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Faculty Profile

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Sushanta Kumar Sarma

Primary Areagroup(s):

OB-HR

Designation:

Associate Professor

Date of Joining:

18/03/2019

Qualification:

Fellow, IRMA

Nature of Association:

Regular

Secondary Areagroup(s):

Strategic Management

sushanta@irma.ac.in

(O) 221965

Courses

  • Manager`s Guide to Career Management
  • Organizational Structure and Design
  • Values and Ethics in Management
  • Human Resources Management
  • Hybrid and Dual Purpose Organizations
  • Dual Purpose Organizations and Social Enterprises
  • Organisation Behaviour
  • Individual and Group Behaviour

Journal(Article)

  • Sarma, S.K., Kumar, K.K. and Mishra, S.K. (2022), "Strategic response to COVID-19: how do social enterprises navigate crisis situations?", Social Enterprise Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/SEJ-07-2021-0052

Journal(Notes)

  • Sarma S.K., Lalai D., Agrawal I. (2021), "The liminal impact of lockdown on the Baheliya community", Development in Practice

Journal(Article)

  • Sushanta K. Sarma (2019), "Retaining the social goal: role of path creation in for-profit social enterprises", Journal of Management History, DOI: 10.1108/JMH-08-2018-0039
  • Sushanta K. Sarma (2019), "Composition of Indian Microfinance: A Case for Competing Logics", International Journal of Organizational Analysis, 27(5), pp:1298-1316
  • Mukul Kumar and Sushanta Kumar Sarma (2016), "Searching for the Middle Path in Microfinance Delivery, Social Change 46 (4), pp. 512-525; December. DOI: 10.117/0049085716666596
  • Sarma S K and Mehta M (2014) "The Best Model for Micro-Lending: Self-Help Group or Joint Liability Group?", Journal of Rural Development, Vol. 33 No. (3) pp. 247-260

Article in reputed national newspaper and EPW

  • Sushanta Kumar Sarma (2020), The Gram Panchayat in Bihar take the battle against Covid head on, (co-authored), The Hindu Business Line, August 3, 2020
  • Sushanta Kumar Sarma and Madhavi Mehta (2020), Leading through the Covid-19 Crisis: A Dairy Producer company`s response to the pandemic (co-authored), Financial Express, July 6, 2020

Chapters in Edited Books

  • Sushanta K. Sarma (2020), "Investigating failed social entrepreneurship: A process research perspective", Majumdar and S and Reji, EM (Ed.); Methodological Issues in Social Entrepreneurship Knowledge and Practice, Springer Publications

Conference

National
  • Sushanta Kumar Sarma Presented paper on Addressing the Politicians` Dilemma: Insights from Social Enterprises at the 6th Biennial Indian Academy of Management, IIM Trichy; January 2-4, 2020.
  • Sushanta Kumar Sarma Presented paper (with Anu Ann Alexander and Shishir Kumar Jha) on Understanding varied forms of social entrepreneurship through an institutional logics perspective at the 6th Biennial Indian Academy of Management, IIM Trichy; January 2-4, 2020.

MDP-Coordinated

  • Business on Values for Senior Executives of ESAF, (October 17 - 19, 2024)
  • Engaging for Successful Performance for the Staff of Finance and Accounting Function at GCMMF and its Member Unions, (July 27 - 28, 2023)
  • Engaging for Successful Performance for the Staff of Finance and Accounting Function at GCMMF and its Member Unions, (July 12 - 13, 2023)
  • Ethics and Co-operative Values for Amul Dairy, (July 5 - 5, 2023)
  • Ethics and Co-operative Values for Amul Dairy, (July 4 - 4, 2023)
  • Ethics and Co-operative Values for Amul Dairy, (July 3 - 3, 2023)
  • Ethics and Co-operative Values for Amul Dairy, (June 16 - 16, 2023)
  • Ethics and Co-operative Values for Amul Dairy, (June 15 - 15, 2023)
  • Ethics and Co-operative Values for the Field Supervisors of Milk Procurement Division, Amul Dairy, (March 4 - 4, 2023)
  • Ethics and Co-operative Values for the Field Supervisors of Milk Procurement Division, Amul Dairy, (March 3 - 3, 2023)
  • Ethics and Co-operative Values for the Field Supervisors of Milk Procurement Division, Amul Dairy, (March 2 - 2, 2023)
  • Enhancing Accountability and Ownership through Behavioural Changes for Amul Dairy, (May 20 - 20, 2022)
  • Enhancing Accountability and Ownership through Behavioural Changes for Amul Dairy, (May 19 - 19, 2022)
  • Engaging for Successful Performance for the Staff of Finance and Accounting Function at GCMMF and its Member Unions, (March 15 - 16, 2022)
  • Enhancing Accountability and Ownership through Behavioural Changes for Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers& Union Limited, (March 12 - 12, 2022)
  • Enhancing Accountability and Ownership through Behavioural Changes for Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers& Union Limited, (March 11 - 11, 2022)
  • Engaging for Successful Performance for the Staff of Finance and Accounting Function at GCMMF and its Member Unions, (November 16 - 17, 2021)
  • Certificate Course on Effective Leadership through Delegation and Coaching, (August 27 - September 25, 2021)
  • Staying Motivated and Motivating Others for Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers& Union Limited, (August 26 - 26, 2021)
  • Human Capital Management in Development Organizations, (January 9 - 10, 2020)
  • Entrepreneurship Development Programme for SC/ST Entrepreneurs, (December 17 - 22, 2019)
  • Building a People Centric Organization, (December 16 - 17, 2019)

MDP-Instructed

  • Training to the Elected Representatives and Officers of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department, Tamil Nadu, (March 13 - 17, 2023)
  • Training for Area Managers of Tata Trusts (Campus Connect-2), (February 5 - 12, 2023)
  • Training to the Elected Representatives and Officers of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department, Tamil Nadu, (December 6 - 10, 2022)
  • Developing Leadership Competence for the Cluster Managers of IDFC FIRST Bank, (November 21 - 24, 2022)
  • Training for Area Managers of Tata Trusts (Campus Connect-3), (November 12 - 16, 2022)
  • Training to the Elected Representatives and Officers of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department, Tamil Nadu, (October 31 - November 4, 2022)
  • Training to the Elected Representatives and Officers of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department, Tamil Nadu, (October 17 - 21, 2022)
  • Developing Leadership for NDDB Officers, (October 17 - 19, 2022)
  • Training to the Elected Representatives and Officers of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department, Tamil Nadu, (September 26 - 30, 2022)
  • Executive Effectiveness in Public Organizations for PRIDE, (September 19 - 22, 2022)
  • Developing Leadership Competence for the Cluster Managers of IDFC First Bank, (September 6 - 9, 2022)
  • Training for Area Managers of Tata Trusts (Campus Connect-1), (August 17 - 28, 2022)
  • Training to the Elected Representatives and Officers of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department, Tamil Nadu, (August 8 - 12, 2022)
  • Training to the Officers of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department, Tamil Nadu, (July 11 - 15, 2022)
  • Training to the Elected Representatives and Officers of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Department, Tamil Nadu, (June 13 - 17, 2022)
  • Training for Area Managers of Tata Trusts (Campus Connect-2), (May 19 - 26, 2022)
  • Developing Leadership Competence for the Cluster Managers of IDFC First Bank, (April 18 - 22, 2022)
  • Leadership for Organizational Excellence for National Fertilizers Limited, (March 21 - 25, 2022)
  • Training for Area Managers of Tata Trusts (Campus Connect-1), (December 1 - 12, 2021)
  • Collective Immersion Programme for ALC India, (November 9 - 13, 2021)
  • Madhyama-1 Programme for IndianOil Institute of Petroleum Management, (September 23 - 30, 2021)
  • Senior Management Programme for TransUnion CIBIL Limited, (March 9 - 10, 2021)
  • Training and Skill Development Programme for Uttarakhand State Rural Livelihoods Mission, (February 23 - 26, 2021)
  • Leadership and Communication, (February 15 - 19, 2021)
  • Training and Facilitation Programme for Agribusiness Entrepreneurs for Uttarakhand Decentralized Watershed Development Project, (December 9 - 24, 2020)
  • Entrepreneurship Development Programme for SC/ST Entrepreneurs (Batch-1), (March 2 - 7, 2020)
  • Entrepreneurship Development Programme for SC/ST Entrepreneurs (Batch-2), (March 2 - 7, 2020)
  • Developing Leadership for NDDB Officers, (February 5 - 7, 2020)
  • Entrepreneurship Development Programme for SC/ST Entrepreneurs, (December 9 - 14, 2019)
  • Handholding of Farmer Producer Organizations for NCDEX, (December 2 - 5, 2019)
  • Managerial Effectiveness for Superior Performance, (October 3 - 5, 2019)
  • Essentials of Finance and Agribusiness for Farmer Producer Organizations, (September 23 - 24, 2019)
  • Handholding of Farmer Producer Organizations for NCDEX, (August 27 - 30, 2019)
  • Strategic Leadership and Change Management for National Dairy Development Board, (August 19 - 23, 2019)
  • Training of Trainers to Enhance their Effectivity in Training Others, (August 5 - 7, 2019)

Research and Consulting

Completed
  • Evalution Study of District Rural Development Authority(DRDA) Scheme (Member)
On going
  • Developing Leadership Pipeline at Vasudhara Dairy Through Coaching ? Batch II (Member)
  • Tata Trust Mentoring for Action Learning projects (Member)
  • Strengthening Governance in FPCs (Coordinator)
  • Assessment of Functions and Future Potentials of NAFCARD (Member)
  • Developing Leadership Pipeline at Vasudhara Dairy Through Coaching (Member)
  • Qualitative Research course at IIT Mandi (Coordinator)
  • Farmers Training and Facilitation MH and MP (Member)
  • Curriculum Development for SMART Incubation Centre-TMF (Coordinator)
  • Impact Assessment of Infrastructures Supported by TVS SST Across 4 Clusters in Tamil Nadu (Member)
  • Consulting, training, and handholding for Dehaat jointly with Niiti Consulting (Member)
  • Impact Assessment of SST&s Initiatives in the State of Tamil Nadu (Member)
  • DST-i-STED-CSEE (Member)