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Chairperson's Message

At the Centre for Research Studies at Birla Institute of Management Technology (BIMTECH), our Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) and Executive Fellow Programme in Management (EFPM) embody BIMTECH’s mission of being the preferred choice for learners, faculty, and organizations seeking excellence in management education. These programmes are designed to build strong theoretical and methodological foundations while fostering the ability to generate impactful insights that address pressing organizational, societal, and global challenges.

Guided by BIMTECH’s mission to create and disseminate knowledge for positive societal impact, FPM and EFPM provide a vibrant platform for diverse learners. The FPM prepares young researchers to emerge as innovative thinkers and future faculty, while the EFPM enables experienced professionals to enrich their practice with research-driven perspectives and contribute as thought leaders in their domains.

True to BIMTECH’s values of inculcating innovation, technology orientation, entrepreneurial spirit, and a global mindset, both programmes emphasize responsible leadership and sustainability in all activities. By integrating academic excellence with practical relevance, we are committed to developing a community of scholars and professionals who will advance knowledge, influence policy, and inspire organizations worldwide with ethics, integrity, and responsibility.

Dr. G. N. Patel
Chairperson - Center for Research
chairperson.dp@bimtech.ac.in

About the Program

BIMTECH Students

FPM

  • Approved by AICTE (Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India) and recognized by AIU as equivalent to a PhD.
  • Designed for full-time research scholars.
  • Scholarships for four years: Rs. 50,000 (for 1st and 2nd years), Rs. 55,000 (3rd and 4th years).
  • Prepares scholars for careers in academia and industry.
  • Scholars can choose from 8 specializations being offered.
  • Full tuition fee waiver provided for all eligible research scholars.

EFPM

  • Approved by AICTE (Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India) and recognized by AIU as equivalent to a PhD.
  • Tailored for working executives with research-driven career aspirations.
  • Classes on weekends for working professionals.
  • Coursework designed to build on the executives’ professional experience and academic foundation.
  • Enhances research and consulting competencies relevant to real-world business contexts.
  • Tuition Fee: ₹80,000 per annum (for Indian scholars).

FPM - About The Program

Birla Institute of Management Technology

Offers a Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) approved by All India Council for Technical Education (Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India), which is a doctoral level programme for full time research scholar, with an objective to groom talented young researchers to be transformed into innovative thinkers and real world solution providers, seeking opportunities in academics or industry. The FPM effectively draws from the research strengths of faculty members at BIMTECH, who have cutting-edge research competence. This programme is both academically rigorous as well as highly relevant to the needs of today’s globalised business.

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Scholarship for FPM students WITH a valid UGC-NET JRF/CAT score of 90 percentile and above: 1st year – Rs.50,000/-, 2nd year – Rs. 55,000/-, 3rd & 4th year – Rs. 60,000/

Scholarship for FPM students WITHOUT a valid UGC-NET JRF/CAT Score of 90 percentile and above: 1st year – Rs. 45,000/-, 2nd year – Rs. 50,000/-, 3rd & 4th year – Rs. 55,000/-. In addition to the monthly stipend, full-time research scholars also receive a research grant up to of Rs. 1.80 Lakhs.

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Scholarship for FPM students

Scholarship for FPM students WITHOUT a valid UGC-NET JRF/CAT Score of 90 percentile and above: 1st year – Rs. 45,000/-, 2nd year – Rs. 50,000/-, 3rd & 4th year – Rs. 55,000/-. In addition to the monthly stipend, full-time research scholars also receive a research grant up to of Rs. 1.80 Lakhs.

In addition to training future researchers in the domain of business education, this programme also serves to boost research capability and invigorate motivation and creativity. FPM (Doctoral) scholars are expected to be involved as research/teaching assistants and strive to be co-author with faculty members, making it a win-win proposition for the scholars as well as the mentors.

The research focus of FPM (Doctoral) programme leads to state-of-art research insights. This contributes both to the research scholars getting new knowledge and the institute in bringing the new knowledge to the classroom. Leading Business schools around the globe, without exception, have this feature in their curriculum.

FPM is aligned to our mission of creating and disseminating knowledge in global context which suitably places our Fellows as future faculty and industrial researchers. It embodies our assurance to being a class apart; being innovative. Ultimately, it enables us to have a superior impact on academia as well as industry. This programme is a full time programme.

Recognition and Accreditation

  • AICTE-approved doctoral-level program recognized by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) as equivalent to a PhD degree awarded by an Indian university.
  • AACSB Accredited

Areas of Specialization

  • Business Communications
  • Economics & International Business
  • Finance, Insurance & Risk Management
  • Information Technology
  • Marketing & Retail
  • Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management
  • Operations & Decision Sciences
  • Strategy, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability & CSR

Scholarships and Fee waivers

  • Scholarships for four years: Rs. 50,000 (for 1st and 2nd years), Rs. 55,000 (3rd and 4th years).
  • Enhanced scholarship for candidates with valid JRF/UGC-NET/CAT scores of 90 percentile and above: Rs. 50,000 to Rs. 60,000 per month.
  • Tuition fee waiver for full-time FPM scholars.

Resources & Opportunities

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  • The BIMTECH Library offers a comprehensive collection of academic resources to support research and learning. It houses 84,410 books, 152 print periodicals (129 national and 23 international), 14 newspapers, and 95 theses.
  • The digital collection includes 17 online databases, 8,862 full-text online journals & more than 20,000 e-books.
  • The library also provides access to a wide range of e-resources such as Harvard Business School Publishing (Standard Site License), The Case Centre, Scopus, ACE Equity, CMIE Industry Outlook, Indiastat, Emerald eJournal Collection, Passport GMID (Euromonitor), EBSCOhost, ProQuest, Turnitin with AI detector, DELNET, National Digital Library, Atlas.ti, TickerPlant, NPTEL, and Shodhganga.
  • FPM scholars at BIMTECH have the opportunity to assist faculty members in teaching and research activities, helping them build strong academic and research competencies.
  • The EFPM programme is designed with flexibility in mind, offering weekend classes to accommodate the professional commitments of working executives.

Eligibility Criteria

A candidate for FPM/EFPM should have:

  • A master’s degree or equivalent in any discipline with at least 60% marks or equivalent grade point average recognized by AICTE / AIU with a Bachelor’s degree (3 years) / equivalent qualification after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2).
  • Five-year integrated Master’s Degree Programme in any discipline with at least 60% marks, obtained after completing higher secondary schooling (10+2) or equivalent.
  • Qualified CA / CS / ICWA with minimum 50% marks along with a B.Com Degree.
  • In addition to the academic qualification, candidates applying for EFPM need to have a minimum of 5 years of managerial/executive/teaching experience.
  • The maximum age limit is 45 years for FPM candidates as on the date of the application.

FPM/EFPM Learning Goals

  • LG1: Equip scholars with skills of effective learning.
  • LG2: Equip scholars with skills to design doctoral research.
  • LG3: Equip scholars with skills to conduct doctoral research.
  • LG4: Equip scholars with ability to produce publishable research outputs by way of research paper and cases.

Curriculum

  • Business Statistics
  • Research Methodology I
  • Philosophy, Theory of research and ethics
  • Domain course 1

  • RM II (Advanced quantitative research methods)
  • RM III (Qualitative Research Methods)
  • Basics for literature review
  • Domain course 2 (Area course)

  • Course of Independent Study (Seminar)
  • Domain course 3 (Method of choice) (Seminar)
  • Case writing/ Writing Review paper (TSC Members)

  • Business Statistics
  • Research Methodology I

  • Philosophy, Theory of research and ethics
  • Basics for Literature Review
  • Domain Course 1
  • Module Progress 1 (Seminar)

  • RM II (Advanced quantitative research methods)
  • Domain Course 2
  • Module Progress 2 (Seminar)

  • RM III (Qualitative Research Methods)
  • Domain Course 3 (Method of choice) (Seminar)
  • Case writing/ Writing Review paper (TSC Members)
  • Module Progress 2 (Seminar)

S.No. Name Social Icon FPM/EFPM Area Image Scholar CV
1 Twinkle Shukla icon FPM OB And HR Twinkle Shukla View
2 Vivek Malik icon FPM Strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship Vivek Malik View
3 Archana Yallapantula icon EFPM OB And HR Archana Yallapantula
4 Sani Kant Kumar icon EFPM Marketing Sani Kant Kumar
5 Sachin Kumar Tiwari icon EFPM Operations And Decision Sciences Sachin Kumar Tiwari
6 Dibya Bose icon EFPM Operations And Decision Sciences Dibya Bose
7 Anshuman Srivastava icon EFPM Marketing Anshuman Srivastava View
8 Somraj Bhattacharjee icon EFPM Marketing Somraj Bhattacharjee View
9 Abishek Gupta icon FPM Economics Abishek Gupta View
10 Anubhab Ghoshal icon FPM Finance Anubhab Ghoshal View
11 Priyanka Sengar icon FPM Finance Priyanka Sengar View
12 Sandeep icon FPM Economics Sandeep View
13 Manish Singh EFPM OB And HR Manish Singh
14 Nikhil Patni icon EFPM Strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship Nikhil Patni
15 Nikita Parashar icon EFPM OB And HR Nikita Parashar View
16 Rajeev Sharma icon EFPM Strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship Rajeev Sharma
17 Rashmi Bahuguna Chamola icon EFPM Finance Rashmi Bahuguna Chamola View
18 Rupali Singh icon EFPM Marketing Rupali Singh View
19 Ashish Awasthi icon FPM Marketing Ashish Awasthi View
20 Lagna Nayak icon FPM OB And HR Lagna Nayak View
21 Digbijay Nayak EFPM Strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship Digbijay Nayak View
22 Shweta Goela icon EFPM Strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship Shweta Goela View
23 Sheetal Gupta icon FPM Finance Sheetal Gupta
24 Sachin Tyagi icon FPM OB And HR Santosh Kumar
25 Jyoti Singh icon EFPM Finance Jyoti Singh View
26 Kanchan Pant icon EFPM Finance Kanchan Pant
27 Rajneesh Gupta icon EFPM OB And HR Rajneesh Gupta
28 Santosh Kumar EFPM Marketing Santosh Kumar
29 Maya Vimal Pandey icon FPM Insurance Maya Vimal Pandey
30 Amit Gupta EFPM Strategy, innovation and entrepreneurship Amit Gupta
31 Bhavna Thawani icon EFPM Finance with IT Bhavna Thawani
32 Anil Kumar Verma EFPM Economics Anil Kumar Verma View

S.No Batch Name Program Current Status Awarded/submission Year
1 2020 Vikas Gupta EFPM Degree Awarded 2025
2 2020 Arnab Kumar Das EFPM Degree Awarded 2025
3 2020 Shreeram Iyer EFPM Degree Awarded 2025
4 2020 Suman FPM Degree Awarded 2025
5 2018 Shailee Singh FPM Thesis Submitted 2025
6 2020 Nivedita Jha FPM Thesis Submitted 2025
7 2021 Riya Bindra FPM Thesis Submitted 2025
8 2017 Monika Mittal EFPM Degree Awarded 2024
9 2014 Ashutosh Kumar EFPM Degree Awarded 2023
10 2014 Sanjay Kumar Das Kayasth EFPM Degree Awarded 2023
11 2015 Deepak Chamola EFPM Degree Awarded 2023
12 2016 Shruti Batra EFPM Degree Awarded 2023
13 2016 Aditi Mudgal FPM Degree Awarded 2023
14 2018 Virender Kumar EFPM Degree Awarded 2023
15 2018 R Satya Krishna Sharma FPM Degree Awarded 2023
16 2019 Daitri Tiwary FPM Degree Awarded 2023
17 2017 Saurabh Pradhan FPM Degree Awarded 2022
18 2018 Reeti Kulshrestha FPM Degree Awarded 2022
19 2014 Mayuk Dasgupta EFPM Degree Awarded 2022
20 2015 Subhamay Chatterjee EFPM Degree Awarded 2021
21 2014 Harbir Singh EFPM Degree Awarded 2020
22 2014 Abhijeet Lele FPM Degree Awarded 2019
23 2014 Shreya Mishra FPM Degree Awarded 2019
24 2013 Nimisha Singh EFPM Degree Awarded 2018
25 2013 Amrendra Pandey FPM Degree Awarded 2016
26 2013 Veenu Sharma FPM Degree Awarded 2016
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Rsearch Fellow

Name Program Area of Specialization Current Designation Email
Ms. Maya Vimal Pandey Fellow Programme in Management Finance, Insurance and Risk Management Research Scholar, BIMTECH maya.pandey_fpm20@bimtech.ac.in
Ms. Nivedita Jha Fellow Programme in Management OB & HR Research Scholar, BIMTECH nivedita.jha_fpm20@bimtech.ac.in
Ms. Suman Fellow Programme in Management Strategy, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability and CSR Research Scholar, BIMTECH suman_fpm20@bimtech.ac.in
Ms. Suman Fellow Programme in Management Strategy, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability and CSR Research Scholar, BIMTECH suman_fpm20@bimtech.ac.in
Ms. Riya Bindra Fellow Programme in Management Economics Research Scholar, BIMTECH riya.bindra_fpm21@bimtech.ac.in
Mr. Sachin Tyagi Fellow Programme in Management Finance, Insurance and Risk Management Research Scholar, BIMTECH sachin.tyagi_fpm21@bimtech.ac.in
Ms. Sheetal Gupta Fellow Programme in Management Finance, Insurance and Risk Management Research Scholar, BIMTECH sheetal.gupta_fpm21@bimtech.ac.in
Mr. Ashish Awasthi Fellow Programme in Management Marketing Research Scholar, BIMTECH ashish.awasthi_fpm22@bimtech.ac.in
Ms. Lagna Nayak Fellow Programme in Management OB & HR Research Scholar, BIMTECH lagna.nayak_fpm22@bimtech.ac.in
Mr. Abishek Gupta Fellow Programme in Management Economics Research Scholar, BIMTECH abishek.gupta_fpm23@bimtech.ac.in
Mr. Anubhab Ghoshal Fellow Programme in Management Finance, Insurance and Risk Management Research Scholar, BIMTECH anubhab.ghoshal_fpm23@bimtech.ac.in
Mr. Anubhab Ghoshal Fellow Programme in Management Finance, Insurance and Risk Management Research Scholar, BIMTECH anubhab.ghoshal_fpm23@bimtech.ac.in
Ms Priyanka Sengar Fellow Programme in Management Finance, Insurance and Risk Management Research Scholar, BIMTECH priyanka.sengar_fpm23@bimtech.ac.in
Mr Sandeep Fellow Programme in Management Economics Research Scholar, BIMTECH sandeep_fpm23@bimtech.ac.in
Mr Ramkiran Mukherjee Fellow Programme in Management Operations and Decision Sciences Research Scholar, BIMTECH ramkiran.mukherjee_fpm24@bimtech.ac.in
Ms Monika Mittal Executive Fellow Programme in Management Marketing Faculty, BIMTECH monika.mittal_efpm17@bimtech.ac.in
Mr Anil Kumar Verma Executive Fellow Programme in Management Economics - anil.verma_efpm19@bimtech.ac.in
Mr Amit Gupta Executive Fellow Programme in Management Strategy, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability and CSR - amit.gupta_efpm20@bimtech.ac.in
Mr Arnab Kumar Das Executive Fellow Programme in Management OB & HR Asst. Vice President at Canara HSBC OBC Life Insurance Company arnabkumar.das_efpm20@bimtech.ac.in
Ms Bhavna Thawani Executive Fellow Programme in Management Finance, Insurance and Risk Management Deputy Manager at HDFC Life bhavna.thawani_efpm20@bimtech.ac.in
Mr Pankaj Singh Rawat Executive Fellow Programme in Management Strategy, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability and CSR DGM at Maruti Suzuki pankaj.rawat_efpm20@bimtech.ac.in
Mr Parveen Kumar Executive Fellow Programme in Management Strategy, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability and CSR Deputy Director at Ministry of Skill Development parveen.kumar_efpm20@bimtech.ac.in
Mr Shreeram Iyer Executive Fellow Programme in Management Strategy, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability and CSR Startup Expert at EY, ex-T-Hub shreeram.iyer_efpm20@bimtech.ac.in
Mr Vikas Gupta Executive Fellow Programme in Management Strategy, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability and CSR Vice-president at NatWest India vikas.gupta_efpm20@bimtech.ac.in
Ms Jyoti Singh Executive Fellow Programme in Management Finance, Insurance and Risk Management Deputy Director at The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India jyoti.singh_efpm21@bimtech.ac.in
Mr Kanchan Pant Executive Fellow Programme in Management Finance, Insurance and Risk Management Manager, Risk Management at American Express India kanchan.pant_efpm21@bimtech.ac.in
Mr Rajneesh Gupta Executive Fellow Programme in Management OB & HR Executive Director at Indian Railways
Publication: "Construct validity of public service motivation in India"		 rajneesh.gupta_efpm21@bimtech.ac.in
Mr Santosh Kumar Executive Fellow Programme in Management Marketing Regional Technical Manager at Shell India Markets Pvt. Ltd santosh.kumar_efpm21@bimtech.ac.in
Mr Digbijay Nayak Executive Fellow Programme in Management Strategy, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability and CSR Senior Manager (Corporate Planning) at Engineers India Limited digbijay.nayak_efpm22@bimtech.ac.in
Ms Shweta Goela Executive Fellow Programme in Management Strategy, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability and CSR General Manager at Safexpress Pvt Ltd shweta.goela_efpm22@bimtech.ac.in
Mr Manish Singh Executive Fellow Programme in Management OB & HR DGM-HR at Blue Star Limited manish.singh_efpm23@bimtech.ac.in
Mr Nikhil Patni Executive Fellow Programme in Management Strategy, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability and CSR Sr. Manager at HLL Infratech Services Limited nikhil.patni_efpm23@bimtech.ac.in
Ms Nikita Parashar Executive Fellow Programme in Management OB & HR HR Manager at Dubaibulls nikita.parashar_efpm23@bimtech.ac.in
Mr Rajeev Sharma Executive Fellow Programme in Management Strategy, Innovation, Entrepreneurship, Sustainability and CSR Assistant Professor at BIMTECH rajeev.sharma_efpm23@bimtech.ac.in
Ms Rashmi Bahuguna Chamola Executive Fellow Programme in Management Finance, Insurance and Risk Management Sr. Manager-HR at Doon Fire Services rashmi.chamola_efpm23@bimtech.ac.in
Ms Rupali Singh Executive Fellow Programme in Management Marketing Sr. Manager at BIMTECH rupali.singh_efpm23@bimtech.ac.in
Mr Anshuman Srivastava Executive Fellow Programme in Management Marketing Sr. Manager (Admission Marketing) at BIMTECH anshuman.srivastava_efpm24@bimtech.ac.in
Mr Somraj Bhattacharjee Executive Fellow Programme in Management Marketing Marketing and Strategy Head at Education Management Solutions LLP somraj.bhattacharjee_efpm24@bimtech.ac.in

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Dr. G.N. Patel

Chairperson – Centre for Research

Email.chairperson.dp@bimtech.ac.in

Phone.+91-120-6843000-10

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Dr. Jamini Ranjan Meher

Coordinator – Centre for Research

Email.coordinator.crs@bimtech.ac.in

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Dr. Shailja Vasisht

Coordinator – Centre for Research

Email.coordinator.crs@bimtech.ac.in

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Mr. Ajeet Singh Rauthan

Manager – Centre for Research

Email.ajeet.rauthan@bimtech.ac.in

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Mr. Aavesh Kumar

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Mob.7042494212

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