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Prof. (Dr.) Asha Prasuna

Current Position:

Professor of Economics and International Finance, Chairperson of Centre for Economic Policy Analysis and Research at KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai.

Introduction:

Asha Prasuna, PhD, based in India, associated with Mumbai based Business School as Professor of International Finance and Economics. Prior to that she served as Senior Domain Specialist with Dun & Bradstreet India from 2006 Jan till 2013 June. Earlier, she had worked as Assistant Vice President, Specialist, Economist at Unit Trust of India from May 1999 to March 2004. Dr. Prasuna has academic and corporate experience of over two decades. She Co-authored five books, of which three were published by Tata McGraw-Hill (during 2008-2010) titled Equity Research and Valuation, Fixed Income Securities and Wealth Management, Macroeconomics and Policy for managers by Cengage Publishers in 2019, Ethics in Banking 2018 published by by Taxmann. Dr. Prasuna holds experience in Mutual fund industry, Macroeconomics, Managerial Economics, Econometrics and International Finance. She has also conducted corporate training programs in the areas of Macro Economics, Econometrics and Mutual Funds. Dr. Prasuna has published three patents and several research papers in peer reviewed journals. She tracks economic and financial data and prepares reports and forecasts useful insights into the understanding of domestic and global economic environment. Dr. Prasuna holds Ph.D. in Economics from University of Hyderabad.

Prof. (Dr.) S.N.V. Siva Kumar

Current Position:

Professor & Area Chairperson, Economics at KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai for around 16 years.

Introduction:

Siva Kumar has been into academic field and teaching for nearly three decades at the post-graduate level. He holds Doctoral degree, Masters in Philosophy and Master of Arts, all in Economics, from the Central University of Hyderabad. He taught at Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, TA Pai Management Institute, Manipal and currently working as Professor and Head of Economics Area at KJ Somaiya Institute of Management Studies & Research, Mumbai. He has guided Ph.D. scholars in the fields of Management and Economics. He has supervised twelve doctoral students so far. He acts as examiner cum referee for several universities for the doctoral scholars. He has several research articles, books and patents to his credit. Siva Kumar has received several awards and recognitions and has received best professor in economics awards on multiple occasions. He is invited to THI, Germany for visiting Professorship during 2013. He delivered expert lectures at several public organisations and private institutions. He serves as an honorary member of management boards/ councils of organisations. His areas of interests include macroeconomics, business environment, business ethics and corporate governance, and managerial economics. He has been consulting editor for reputed publishers.

Ms. Chitra Singaraju

Current Position:

A freelancer and HR Consultant to training organisations & management schools in Hyderabad.

Introduction:

Chitra Singaraju is an experienced HR professional associated with various Corporate and Training institutions. She has started her career with brands like Hindustan Unilever & Firmenich in the manufacturing industry and later moved to IT where she handled employee relations at Tech Mahindra. Currently she is a freelancer and HR Consultant to organisations & management schools in Hyderabad. She is pursuing research work in the field of Human Resources.

She has completed her Bachelors in Business Management from Mumbai University and MBA in HR from Bharati Vidyapeeth Institute of Management Studies & Research, Navi Mumbai.

Her areas of interest are Human Resource Management, Organisational Behaviour, Employee engagement and Training & Development.