolled in FPM program are paid monthly stipend of INR 60,000/-.
Life at IMT G
The diversity options inside IMT’s classrooms is mirrored by the spectrum of opportunities outside the class. These events and activities form a valuable part of the training and research at IMT. Moreover, the well-manicured green lawns in the campus refreshes you throughout your stay with a location proximity to capital of India that gives access to ample of retail shops and other facilities. IMT Ghaziabad has a good connectivity with Delhi through metro and other public transport facilities. Library and Computer Labs are open 24X7, to provide the best study support. Characteristics of campus:
Career prospects
Academic Career
Post completing the FPM program in management, most of the doctoral students get opportunities to explore their career as Associate professors or assistant professors. An academic career revolves around research, writing and publishing; teaching and instruction; coaching and mentoring students; and consulting with industry, business, government, etc. The academic career also broadens the scope of networking through conferences where they can discuss their research work.
Corporate career
Doctorates are in high demand in industries and corporate world because of immense research work required in the era of competition and innovation. Due to proficiency in quantitative skills, a number of doctorates get an opportunity to explore in the areas of equity research and financial modelling firms. Moreover, their areas of specialisations give them a good scope in management verticals like marketing, strategy, finance etc.
Eligibility and Admission Cycles
Eligibility criteria
*Candidates applying to the FPM programme should not exceed 45 years of age as on March 31, 2021
Note: Candidates who are in the final year of their Master’s program, will be allowed to join the program provisionally subject to the submission of a certificate, issued on or before September 30, 2021, from the head of the institution stating that he/she has completed all requirements for obtaining the degree. Their admission will be confirmed only when they submit the mark sheets, and a certificate of having passed the master’s/equivalent qualification referred to in the certificate issued by their college/institutes. The deadline for submission of mark sheet and the certificate is December 31, 2021.
Admission Cycle
| Applications Open | December 1, 2020 | |
| Admission Cycles | Application deadline | Processed by |
| First cycle | March 15, 2021 | March 31, 2021 |
| Second cycle | March 31, 2021 | April 10, 2021 |
| Third cycle | April 10, 2021 | April 20, 2021 |
| Last deadline/cycle | April 30, 2021 |
Selection process
Shortlisting
Shortlisting of candidates based on qualifying examination score
Research Proposal
Grading of Research proposal
Academic Assessment
Calculation of academic scores
Interview
Interview process
Candidates should take CAT/GMAT/GRE/GATE/UGC-NET test. Test scores received during January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2020 will be considered valid for CAT /GATE/UGC-NET. The candidate can submit test score for GMAT and GRE from January 1 ,2019 – March 31, 2021. Applicants should submit a research proposal of about 5000 words in their area of research interest along with their application form.
FPM Admissions
fpmadmissions@imt.edu
0120-4083306, 0120-4083380, 9810214551
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