Research Projects

Ongoing Research Projects: As on 31.03.2025

Sr.No.	Title	Sponsoring Authority	PIs/Co-PIs Involved	Current Status
1	Creating a processual understanding of developing shared value social impact	IIM Udaipur	Prof. Rajesh Nanarpuzha	Ongoing
2	BoP value chain	IIM Udaipur	Prof. Prakash Satyavageeswaran	Ongoing
3	Temple festivals of Southern India	IIM Udaipur	Prof. Prakash Satyavageeswaran, Prof. Rajesh Nanarpuzha	Ongoing
4	Alternative advertising strategies	IIM Udaipur	Prof. Prakash Satyavageeswaran, Prof. Rajesh Nanarpuzha Prof. Ashish S Galande	Ongoing
5	Empowering villagers & womwn in the bottom of pyramid as entrepreneurs through use of technology	IIM Udaipur	Prof. Prakash Satyavageeswaran	Ongoing
6	The farmer as a social media influencer	IIM Udaipur	Prof. Rajesh Nanarpuzha	Ongoing
7	The Positive Effects of Anthropomorphism on Consumer Goal Pursuits	IIM Udaipur	Prof. Ria Mishra	Ongoing
8	The impact of threat of isolation and threat to safety (arising from natural hazards) on preference for local and national brands (non-profit and for-profit)	IIM Udaipur	Prof. Ankur Kapoor	Ongoing
9	RailMadad: Modernization of Grievance Redressal and Customer Helpline in Indian Railways	IIM Udaipur	Prof. Samir Biswas	Ongoing
10	Emotions and Consumption	IIM Udaipur	Prof. Amogh Kumbargeri	Ongoing
11	Developing technology enabled solution for helping rural population: The case of a social enterprise in emerging economy.	IIM Udaipur	Prof. Pradeep Kumar Hota	Ongoing
12	Staffing models for Q-commerce order fulfillment	IIM Udaipur	Prof. Gyanesh Raj	Ongoing
13	Spillover Effects of US Monetary policy: Evidence from Indian Credit Market.	IIM Udaipur	Prof. Harish Kamal	Ongoing
14	Equitable Health (EHAC)	IIM Udaipur	Prof. Prakash Satyavageeswaran	Ongoing
15	Primary Healthcare Initiative	IIM Udaipur	Prof. Prakash Satyavageeswaran	Ongoing
16	Impact of Algorithmic Trading on Emerging Market Microstructure: Evidence from Indian Stock Market	IBM and IIM Udaipur	Prof. Rezina Sultana Prof. Sumit Kumar	Ongoing
17	Two Sides of a Coin : Enpowering Rural People and Women as Consumers and Entrepreners through use of Technology.	SPARC,MoE through IIT Kharagpur	Prof. Prakash Satyavageeswaran	Ongoing
18	Who Bridges Across Social Divides?	SPARC,MoE through IIT Kharagpur	Prof. Dhirendra Mani Shukla(Ex IIM Faculty)	Ongoing
19	Agricultural Knowledge Transfer at the Base of the Pyramid : A Sociological Perspective	SPARC,MoE through IIT Kharagpur	Prof. Dhirendra Mani Shukla(Ex IIM Faculty)	Ongoing
20	Marketing and Identify in Public Sector Organizations: Assessing the Impact of Marketing Training Versus Identify Based Motivation on Employee Performance	AMA EBSCO	Prof. Prakash Satyavageeswaran	Ongoing
21	Understanding EMNE’s Market Entry into Foreign Emerging Markets	NASMEI	Prof. Prakash Satyavageeswaran	Ongoing
22	Building Economic Resilience of Women during Pandemics	The Australian Consulate General ,Chennai	Prof. Kirti Mishra	Ongoing
23	Study of Semiparametric Statistical Inference under General Censoring Schemes	MATRICS,SERB, DST, GoI	Prof. Debanjan Mitra	Ongoing
24	Impact of Influencers in Adoption and Valuation of Subscription-based Services	NASMEI	Prof. Vedha Ponnappan	Ongoing
25	Building sustainable supply chains: A study of the Indian agri-fresh produce sector.	SPARC,MoE through IIT Kharagpur	Prof. Kirti Mishra	Ongoing
26	MSMEs and Delivery of Services in the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) Context	SPARC,MoE through IIT Kharagpur	Prof. Ashish S Galande	Ongoing
27	Technology based low cost solutions in Rural Healthcare: Impact on patients and service providers	SPARC,MoE through IIT Kharagpur	Prof. Vijayta Doshi	Ongoing
28	From Terminators to Heroes: How cultural causality models shape consumers attitudes towards Artificial Intelligence	NASMEI	Prof. Jayant Nasa	Ongoing
29	Vocational Education and Training (VET), Labour Market Outocmes and Skill Mismatch: An Investigation for India	ICSSR, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India	Prof. Tushar Agarwal	Ongoing
30	Equitable, Quality Universal Health Coverage Implementation for optimizing comprehensive primary healthcare through Health and Wellness Centres (EQUIP-HWCs)	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)	Prof. Vedha Ponnappan Prof. Prakash Sathyavageeswaran	Ongoing

Completed Research Projects: As on 31.03.2025

Sr.No.	Title	Sponsoring Authority	PIs/Co-PIs Involved	Year of Completion	Current Status
1	Trading around unscheduled announcements	IIM Udaipur	Prof. Samarpan Nawn	2024-25	Completed
2	Interfirm collaboration networks: Implications for firm innovation	ICSSR, MoE	Prof. Dhirendra Mani Shukla (Ex IIMU Faculty)	2024-25	Completed
3	Empowering villagers & woman in the bottom of pyramid as consumers through use of technology	IIM Udaipur	Prof. Ashish S Galande	2024-25	Completed
4	Baseline Study on Key Development indicators among the Sahariya Tribe in Baran District, Rajasthan	TAD, Udaipur, Rajasthan	Vandana Swami, Janat Shah	2023-24	Completed
5	New Compensatory Consumption Outcomes: An Experimental Examination of Two Novel Coping Behaviors Subconsciously Adopted By Consumers Post Psychological Threats	IIM Udaipur	Jayant Nasa	2023-24	Completed
6	Consumer Behaviour in Religious festivals	IIM Udaipur	Arundhati Bhattacharyya	2023-24	Completed
7	On the fringes of organizations and markets	IIM Udaipur	Soorjith Karthikeyan	2023-24	Completed
8	The great Indian divide	IIM Udaipur	Dina Banerjee	2023-24	Completed
9	Analysis of failure time data	IIM Udaipur	Debanjan Mitra	2023-24	Completed
10	Benefits and burdens of empowering leadership	IIM Udaipur	Arpana Rai	2023-24	Completed
11	The greenhouse gas mystery	IIM Udaipur	Anirban Adhikary	2023-24	Completed
12	An exploration and explanation of the business care for employee volunteering programs	IIM Udaipur	Kirti Mishra	2023-24	Completed
13	Inter-generational transfer of professional skepticism in auditors	IIM Udaipur	Amish Dugar	2023-24	Completed
14	Consumer Culture and Symbolic Meaning	IIM Udaipur	Tanvi Gupta	2023-24	Completed
15	Social Media in Disaster Management	IIM Udaipur	Samadrita Bhattacharyya	2023-24	Completed
16	Gender and Entrepreneurship in India	IIM Udaipur	Vijayta Doshi	2023-24	Completed
17	The Impact of Product Anthropomorphism on Price-Quality Judgments	IIM Udaipur	Amogh Kumbargeri	2023-24	Completed
18	Towards Healthier Choices: Implications of Product Reformulation and Taxation for Manufacturers and Policymakers	IIM Udaipur	Vedha Ponnappan	2023-24	Completed
19	Consequences of Twitter Use During India’s COVID-19 Pandemic	IIM Udaipur	Probal Mojumder	2023-24	Completed
20	Impact of metaphorical interpretation of time on subjective time perception and time valuation	IIM Udaipur	Ankur Kapoor	2023-24	Completed
21	Moving Away from the Roots? Investigating why Indian Tribals are Choosing Marketed Packaged Foods over Indigenous Produce	Transformative Consumer Research (TCR)	Prakash Satyavageeswaran	2022-23	Completed
22	Readability of financial disclosures & investor behaviour	IIM Udaipur	Prateek Sharma	2022-23	Completed
23	Enacting sustainability: The role of leadership in building institutions	IIM Udaipur	Dina Banerjee, Kirti Mishra	2022-23	Completed
24	Board characteristics and earnings management	IIM Udaipur	Shobhit Agrawal, Sandhya Bhatia, Amish Dugar	2022-23	Completed
25	Understanding Complementarities across Environmental Health Interventions	IIMU, Duke University & Sevamandir Udaipur	Subhadip Roy, Janat Shah, Marc Jeuland, Priyanka Singh	2017-18	Completed
26	Clientelism, Public Srevices and Elections in the Slums of Udaipur	IIMU, Duke University & Jan Daksha Trust Udaipur	Subhash Jha, Eric Wibbels, Alka Vyas	2017-18	Completed
27	Impact of Indian Social Policies to Reduce Poverty and to Mitigate Social Exclusion	IIMU, Duke University & Vidya Bhawan Society Udaipur	Vandana Swami, Rezina Sultana, William (Sandy) Darity Jr.	2017-18	Completed
28	Assessing and Mapping Risk of Human-Wildlife conflicts around Rajasthan Protected Area	IIMU, Duke University & Wildlife Studies, Bangalore	Subhashish Chakarvarty, Krithi K. Karanth, Erika Weinthal	2017-18	Completed
29	Regenerating Tribal Livlihood- Manthan	Ford Foundation (Through Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar)	Vandana Swami	2017-18	Completed