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Rajagiri Business School Kochi Director and Faculty: Profile, Expertise, Research
Rajagiri Business School (RBS) Kochi, established in 2008, is part of Rajagiri Group of Institutions and functions as a standalone AICTE approved B-school. RBS is accredited by AACSB International, and ranked in Top 100 by NIRF and other MBA Rankings. Rajagiri Business School (RBS) Kochi Admissions 2026 is open. Apply now. Read Rajagiri Business School Kochi Director & Faculty details in this article.
Prof. Kishore Gopalakrishna Pillai, Director, Rajagiri Business School
Professor Kishore holds a Ph.D from Florida State University and an MBA from IIM Calcutta. Previously, he held academic positions in several leading British universities, including full professorial appointments at the Bradford University School of Management and the Norwich Business School, University of East Anglia. He has also served as the Dean of the ASB. His research focus is on consumer knowledge, social networks and retailing. His papers have been published in leading journals such as the Journal of Retailing, Research Policy, International Journal of Research in Marketing, Journal of Product Innovation Management, British Journal of Management, Thinking and Reasoning, Journal of Business Research, etc.
He is on the editorial boards of Journal of Business Research & Industrial Marketing Management. His research has attracted funding from the British Academy. He has edited special issues of journals, chaired several conference tracks and given keynote/plenary speeches at international conferences. Prior to his academic career, Kishore served in the industry and has been a senior project manager with TNS India and the Market Analyst at Arvind Brands Limited. In 2008, Professor Kishore was awarded the Brand Leadership Award at the Asia Brand Congress 2008, in recognition of contributions to the marketing profession. In 2019, Professor Kishore was awarded the Amity Global Academic Excellence Award, in recognition of contributions to academia.
Professor Kishore currently serves a Visiting Professor at the University of Aberdeen Business School, University of Aberdeen, UK. He also serves as a member of the ETS Business School Advisory Council (India), an Advisory Board Member of the Africa-Asia Centre for Sustainability, University of Aberdeen, UK and as an assessor of the Australian Research Council.
Name | Designation | Area |
|---|---|---|
Abraham Babu | Associate Professor | Finance |
Abraham Joseph | Assistant Professor | Finance |
Ancy Sara Philip | Assistant Professor | Finance |
Ann Mary Jose | Assistant Professor | Finance |
Brahmadev Panda | Associate Professor | Economics & Finance |
Dipti Lunawat | Assistant Professor | Finance |
Garima Sisodia | Associate Professor | Finance |
Jains P. Chacko | Assistant Professor | Finance |
Krishnan Chandramohan | Associate Professor | Finance |
Rintu Anthony | Associate Professor | Finance |
Ronny Thomas | Associate Professor | Finance |
Smitha Nair | Associate Professor | Finance |
Anil Kumar T V | Assistant Professor | Marketing |
Fr. Francis Sebastian CMI | Associate Professor | Marketing |
Jegan Jayapal | Associate Professor | Marketing |
Sandhya G. | Associate Professor | Marketing |
Smitha Siji | Professor | Marketing |
Somesh Kumar Sinha | Assistant Professor | Marketing |
Bala Subramanian R | Associate Professor | Human Resources |
Rahul R. Lexman | Assistant Professor | Human Resources |
Rohini Pillai | Assistant Professor | Human Resources |
Santosh Kumar Sharma | Associate Professor | Human Resources |
Vineetha Prakash | Assistant Professor | Human Resources |
Ebin Mathew | Assistant Professor | Operations |
George Joseph | Assistant Professor | Operations |
Harisankar S | Assistant Professor | Operations |
Mani P. Sam | Professor | General Management |
Gowri Vijayan | Assistant Professor | General Management |
Angela Susan Mathew | Professor | Information Systems |
Jose K. Puthur | Associate Professor | Information Systems |
Minnu F. Pynadath | Assistant Professor | Business Analytics |
Muhammed Niyas K. P | Assistant Professor | Business Analytics |
Sinimole K. R | Professor | Information Systems |
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