Prof. Neeraj Kumar Kesharbani
October 16, 2023 2023-10-16 10:30Prof. Neeraj Kumar Kesharbani
Neeraj Kumar Kesharbani
Assistant Professor of Practice
B.E. (Govt. Eng. College Raipur, now NIT Raipur);
MBA (Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, United Kingdom);
Ph.D. (IIM Ranchi)
Prof. Neeraj Kumar Kesharbani is currently pursuing and about to finish his doctoral degree in strategic management at the Indian Institute of Management Ranchi, India. His previous educational journey and experiences account for the academic and industry work exposure in India and the United Kingdom (U.K.). His engineering education in India helped him develop an analytical and creative mind geared toward problem-solving. He earned his MBA from Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen (U.K.), where he has been provided with Merit Scholarship for the course. He has served in the industry, mainly in the Power sector in India and the Oil & Gas sector in the U.K. In India, he worked from 2006-2010 in Mecon Limited, a public sector organization under the Ministry of Steel, Govt. of India. In the U.K., he worked from 2012-2016 in National Oilwell Varco, a Fortune 500 company.
He has authored and co-authored various research works accounting for a few publications on the academic front. Also, he has presented most of them at multiple national and international strategy and management conferences, including the EDII conference (India), Strategic Management Forum (India), PAN IIM (India), British Academy of Management (U.K.), and Strategic Management Society (USA). His research interests are in the area of research methodologies in strategic management, strategy process, strategic management application & scope in other fields, entrepreneurship & innovations worldwide, specifically in the emerging markets.
Journal article
- Kesharbani, N. K., Kumar, R., and Borah, M. J. (2021). “The Little Rice Recipe for Continuous Business Growth in an Emerging Economy“. Rutgers Business Review. Vol. 6, No. 3, pp.366-381. [ABDC-“B”]
Book Chapter (e-book)
- Kesharbani, N. K. and Kumar, R. (2020). “Ten Critical Aspects Of Strategy And Innovation”. In: Shome, S. and Saurabh, P. (Eds.). Unlocking management research: A road map to future business. Ahmedabad: BOOMERANG. ISBN 978-81-949561-0-5
Conferences and Workshops
- Kesharbani, N. K., Kumar, R., and Borah, M. J. (2021). Navigating in disruption with inclusive “Strategic Continuum”. 35th Annual Conference of the British Academy of Management (BAM), Lancashire, United Kingdom.
- Kesharbani, N. K. (2020). Organizational focus to reshape it in the digital world. Doctoral workshop organized by Strategic Management Society. [Selected participants]
- Kesharbani, N. K., Dutta, S. K., and Borah, M. J. (2020, Dec 21-23). From structured causal thinking to the complex unstructured approach of strategic management process: Evolution, paradigm coherence, and future outlook. [Conference proceedings]. 22nd Annual Convention of the Strategic Management Forum, Ranchi, India. [ISBN 978-81-949561-0-5]
- Kesharbani, N. K. and Kumar, R. (2020, Dec 21-23). Xiaomi India: Are they Winning? [Conference proceedings]. 22nd Annual Convention of the Strategic Management Forum, Ranchi, India. [ISBN 978-81-949561-0-5]
- Kesharbani, N. K. and Kumar, R. (2020, Nov 26-27). Ten Critical Aspects Of Strategy And Innovation. [Conference proceedings]. Anvesh-Doctoral Research Conference in Management, Ahmedabad, India. [ISBN 978-81-949561-0-5].
- Borah, M. J., Kumar. R., and Kesharbani. N. K. (2022, Feb 24-25). Female Social Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies: Influence of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Personal Resources. International Conference on Empowering Women Entrepreneurs from the Grassroots to Global, sponsored by MSME(I.C.) Government of India to be held at EDII, Ahmedabad, India.
- Borah, M. J., Kumar. R and Kesharbani. N. K. (2021, Dec 16-18). Socio-Cognitive Analysis of Female Social Entrepreneurship and the Role Entrepreneurial Ecosystem, [Conference Proceedings]. 8th PAN-IIM World Management Conference, pp. 508, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode, India. [ISBN: 9842|ISBN|2021|A].
- Borah, M. J., Kumar. R and Kesharbani. N. K. (2021, Sep 18-21). Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and the Debate of Female Entrepreneurship: Moderating Role of Self-efficacy During a Crisis. Strategic Management Society Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada.