AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION

Marketing, General Management

Area of Interest

Emerging Market Strategy, General Management, Mindfulness

Experience

10+ Years

Research

7+ Years

Recent Achievements

• Best Paper Award at IIM Ahmedabad in “Analytics for Sports” Category in ICADABI 2017.
• Chair of Technical Session, International Conference of the Journal of Academy of Marketing Sciences organized by Indian School of Business (ISB) Hyderabad and Georgia State University (USA)

Research Grants

• Co-Investigator, ICMR-FORTE (Indo-Swedish) collaborative research project on “Developing Value-integrating and Sustainable models of Home-based Care”. Research Grant received from ICMR for the first year is Rs.18,95,150 (Rupees Eighteen Lakh Ninety Five Thousand One Hundred and Fifty only). Total duration of the project is 3 years. 
• Research coordinator (India), Career Adaptability Study in India, with University of Queensland Business School. Nominal grant received. 
• Consulting Grant received for GVSU’s India-Abroad program in 2014 from Grand Valley State University Michigan (USA). Total Grant received 14000 US dollars (Fourteen Thousand US dollars which is approx. 9,00,000 India Rupees).
• International Travel Grant received from UGC New Delhi in 2014 for Philosophy of Management conference organized by Darden Business School (University of Virginia) and DePaul University, Chicago. Total grant received Rs. 1,54,000 (rupees One lakh fifty four thousand only). 
• Travel Grant received from Centre for Leadership and Responsibility, CEIBS, Shanghai for invited talk on “Sustainable Management Practices through Ancient Indian Wisdom” in the Wise Management Conference 2012. Grant received was RMB 1800 (approx. Rs. 16740).

Guest Lectures / Invited Talks

• Delivered a Guest lecture on the “Purpose and Passions in Leadership in Social Care” at the Department of Work Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden (Nov 2018).
• Delivered a Guest Lecture on the “Tao of Leadership” at the Department of Psychology, MS University of Baroda, Vadodara, India (Dec 2017).
• Invited to deliver a lecture to the MBA Students on “Indian Philosophy of Management” at the Seidman College of Business, Grand Valley State University, Michigan (July 2014).

Editorial Board Membership:

Member of the Editorial Board
Philosophy of Management Journal (Springer) – ABDC Listed ‘C’ journal.

Publications and Research papers presented:

Book chapters

• Bhattacharjee, A., and Singh, S., (2017). ‘Karmic Leadership for a Mindful Existence’. in Nandram, S.S., & Bindlish, P.K. (eds.), Managing VUCA through Integrative Self Management, published by Springer International Publishing A.G.(Switzerland), ISBN 978-3-319-52230-2, DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-52231-9_11.
• Bhattacharjee, A., (2013). ‘Mindful Innovations Program (MIP) - a view on Sustainable growth through Mindfulness’. Reprinted by Globethics.net in their book of “Innovation Ethics – African and Global Perspectives” sponsored African Innovation Foundation. Edited by de Morais, J. C. B., & Stückelberger, C. ISBN 978-2-88931-003-6
• Bhattacharjee, A., and Gupta, S., (2013). ‘Business and Law of Harmony’. in Singh, S (ed.), Spiritual Paradigm for Management, published by Excel India Publsihers (New Delhi), ISBN: 978-93-82062-99-8.

Journal publications (in Scopus / ABDC Listed Journals)

• Bhattacharjee, A., Moitra, R., Kumar, A., & Vardhan, A. (2017). Mindfulness based Sales Management. Purushartha: A Journal of Management Ethics and Spirituality, 10(2). 
• Bhattacharjee, A. (2017). Ancient Philosophy, Quantum Reality and Management. Purushartha: A Journal of Management Ethics and Spirituality, 10(1).
• Bhattacharjee, A., Guest Editorial to the Special Issue on Ancient Philosophies, Philosophy of Management, Volume 16, Issue 1, 2017. Published by Springer
• Bhattacharjee, A., McKenna, B., and Ray, S., Preface (Guest Editorial) to the Special Issue on Indian Philosophical Issues – Relevance to Contemporary Management, Philosophy of Management, Volume 15, Issue 1, 2016. Published by Springer
• Bhattacharjee, Anindo, Sandeep Singh, and Abhay Kumar Singh. "Understanding Avnivesh for Karmic Model of Leadership Development."Purushartha: A Journal of Management Ethics and Spirituality 7.1 (2015).
• Gupta, S., Bishnoi, N.K., & Bhattacharjee, A. (2013). Transforming Businesses to perform in the 21st Century Purushartha: A Journal of Management Ethics and Spirituality, 6(1), pp 58-73
• Singh, S., & Bhattacharjee, A. (2013). Leadership and Afflictions of Mind. Purushartha: A Journal of Management Ethics and Spirituality, 5(2), pp 34-54
• Singh, S., & Bhattacharjee, A. (2012). A Note on International Conference on'Spiritual Paradigm for Surmounting Global Management Crisis'. Purushartha: A Journal of Management Ethics and Spirituality, 5(1).
• Bhattacharjee, A. (2012). Virtues and Values for Organizational Sustainability. Purushartha: A Journal of Management Ethics and Spirituality, 4(2), pp 109-120
• Bhattacharjee, A. (2011). Modern Management through Ancient Indian Wisdom: Towards a More Sustainable Paradigm. Purushartha: A Journal of Management Ethics and Spirituality, 4(1), pp 14-37

Edited Volumes (as a Guest Editor / Member of Editorial Board)

• Special Issue on Indian Philosophical Issues – Relevance to Contemporary Management, Philosophy of Management, Volume 15, Number 1, 2016. Published by Springer (Guest Editors: Anindo Bhattacharjee, Bernard McKenna, and Subhasis Ray)
• Special Issue on Ancient Philosophies, Philosophy of Management, Volume 16, Number 1, 2017. Published by Springer (Guest Editor: Anindo Bhattacharjee)

Conferences / Workshops / Seminars attended:

International Conferences

• “Is Ethics Important for Customer Loyalty (in India)?” presented at the Journal of Academy of Marketing Sciences Conference organized by ISB Hyderabad and Georgia State University (USA). Held at ISB Hyderabad from 26th to 28th April 2018. 
• “Ethics and Sustainability – A Zoroastrian view” presented at the International Conference on Sustainability and Business (SUSBUS 2018) held at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. Venue: IIM Calcutta. Date: 13th – 14th January 2018. 
• “Do Mindful Consumers pay more? A Study of Consumers’ affinity for socially responsible brands” presented at the International Conference on “Alchemy of Leadership for Innovation and Sustainability” organized by SMS Varanasi in collaboration with California State University San Bernardino (USA), Claflin University (USA) and ASSOCHAM India. Held from 17th – 18th February 2018 at SMS Varanasi. 
• “Mindfulness and the Situationists’ challenge” presented at the International Conference on “Alchemy of Leadership for Innovation and Sustainability” organized by SMS Varanasi in collaboration with California State University San Bernardino (USA), Claflin University (USA) and ASSOCHAM India. Held from 17th – 18th February 2018 at SMS Varanasi.
• “Role of Image in Social Emancipation of Women – An Ethnographic study of Punjabi and Bengali Women” presented at the International Congress on Qualitative Inquiry organized by University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (USA) from 17th to 20th May 2017 [Conference Convenor : Norman Denzin]
• “Determining Sportsperson’s Affinity for Brand Sponsorships – An Analytics Approach” presented at the 5th International Conference on Advanced Data Analysis, Business Analytics and Intelligence organized by IIM Ahmedabad on 8th – 9th April 2017. (Received Best Paper Award with Honourable Mention)
• “Ancient Philosophy, Quantum Reality and Management” presented at International Conference on “Spirituality and Skill for Leadership and Sustainable Management” held at SMS Varanasi in collaboration with California State University San Bernadino on 18th – 19th February 2017.
• “Ethics and Rationality of Brand Evaluations” presented at the International Conference on Responsible Marketing organized at XLRI Jamshedpur with La Trobe University Melbourne (Australia) on 23rd – 24th January 2017.
• ‘Mindful Innovations Program (MIP)’ at 14th International Conference of the Philosophy of Management organized by Darden Business School (University of Virginia) and DePaul University Chicago, held at DePaul University Chicago from 14th to 16th July 2014. [Conference Conveners – Prof R Edward Freeman (Darden) & Prof Patricia Werhane (DePaul)]
• ‘Mindful Innovations Program (MIP) - a view on Sustainable growth through Mindfulness’ presented at Sustainability Conference (SusCon 2013) held at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Shillong during March 2013.[Conference Convener – Prof Sanjoy Mukherjee (IIM Shillong)]
• 'Sustainable Management practices through Ancient Indian Wisdom' presented at Wise Management Conference 2012 organized by Euro-China Centre for Leadership & Responsibility (ECCLAR) at China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Shanghai campus during May 2012. [Conference Convener – Prof David Bevan(CEIBS), Prof Mike Thompson (CEIBS) & Prof Henri Claude Bettignes (INSEAD) ]
• 'Why do firms fail in International Markets?' presented at Harvard University's Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Studies organized by the International Journal of Art & Sciences during May 2010.

National Conferences

• 'Heuristics, Bounded Rationality and Ethical Decision-making failures' presented at National Conference on Spirituality & Ethics in Management at School of Management Sciences, Varanasi. [Conference Convener – Prof Sandeep Singh (SMS) ]

As Conference Chair / Track Chair / Session Chair

• Chair of Technical Session, International Conference of the Journal of Academy of Marketing Sciences organized by Indian School of Business (ISB) Hyderabad and Georgia State University (USA). Held from 26th April to 28th April 2018 at ISB Hyderabad.
• Track Chair – Ancient Philosophies for Contemporary Management Practice, Philosophy of Management Conference 2015 held at St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford and University of Greenwich, UK. Held during July 2015.
• Track Chair – Ancient Philosophies, Philosophy of Management Conference 2016 held at St. Anne’s College, University of Oxford and University of Greenwich, UK. Held during July 2016.

FDP / Workshops attended

• Workshop on “Teaching Business Ethics in Business and Technical Schools” at the Management Centre for Human Development, IIM-Calcutta (2014)
• 5-day FDP workshop on “Pedagogical Innovations in Management” at School of Management Sciences, Varanasi. (June 2014)
• 7-day FDP workshop on “Research Methods in Management” at School of Management Sciences, Varanasi. (June 2015)

As Member of Organizing Committee

• Member of Organizing Committee, Philosophy of Management Conference 2016, St. Anne’s College, Oxford and University of Greenwich, UK.
• Member of Organizing Committee, Philosophy of Management Conference 2015, St. Anne’s College, Oxford and University of Greenwich, UK.
• Joint Secretary, Organizing Committee, International Conference on “Spirituality : The Essence of Ethical Leadership and Management” in collaboration with California State University, San Bernardino and PHD Chamber of Commerce India. Held at School of Management Sciences, Varanasi. (November 2014)
• Joint Secretary, Organizing Committee, International Conference on “Leadership and Management through Spiritual Wisdom” in collaboration with California State University, San Bernardino and Claflin University, USA.
• Joint Secretary, Organizing Committee, International Conference on “Spiritual Paradigms for Surmounting Global Management Crisis” in collaboration with California State University, San Bernardino and Claflin University, USA.

Academic activities

Teaching subjects such as Marketing, Operations Management, and General Management.

Management Development Programs

• Member, International Research Project on Career Adaptability Survey in India with University of Queensland Business School, Brisbane, Australia (with Prof. Hannes Zacher & Prof. Bernard McKenna)
• Member of Organizing Committee, Philosophy of Management conference 2015, held at St. Anne’s College, Oxford jointly with University of Greenwich, UK in July 2015.
• Member, International Research Project on Wisdom & Environment Sustainability with University of Queensland Business School, Brisbane, Australia (with Prof. Roberto Biloslavo & Prof. Bernard McKenna)
• Conducted a 7 day Workshop in Varanasi as the India module of Grand Valley State University Michigan’s Study Abroad Program. The workshop was attended by Graduate students and Faculty members of GVSU and discussed the cultural aspects of Sustainability, Agri-business, Social Entrepreneurship, Tourism, SME businesses, etc
• Resource person for the Management Development Program on "Strategic Marketing for Entrepreneurs" conducted by Ministry of Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME), Govt. of India.
• Conference Coordinator & Member of Core Committee, International Conferences. Conducted International Conferences consecutively for 3 years in collaboration with California State University, San Bernardino.

Official Email Id

Anindo.Bhattacharjee@nmims.edu

Office Phone No.

022 - 4235 5979