Dr. Purba Halady Rao
Adjunct Faculty, Analytics and Data Scienc
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BACKGROUND
Dr. Purba Halady Rao has been a Professor for more than 30 years teaching and conducting research on topics such as Analytical Models in Marketing, Business Analytics, H.R. Analytics,
Marketing Research, Green & Sustainable Supply Chains, Water Management concerns from the Private Sector perspective, Water & Climate Change Management, Corporate Environmental Management,
Predictive Modeling in Strategic Decision Making, and Entrepreneurship Management.
EDUCATION
She is a Doctorate in Management from Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (FPM, IIMC 1976), has a M.Sc. in Applied Math from Science College, University of Calcutta and a B. Sc. In Math(honors)
from Presidency College Calcutta.
COURSES TAUGHT AT MSB
Multivariate Analysis in Business Decisions.
H. R. Analytics.
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
- In 1984, Dr. Rao left for the Philippines and worked for over two decades till 2009 as Full Professor at the Asian Institute of Management, AIM, Manila, Philippines.
- On return to India, she continued teaching as Visiting Professor at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad; Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai; IIM Ranchi; and, MYRA School of Business, Mysore.
- She was included in the Top-10 Analytics academicians in India, as per survey in 2014.
- She has also taught in China in 2016 at the Fudan University, School of Economics, Shanghai, as Visiting Professor.
- Her latest book publication “Business Analytics, an application focus”, PHI, 2013, is now used as textbook for Analytics courses in many major Business Schools in India.
- From 1976 to 1984, she worked in India in the following organizations:
- BHEL, Bharat Heavy Electricals, in the Corporate Strategy office (1976- 1978);
- the Efficiency Bureau at Railway Board, Ministry of Railways (1981-1984).
- Analytics in Business
- Marketing Research
- H.R. Analytics
- Green Supply Chain Management
- Climate Change Impacts
- Water Management
Recent Consulting Experience: I consulted with Healthy Workplaces Project Arogya World India Trust, 2017-2018.
- “Corporate Managers and Climate Change Impacts “(January 2022) Co-authored with Anirban Das, Great Lakes Herald, Vol 14 Issue no 2.
- “Green Supply Chain Management in Hotel Azure, a case in sustainability”,(December 2020), Journal of Supply Chain Management Systems. 9(2&3):28-38.
- “Exploring Private Sector Initiatives for Adaptation to Climate Change Impacts on Water”, (2020), International Journal of Business Analytics and Intelligence, Vol 8, Issue 1, pp: 53-63
- “Role of Managers in Development, Public Private Partnership Projects, PPPs, …perceived benefits and challenges… an empirical assessment ” (Dec 2019), co-authored with Suleiman Safdar, Great Lakes Herald, Vol 13, (2).
- “Organizational Initiatives to enhance Employee Well Being, Preventing/Reducing the Onset of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Workplace” (June 2019), International Journal of Business Ethics in Developing Economies, Vol 8(1): 1-12.
- “Green Supply Chain Management: A Study Based on SMEs in India” (May 2019), Journal of Supply Chain Management Systems. 8(1):15-24
- “Analyzing Consumer Preference for Online Booking of Tourism and Hospitality in India” (2017), co-authored with Amit Kumar, Amrit Kumar, Dipayan Chakraborty, Pallav Abhishek, Atithya: A Journal of Hospitality, Vol, 3, (2).
- “An Application of Structural Equation Modelling to Determine the Inclusion of Climate Change Topics in MBA Education”, (2017), International Journal of Business Analytics and Intelligence, co-authored with Rahul Pulupudi and Suman Sen, Vol 5, Issue 1, April 2017.
- “Factors Affecting Customer Satisfaction in the Taxi Service Market in India”(2016), co-authored with Abdul Wahid Khan, Ambika Jangid, Ankit Bansal, Maruthappan S., Shiven Chaudhary, Vinay Tyagi, Journal of Entrepreneurship and Management Volume 5 Issue 3 October 2016
- “Would Private Sector be Inclined to Take up Initiatives to Address Water Crisis in India?” (2016) co-authored with Jain, S., Millin, A., VIKALPA The Journal for Decision Makers41(2) 1–14 © 2016 Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad SAGE Publications.
- “Impact of Climate Change: Survey of Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies of Junior Corporate Executives in India”, Co-authored with Arun Thamizvanan. Vol 6, No.4. Nov 2014,International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management, Emerald, UK
- “Measuring Environmental Performance across Green Supply Chain: A managerial overview of Environmental Indicators” , Vikalpa, vol 39, number 1, Jan-March, 2014.http://www.vikalpa.com/pdf/articles/2014/vikalpa-39-1-57-74.pdf
- “Predicting the Relative Values of social entrepreneurial opportunities…. … an application in conjoint analysis” (2015) Great Lakes Herald, November
- “Applying Analytics to Sustainability Concerns, The case of Greening the Supply Chain for Small and Medium Enterprises in Chennai” (2015) Analytics India Magazine: http://analyticsindiamag.com/applying-analytics-to-sustainability-concerns/
- “Does Awareness to Climate Change lead to Behavioral Change?” Co-authored with Indrani R.Halady, 2010, International Journal of Climate Change Strategies and Management ,Emerald, UK, (2010) Vol2. No.1.
- “A Metric for Corporate Environmental Indicators, for Small and Medium Enterprises in the Philippines” ,with Alok Singh et al.,2008,Business Strategy and Environment, John Wiley UK.
- “Greening of the Supply Chain… An Empirical Study for SMEs in the Philippines”, Spring 2007.Journal of Asia Business Studies, San Francisco, California.
- “Do Green Supply Chains lead to competitiveness and economic performance?” 2005 International Journal of Operations and Production Management, IJOPM,co-authored with Diane Holt Vol 25, N0.9
- “Greening the Supply Chain: a new initiative in Southeast Asia” Vol. 22 Nov. 2002; IJOPM – International Journal of Operations and Production Management. (IJOPM)
- “Greening Production – A South East Asian Experience” IJOPM (2004), Vol 24 No. 3, International Journal of Operations and Production Management. (IJOPM)
- FACTORS AFFECTING CONSUMER’S CHOICE TO USE MOBILE WALLET TO ACCESS M-COMMERCE INDUSTRY IN INDIA”,(2017), co-authored with Abhilasha Seam, Raja Sekhar Reddy, Snehil Agrawal, Behara Krishna Chaitanya, Himanshu Bist, Suleman Safdar, Pranav Ranjan Patil, International Journal on Customer Relations,Volume 5, Issue 1, March 2017.
- “Environmental Indicators for small and medium enterprises in the Philippines. An empirical research.”, 2005 volume 14(2006) Journal of Cleaner Production.
- “The Greening of Suppliers—in the South East Asian Context”, 2005. Journal of Cleaner Production. Volume 13. Pp: 935-945.