Research Projects

IIMU Research Projects Completed (As on 31.03.2024)

Sr.No.	Title	Sponsoring Authority	PIs/Co-PIs Involved	Year of Completion	Current Status
1	Baseline Study on Key Development indicators among the Sahariya Tribe in Baran District, Rajasthan	TAD, Udaipur, Rajasthan	Vandana Swami Janat Shah	2023-24	Completed
2	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
3	Consumer Behaviour in Religious festivals	IIM Udaipur	Arundhati Bhattacharyya	2023-24	Completed
4	On the fringes of organizations and markets	IIM Udaipur	Soorjith Karthikeyan	2023-24	Completed
5	The great Indian divide	IIM Udaipur	Dina Banerjee	2023-24	Completed
6	Analysis of failure time data	IIM Udaipur	Debanjan Mitra	2023-24	Completed
7	Benefits and burdens of empowering leadership	IIM Udaipur	Arpana Rai	2023-24	Completed
8	The greenhouse gas mystery	IIM Udaipur	Anirban Adhikary	2023-24	Completed
9	An exploration and explanation of the business care for employee volunteering programs	IIM Udaipur	Kirti Mishra	2023-24	Completed
10	Inter-generational transfer of professional skepticism in auditors	IIM Udaipur	Amish Dugar	2023-24	Completed
11	Consumer Culture and Symbolic Meaning	IIM Udaipur	Tanvi Gupta	2023-24	Completed
12	Social Media in Disaster Management	IIM Udaipur	Samadrita Bhattacharyya	2023-24	Completed
13	Gender and Entrepreneurship in India	IIM Udaipur	Vijayta Doshi	2023-24	Completed
14	The Impact of Product Anthropomorphism on Price-Quality Judgments	IIM Udaipur	Amogh Kumbargeri	2023-24	Completed
15	Towards Healthier Choices: Implications of Product Reformulation and Taxation for Manufacturers and Policymakers	IIM Udaipur	Vedha Ponnappan	2023-24	Completed
16	Consequences of Twitter Use During India’s COVID-19 Pandemic	IIM Udaipur	Probal Mojumder	2023-24	Completed
17	Impact of metaphorical interpretation of time on subjective time perception and time valuation"	IIM Udaipur	Ankur Kapoor	2023-24	Completed
18	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
19	Readability of financial disclosures & investor behaviour	IIM Udaipur	Prateek Sharma	2022-23	Completed
20	Enacting sustainability: The role of leadership in building institutions	IIM Udaipur	Dina Banerjee, Kirti Mishra	2022-23	Completed
21	Board characteristics and earnings management	IIM Udaipur	Shobhit Agrawal, Sandhya Bhatia, Amish Dugar	2022-23	Completed
22	Understanding Complementarities across Environmental Health Interventions	IIMU, Duke University & Sevamandir Udaipur	Subhadip Roy Janat Shah Marc Jeuland Priyanka Singh	2017-18	Completed
23	Clientelism, Public Srevices and Elections in the Slums of Udaipur	IIMU, Duke University & Jan Daksha Trust Udaipur	Subhadip Roy Subhash Jha Alka Vyas	2017-18	Completed
24	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
25	Assessing and Mapping Risk of Human -Wildlife conflics around Rajasthan Protected Area	IIMU, Duke University & Wildlife Studies, Banglore	Subhashish Chakarvarty Krithi K. Karanth Erika Weinthal	2017-18	Completed
26	Regenerating Tribal Livlihood- Manthan	Ford Foundation (Through Xavier Institute of Management, Bhubaneswar)	Vandana Swami	2017-18	Completed

IIMU Funded Research Projects - Ongoing

Creating a processual understanding of developing shared value social impact
PI- Rajesh Nanarpuzha
BoP value chain
PI - Prakash Satyavageeswaran
Temple festivals of Southern India
PI - Prakash Satyavageeswaran, Rajesh Nanarpuzha
Alternative advertising strategies
PI - Ashish, Patrali, Prakash, Rajesh
Empowering villagers & woman in the bottom of pyramid as consumers through use of technology
PI - Ashish Galande
Empowering villagers & women in the bottom of pyramid as entrepreneurs through use of technology
PI - Prakash Satyavageeswaran
The farmer as a social media influencer
PI - Rajesh Nanarpuzha
Trading around unscheduled announcements
PI - Samarpan Nawn
The Positive Effects of Anthropomorphism on Consumer Goal Pursuits
PI – Ria Mishra
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)
Ankur Kapoor
RailMadad: Modernization of Grievance Redressal and Customer Helpline in Indian Railways
PI – Samir Biswas
Equitable Health (EHAC)
PI - Prakash Satyavageeswaran
Primary Healthcare Initiative
PI - Prakash Satyavageeswaran

External Funded Research Projects - Ongoing

Who Bridges Across Social Divides?
PI – Dhirendra Mani Shukla
Funded by – Scheme of Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC), Ministry of Education, Govt. of India
Agricultural Knowledge Transfer at the Base of the Pyramid: A Sociological Perspective
PI – Dhirendra Mani Shukla
Funded by – Scheme of Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC), Ministry of Education, Govt. of India
Two Sides of a Coin: Empowering Rural People and Women as Consumers and Entrepreneurs through Use of Technology
PI – Prakash Satyavageeswaran, Ashish S. Galande
Funded by – Scheme of Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC), Ministry of Education, Govt. of India
Study of semiparametric statistical inference under general censoring schemes
PI – Debanjan Mitra
Funded by – Science and Engineering Research Board, Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India
Building Economic Resilience of Women during Pandemics
PI – Kirti Mishra
Funded by – Australian Alumni Grant Scheme
Impact of algorithmic trading on market microstructure
PI – Sumit Kumar, Rezina Sultana
Funded by –IBM
Marketing and Identify in Public Sector Organizations: Assessing the Impact of Marketing Training Versus Identify Based Motivation on Employee Performance
PI – Prakash Satyavageeswaran
Funded by – AMA EBSCO
Understanding EMNE’s Market Entry into Foreign Emerging Markets
PI – Prakash Satyavageeswaran
Funded by – NASMEI
Impact of Influencers in Adoption and Valuation of Subscription-based Services
PI – Vedha Ponnappan
Funded by – NASMEI
Building sustainable supply chains: A study of the Indian agri-fresh produce sector
PI – Kirti Mishra
Funded by – Scheme of Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC), Ministry of Education, Govt. of India
MSMEs and Delivery of Services in the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) Context
PI – Ashish S Galande
Funded by – Scheme of Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC), Ministry of Education, Govt. of India
Technology based low-cost solutions in Rural Healthcare: Impact on patients and service providers
PI – Vijayta Doshi
Funded by – Scheme of Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC), Ministry of Education, Govt. of India
From Terminators to Heroes: How cultural causality models shape consumers attitudes towards Artificial Intelligence
PI – Jayant Nasa
Funded by – NASMEI
Vocational Education and Training (VET), Labour Market Outcomes and Skill Mismatch: An Investigation for India
PI – Tushar Agarwal
Funded by – ICSSR, Ministry of Education, Govt. of India