Management Information Systems

The Management Information Systems (MIS) group offers the Executive PhD, a doctoral research programme for senior executives, focused on the strategic management of digital technologies and information systems in contemporary business and societal contexts. Anchored in the broader discourse of digital transformation with an aim to foster inter-disciplinary inquiry, the programme explores both micro-level (individual and group) and macro-level (organizational and societal) phenomena at the intersection of people, process and technology. Key research domains include, but are not limited to, technology assimilation and value realization; digital products, entrepreneurship and business models; design thinking; social and organizational network analysis; artificial intelligence and machine learning; behavioral dynamics of intelligent systems - including investigations into the ethical risks and unintended consequences; cybersecurity and the economics of information, and the societal implications of digital technologies such as e-Government systems, mobile payment platforms, and healthcare systems. The programme offers rigorous training in qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, theoretical foundations in information systems, and emerging developments in the field, equipping participants to undertake high-impact research relevant to industry and society.

Marketing

The Marketing Group consists of 9 faculty members. The research interests of the current faculty include: consumer behavior, relationship marketing, retailing, modeling consumer behavior, sales and distribution management, rural marketing, marketing at the bottom of the pyramid, B2B marketing, product and brand management, pricing, and strategic marketing. The methodologies in which research is conducted include analytical modeling, quantitative methods such as structural equation modeling, experimental methods, and qualitative methods. The faculty in the marketing group have published extensively in reputed international journals including, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Retailing, Marketing Theory, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Macromarketing, Journal of Business Research, and Journal of Marketing Management.

Organizational Behaviour

The research interests of the doctoral students and the faculty members of OB group span both the micro psychological aspects of individual and group behaviour in organizations and also the macro level organizational behaviours between and within organizations and society. The following details will help you get an overview of OB group’s activities in the space of doctoral education and research.

Courses offered: In order to train PhD students for a career in research and education. Courses specially designed for the executive Ph.D students will be offered.

Ongoing and recently concluded thesis topics: The recent research work of our doctoral students has focused on the following topics:

  • Courage at work
  • Women’s re-entry into the workforce after child-birth
  • Changes in the organizational field of Howrah foundries
  • Impact of leadership and group processes on team Innovation
  • Impact of changes in organizational environment on theatres
  • Career choices of Indian managers
  • Dissonance and meaningful work
  • Craft, place and the artisan
  • Gender norms and work
  • Place and tourism
  • Transgender inclusion in the workplace
  • Institutional logics of unicornisation
  • Organizational and occupational identities

Research work of OB group faculty: The research output of OB group faculty members is quite diverse. In the recent past, our faculty members have published papers on the topics of organizational justice, vendor-client relationship, discrimination in employment, technological innovation, commercialization of research in universities, globalization of business schools in India, social innovation, sexual violence, managing diversity, equality and inclusion, career planning and management, corporate social responsibility, self-initiated expatriates, executive compensation, and the history of Howrah foundries, multiple job holding / moonlighting, non-standard forms of work arrangement, career ecosystem, generational issues at workplace. Indian and indigenous concepts and perspectives, leader and leadership development, institutional change, healthcare infrastructures, alternative forms of organizing, corporate social responsibility, power, decolonial management studies, gender.

Public Policy and Management

The Public Policy and Management (PPM) Group is a multidisciplinary group of active researchers and teachers from diverse social sciences backgrounds. The Group addresses challenges of policy innovation, governance for public service delivery, relationship between government and industry, and legal and regulatory issues through high quality academic research, teaching and consultancy for policy analysis and programme evaluation.

The Group’s faculty are involved in shaping the understanding of key contemporary debates in public management, with specific focus on the social and political context of development in India, management of institutions for urban and rural development, urban governance, education and skill development, environmental resource management, infrastructure development, business solutions for poverty alleviation, international geopolitics, legal and regulatory aspect of business, international trade and intellectual property rights, public-private partnerships, and citizen’s engagement and emerging models of shared governance.

The Group’s tailored coursework at the executive PhD level allows students to undertake policy analysis and comprehend the nuances of multi-level interaction between government, business and society in the national and international environment. The Group’s executive PhD programme aims to develop leaders for tomorrow who can address the increasing complexity of issues of public policy and management by interweaving concepts and tools from various social science disciplines.

For this current Academic Year 2025-26, the application will be accepted for the following four groups.