As a part of the Conference, we are organizing a doctoral student paper competition.  Those who are either currently students or have recently completed their doctorate (2008 or later) are encouraged to participate in the Competition.

             For additional information, please contact:

                         Dr. Prithvi Yadav

                         Chairman, Doctoral Student Paper Competition

                         Director, GHSIMR

                         Kamla Nagar

                         Kanpur, 208 005, India

                         prithvi.yadav@ghsimr.org

The evaluation committee reserves the right not to give away all the awards if worthy papers are not received.

   Those who wish to compete must first submit an abstract following the process indicated in the Contributed Paper section and clearly indicate that the paper should be considered for the competition. Ideally, the paper should be a part of the doctoral dissertation work. The full paper for the competition should be e-mailed to prithvi.yadav@ghsimr.org with copy to aims7@aims-international.org by October 31, 2009.

Winners of Doctoral Paper Competition at AIMS-6

December 28-31, 2008   Indian Business Academy, Greater Noida

• First Prize: Dr. Shalini Dixit, GHS-IMR - Variation in Food Security in West Bengal and Jharkhand: An Empirical Analysis.

• Second Prize: Ms. Rajaletchumie Senathiraja, University of Madras - External Environment, Corporate Entrepreneurship and its Outcome in Banks

• Third Prize: Mr. Venkatachalapathi Nynaru, SVUCE,Tirupati - Simulation Regression Analysis for Consistent Decision for FMS Scheduling

Winners of Doctoral Paper Competition at AIMS-5

December 27-30, 2007   ICFAI Business School Hyderabad

• First Prize: Ms. T. M. Srithika, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras - "Training Interventions, Organisational Learning and Value Chain Progression"

• Second Prize: Mrs. Shanthilakshmi S, S.V.I.T.M., Coimbatore - "Social Capital among Small and Medium Enterprises"

• Third Prize: Mr. Chandrasekaran R, Jansons School of Business, Coimbatore - "Critical Success Factors of Six Sigma Implementation and the Impact of Operations Performance"

• Third Prize: Ms. Annapoorna Gopal, Wipro Limited - "Impact of Learning Style and Teaching Methodology on the Learning Outcome of Engineering Students in India"

Winners of Doctoral Paper Competition at AIMS-4

December 28-31, 2006, IIM Indore

• First Prize: Ms.  Arshinder kaur,  Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi - "A Framework for Evaluation of Supply Chain Coordination using Contracts and Information Sharing"

• Second Prize: Mr. Ashish Pandey, MDI Gurgaon - "Spiritual Climate of Workplace and its Impact on Customers' Service Experience"

• Third Prize: Mr. Victor Anand, Pondicherry University - "E-marketing for Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises"