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Dr. Shyam S
Dr. Shyam S

Associate Professor, Economics, Chairperson (PGDM Program), Chairperson E-Cell

Dr. Shyam is an Associate Professor who offers courses in the areas of Economics and General Management. His research interests includes Technology Management and Science and Technology Policy.

Academic Biography
  • PhD in Management. 2012. Dept of Management Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. Thesis Title: “An exploratory study of the influence of patent latent variables and firm variables on price of auctioned singleton patents”.
  • MA Economics. 2005. Dept of Economics, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram.
  • BA Economics. 2003. Mar Ivanios College, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram.
Work Experience
  • Assistant Professor- General Management, IMT Nagpur since November 2023
  • Academic Associate, General Management, IMT Nagpur (September- October 2023)

Teaching Experience

  • Strategy Formulation
  • Business, Government and Society (Designed the course)
  • Strategy and Technology (Designed the course)
  • Business in Developed and Emerging Market (Designed the course)
  • Creating and Nurturing New Ventures (Designed the course)
  • Evolution of Modern Business (Designed the course)
  • Applied Econometrics
  • Economic Environment of Business
  • Macroeconomics: Principles and Policies
Academic Unit
  • Strategic Management
  • Corporate Governance
  • Strategic Marketing
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Sustainable Business Development
Research Interest
Professional Consultancy

Professional Activities (Academic)

  • Reviewer for Technovation (ABDC ‘A’), Technology Forecasting and Social Change (ABDC ‘A’), Scientometrics (ABDC ‘A’), Technology Analysis & Strategic Management (ABDC ‘B’), International Journal of Global Business and Competitiveness (ABDC ‘C’), Current Science (Journal of Indian Academy of Sciences) and Triple Helix.

Membership of professional bodies

  • Academy of International Business
  • Strategic Management Society
  • American Economic Association
Research Publications

Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

ABDC ‘A’ Category Publications

  • Perumal, S. & Sreekumaran Nair, S. (2022). Impact of views about knowledge and workplace relationships on tacit knowledge sharing. Knowledge Management Research & Practice. 20 (3). 410-422 [Impact Factor: 2.744]
  • Sreekumaran Nair, S., Mathew, M. & Nag, D. (2011). Dynamics between patent latent variables and patent price, Technovation, 31 (12), 648-654. [Impact Factor: 11.373]

ABDC ‘B’ Category Publications

  • Perumal, S. & Sreekumaran Nair, S. (2021). Psychological factors influencing patent filing among faculty in Higher Educational Institutions in India. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management. (In Press).  https://doi.org/10.1080/09537325.2021.2011852 [Impact Factor: 2.874]
  • Perumal, S., Sreekumaran Nair, S. & Unnikrishnan, R. (2020) Triple Helix in practice in Indian HEIs using lens of academic patenting. Technology Analysis & Strategic Management. 32 (11), 1322-1334. [Impact Factor: 2.874]
  • Sreekumaran Nair, S., Mathew, M. & Nag, D. (2012). Effect of firm variables on patent price, IIMB Management Review, 2012, 24 (1), 40-47.

Other Publications

  • Sreekumaran Nair, S. & Mathew, M. (2015). The dynamics between forward citations and price of singleton patents. International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management. 12 (3), 1-12.
  • Mathew, M., Mukhopadhyay, C., Raju, D., Sreekumaran Nair, S. & Nag, D. (2012). An analysis of patent pricing. Decision. 39 (1), 28-39.
  • Sreekumaran Nair, S. & Mathew, M. (2011). Invited Book Review – “Shadows of Consumption” by Peter Dauvergne, MIT Press for Current Science. 101 (5), 680-681. [Invited Book Review]

Conference Publications

  • Perumal, S. & Sreekumaran Nair, S. (2019). POSCO boxed out of Odisha – The power of unfriendly nonmarket forces, Annual Management Conference and Workshop (AMWC) 2019, IMT Nagpur 2-4 January.
  • Perumal, S. & Sreekumaran Nair, S. (2018). Effect of future citations and patent renewal on singleton patent’s price, International Conference on Business Analytics and Intelligence (ICBAI) 2018, Indian Institute of Science, 20-22 December.
  • Sreekumaran Nair, S. & Mathew, M. (2012). The dynamics between forward citations and price of singleton patents, Technology Management for Emerging Technologies (PICMET), 2012 Proceedings of PICMET’12, pp.1000-1005 July 29 – August 2.
  • Sreekumaran Nair, S., Mathew, M. & Nag, D. (2011). Patent price dynamics in the context of patent age and patent latent variables, Technology Management for Global Economic Growth (PICMET), 2010 Proceedings of PICMET ’10. pp.1-7, 18-22 July.

Broad Audience Publications

  • “Patent maintenance costs for SMEs and start-ups in India and US: A comparison” for SME World (February 2019).
  • “Do patents create monopoly?” for SME World (April 2019)
Academic Achievements and Grants
  • Recipient of the Indian Economic Association Medal for the best PhD thesis in Management Studies at Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
  • National Eligibility Test (for Lectureship) awarded by University Grants Commission in Economics (December 2005 and December 2006).
  • Recipient of CSIR Foreign Travel Grant to attend PICMET 2012 “Technology Management for Emerging Technologies”, Vancouver, Canada. INR 1,20,000.