Nirmaalya B Biswas
Dean – HETIC India,
Nirmaalya B Biswas, Dean – MBAESG India, at iNurture – Galileo, Bangalore, India leads MBA programs for Sport Management & Luxury Management. He is also entrusted with the role of Dean – HETIC India; an extension of the premier Business Technology School at Paris, France. Prior to this assignment, he spearheaded India academic operations of MBA programs from Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia; Cardiff Metropolitan University; Anglia Ruskin University and University of West of Scotland, UK. After holding senior mid-management positions in the hospitality industry in South East Asia, he turned to academics and had been a part of the academic teams at the Leeds Business School, Leeds Metropolitan University, UK and Huddersfield University, UK.
Areas of Expertise:
• Entrepreneurship
• Strategic Management
• Case Studies
• Research
Professional Experience:
• • Dean – French Business Schools: MBAESG India & HETIC India.
• • Head – Management Studies and International Partnership Coordinator, with Global Institutions, in the Higher Education Sector.
• • Higher education practitioner and knowledge provider for over a decade.
• • Senior mid-level global hospitality management experience for over one and a half decades.
• • Two and half decades of work experience, at a national and international scale.
Research Interests:
Nirmaalya’s research interest lies in the domain of Entrepreneurial Opportunity. He primarily seeks to measure entrepreneurial orientation amongst new/novice entrepreneurs. Further to his research interest in the field of entrepreneurship, he is working to develop accessible and affordable academic programmes on Entrepreneurship, for the benefit of the students, on a national scale.
Publication & Editorial:
Articles:
• Biswas, Nirmaalya B. (2010). An Inquiry into the Nature of Strategy, under review at Long Range Planning.
• Biswas, Nirmaalya B. (2011). Challenges faced in Cultural Integration Post Acquisition – A Case Study, under review at ANZMAC, Perth, Australia.
• Biswas, Nirmaalya B. (2014). Measurement of Entrepreneurial Orientation through Effectuation and its Related Constructs, Review of Glocal Studies, Vol. 1(2), pp.15 – 29.
• Biswas, Nirmaalya B, Rao, Srinivas A., Patel, Nandish V. and Khan, Amir U. (2015). A rudimentary instrument to measure Entrepreneurial Orientation using Effectuation and its sub-constructs, 60th Annual ICSB World Conference, Dubai, UAE, 6th – 9th, June.
• Lartey, Peter Y., Bah, Fatoumata B. M. Biswas, Nirmaalya B. and Jaladi, Rupa S. (2018). In Pursuit of Public Sector Efficiency and Value Innovation; the Blue Ocean Strategy. Journal of Public Administration and Governance, Vol. 8 (1), pp. 227 – 248.
• Kong, Y., Lartey, Peter Y., Bah, Fatoumata B. M. and Biswas, Nirmalya B. (2018). The Value of Public Sector Risk Management: An Empirical Assessment of Ghana. MDPI: Administrative Sciences, Vol. 8 (40), pp. 1 – 18.
Case Studies:
• “The Story of Mr Bholanath Sen”, at the european case clearance house (ecch), Cranfield University, UK; ref. no. 309 – 211 – 1
• “The Story of Mr Bholanath Sen” – Teaching Notes, at the european case clearance house (ecch), Cranfield University, UK; ref. no. 309 – 211 – 8
• “Organisational Dynamics at the Idea Management Institute”, at the european case clearance house (ecch), Cranfield University, UK; ref. no. 310 – 002 – 1
• “Organisational Dynamics at the Idea Management Institute” – Teaching Notes, at the european case clearance house (ecch), Cranfield University, UK; ref. no. 310 – 002 – 8
• “IMI: A Case Study on Corporate Strategy”, at the european case clearance house(ecch),Cranfield University, UK; ref. no. 310 – 282 – 1
• “IMI: A Case Study on Corporate Strategy” – Teaching Notes, at the european case clearance house(ecch),Cranfield University, UK; ref. no. 310 – 282 – 8
• “Ornamental Fishing – a dichotomy of Choice”, at the european case clearance house(ecch),The Case Centre, Cranfield University, UK; ref. no. 813 – 080 – 1
• “Ornamental Fishing – a dichotomy of Choice” – Teaching Notes, at the european case clearance house(ecch),The Case Centre, Cranfield University, UK; ref. no. 813 – 080 – 8
Book:
• “Levers…of Transformational Freedom: A Study on Organisational Dynamics”, 2009, VDM Publications, Saarbrücken:Germany; ISBN 978-3-639-20485-8 (http://www.amazon.com/Levers-Transformational-Freedom-Organisational-Dynamics/dp/3639204859)
ex-Editorial Board Member:
• International Journal of Management Cases (http://www.ijmc.org/IJMC/Home.html)
Conference Paper Reviewer:
• Australia & New Zealand Marketing Academy Conference (ANZMAC), 2011, Perth, Western Australia (http://anzmac2011.com.au/)
• International Council of Small Business (ICSB) World Conference, 2015, Dubai, UAE.
• International Council of Small Business (ICSB) World Conference, 2016, New York, USA.
• International Council of Small Business (ICSB) World Conference, 2017, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
• International Council of Small Business (ICSB) World Conference, 2018, Taipei, Taiwan.
