Draft:Asha Prasuna

Asha Prasuna is an Indian Economist, Academician and Researcher. She is presently serving as Professor & Head, Department of Economics at K J Somaiya Institute of Management Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai. For past 10 years, working as a full professor of Economics handling subjects Econometrics, International Finance, Macroeconomics, Economic Indicators for MBA and Executive MBA, and PhD programs.

She has over 25 years of Industry, Academic, Research, and Consultancy experience. She obtained MA, M.Phil., and Ph.D. in Economics from University of Hyderabad. She is a recipient of UGC JRF and SRF during her doctoral studies. Her Industry experience includes AVP Economist at Unit Trust of India, Senior Domain Specialist at Dun & Bradstreet India. She was granted two copyrights, two patents, and had published one patent. She published several research papers in peer reviewed journals and jointly published six textbooks. She is on the Editorial Board and Guest Editor for a special issue of one of the Springer Nature journals. She served as a member of Finance Academy of a leading conglomerate and a rating agency based at Mumbai.

Early Life

Asha Prasuna did her schooling at Andhra Girls High School, Khammam and awarded Merit scholarships during 7-9th standard for securing the class first rank and won several prizes quiz, essay writing, elocution competitions, and participated in games.

She completed her graduation Bachelor of Arts from the Government Women’s College in regional language (Telugu medium) from Khammam District in erstwhile Andhra Pradesh (Now Telangana). Secured merit scholarship based on her 12th marks for three years of graduation. Received certificates of appreciation in elocution, quiz, games and sports. Also participated in National Integration Camp conducted at Kanpur University, NSS camp at a rural village helping the households in various activities and attended 10-day Entrepreneurial Development Program conducted by the district Small Industries Board.

Her higher studies were in the field of Economics at University of Hyderabad where she earned her M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees with UGC fellowships during the research. All along her studies, she secured first-class throughout.

She worked as AVP - Specialist Economist at the Unit Trust of India’s Corporate Office in Mumbai. She created a research team of economists that prepares weekly, monthly and daily reports on Economic data for use by fund managers and other stakeholders. She was instrumental in preparing the valuation of securities through daily yield curve estimation, risk- adjusted returns and performance reports of the equity schemes. She was also supporting in preparing the impact reports on economic policy changes and budget impact on fund performance.

She served at Dun & Bradstreet India Information Services Pvt Ltd as a Senior Domain Specialist during 2006-2013. She designed and executed corporate training programs and certifications on economics and financial markets for various companies. She co-authored three text books that were published by Tata McGraw-Hill (TMH), which were used as course material for the training programs.

At KJ SIM, in addition to the academic teaching for MBA students as a full professor of Economics and International Finance, she conducts research and consultancy projects. She provides guidance to the research scholars, and published two text books besides presenting and publishing research papers at peer-reviewed journals along with three patents. She is also the Chairperson of two Centers of Excellence – Economics and Case Research Centre. She is on the Editorial Board for one of the Scopus journals. She served as a Guest Professor at a public university THI, Ingolstadt, Germany. She collaborates with the faculty members at Seattle University, USA, and the University of Hull, UK.

Currently leading the KJ SIM Case Research Centre from 2020 onwards handling the collaboration with Harvard Business Publishing Education (HBPE) as a case collection partner institution.

As Chairperson of Centre for Economic Policy Analysis & Research (CEPAR), organised and conducted nine consecutive Annual Conferences and Workshops and round-table conferences (RTC) and published proceedings.

Patent


 * Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SECURING VARIABLE FIDELITY IN HYBRID NETWORKS
 * Inventor – Asha Prasuna
 * Granted date 10/10/2023


 * Title: A METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RANKING ENTITIES USING AUTOMATED INPUT-OUTPUT MODEL

Inventors

Dr. S.N.V. SIVA KUMAR     2) Dr. ASHA PRASUNA

Granted on 05-02-2024


 * Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING A CORPORATE STRATEGY IN A DATA NETWORK

Inventors – Asha Prasuna, SNV Siva Kumar, VS Parthasarathy

Current Status –Patent hearing is scheduled in March 2024 prior to the award of the grant.

Copyrights granted – Two


 * 1) Pre-mergers and Acquisitions Risk assessment Model     -Registration SW -16792/2023 dated 03 July 2023
 * 2) MSME Risk Assessment Tool – Registration number     -SW-16621/2023 dated 15th June 2023.

Doctoral Guidance
 * Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Mumbai
 * BIT- Ranchi
 * CESS, Hyderabad

Research publications

She published several research papers and presented at national and International conferences.

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JSNcy7kAAAAJ&hl=en

Industry connect
 * Collaborated with Maharashtra Economic Development Council (MEDC), Bombay Chamber of Commerce    & Industry (BCCI)
 * Academic partner with National Institute of Securities Markets (NISM),    Patalaganga, Mumbai
 * Conducted MDPs for various companies like Larsen    & Toubro Leadership program,, Sujan Coopers, Owen’s Corning, SEBI,     BSE, IIBF, INS Hamla Navy officers, Arkema Chemicals, National  Stock Exchange to name a few.

International Exposure Invited for and conducted one month Guest Professorship at Ingolstadt    Technology University, Ingolstadt, Germany during May 1 to 31st 2013. External supervisor for India project of MBA students of (2000-02 and    2014-15 batches), Mc Donough Business School, Georgetown University,     Washington, USA.

Awards Professor Excellence award 2023 ( International Finance & Economics) by Golden AIM

Women Excellence Award –March 2020 by ILDC AMP

Star Performer Award at D&B

Best Paper Presenter awards at various conferences

International Exposure


 * Invited for and conducted one month Guest Professorship at Ingolstadt    Technology University, Ingolstadt, Germany during May 1 to 31st 2013.
 * External supervisor for India project of MBA students of (2000-02 and    2014-15 batches), Mc Donough Business School, Georgetown University,     Washington, USA.

Personal Life

She is married to SNV Siva Kumar (Dean of Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences at Somaiya Vidyavihar University, and a Professor of Economics at KJSIM), and has a daughter and son.

She is present in social media platforms LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter

REFERENCES

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=JSNcy7kAAAAJ&hl=en

https://www.financeindia.org/volumes/v14no2.htm

https://www.jstor.org/stable/27767360 (ARTHA VIJNAN 1994)

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0019466220000415?icid=int.sj-abstract.similar-articles.3

https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3841881/economic-and-institutional-determinants-of-mergers-acquisitions-in-brics-g7-and-g20-economies

https://journal.achsm.org.au/index.php/achsm/article/view/1675

http://www.eel.my100megs.com/volume-19-number-6-special-issue.htm

https://ideas.repec.org/a/icf/icfjpf/v03y2005i1p57-63.html

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Avani-Rachh

https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4461283

https://www.arfjournals.com/jdef

https://articlegateway.com/index.php/JABE/article/view/4858/4634

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/377596082_ESG_measures_and_financial_performance_of_logistics_companies

https://www.bseindia.com/downloads/IJC.pdf

https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/author/asha-prasuna

https://www.somaiya.edu/en/