Dr. AVINANDAN “Avi” MUKHERJEE Department Chair and ...

Education
Areas of Interest
Doctorate in Management (Area: Marketing)
Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA), India 2 1993-1998
Certificate, International Teachers Program (ITP)
International Schools of Business Management
IMD, Lausanne, Switzerland 2005-2006
Visiting Doctoral Scholar, Marketing
ESSEC Business School, France 1997
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Specialization: Computer & Control Engg.)
Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India 1986-1990
Methodological Areas: Mathematical Approaches to Solving Business Problems; Marketing models and metrics
Substantive Areas: Services Marketing; Sustainability and Environment; Digital Marketing; International Business
Sectoral Areas: Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare; Retailing; Automobiles; Banking
Honors and Awards
Editor of International Journal of Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Marketing (Emerald: ISSN 1750-6123)
Co-Editor of Journal of Indian Business Research (Emerald: ISSN 1755-4195)
Guest Editor for special issues of reputed scholarly journals like EJM, JSM, ISMO
Program Chair for the Business and Health Administration Association Conference, 2012
Proceedings Editor for the Business and Health Administration Association Conference, 2011
Adjudged “Outstanding Professor/Researcher” by US Citizenship and Immigration Services
Competitively chosen as Doctoral Faculty for the PhD in Environmental Management program, Montclair State University
Inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma: highest recognition in AACSB-accredited business schools
Inducted into Phi Kappa Phi: the oldest, largest, and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society
Included in Marquis Who’s Who in America 60 th Diamond Edition 2006
Included in Marquis Who’s Who in American Education 2006-2007
McGraw-Hill/Irwin Distinguished Paper Award for Best Overall Paper, Midwest Business Administration Association
Conference, Chicago, 2008
Outstanding Paper Award for Excellence, Emerald Literati Club, 2004
Highly Commended Winner, Emerald Literati Network Award for Excellence, 2007
Best Paper Award in Offbeat track, BHAA Conference, 2011
Best Paper Award in National and Global Health Policy track, BHAA Conference, 2009
Best Paper Award in Pharmacoeconomics and Pharmaceutical Industry track, BHAA Conference, 2008
Best Services Marketing Paper Award, Academy of Marketing Conference 2003
Paper in Top 25 “hottest articles” in Elsevier ScienceDirect for Journal of Retailing, 2005
Paper in Top 10 most accessed articles in Literati Club – Emerald Fulltext database
Competitively chosen as Mentor in Dr. Ken Bain’s Engaged Teaching Fellows Program, Montclair State University, 2010-2011
Rapporteur for research project of Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK, 2003
Featured on Emerald Literati Club Focus on Marketing, 2003
Papers hosted in MIT DSpace Website (MIT Libraries)
Recognized in President Susan Cole’s Opening Day speech to the University community, MSU, Fall 2006
Recognized in President Susan Cole’s Address to the University Community, MSU, Spring 2006 & 2007
Special Faculty Speaker in MSU School of Business Board/Advisory Council Meetings, 2007, 2009, 2010
Chosen to carry MSU School of Business gonfalon (school flag) at Commencement ceremony, 2009
Honorable mention in Director’s Convocation speech, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, 1999, 2000
Invited Speaker in Reunion of Department of Instrumentation Engineering, Jadavpur University, India, 2000
Best Citizens of India Award, International Publishing House, 1999
Vikas Ratna Award, India International Friendship Society, 1998
ESSEC Scholarship for Doctoral Research in Management in France, 1997
P.D. Agarwal – TCI Award for Doctoral Research in Management, 1996
Fellowship for doctoral study from the Union Ministry of HRD, Government of India, 1993-1998
National Merit Scholar (India), 1984
2 The Indian Institute of Management (Ahmedabad), started by the Govt. of India in 1961 in collaboration with the Harvard Business School, has been
consistently ranked among the top 100 business schools in the world by The Economist (2001–2010) and Financial Times (2010-2011); among the top 100
World Universities by THES (2005-2006); and as the best business school in Asia by The Economist (2004), Asia Inc (1997–2002) and by Asiaweek (2000,
2001). IIMA has been consistently ranked the best business school in India by surveys published in Business India, Business World, Business Today and
Outlook magazines. In 2011, Financial Times ranked IIMA 11
2
th best in the world in its Global MBA rankings.