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EDII FACULTY
Bhaskar Jyoti Saud
Ph.D. & M.Phil (Zoology)
bhaskarsaud@ediindia.org
A research and consulting professional with
over 20 years of experience in Livelihood &
Cluster development, Entrepreneurship, Skill
Development, Climate Change and
Aquaculture Research, and Disaster
Management. He has worked with several
G o v e r n m e n t s , N o n - G o v e r n m e n t
organisations & international agencies as
well as regulatory bodies. He has published
35 manuscripts in indexed journals and
books till date.
Eesha Singh
MBA (Management)
eesha@ediindia.org
Alumna of IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, Ms. Singh has
15+ years of experience in Industry, Statutory
Audit and Consultancy, specializing in
Finance & Strategic decision-making. Ms.
Singh has been an integral part of various
national and international government events,
including G20 events, as a member of the core
organizing/hosting committee. Formerly, she
had been associated with The Maharaja
Sayajirao University of Baroda and Gati Shakti
Vishwavidyalaya (GSV), a PM Gati Shakti
initiative. She has participated in Faculty
Development Programs conducted by IIT-K
and IIT-B.
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EDII FACULTY
Anju Karna Pandey
Ph.D. (Advertising)
M.Phil (Management)
anjupandey@ediindia.org
Dr. Anju Pandey is a dedicated educator,
researcher and mentor with over nine years of
experience in academia. Her areas of
specialization include; marketing, advertising,
business statistics, and research methodology.
Dr. Pandey has made significant contributions to
cutting-edge research in consumer behavior and
marketing effectiveness. While she has authored
book chapters, her work has also been published
in esteemed journals, including a Scopus Q2-
ranked journal, and presented at international
conferences. Beyond research, Dr. Pandey is
engaged in academic leadership, course
development, and industry collaborations.
Kirtika Chetia
Ph.D.(Marketing)
kirtika@ediindia.org
Dr. Chetia has 9 years of experience of working
with startups and incubators across the
country. Marketing strategies, social media
strategies and product positioning, branding
and identity are her key specialization areas.
She has previously held important positions
at the incubators of premier institutes,
including NDBI – NID's Business Incubator,
CEPT Research and Development Foundation
and LEAF-GLS University. Visiting faculty at
CEPT University, Gujarat University and
NIPER, Dr. Chhetia has also been associated
with MICA for research related initiatives. She
has published research papers and presented
at various conferences.
Reshmi Banerjee Diwakar Singh
Ph.D. (Women Ph.D. (Management)
Entrepreneurship) diwakar@ediindia.org
MBA – Finance
reshmibanerjee@ediindia.org
Specializes in conducting programmes on
Dr. Reshmi Banerjee has more than 16 years of diversity and intercultural management,
rich and diverse academic and corporate
experience. Her key areas of specialization are leadership and change, positive psychology,
innovation, and business models for social
accounts and finance. For three consecutive enterprises. Possesses over 25 years of
years, her research was recognized with the experience in industry and academia, with
‘Best Paper Award' at the International expertise in leading subjects on social
Conference hosted by Gujarat Technological e n t re p re n e u r s h i p , i n n ova t i o n a n d
University. Her research interest focuses on entrepreneurship, business opportunity
women entrepreneurship. She has numerous identification, creativity and business plan
papers, and research publications to her credit. preparation. Dr. Singh is passionate about
She has received Second position for Best contributing to the areas of social, rural, and
Thesis Award at the I M Nanavati Research
Award organised by GLS University in the Best women's entrepreneurship through
education, projects, and research.
Thesis Award Category on 8th June 2024.
Sumit Kumar Punit Moris Ekka
FPM, MBA (Marketing) MBA
sumit@ediindia.org B.Tech.
punit@ediindia.org
Sumit Kumar is actively engaged in teaching,
curriculum design, event organization and An alumnus of IIM Indore and NIT
consulting projects within the domains of Jamshedpur, Mr. Ekka possesses more than
startup and entrepreneurship. A certified 8 years of work experience in Industry with
global career counsellor, he has earned a green expertise in sales and marketing of banking
belt certification in career counselling from the and financial services. He has authored
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), multiple research papers in peer-reviewed
UCLA Extension and Uni-variety. Sumit has reputed journals and has participated in
also contributed significantly to academic academic conferences. In 2022, Mr. Ekka
discourse through research publications in won the Best Paper Award in LUMIERE,
e s t e e m e d j o u r n a l s . A d d i n g t o h i s organized by Great Lakes Institute of
accomplishments, Sumit Kumar has applied Management Gurgaon. His areas of interests
for the grant stage for four out of seven are entrepreneurship, sustainability,
patents that he has published. branding & pricing strategy, marketing of
services and tourism. Mr. Ekka has worked
with FIFA, during the FIFA World Cup 2014.
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