Dr. V. Mukunda Das presented a paper on ‘Antecedents and Consequences of Corporate Societal Marketing’: An exploratory Study from India at the 2009 INFORMS Marketing Science Conference at Stephen M. Ross School of Business University of Michigan, Michigan USA, June 4th-6th, 2009.

Dr. V. Mukunda Das (co-author, Prof. K.B. Saji Nair), presented a paper titled “Investigating the Role of Corporate Societal Marketing Programmes in Building Corporate Brand Equity ” at the INFORMS Marketing Science Conference on Societal Marketing/Branding/Marketing Strategy organised at Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in June 12th -14th, 2008.

Dr. V. Mukunda Das presented a paper on “Emerging India and New Management Challenges”, in a National Conference organised by Indian Business Academy, Noida, Delhi on 19th February, 2008.

Dr. V. Mukunda Das presented a paper on “Social Sector: The Emerging Future Scenario in India” at Development Convention organised by Institute of Public Enterprises in Hyderabad on 20th February, 2008.

Three Ph.Ds in Business Studies were completed under the guidance of Dr. V. Mukunda Das in 2008.

Dr. V. Mukunda Das chaired the session on Rural Marketing in India organised by Indian Business Academy on 22nd March 2007.

Prof., Mishra, B.L. participated in the Research Committee Meeting of CMR BIRD Lucknow held on 28th August, 2008.

Prof., Mishra, B.L. attended a Consultancy Workshop on ‘Vision Building for Micro-Finance for Bihar’ organised by Access Development Services, in Patna on 12th December, 2008.

Prof. Mishra, Bidhanesh delivered a lecture on Management Education in Patna at the Education Fair held in November ’08.

Dr. Soumyananda Dinda published a book titled “Environment and Development Trajectory-A Fresh look on Theory and Empirics”.Publisher:Nova Science Publishers ,Inc(US).

Dr. Soumyananda Dinda , presented a paper titled ““Social Capital Formation and Economic Development in LDCs; A productive Consumption Approach ” at the 4th International Symposium on Economic Theory,Policy and Applications held in Athens from 3rd to 6th aug 2009 at Athens Institute for Education and Research, Greece.

Prof. Sinha, Rashmi presented a Case Study on MFI in Bihar which was sent to International Micro-Finance Conference organised by BIRD, NABARD at Lucknow in Jan-Feb ’09.

Prof. Menon, A. G. (co-author, Mohanty, B.) published a paper titled “Understanding Organisational Performance: A Conceivable Measure for Organisational Excellence” (pgs. 12-19). Growth (Journal of the Management Training Institute, SAIL, Ranchi, India), 36(1), 2008, April-June.

Prof. Menon, A. G. (co-author, Mohanty, B.) presented a paper titled “Alliance capability through the dynamic capability framework” at the Annual meeting of Southern Management Association, St Pete’s beach, Florida, USA 2008, October.

Prof. Menon, A. G. (co-author, Mohanty, B.) presented a paper titled “Organisational Performance: A Multi Dimensional Perspective” IIM Lucknow 2008, May.

Prof. Padhiari, Hemant (Co-author, Ballabh V.), published a paper titled “Governance of Water: Institutional Alternatives and Political Economy”, (pgs. 174-194). Interstate Water Disputes and the Governance Challenge, Sage Publication in 2008.