National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

An Institute of National Importance

Faculty Profile

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Marketing, Entrepreneurship
Areas of Interest
  • Entrepreneurship & Startup Ecosystem, Strategic Branding, Service Quality and Agricultural Marketing.

Rajeev Kumar Panda
ରାଜୀବ୍ କୁମାର ପଣ୍ଡା | राजीव कुमार पंडा Professor & President SAC (Student Activity Center)

School of Management

rkpanda@nitrkl.ac.in / panda.rajeevkumar@gmail.com

0661 - 246 2804

9438715089

66

PUBLICATIONS

14

SPONSORED PROJECTS

6

CONSULTANCY PROJECTS

26

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

4

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Rajeev Kumar Panda

Professor

School of Management

Room Number: SM-328

Department of School of Management, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

Ph.D. (Sambalpur University), FDPM (IIMA)

Assessing the Impact of Millet-Based Governmental Intervention on Women Entrepreneurship in Tribal Areas of Odisha and Jharkhand ICSSR
  • Co-Investigator
  • 24
  • Running   Sponsored
Drivers, barriers, enablers of tribal women Millet-preneurship in Odisha. National Commision for Women (NCW)
  • Principal Investigator
  • 12
  • Completed   Sponsored
Skill Gap Study in Fortified Rice Kernel Manufacturing Sector Food Industry Capacity & Skill Initiative (FICSI)
  • Co-Investigator
  • 6
  • Completed   Sponsored
Role of Skill India Mission (PM Kaushal Vikas Yojana) in Developing Skilled Workforce for Industry 4.0 in Eastern India. ICSSR
  • Co-Investigator
  • 6
  • Completed   Sponsored
Promoting Startup intent for 'Aatma Nirbhar Bharat' among Science and Technology students in Institutes of National Importance. ICSSR
  • Principal Investigator
  • 24
  • Completed   Sponsored
Development of a rural bioresources complex in tribal districts of Western Odisha for primary processing and value addition of Horticultural and Non Timber Forest produce. DBT
  • Co-Investigator
  • 24
  • Completed   Sponsored
Impact of Covid-19 crisis on Start-up Funding Ecosystem in India: Socio-economic and Policy Recommendation. ICSSR
  • Principal Investigator
  • 9
  • Completed   Sponsored
Investigation of Institutional & Technical Factors Influencing Vegetable Farmer's Marketing Channel Choices in Odisha. IMPRESS,ICSSR
  • Principal Investigator
  • 24
  • Completed   Sponsored
Evaluation, analysis and documentation of Pallishree Mela,2019. DRDA, Govt. Of Odisha
  • Principal Investigator
  • 2
  • Completed   Sponsored
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Development Centre DST
  • Principal Investigator
  • 60
  • Completed   Sponsored
Analysis, reporting and documentation of stakeholder's perception of - Pallishree Mela (Rural Fair). ORMAS, GOVT. OF ODISHA
  • Principal Investigator
  • 2
  • Completed   Sponsored
Comprehensive Evaluation of Schedule Tribe(ST) Girls' Hostels in Odisha Department of Planning & Convergence, Govt.of Odisha
  • Principal Investigator
  • 8
  • Completed   Sponsored
Evaluation,Reporting and Documentation of Regional SARAS,2017 DRDA, Govt. Of Odisha
  • Principal Investigator
  • 2
  • Completed   Sponsored
Assessing Healthcare service quality of Primary Health Centers (PHCs) in Rural Odisha ICSSR
  • Principal Investigator
  • 18
  • Completed   Sponsored
Baseline Survey and Need Assessment Study of CSR initiatives by Bokaro Steel Plant, SAIL from 2025-26 to 2029-30 & Impact assessment study of CSR initiatives by BSL, SAIL in 2019-20 to 2023-24 Bokaro Steel Plant, SAIL
  • Principal Consultant
  • 16 Apr 2025 - 15 Jul 2025
  • Running   Consultancy
Third party Audit/Inspection of 1st phase Smart Integrated Traffic Management (SITM) & CCTV based Smart Surveillance System project in Jharsuguda Town Odisha Small Industries Corporation Ltd. (OSIC)
  • Principal Consultant
  • 11 Mar 2025 - 10 Apr 2025
  • Completed   Consultancy
Impact Assessment Study for High Value CSR programmes (FY 2022-23 and FY 2023-24) of Rourkela Steel Plant, SAIL Rourkela Steel Plant, SAIL
  • Principal Consultant
  • 24 Sep 2024 - 23 Dec 2024
  • Completed   Consultancy
Baseline Survey & Assessment of CSR Programs of TRL KROSAKI REFRACTORIES LTD. TRL KROSAKI Refractories Ltd.
  • Principal Consultant
  • 21 Jun 2024 - 31 Oct 2024
  • Completed   Consultancy
Baseline Survey , Need Assessment and Preparation of Perspective Plans for Socio-economic Development of Peripheral areas under CSR programs of Jharkhand Group of Mines, Bokaro Steel Plant JGOM, Bokaro Steel Plant, SAIL
  • Principal Consultant
  • 13 Apr 2024 - 12 Jul 2024
  • Completed   Consultancy
Impact Assessment of CSR Projects and Baseline Survey for Socio-economic Development of Peripheral Areas of Rourkela Steel Plant & Odisha Group of Mines. Rourkela Steel Plant, SAIL
  • Principal Consultant
  • 01 Aug 2022 - 31 Oct 2022
  • Completed   Consultancy

Total Publications: 66

D. N. Mishra, R. K. Panda, and K. Adhikari,"Evaluating visitors’ sentiment towards wellness resorts: Insights from an emerging market", International Journal of Business Information Systems, Inderscience, May 2025, 10.1504/IJBIS.2022.10051488       Article

M. Chaurasia and R. K. Panda,"Fine dining and masstige consumption: examining the role of brand experience, trust, and happiness using PLS-SEM and ANN analysis", Review of Marketing Science, De Gruyter Brill, April 2025, 10.1515/roms-2024-0146       Article

S. Kaur and R. K. Panda,"Green minds in business: the influence of sustainable and entrepreneurship education on green entrepreneurial intentions", Digitizing Green Entrepreneurship, ch.4, pp.97-124, IGI Global Scientific Publishing, January 2025, 10.4018/979-8-3693-7442-9.ch004       Inbook

S. Senapati and R. K. Panda,"Performance measurement of factors affecting consumer experience in healthcare services using fuzzy and grey techniques", International Journal of Health Governance, vol.29, no.1, pp.54-69, Emerald Publishing 2024, View Details       Article

C. K. Sahu and R. K. Panda,"Examining the critical success factors of productive entrepreneurship: an ISM-MICMAC approach", Journal of Modelling in Management, vol.19, no.6, pp.2248-2276, Emerald Publishing 2024, View Details       Article

ICSSR Sponsored "Research Methodology Course in Social Sciences for M.Phil, Ph.D and Post Doc Scholars" School of Management (Short-term Course)
ICSSR Sponsored National Conference on "Healthcare Management: Current State and Future Trends" School of Management (Conference)
Management Conclave 2017 "Business, Innovation & Sustainability School of Management (Conference)
International Conference on Business Paradigms in Emerging Markets (ICBPEM) School of Management (Conference)

  • SM504 : Marketing Management {Theory}
  • SM507 : Marketing Management {Theory}
  • SM509 : Research Methodology {Theory}
  • SM512 : Technology and Innovation Management {Theory}
  • SM602 : Business Ethics and Corporate Governance {Theory}
  • SM606 : Strategic Management {Theory}
  • SM613 : Consumer Behaviour and Marketing Research {Theory}
  • SM614 : Customer Relationship Management {Theory}
  • SM615 : Product and Brand Management {Theory}
  • SM617 : Marketing Science and Predictive Analysis {Theory}
  • SM617 : Sales and Distribution Management {Theory}
  • SM618 : Industrial and Services Marketing {Theory}
  • SM6201 : Marketing Management {Theory}
  • SM621 : Consumer Behaviour and Marketing Research {Theory}
  • SM6211 : Consumer Behaviour and Marketing Research {Theory}
  • SM6212 : Sales and Distribution Management {Theory}
  • SM622 : Strategic Brand Management {Theory}
  • SM6221 : Strategic Brand Management {Theory}
  • SM6222 : Services Marketing {Theory}
  • SM623 : Retail Management {Theory}
  • SM6231 : Retail Management {Theory}
  • SM6241 : Industrial Marketing {Theory}
  • SM625 : Industrial Marketing {Theory}
  • SM628 : Sales and Distribution Management {Theory}
  • SM629 : Services Marketing {Theory}
  • SM6361 : Talent Management {Theory}
  • SM6412 : Operations Strategy {Theory}
  • SM6611 : Business Research Methodology {Theory}
  • SM711 : Marketing Strategy {Theory}
  • SM712 : Marketing Metrics and Models {Theory}
  • SM713 : Advanced Marketing Research {Theory}
  • SM7201 : Advanced Market Research {Theory}
  • SM518 : Management Games Laboratory {Practical}
  • SM608 : Project Laboratory {Practical}
  • SM609 : Language Laboratory {Practical}
  • SM610 : Marketing Laboratory {Practical}
  • SM610 : Project Laboratory {Practical}
  • SM611 : Marketing Laboratory {Practical}
  • SM6172 : Management Games Laboratory {Practical}
  • SM6272 : Marketing Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [17]
Role of Entrepreneurial Attitude in Fostering Entrepreneurial Intention: An Empirical Study on Indian Institutes of Higher Learning
Swagatika Sahoo
Enrolled: Jan 2015
Graduated :  Apr 2025
Supervisor
Entrepreneurial Marketing and its Impact on SMEs’ Performance: Role of Innovation, Organisational Agility and Business Ties
Chinmaya Kumar Sahu
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Graduated :  Nov 2024
Supervisor
Leveraging Service Experience for Superior Consumer Engagement and Favorable Behavioral Intention in Private Healthcare Services
Shubham Senapati
Enrolled: Jan 2020
Graduated :  Dec 2024
Supervisor
Role of Destination Brand Engagement in Enhancing Tourist Satisfaction and Promoting Destination Advocacy
Navin Kumar
Enrolled: Jul 2017
Graduated :  Feb 2023
Supervisor
Managing Customer Relationship Quality in Wellness Hotels and Resorts in India: A Netnography Approach
Dibya Nandan Mishra
Enrolled: Jul 2017
Graduated :  Nov 2022
Supervisor
Consumer Brand Engagement and Brand Loyalty: Catalyzing Effect of Brand Relationship Quality
Kishalay Adhikari
Enrolled: Jan 2015
Graduated :  Dec 2021
Supervisor
Consumers' Online Impulsive Buying Behaviour: Role of Trust, Shopping Orientation and Recommendations
Soma Patnaik
Enrolled: Jan 2015
Graduated :  May 2020
Supervisor
Environmental Consciousness and Brand Equity: An Empirical Impact Assessment Study
Siddharth Misra
Enrolled: Jan 2014
Graduated :  May 2019
Supervisor
Managing Behavioral Intentions of Management Graduate: A Study of North-East Indian Universities
Vivek Kumar Pathak
Enrolled:
Graduated :  2018
Co-Supervisors
Managing Customer Perceived Service Quality in Private Healthcare Sector in India
Ramakoteswararao Kondasani
Enrolled: Jul 2012
Graduated :  Dec 2016
Supervisor
Marketing Management
Khirabdi Tanaya Panda
Enrolled: Jan 2025
Continuing
Supervisor
Impact of Fintech Startups on Financial Stability of Indian Banks: Role of Market Discipline and Characteristics
Satpreet Kaur
Enrolled: Jan 2023
Continuing
Supervisor
Role of Masstige Consumption Values and Propensity Traits in Enhancing Consumer Behavioural Intention
Muskan Chaurasia
Enrolled: Jan 2023
Continuing
Supervisor
Effect of Entrepreneurial Ecosystem on Firms’ Business Performance: Role of Dynamic Capability and Digital Transformations
Sagar Kumar Behera
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
"Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility Endeavours on Customers'' Brand Loyalty: Role of Customers'' Engagement"
Soham Bardhan
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
Chillakuri Akshay Kumar
Enrolled: Sep 2020
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
Workplace Deviance and Millennials Innovative Work Behaviour: A study of Indian IT/ITES Sector
Biswajit Behera
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Continuing
Supervisor
Executive Ph.D. Students [9]
Work-Life Balance
Tapash Kumar Sethi
Enrolled: Jan 2024
Continuing
Supervisor
Role of Technology Business Incubator in Promoting Start up Ecosystem: A review of Entrepreneurial Intent and Orientation
Nayanansu Mishra
Enrolled: Aug 2022
Continuing
Supervisor
Benchmarking Perceived Service Quality for Favourable Behavioural Intentions in Guest houses of CFTIs in India
Rajesh Beuria
Enrolled: Aug 2022
Continuing
Supervisor
Effect of Institutional Environment on Entrepreneurial Intention of Technical Students: The Mediating role of Self Efficacy
Stutee Shruti Mohanty
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Continuing
Supervisor
Effect of Entrepreneurial Motivation on Competency and Business Performance of Women owned Micro-enterprises in Odisha
Padmini Mahapatra
Enrolled: Sep 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
Investigating the Impact of Perceived CSR on Brand Equity and Corporate Reputation in Steel Industry
Ravi Banjare
Enrolled: Aug 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
Augmenting Corporate Branding through Internal Marketing:The case of the Rourkela Steel Plant, SAIL
Atish Chandra Sarkar
Enrolled: Aug 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
Operations Management
Anup Agarwal
Enrolled: Sep 2020
Continuing
Co-Supervisor
HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS EXCELLENCE
Anubinda Mohanty
Enrolled: Sep 2020
Continuing
Co-Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • Awarded the Best Research Paper in International Conference on Business Analytics and Intelligence (ICBAI 2018) at IISc Bangalore for the paper "Understanding Customer Experiences in Indian Railways: Implementation of Machine Learning based Sentiment Analysis".,   2018
  • Awarded the Best Research Paper in IIM Indore-NASMEI Summer Marketing Conference 2017 for the paper "Users’ Information Privacy Concerns and Privacy Protection Behaviours in Social Networks: Evidence from India.,   2017
  • Invited by the office of President of India on the Festival of Innovation, 2016 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi to showcase institutional innovations and their outcome.,   2016
  • Recipient of Academy of Marketing Science (AMS), Young Researcher Award Travel Grant to attend the AMS Annual Conference in New Orleans, USA.,   2012
  • Recipient of National Merit Scholarship, Govt. of India during undergraduate studies.,   2002
Memberships / Fellowships
  • AMS, EMAC, IEDRC, ISAM, AIMS,   2023
  • IEEE,   2021