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5 days.
Registration Fees: - ₹ 1000
 Speakers
Dr. Smita Jape- Associate Professor, Dr. V. N. Bedekar
Institute of Management Studies

Dr. Smita Jape is a well-known scholar in the field of finance and she holds
Masters Degrees MCOM, MPhil, MBA, and PhD in Finance .She has more than
20 years of experience in teaching profession and 3 years of corporate
experience. She is prolific writer in the area of finance and many of her papers
have been published in National and International Journals. She also
presented papers at National and International conferences including her
recent presentation in the conference organized by International Journal of
Arts and Science at Harvard, Boston. Her article published in Maharashtra
economic district council Digest .She had worked as reviewer for socpus
indexed Journals. She conducts MDP (Management Development Program)
for senior managers in industry. She is being awarded as “Best professor in
Finance “by Dewang Mehta National Educational Awards at Taj Lands’ End
Mumbai

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Prof. Krunal K. Punjani.

PhD (Pursuing) at Symbiosis International (Deemed
University), NET & SET (Management), MMS & BMS
from University of Mumbai, FDPs from IIM Ahmedabad,
IIM Bangalore, IIM Kozhikode & VIT Vellore.

Prof. Krunal K. Punjani is working as an Assistant Professor in the area of

Advertising, Branding & Social Media Marketing. He has over 12 years of
experience in Branding, Promotions, Event Management, including 7 years in
Management teaching. Prof. Krunal has published several research papers in
various National and International journals, including few UGC approved
journals and a SCOPUS Indexed and ABDC B Rated Journal.
 Dr. Meenakshi Malhotra
PhD, UGC NET (Management), MBA, Attended FDPs
from IIM Ahmedabad

She has done her PhD form Punjabi University and Master of Business
Administration in finance. She has done her Bachelor of Science degree in
mathematics. She has hands-on experience of statistical software like SPSS and
SPSS Amos. She has written various national and international research papers.
She is a reviewer for various SCOPUS indexed and ABDC listed journals. Her
research focuses on Behavioural Finance, Financial Markets and Technology
Adoption.

Mr. Mahesh Manohar Bhanushali.

Assistant professor at VPM’s DR V N Bedekar Institute of
Management Studies, Thane.

He is B tech in Mechanical from Pune University and MMS from Mumbai

University. He is Pursuing PhD from Mumbai University. He is having total 10
years of varied Industry-Academia experience in areas like sales (technical
products), Applications, Projects, Purchase etc. and 4 years’ experience in
handling quality management system of ISO 9001:2015. He is Recipient of 24th
Dewang Mehta National Award for Best Professor in Operations, 2016 and
Academic Excellence Award by Education Expo, Delhi, 2017. He has delivered
Consultancies, management development and training programs in various
industries such as FMCG, Engineering, Oil and Gas, Banking, Manufacturing, E-
commerce on various topics such as Sales Management, Operations
Management and Marketing Management.
 Objective

1. To enhance analytical skills of the young scholars who are engaged in

doctoral work or involved in planning for their research work.
2. To equip the participants with knowledge in quantitative research
methods and tools using SPSS.
3. To address the challenges in the peer review process of SCOPUS indexed
Journal.
4. To develop skills for writing the manuscript for SCOPUS and High-Quality
journals.
 Schedule
Day Topic Presenter Time
18th Thinking Like a researcher: Dr. Smita Jape 10 am to
May a) What can you achieve 11 am
through research?
b) How to use research in
giving solution to the
industry problems
18th Standing on the Shoulders of Prof. Krunal K. 11:15 am
May Giants: Punjani to 12:15
a) Why literature review am
is important?
b) How to read research
papers to develop relevant
L.R.?
19th Standing on the Shoulders of Prof. Krunal K. 10 am
May Giants: Punjani to 11
a) How to write am
Introduction & L.R.
differently?
b)How to identify specific
Gap through the L.R.?
19th Developing Hypothesis, Prof. Krunal K. 11:15
May Conceptual Model: a) Punjani am to
12:15
a) How to identify
am
constructs?
b) How to develop
hypothesis
20th Working on Data: Dr. Meenakshi 10 am
May a) How to code data for Malhotra to 11
SPSS? am
b) Learn to classify and enter
data in SPSS?

20th Data to Model: Dr. Meenakshi 11:15 am

May a) How to do exploratory Malhotra to 12:15
factor analysis? am
b) How to run Confirmatory
factor analysis?
(SPSS Software)
21st A step ahead: Introduction Dr. Meenakshi 10 am
May to SPSS AMOS Malhotra to 11
am
How to use SPSS AMOS for
model validation?
21st From Reviewer Desk: Dr. Smita Jape 11:15 am
May a) Do’s and Don’ts to get to 12:15
your paper published in am
SCOPUS indexed journal?
b) How to meet the
expectations of reviewers of
SCOPUS indexed journals?
22nd Metrics used to measure quality Prof Mahesh 10 am to
May of research: Bhanushali 12 am
a) Which different metrics
are used by SCOPUS to
measure the quality of
research?
b) Knowing more about H
index and I index?