UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT
FACULTY ACADEMIC PROFILE/ CV
1. Full name of the faculty member: DR. BIKRAM SINGH
2. Designation: PROFESSOR
3. Specialisation : ACCOUNTING and FINANCE
4. Passport size photograph :
5. Contact information :
87/1 COLLEGE STREET, KOLKATA 700073: EMAIL: [email protected];
[email protected]
6. Academic qualifications:
Please mention here the degrees (graduation onward):
College/ university from which the Abbreviation of the degree
degree was obtained
ST. XAVIER’S COLLEGE, B.COM (H)
KOLKATA under UNIVERSITY OF
CALCUTTA
UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA M.COM
UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA M.PHIL (COMMERCE)
UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA PH.D. (COMMERCE)
7. Positions held/ holding:
Formerly Associate Editor, Business Studies, Departmental (Commerce) journal; Member of
Editorial Review Board, Amity Journal of Management Research
8. Research interests:
Please cite briefly the areas of research interests
Quality Management, Small Business, Open Innovation, Quality Circle, Csr, Entrepreneurship Training And
Development, Performance Analysis Of Companies, Causality, Behavioural Finance, Security Analysis, Job
Stress, Dividend Policy, Financial Inclusion, Quality Management In Heis , Leather Industry, Human
Resource Development Strategies, Banking, Financial Frauds
9. Research guidance:
Number of researchers awarded M. Phil. / Ph.D. degrees : M. Phil. = 11; Ph.D.= 04
Number of researchers pursuing M. Phil. / Ph.D. : M..Phil = 0; Ph.D. = 02
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10. Projects :
Completed projects:
Current projects:
11. Select list of publications:
a) Journals:
Industry 4 Readiness: Evidences from India, The Management Accountant, The Institute of Cost
Accountants Of India, Volume 54, Issue 6, pp 21- 24, June, 2019 ISSN No: 0972-3528 UGC List
Serial Number:42202
Open innovation Paradigm: Making Indian Businesses Competitive, International Journal on recent
Trends in Business and Tourism(IJRT BT), Volume 3(3), pp. 122-125, January, 2019, Online ISSN:
2550-1526,
Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services limited (IL&FS) - The Crisis and Challenges Ahead, The
Management Accountant, The Institute of Cost Accountants Of India, Volume 54, Issue No.4, pp
56-58 April, 2019 ISSN No: 0972-3528 Journal Number:42202
Customer’s Perception Towards Service Quality: A Study on Hotels in Kolkata, India, Vicayana,
RVIM Journal Of Management Research, 11(1), January to June, 2019 ISSN: 0974- 6722
Quality Revolution in Japan: Role of Dr. Joseph M. Juran, Business Studies, Department of
Commerce, University College of Business Studies, University of Calcutta, Volume XL (1), pp.56-
61 January 2019 ISSN: 0970- 9657
Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services limited (IL&FS) - The Crisis and Challenges Ahead, The
Management Accountant, The Institute of Cost Accountants Of India, April 2019, Volume 54, Issue
No.4, pp 56-58
Taguchi’s Approach to Quality – An Overview, Business Studies, Department of Commerce,
University College of Business Studies, University of Calcutta, Volume XXXVIII, January-July 2017
(No. 1 & 2), ISSN: 0970-9657
Making Stock Market Indices True Proxies of The Market- A Study, Jamshedpur Research Review,
International Journal of Multi disciplinary research, Year V, Volume III (XXI), March 2017, ISSN:
2320-2750, pp. 17-23
Walk in Your Customer’s Shoes- The Quality Function Deployment (QFD) Approach, Times
Journey, A refereed Journal of Institute of Management Study, Volume 5,(1), November 2016,
ISSN 2278-6546, Pp:67-73
Revisiting the Quality Philosophy of William Edwards Deming, Business Studies, Department of
Commerce, University of Calcutta, Volume XXXVII, January –July, 2016 ISSN: 0970-9657, pp: 12-
20
National Human Resource Development Strategies: Comparing India and China, Kindler, The
Journal Of Army Institute of Management, Kolkata, XV(2), Conference Special, July –December,
2015, ISSN: 0973-0486
Institutionalisation of Quality Circle at the Workplace: Some Issues, EIRC News, The Institute of
Cost Accountants of India, Volume 6, No.8, 15th September, 2013, ISSN:2320-1584, pp. 6-7
Quality Circles and Employee Involvement- An Empirical Study, Vanijya (Journal of Department of
Commerce), Refereed Journal of Business Studies, Dibrugarh University, Vol. 23, 2013 , ISSN:
0972-6594,pp. 1-19
Integrating IT in Accounting Education and Research: The Opportunities and Challenges,
International Journal of Management and Economics, Vol(1), 7, Jan-March, 2013, ISSN: 2231-
4687,pp. 15-18
ICT and Women Empowerment: Mainstreaming Gender Equality with special reference to Rural
Women, Journal of Business and Finance ( The Journal for Business Analyzers and Innovators),
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Department of Financial Studies, Faculty of Management Studies, Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal
University, Vol. 5(1), January to June, 2012, ISSN: 0974-3413,pp. 95-100
Strategic Marketing for Sustainable Entrepreneurship in SMEs: An Appraisal, The Utkal Business
Review (The Journal of Business Studies), Utkal University, Vol. XXIII,2010-2011, ISSN 0975-6191,
pp.56-68
Ensuring Quality of Management Education in India: The Issues, Vanijya (Journal of Department of
Commerce), Dibrugarh University, Vol. 21, 2011, ISSN: 0972-6594,pp.120-135
Quality Circles - Initiation and Institutionalisation, Prabandhan (The Research Journal of
International School of Business Management [ISBM]), 2(2), October,2012 , ISSN: 0976-5743, pp.
3-22
Quality Circles- An Overview, Amity Management Review, Amity University, Rajasthan, Volume-1,
Number 2, January-June, 2011, ISSN : 2230-7230, pp. 41-46
b) Books/ book chapters :
Resetting the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises in India post Covid 19: A Study,
Challenges for New India, Fragrance Publishers, West Begal, 2020 [ISBN: 978-81 - 926947
], edt. Dr. Ashutosh Kumar Singh, pp. 8 -15
Collaboration between Startups and Established Corporates: The Win - Win Strategy,
Emerging Issues In Commerce and Management, Vandana Publishers, Lucknow, 15 - 08 -
2020, [ISBN: 978 -81 - 946476 - 2 - 1 ], edts. Pema Lama, and Brahma Chaudhuri, pp 145-
153
Issues of Ownership and Governance in Old Private Sector Banks in India with special
reference to Lakshmi Vilas Bank, Emerging Issues in Banking, Insurance and Financial
Services, Vandana Publishers, Lucknow, [ISBN: 978 -93 -90728 - 02 - 2 ], 26 -01 - 2021
edts. Pema Lama, and Brahma Chaudhuri, Pp: 120 -125
Digital Literacy: The Indian Scenario, Emerging Dimensions of Indian Economy, ABS
Books, New Delhi, 2020 [ISBN:978-93- 87229-64-8], ed. G.K. Sinha,, Pp: 272-278
Impact of Covid 19 on Mobile Point of Sale Payments in India – A Study, Business Strategy
In The Post Covid -19 Pandemic Scenario, Evincepub Publishing, Chhatitisgarh, 01-10-
2020 [ISBN: 978-93- 90442 -31 - 7 ], edt Arjun Gope and Sujit Deb, pp. 75 -84
Societal View Of Quality: Exploring Taguchi’s Quality Philosophy, Recent Trends in
Management, Abhijeet Publications, New Delhi, [ISBN: 978-93- 888685-08-1], 2019, edt.
Wendrila Biswas, Dr. Debarun Chakrabortyand Associate editor Soumya Kanti Dhara, pp.
138-144
Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) - A Brief Review of Literature, Application of
Econometric Models for Research in Social Science, The Bhawanipur Education society
College, May 2019 [ISBN: 978-93- 88866-08-8], edt. Paramita Chakravarty, pp. 9-15
Corporate Social Responsibility and SMEs: A Study with Special Reference to Kolkata
Leather Cluster, Contemporary Issues In Business Environment, School of Professional
Studies, Netaji Subhas Open University, July 2016,Edt. Anirban Ghosh, pp. 42-49
Crop Insurance In India: An Overview, Recent Advances In Accounting, Finance and
Management, edt. Ram Prahlad Choudhary, University Of Calcutta, ISBN: 978-81-922481-
9-6, pp. 59-63
An Inquiry into the Impact of Micro-finance on Women Empowerment, Microfinance and
Financial Inclusion in Developing Economies, edt.(s) Tagar Lal Khan, Abhijit Sinha and
Tarak Nath Sahu, SPS, Education India Pvt. Ltd. 2012, ISBN : 978-81-9230348-2, pp. 321-
324
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Quality Improvement through Quality Circles in Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs): An
Analytical Study of the Perceptions of the Officers in Selected State Universities in Kolkata,
Anthology on Quality In Higher Education, edt. Dr. Hardik Vachhrajani, Shree Niwas
Publications, Jaipur, 2012, ISBN: 978-93-5032-018-1,pp. 93-104
Rural Empowerment through Self Help Groups (SHGs): A Study of West Bengal, Project
Financing, edt. Rudra P. Pradhan, Bloomsbury Publishing India Pvt.Ltd., London, Berlin,
New Delhi, 2012, ISBN: 978-81-924302-2-5, pp. 450-453
Open Innovation Benefiting Micro, Small And Medium enterprises- A Case of the Leather
Cluster in Kolkata, Tenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship, Vol.1, edt.(s) Sasi
Misra and Dinesh Awasthi, Bookwell, Delhi, 2013, ISBN: 978-93-80574-46-2,pp. 327-338
Quality Management at the Workplace through Quality Circles: A Review of Literature,
Journal of Commerce, Prof. N. C. Das Memorial Volume, edt. Dr. A.P.Singh Gauhati
University, Vol. XVII, 2011-12, ISBN: 0971-4715, pp. 177-183
Appreciative Inquiry- A Paradigm of Conscious Evolution, Behavioural Science In
Management Practice, edt.(s) Sitanath Majumdar and Sharmistha Banerjee, Department of
Business Management and Academic Staff College, University of Calcutta, 2014, ISBN
978-81-927807-1-9, pp. 57-60
Quality Philosophy of William Edwards Deming and Joseph Moses Juran and Total Quality
Management- An Overview, Contemporary Issues on Accounting and Finance, edt. Dr.
Anupam Parua, New Central Book Agency (P) Ltd., London, Kolkata, 2014, ISBN 978-81-
7381-942-1, pp. 43-54
Governance in the Indian Banks vis-à-vis the Nayak Committee’s Recommendations: The
Road Ahead, Indian Business Environment: The Changing Scenario, edt. Anirban Ghosh,
Netaji Subhas Open University, Kolkata, 2015, ISBN978-93-82112-16-7, pp. 57-62
An Inquiry into the Challenges of Organisation Development and Strategies for Change
through Entrepreneurial Interventions, Entrepreneurship for Economic Development [Part I]
(edrs.: Elangbam Nixon Singh & Amit Kumar Singh, Lakshi Publishers & Distributors, New
Delhi, 2015, ISBN: 978-93-82120-57-5, pp. 87-94
A Study on the potential of Quality Circle and employee Involvement: Quality Circle and
Employee Involvement: A Study of the perceptions of the officers in the State Universities
in Kolkata, Research Publication, Dr. Bikram Singh, LAP Lambert Academic Publishing,
Germany, 2011, ISBN: 978-3-8465-3044-3
c) Conference/ seminar volumes:
Artificial Intelligence (AI): The Impact on the Automotive Industry, National Seminar on
Development In Commerce, Management & Economics In The Present Mileu of VUCA,
Department of Commerce (PG&UG) Bhawanipur Education Society College in
collaboration with EIRC, The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, 27th May, 2019
The Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Limited (IL&FS) Fiasco and The Role Of
Audit Firms- A Blend of Liquidity and Trust Crisis, International Conference on Reforms in
Financial Institutions and Markets: India and The Globe, Department of Commerce,
Vidyasagar University, Midnapore, 6th and 7th March, 2020
Reviving the Automobile Industry of India Post Covid19: A Study, A One Day International
Webinar On Strategies For Revival of Indian Business In The PostPandemic Economic
Scenario, Indian Accounting Association South Bengal Branch, 23rd May, 2020
Covid 19 and Indian Agriculture: Challenges and Mitigation Measures, National Webinar on
Impact of Covid19 on Indian Economy: Issues and Challenges, Department of Commerce
Ramthakur College, Agartala, 27th - 28th June 2020
How can the COVID19 crisis be an opportunity to reset the Iron Foundries, with special
reference to Howrah Cluster?, International Multidisciplinary Virtual Conference Research
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And Development In Dynamic Times, Special Minds In collaboration with SSN Research
Foundation, July 22nd to 24th, 2020
Open innovation Paradigm: Making Indian Businesses Competitive, International
Conference on Society and Business in the New Millennium, ICFAI Business School,
Kolkata and Lincoln University College, Malaysia, 12th and 13th April, 2019
Revolutionising Quality – Revisiting Japan’s Struggle for Quality, 3rd International
Conference on Management and Business Practices – (ICMBP) 2019, Department of
Management and Business Administration, Aliah University, 16th and 17th January, 2019
Strategies towards Developing Human Resource- A Comparative Study of Brazil, Russia,
India, China and South Africa (BRICS), 1st International conference on ‘Management and
Business Practices-(ICMBO)2017, Department of Management and Business
Administration, Aliah University, 11th and 12th January,2017
Corporate Social Responsibility and SMEs: A Study with Special Reference to Kolkata
Leather Cluster, National Seminar on “Emerging Trend in Corporate and Taxation Laws”,
Netaji Subhas Open University, 9th January, 2016
Construction of Stock Market Indices and The Challenges In Mirroring The Stock Market
Behaviour, One-day National Level Seminar on Contemporary Issues In Financial Markets,
University of Calcutta –Calcutta Stock Exchange Centre of Excellence in Financial Markets
and New Alipore College, 13th May, 2016
National Human Resource Development Strategies: Comparing India and China, National
Conference on “Skilling For Tomorrow”, Army Institute of Management,21st November,
2015
Corporate Social Responsibility and SMEs: A Study with Special Reference to Kolkata
Leather Cluster, National Seminar on “Emerging Trend in Corporate and Taxation Laws”,
Netaji Subhas Open University, 9th January, 2016
Climate Change and Crop Insurance in India: The Road Ahead, International Conference
on Frontiers of Infrastructure Finance, VGSOM, IIT, Kharagpur, India13th -15th of
November, 2014
Governance in the Indian Banks vis-a-vis the Nayak Committee’s Recommendations: the
Road Ahead, National Seminar on Changing Scenario in Indian Business Environment,
UGC-DEB, Netaji Subhas Open University, 8th -9th of August, 2014
An Inquiry into the challenges of Organisation Development and strategies for change
through entrepreneurial interventions, National Seminar on Entrepreneurship for Economic
Development in India with a Special Reference to its North Eastern region: Challenges and
Opportunities, Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR), New Delhi Mizoram
University, Tanhril, Aizwal, 26th -27th of February, 2013
The Problems of MSMEs and the Role of Open Innovation and Governmental Efforts
Towards Sustainable Growth: A study of The Leather cluster in WB, International Seminar
on Innovation and Competitive Strategies for Sustainable Entrepreneurship, UGC , P.G.
Department of Commerce (DRS-II), Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, 23rd -24th of
February,2013
Open Innovation Benefiting Micro, Small And Medium enterprises- A Case of the Leather
Cluster in Kolkata, Tenth Biennial Conference on Entrepreneurship, EDI, Ahmedabad, 20th
– 22nd of February, 2013
Quality Improvement in HEIs through Quality Circles, Two Day National Seminar on Role of
Governance in Quality Assurance in HEIs, IQAC, CU and University Officer’s Association
University of Calcutta, 23rd and 24th March, 2012
c) Other publications :
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Entrepreneurship Development Training in MSMEs- A Review of Literature, JIS
Management Vista, V(1), January- June 2011, Centre for Management Studies, JIS
College of Engineering, Kalyani , West Bengal, ISSN : 0974-0872, pp. 1-14
Sustainability of SMEs and Open Innovation, The Utkal Business Review (The Journal of
Business Studies), Utkal University, Vol. XXV, June – September, 2012, ISSN 0975-6191,
pp. 60-71
12. Membership of Learned Societies:
Life member, Indian Accounting Association
Life member, Indian Commerce Association
Life member, Calcutta University Commerce Alumni Association
Life member, Quality Circle Forum of India (QCF1).
13. Patents : None
14. Invited lectures delivered :
An Insight Into The Brewing crisis of Private Sector Banks In India (Invited Lecture), 2 -Day
International Webinar on Recent Researches In Accounting and Finance, Indian
Accounting Association south Bengal Branch, 28th -29th December, 2020
Special Lecture on 29-08-2017 at Shri Shikshayatan College, The Department of
Commerce (Morning) on ‘Research Methodology’ for B.Com 3rd year Honours students
Issues on Stock Markets, One Day National Seminar on financial Markets, CU-CUCEFM
with Anandamohan College dated 21-12-2015
Acted as a resource person in Teachers’ training programme conducted by GoenkaCollege
of Commerce and Business administration and sponsored by VBSCVE&T inJanuary, 2010
15. Awards: None
16. Other notable activities:
Coordinator of Specific Refresher Course in Commerce organised by the Department of
Commerce, University of Calcutta in collaboration with HRDC, University of Calcutta from
16th November 2022 to 29th November 2022
Preparation of study material for the intermediate students of the Institute of cost
Accountants of India
Former Member of Editorial Board of Departmental Journal Business Studies
Member of Editorial Board of Amity University Journal Amity Journal of Management
Research
Contribution of reading materials in the form of chapters in Work Book for Intermediate
Students of The Institute of Cost Accountant of India
Signature of the faculty member
Date:31-01-2023
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