List Of Full Time Faculty

Designation : Director - Executive Academics

Dr. Nila A Chotai Progressive record in the academic domain with over 16 years of experience in teaching at the higher education sector. Distinguished record of publication in academic journals. Strong philosophy of teaching, and knowledge of many different methods to motivate students to develop their expertise in specific areas. A dedicated partner to institutional programs and outreach events that help promote learning and support the community. She holds a Master of Arts in Economics from Pondicherry University followed by MBA and PGDHRM as other post-graduation degree. She was awarded with PhD in Economics from University of Mysore in 2013.

She has worked in reputed Management Institutions and Autonomous University. Her core area of interest is in Economics & HR. She has been a core committee member in accreditation process at management institutions for NAAC, NBA & IACBE. She has conducted sessions for German Industry Partners and Indian Plywood Industries Research &Training Institute. She has Co-authored a book in Marketing Management. She has a rich experience in developing curriculum and planning the academic calendar. She is a Guest Editor for Scopus Journal Empirical Economics letter.

Designation : Associate Professor

Designation : Director – Corporate Relations.

Designation : Associate Professor – Marketing.

Professor D Anto comes in with nigh on twenty-five years of teaching, consulting and corporate experience in the field of marketing specialities and business communication.

During the preceding one and a half decades, Professor D’ Anto has been tutoring at top-notch B-Schools in India, on the specialisation subjects of the marketing management and retail management area, viz., Integrated Marketing Communications, Product & Brand Management, B2B Marketing, Marketing of Services, Customer Relationship Management, and the core courses of Marketing Management & Business Communication. Adept at the Executive education, Masters and Bachelors’ level of professorship, Professor D’ Anto has been consistently rated with distinguished student feedback. He has also been the Dean & Director – Academics in his first B-School assignment.

• Faculty co-ordinator for the Marketing/Student Clubs.
• Internal Quality Auditor from Marketing Area for the ISO internal audit. Can audit the Programs of MBA, BBA, EMBA & EPGDM.
• Core Committee member for the creation of new / modified courses in area of marketing such as Digital Marketing, Business Marketing, Customer Relationship Management & Integrated Marketing Communications; responsibilities included the construction of learning-objective based syllabi.

Prior to turning into academics, in pursuit of self-actualization, Professor D’ Anto had served for a decade in various managerial roles in world-class organizations, in the domains of retail, telecommunications, enterprise-wide IT solutions and marketing communications (specifically in the areas of Public Relations consulting and Advertising & Media Planning).

His areas of interest are in research on Integrated Marketing Communications, B2B & Service Brand Management, Marketing 3.0, New-age Marketing & Corporate Communications, including Public Relations. Indicative Research & Development participations:

• Exploring Permanency of Pandemic Influenced Changes in Habitual Consumption Behaviour, National Conference on Marketing in the Age of Digitalization and Disruption, Ramaiah Institute of Management, Bangalore; 12th August, 2021.
• Designing Better Courses: Blending the Best of Pre- and Post-Pandemic Pedagogy, AMA Higher Ed Virtual Conference; July 21st 2021.
• American Marketing Association Marketing Tomorrow from the Frontlines of a Pandemic: Moving Forward Together, AMA Higher Ed Virtual Conference; June 22nd – 24th, 2021.
• Critical Organisation Studies Workshop – Managing the post-colony: focus on South Asia, IIM-Calcutta & School of Business, Alliance University, Bangalore; May 7th & 8th, 2021.
• The Art of Case Writing Work for Business Education, Center for Management Development - IBS, Hyderabad; January 27-28, 2012.
• ISO Internal Quality Auditor training workshop, School of Business, Alliance University; 2011-12.

Professor Sunil D’ Anto has been pursuing his doctoral programme (Ph.D in Marketing) at School of Business, Alliance University, Bangalore. He had earned his MBA degree from New Hampshire College, Manchester, USA and his PGDBA from Institute of Technology & Management, Chennai. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Management from University of Madras. And is an alumnus of IHM – Bhubaneswar & IHM – Chennai, National Council for Hotel Management, Government of India, PUSA, New Delhi. He is a product of India’s seventh best boys’ school.

His personal affiliations revolve around People, World Wide Web, Social Networks, PDA-Smart Phones & other electronic gadgets, Creative Writing, inspired Reading, Drama, Music and inspirational Cinema.

Designation : Associate Professor &HoD – Marketing & International Business .

Designation : Associate Professor &HoD – Information Technology .

Designation : Head, Dept of Business Analytics, ISBR Business School

• Dr Sheetal Mahendher is a MCA, MPhil in Comp Sc, MBA, PhD (Management). She has over twenty four years of rich experience in Industry and Academia. She is presently the Editor-in -Chief of ISBR Management Journal. She has published articles in International and National refereed journals (ABDC, WOS, Scopus, UGC- care listed journals).
  She has over 20 years of research, teaching and consulting experience.
  
  
• She has published and presented over 35 papers in various journals of repute and International and National Conferences. Has won the Best Paper Award for paper titled “Best Paper Award for paper titled “A study to develop Prescriptive model to recommend Optimal Sleep patterns to achieve desired Productivity levels” at National Conference by National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirapalli, April 2021.
  
  
• She is on Board of subject Experts with several reputed Universities.
  
  
• She has conducted several workshops (FDP/MDP) on Data Analysis using R, Python, SPSS and Excel, which had participants from Industry and Academia from
  India and abroad.
  
  
• Her areas of interest are Business Analytics, Business Statistics, Operations Research and software like R, SQL, Python, Tableau, MS Excel, SPSS, Java, C, to name a few.
  
  
• She is certified in Advanced Business Analytics. She has prior teaching experience at Sindhi College and Mount Carmel Institute of Management apart from few Executive Program at other Institutes. She was the Managing Editor of MCIM Journal.
  
  
• She has also been an Entrepreneur for a period of 2 years.
  
  
• She was member and convener of Board of Studies and Board of Examiners at MCIM and few other Institutes in Bangalore.

Designation : Associate Professor &HoD – Operations and Supply Chain Management .

Designation : Associate Professor – Human Resources & General Management .

Courses Taught/Specialization :

Designation : Assistant Professor – Human Resources.

Accolades :

1. Gold Medal from University of Pune for securing highest marks in M.Com Examination held.

2. Highly commended Paper award for paper presented at IFIM Convergence 2016 for the paper “Cloud learning in the Indian education system”.

Area of Interest: Behavioural Science, Human Resources Management, Managerial Research Methods.

Designation : Assistant Professor – Finance cum Academic Coordinator.

Teaching Area : Finance & Marketing.

Overview : An enthusiastic research scholarwith ~4 years of experience in lectureship and Research in India and abroad. Worked in banking sector in area of Portfolio Management. Passionate to work in the field of education and areas of research in Management studies.

Educational Qualification : PhD (Pursuing), MBA in Finance & Marketing, B. Pharm .

Teaching : Financial accounting.

Designation : Assistant Professor – Human Resources cum Academic Coordinator .

Overview : MBA in HR and Finance with 2 years of work experience in IT Training Institute as Technology Consultant and in Recruitment .

Teaching Area : Post-graduate.

Education Details : MBA in HR and Finance.

Teaching Subjects : Training and Development , Human Resource Management.

Designation : Head Training & Transformation .

Designation : Adjunct Faculty – Quantitative Techniques & Statistics .

Designation : Adjunct Faculty – Human Resources .

Designation : Associate Professor .

Designation : Assistant Professor - Finance.

Designation : Assistant Professor & HoD Finance.

Career Highlights :

Designation : Associate Professor .

Designation : Assistant Professor .

Designation : Assistant Professor .

Designation : Assistant Professor & Director International Relations .

Designation : Associate Professor – Marketing Management & Human Resources.

• Dr Guru Aradhya S, Associate Professor, ISBR B School, has 14 years of rich experience in Industry and Academia.
• He Holds PhD from Chhatrapati Shahu Ji Maharaj University, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. Completed MPhil from Vinayaka Mission University, Salem, Tamil Nadu. Completed MBA from ICFAI University also Master of Commerce from Karnataka State Open University, Mysore, Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications from NIIT, Bengaluru.
• He has presented and published more than 50 papers in National and International conferences and journals (SCOPUS, UGC CARE Listed).
• He has attended many workshops and faculty & management development programs and also acted as resource person in various management institutes.
• He is a recognised guide from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum and guiding PhD Scholars.
• He has produced 2 MPhils and 1 PhD
• He has organized Many National Conferences and International Conferences, also chaired the Technical Sessions in various Management Institutes across India.
• He is a reviewer of International Journal of Advance and Innovative Research.

Area of Interest: Retail Management, Customer Behavior Engagement, Brand Management, Human Resources Management, Intelligent, Emotional and Spiritual Quotient, Research Methods.

Director - Healthcare Programs, ISBR Business School

Dr Veena, a medical and management professional, possesses more than fifteen years of experience both in industry and academics. Over these years, she has assumed the roles of a hospital administrator, public health researcher, healthcare quality consultant, management trainer and faculty for postgraduate management teaching.

During her short stint in hospital administration, Dr. Veena was responsible for the hospital operations, recruitment and on-job training of the staff, organising and conducting health camps. She was engaged in conducting classes for the management trainees during their hospital postings for the departmental studies.

Dr. Veena has wide experience in hospital quality accreditations, consultancy studies, public health research, and monitoring and evaluation. She has taken up many assignments of conducting gap analysis and preparing the healthcare organisations to comply with the quality standards to qualify for accreditation. She was actively engaged in manpower planning for a healthcare organization. She has worked in many projects in the area of Reproductive and Child Health, Women Engagement and Empowerment, PPP Evaluation, Child health, Nutrition, Facility assessment, etc. She is trained in Lean- Six Sigma and undergone NABH Assessor Training. She has expertise in teaching various topics in hospital management, like hospital planning, organizing and managing hospital services, hospital accreditation, disaster management and legal issues in hospitals. Her areas of interest include hospital planning, monitoring and evaluation of health projects, quality accreditation, implementation and action research, demographic surveys, statistical analysis and handling of data sets. She has published articles in reputed journals. She is a member of professional bodies and associations.