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About Programme

The Department of Business Administration is recognized as a research center to offer Ph.D. degree under VTU. The department has five Professors with rich academic and corporate experience to guide the research scholars. These Research guides together continue to add to their huge body of research through publications in national and international journals.

Research Centre has access to E learning recourses and Institutional membership with reputed Institutions like IIMBx, National Digital Library.. The Centre also has licensed Plagiarism software’s and Statistical packages to help the Scholars in their research analysis.

The areas of research include and are not limited to Marketing management, Human resource management, financial management, Operations management. Presently research is undertaken in the areas of Human Resource Practices, Stock Market, Banking, Social Networking & Digital Marketing.

Duration:

Full time Ph.D: Minimum 3 years

Part Time PhD: Minimum 4 years

The program involves Course Work, Comprehensive Viva, Open Seminars, Colloquium, Thesis Submission & Final Defence.

Research Center Candidate details

 

Guide name: Dr. G. Nagalingappa

Sl. No.Research Scholar NameYear of RegistrationTopic of Research
1Princy Thomas2007Analysis of the Effectiveness of requirements for the said degree
2Neetha K V2010Women Entrepreneurs Conflicts and Conflict Resolution Styles at Different stages of Business Development – A study on Women Entrepreneurs of Selected SMEs in and around Bengaluru

 

Guide name: Dr. Pandu Naik

Sl. No.Research Scholar NameYear of RegistrationTopic of Research
1Shaji Kurian2008Emerging Trends in Human Resource Strategies among SMEs in the light of Global Competition: With Special Reference to Machine Tool SMEs

 

Guide name: Dr. L Vijayashree

Sl. No.Research Scholar NameYear of RegistrationTopic of Research
1Deepali Jain2012The Impact of Occupational Stress On Attitude of IT employess during Strategic Alliances
2Ibha Rani2013A Study of Efficiency of Indian Banks in the Post Liberalization Era
3Charithra C M2015A study on Stock Market Volatily and Spillover Effect on Selected Developed and Emerging Asian Markets
4Tripti Aravind2013Diversity Management Recruitment Practices in Information Technology Organisations
5Sridhar K2015Performance Evaluation of Selected Housing Finacne Companies in India with Special Focus on Borrowers Satisfaction
6C Prabhavathi2015Impact of Asset Liability Management on Banks Performance

 

Guide name: Dr. N Mukund Sharma

Sl. No.Research Scholar NameYear of RegistrationTopic of Research
1Maazuddin Khan2011Impact of E-Governance On Administration with Special Reference to Governance of Karnataka & its Employees
2K chellamma2013Impact of Social Networking Sites on Selected Human Resource Practices of IT and ITES companies in Bengaluru
3Sumukh S G2013Impact of Culture & Stress on Job Satisfaction with Special References to ITES Industry, Bangalore
4Shishira Srinivasa2017A Study on Employees Perception, Attitude and Behaviour towards Work Stress and Its Management with Respect to Knowledge Process Outsourcing Industry in Bengaluru

 

Guide name: Dr. Bhavya Vikas

Sl. No.Research Scholar NameYear of RegistrationTopic of Research
1Santhosh K V2019A Study on Impact of Pschological Contract on Employee Engagement using Casual Loop Modeling