RV Institute of Management Bangalore Director and Faculty: Profile, Expertise, Research
RVIM is an Autonomous Institution permanently affiliated to Bengaluru City University, recognized by Government of Karnataka, AICTE approved and offers UGC recognized MBA Programme. In MAY 2019 RVIM was re-accredited by NAAC with ‘A+’ Grade valid till December 2026 & is certified by QS I-Gauge, a global accreditation agency for E-readiness in 2020 & Diamond certification in 2022 for subject ratings. RVIM Bangalore Admission 2026 Open. Apply Now
Dr. Purushottam Bung, Director, RVIM
Dr. Purushottam Bung is an engineer with a rich experience of around 28 plus years in Academia and industry (domestic and international). He completed PGDM from Melbourne Business School, Australia, one of the top 10 B-schools in the world and MBA from Monash University, one of the top universities in the world. He has a rich part time entrepreneurial experience of around 10 plus years in the food processing industry. He is on the expert/advisory/editorial panel of many Institutions, Universities, NGOs and journals. He has presented and published 28 plus research articles in national and international refereed journals.
Dr.Bung was conferred “Best Academic Leader of the year” by BMA( Bangalore Management Association during 65th Anniversary Award -2022. He was conferred with ‘Education leader of the year -2020 (pan India)’as part of National Education Excellence awards in 2020; “Enterprising Academic Leader of the year (South India)” as part of National Education Excellence Awards in 2018. He was conferred with “Distinguished Educator” award in 2013. In 2015 he was awarded as ‘Best Director of a B-school in Karnataka’ as part of education excellence awards – 2015. He is member of many Associations and Institutional bodies. He was elected the Fellow of World Academy of Productivity Sciences at Beijing, China recently. He is also a research fellow of Institute of Productivity, UK.
Dr. Bung is offering management consultancy services to local Businesses, Institutions and entrepreneurs as well. He has undertaken several funded research projects in various domains. He has completed a HarvardX course in collaboration with Pearson Global and Ureka Education group, UK on ‘Future of Learning’ and many MOOCs in the area of Design Thinking, Leadership, Negotiation and so on as part of continuous learning endeavor.
Dr. Bung has been training professionals on Building Entrepreneurial Skills; Design Thinking; Leadership skills; and YOGA – the ultimate stress reliever and the most promising tool to achieve work-life balance. He has completed the Foundation Course in YOGA from BBAU, a Central University, Lucknow and is a qualified YOGA Instructor certified by YOGA Certification Board, Ministry of AYUSH, GOI.
Dr. Bung worked as the professor and Director at KLS IMER, Belgaum, Karnataka from July-2011 till January-2018 – One of leading Management Institutions of North Karnataka. During his tenure, the Institution bagged the NAAC accreditation with grade A (CGPA of 3.24); started Sandbox Incubation Centre in collaboration with Deshpande Foundation; Got the 2(f) and 12(B) recognition from the UGC; started preparations to become Autonomous Institution (It became one in 2020); and grew across all fronts.
Currently he is working as Professor and Director at R V Institute of Management, a prestigious stand-alone Autonomous Institution of excellence at Bangalore which is part of prestigious RV group of Institutions. He is responsible for the growth of Institution across, all fronts, i.e. Academics, Research, Consultancy, Extension and Outreach, Admissions, Placements, Alumni Relations, Industry Linkages, Collaborations (Domestic & International), Accreditations & Rankings, Usage of ICT in everything that we do, etc.
During recent NAAC Reaccreditation, RVIM was graded with A+ grade (3.38 out of 4.0) and accredited by QS I-Gauge E-LEAD for E-Readiness. All these efforts have resulted in various recognitions and awards like; ‘Best B-School of the Year 2020 – South India’ and Improved rankings by various agencies like; Top 25 on pan India level on ROI; Top 10 in Bangalore Metro by Business India, The Week, Outlook, etc.
Faculty List of RVIM Bangalore
- Dr. Noor Firdoos Jahan – Professor
- Dr. Anupama K. Malagi – Professor
- Dr. Tamizharasi – Professor
- Dr. Srikanth P. – Professor
- Dr. Santosh M. – Associate Professor
- Dr. Jahnavi M. – Associate Professor
- Dr. J. Krithika – Associate Professor
- Dr. Rashmi Shetty – Assistant Professor
- Ms. Sowmya D. S. – Assistant Professor
- Dr. Vinay K. S. – Assistant Professor
- Dr. Kokila Kulkarni – Assistant Professor
- Dr. T. V. Raju – Director
- Mrs. M. Pushpa – Faculty Member
- Ms. Das Sangita Hemant – Faculty Member
- Sri. Gowrish – Faculty Member
- Sri. N. Suresh – Faculty Member